diff --git a/data/json/itemgroups/Locations_MapExtras/locations.json b/data/json/itemgroups/Locations_MapExtras/locations.json
index e21276f2b5fa..3b1dad435390 100644
--- a/data/json/itemgroups/Locations_MapExtras/locations.json
+++ b/data/json/itemgroups/Locations_MapExtras/locations.json
@@ -479,7 +479,7 @@
       [ "wire", 40 ],
       { "item": "sheet_metal", "prob": 5 },
       { "item": "sheet_metal_small", "prob": 5, "count": [ 2, 4 ] },
-      { "item": "material_aluminium_ingot", "prob": 10, "count": [ 1, 5 ] }
+      { "item": "material_aluminium_ingot", "prob": 10, "count": [ 1, 10 ] }
     ]
   },
   {
@@ -703,7 +703,7 @@
       [ "can_drink", 130 ],
       [ "can_drink_unsealed", 130 ],
       [ "keg", 15 ],
-      [ "material_aluminium_ingot", 25 ],
+      { "item": "material_aluminium_ingot", "prob": 25, "count": [ 2, 3 ] },
       [ "xlframe", 10 ],
       [ "survival_kit_box", 1 ],
       [ "wearable_light", 5 ],
diff --git a/data/json/itemgroups/supplies.json b/data/json/itemgroups/supplies.json
index a2b5b93db429..54d3f3e9ac15 100644
--- a/data/json/itemgroups/supplies.json
+++ b/data/json/itemgroups/supplies.json
@@ -347,7 +347,7 @@
       { "item": "steel_chunk", "prob": 15, "count": [ 1, 5 ] },
       { "item": "copper", "prob": 10, "count": [ 1, 5 ] },
       { "item": "tin", "prob": 10, "count": [ 1, 5 ] },
-      { "item": "material_aluminium_ingot", "prob": 10, "count": [ 1, 5 ] },
+      { "item": "material_aluminium_ingot", "prob": 10, "count": [ 1, 10 ] },
       { "item": "scrap_copper", "prob": 5, "count": [ 1, 10 ] },
       { "item": "wire", "prob": 5 },
       { "item": "scrap", "prob": 70, "count": [ 1, 10 ] }
diff --git a/data/json/items/ammo.json b/data/json/items/ammo.json
index dba8ba51d7b9..5adfa2d27ed2 100644
--- a/data/json/items/ammo.json
+++ b/data/json/items/ammo.json
@@ -1049,8 +1049,9 @@
     "category": "spare_parts",
     "name": { "str_sp": "bronze" },
     "description": "Decent-sized chunks of bronze, for fashioning some old-school items.",
-    "weight": "218 g",
-    "volume": "250 ml",
+    "//": "Density 7.4-8.9g/cm³ depending on composition ~ 825g/100ml if we use DF's chosen density, scrap stacks at ~25% efficiency",
+    "weight": "220 g",
+    "volume": "100 ml",
     "price": 1200,
     "price_postapoc": 250,
     "to_hit": -2,
diff --git a/data/json/items/containers.json b/data/json/items/containers.json
index b40a9e96863a..98b7539baf78 100644
--- a/data/json/items/containers.json
+++ b/data/json/items/containers.json
@@ -432,7 +432,7 @@
     "category": "container",
     "name": { "str": "aluminum can" },
     "description": "An aluminum can, like what soda comes in.",
-    "weight": "13 g",
+    "weight": "15 g",
     "volume": "250 ml",
     "price": 0,
     "price_postapoc": 0,
diff --git a/data/json/items/resources/metal.json b/data/json/items/resources/metal.json
index 8ac50aab4e06..e291673ce76c 100644
--- a/data/json/items/resources/metal.json
+++ b/data/json/items/resources/metal.json
@@ -78,9 +78,9 @@
     "category": "spare_parts",
     "name": { "str": "aluminum ingot" },
     "description": "A small aluminum ingot, standardized for further processing.  Light but durable, this could be cast into various shapes for construction or ground down to a powder, for more… high-profile applications.",
-    "weight": "675 g",
-    "//": "Density 2.70g/cm³ = 675g/250ml",
-    "volume": "250 ml",
+    "weight": "270 g",
+    "//": "Density 2.70g/cm³ = 270g/100ml",
+    "volume": "100 ml",
     "price": 500,
     "price_postapoc": 10,
     "material": [ "aluminum" ],
@@ -304,8 +304,9 @@
     "price": 1000,
     "price_postapoc": 10,
     "material": "copper",
+    "//": "Density 8.96g/cm³ ~ 2.24kg/250ml, scrap stacks at ~20-25% efficiency",
