Originally Posted by
Land Owner
Example (ymmv):
Cost of lead & WW's: $10 for 50#'s (or scrounge for free)
Cost of Tin: $10 for 1# (or flea market for less)
out of date steel, propane, 1/2 tank: $5 (flea market)
Propane: $25 for 20#'s
Turkey fryer: $10 (flea market)
[$30 + $10 + $10 + $5 + $25 +$10] = $90 for equipment
Make lead-alloy of (say) 49-49-2 percent Pb-WW-Sn
Tin at 2% ==> 1.0# of Tin divided by 0.02 Tin per # of lead = 50#'s of lead
(50#'s of lead times 7,000 grains per pound ) divided by 124 gr. per boolit = 2,822 boolits (theoretically and probably a little less)
Cost of equipment = $90 divided by 2,800 (say) = $0.0321 (~3 cents) per boolit.