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<p>[QUOTE="Jeff Drum, post: 1414027, member: 6444"]I agree this looks like cast off scrap lead. Not unlike the waste I produce in smaller amounts when doing soldering work around the house. Also, bear in mind that melted lead and lead/tin mix was heavily used in plumbing up to around the late-20th century. Wiped joints, made when installing ore repairing drain pipes, required pots of melted lead at all houses. The old joints were a thing of beauty:</p><p><img src="https://whyy.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/pipe_3_copy.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Jeff Drum, post: 1414027, member: 6444"]I agree this looks like cast off scrap lead. Not unlike the waste I produce in smaller amounts when doing soldering work around the house. Also, bear in mind that melted lead and lead/tin mix was heavily used in plumbing up to around the late-20th century. Wiped joints, made when installing ore repairing drain pipes, required pots of melted lead at all houses. The old joints were a thing of beauty: [IMG]https://whyy.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/pipe_3_copy.jpg[/IMG][/QUOTE]
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