When it matters to have the best quality , I order from McMaster Carr .
They sell high speed & low speed Babbitt in ingots .
I re did the babbits on my 24" wood planer in 1984 . This machine has a cutterhead that runs at 6000 rpm . I use drip oilers and am glad I did not cheap out on the quality .
Even though I put wear shims on the split lines ,I have not had to adjust anything .
Something to consider : every time you re melt Babbitt , some of the antimony gasses off , and degrades the alloy . So when someone sells me some old bearing boxes , I cast it into bars and stamp " LS BABB " . I sometime use this when I cast the shop lead hammers , to make them a bit harder .
Pretty hard to tell the grade just by looking at them , but good Bab will break cleanly when bent in a press. Lead can be almost bent in half without breaking .
The best quality Bab has no lead at all in it .
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