[SEL] white metal for bearings (Babbitt)

jbcast at charter.net jbcast at charter.net
Tue Jul 8 20:21:10 PDT 2008


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> Peter,
>     I wished I had some way to get babbitt to you.  I have some NOS Jackson 
> Wheeler high speed nickel babbitt in about 3 lb ingots.  I'd sell it to you 
> for $5 / lb.  Its probably worth more than that for scrap.  I bought about a 
> ton of the stuff several years ago (didn't aim to buy it but I made the guy 
> an offer and he said "its yours".) I've sold it to a lot of folks for one 
> cylinders, Model T's and other applications.  All that have used it are very 
> pleased with it.  Here's what it looks like:
> 
> http://picasaweb.google.com/Lcjudge/Misc/photo#5160269484786225074
> 
> Tommy Turner
> Magnolia, KY

Tommy,
   If  you could bring 9lbs to Portland I'd like to buy it. I have  some I bought when Nadler Foundry went out of business, and odds and ends bars of which I don't know the composition.
J.B. Castagnos



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