Re: Babbitt Material
This is exactly why I never use old babbitt. You can never tell what has been added to it to concoct a specialty mix formed out of an old wives tale and dangerously incorrect. I even remember an old builder on the other board that used to put silver solder in his to harden it. Hard babbitt is bad babbitt, Lead makes it hard.
The mix I use is specially made and is formulated at 86/7/7% with the antimony actually being at 6.75% and .25% trace elements.
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