Lead Tubing
By Jody Kravitz
I spoke with Mike Ames this morning about his experience in purchasing lead tubing. He needed 10mm and 8mm tubing for restoring a Mortier. On a recommendation from a friend, Mike contacted either "Mark" or "Rick" at
Vulcan Lead, Inc
1400 W. Pierce
Milwalkee WI 53204
414-645-2040
One of them determined the alloy for the tubing -- they know about the use of their tubing for pneumatic instruments. This tubing was known as "1%" tubing, which I assume has something to do with the alloy and resulting hardness.
There was a "die" charge, and there is a minumum run. Mike got a consortium of hobbiest together and they split the die charges. Vulcan was good enough to split up the production run to order and ship differrent lengths to each hobbiest.
They ran 9050 feet of 10mm and 6550 feet of 8mm. The final cost (not counting shipping) was $6.50 die charge per hobbiest (25 hobbyists) and $0.32/ft for the 10mm tubing and $0.23/ft for the 8mm tubing. This was in 1991 and prices and policies may have changed.
If someone decides to get a group together for such a production run, Mike can be contacted for more information.
Jody
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