Subject: Re: Identification?

From: [email-masked]
Date: Thu, 14 Mar 1996 09:54:01 -0500

Sherri,
If your weights look like big rusty sausages sell them to a fisherman for
boat anchors. They are cast iron. I have come across some lead ones that were
dirt cast on site, but they were from a house built in 1810. 
Go to a junk yard, $.10 or .12 a pound for all you can carry. You will get a
variety of compositions, but it will be okay for practicing and the various
shapes and sizes may give you some inspiration. Learn to tell cast iron from
cast steel. Cast iron won't do very much for you except to discourage you.

Good luck
Kenny Valdejo

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From: Tom Vincent <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 14 Mar 1996 19:47:44 -0600 (CST)

For those new to the craft, and subsisting on found metal as many 
beginners do, that could be a very interesting discussion. How do you 
tell cast iron from cast steel, from tool steel, from wrought (found on 
old farms around here). Anyone care to weigh in? Tom