There was a thread a whle ago that said it was hard to find Babbitt - here's
some, from the US, 4 days to go.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/MANGANESE-BABBIT-BAR-SYRACUSE-SMELTING-WORKS-RARE_W0QQ
itemZ250088124241QQihZ015QQcategoryZ413QQcmdZViewItem
I don't know what manganese babbitt is good for though, and it's only 6 oz.

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Peter Fairbrother
Mark Rand - 27 Feb 2007 21:30 GMT
>There was a thread a whle ago that said it was hard to find Babbitt - here's
>some, from the US, 4 days to go.
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>I don't know what manganese babbitt is good for though, and it's only 6 oz.
Why would Babbit be rare or collectable?
Mark Rand
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