[SEL] white metal for bearings (Babbitt)

Al Harris al.harris at rustic-engines.com
Tue Jul 8 21:00:53 PDT 2008


Tommy,

have I missed something.

I notice you have placed an "e" at the end of Turner and "capitalized" 
the "l" in your address.

Cheers,

Al Harris
Winter Clarence Coast NSW Oz

al.harris at rustic-engines.com



Judge Tommy Turnere wrote:
> 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
>   
>



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