     "weight": "50 g",
-    "volume": "62 ml",
+    "volume": "25 ml",
     "bashing": 1,
     "to_hit": -2
   },
diff --git a/data/json/items/tool/metalworking.json b/data/json/items/tool/metalworking.json
index 1bd134586141..cd99bf407572 100644
--- a/data/json/items/tool/metalworking.json
+++ b/data/json/items/tool/metalworking.json
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
     "category": "tools",
     "name": { "str": "bronze anvil" },
     "description": "This is a block of oddly shaped bronze with a chisel-like projection set into the corner.  It's used in most metalworking fabrication recipes.",
-    "weight": "2180 g",
+    "weight": "2200 g",
     "volume": "2500 ml",
     "price": 60000,
     "price_postapoc": 750,
diff --git a/data/json/recipes/electronic/components.json b/data/json/recipes/electronic/components.json
index 2a173a91b53c..cf99ec1ddaf0 100644
--- a/data/json/recipes/electronic/components.json
+++ b/data/json/recipes/electronic/components.json
@@ -301,6 +301,6 @@
     "book_learn": [ [ "recipe_lab_elec", 5 ], [ "textbook_robots", 7 ] ],
     "using": [ [ "steel_standard", 1 ], [ "welding_standard", 20 ] ],
     "qualities": [ { "id": "SAW_M", "level": 1 }, { "id": "SAW_M_FINE", "level": 1 } ],
-    "components": [ [ [ "sheet_metal", 2 ] ], [ [ "pipe", 4 ] ], [ [ "spring", 2 ] ], [ [ "material_aluminium_ingot", 1 ] ] ]
+    "components": [ [ [ "sheet_metal", 2 ] ], [ [ "pipe", 4 ] ], [ [ "spring", 2 ] ], [ [ "material_aluminium_ingot", 2 ] ] ]
   }
 ]
diff --git a/data/json/recipes/other/materials.json b/data/json/recipes/other/materials.json
index ad17aeb555a3..d301fc051f01 100644
--- a/data/json/recipes/other/materials.json
+++ b/data/json/recipes/other/materials.json
@@ -1048,16 +1048,26 @@
     "using": [ [ "forging_standard", 1 ] ],
     "tools": [ [ [ "crucible", -1 ], [ "crucible_clay", -1 ] ] ],
     "components": [
-      [
-        [ "tin", 12 ],
-        [ "material_aluminium_ingot", 1 ],
-        [ "aluminum_foil", 40 ],
-        [ "chem_aluminium_powder", 15 ],
-        [ "can_drink_unsealed", 2 ]
-      ],
-      [ [ "copper_scrap_equivalent", 2, "LIST" ] ]
+      [ [ "tin", 10 ], [ "aluminum_foil", 10 ], [ "chem_aluminium_powder", 15 ], [ "can_drink_unsealed", 2 ] ],
+      [ [ "copper_scrap_equivalent", 4, "LIST" ] ]
     ]
   },
+  {
+    "result": "scrap_bronze",
+    "id_suffix": "bulk",
+    "type": "recipe",
+    "category": "CC_OTHER",
+    "subcategory": "CSC_OTHER_MATERIALS",
+    "skill_used": "fabrication",
+    "difficulty": 2,
+    "time": "90 m",
+    "charges": 10,
+    "batch_time_factors": [ 90, 4 ],
+    "autolearn": true,
+    "using": [ [ "forging_standard", 1 ] ],
+    "tools": [ [ [ "crucible", -1 ], [ "crucible_clay", -1 ] ] ],
+    "components": [ [ [ "material_aluminium_ingot", 1 ] ], [ [ "copper_scrap_equivalent", 40, "LIST" ] ] ]
+  },
   {
     "type": "recipe",
     "result": "tempered_glass_sheet",
diff --git a/data/json/recipes/other/other.json b/data/json/recipes/other/other.json
index 3d6cea1ceceb..91955901707f 100644
--- a/data/json/recipes/other/other.json
+++ b/data/json/recipes/other/other.json
@@ -206,10 +206,11 @@
     "skill_used": "fabrication",
     "difficulty": 5,
     "time": "5 m",
+    "charges": 125,
     "autolearn": true,
     "qualities": [ { "id": "SAW_M", "level": 1 } ],
     "components": [
-      [ [ "material_aluminium_ingot", 1 ], [ "can_drink_unsealed", 6 ], [ "aluminum_foil", 40 ] ],
+      [ [ "material_aluminium_ingot", 1 ], [ "can_drink_unsealed", 20 ], [ "aluminum_foil", 75 ] ],
       [ [ "water", 5 ], [ "water_clean", 5 ] ],
       [ [ "material_sand", 25 ] ]
     ]
@@ -500,6 +501,6 @@
     "reversible": true,
     "using": [ [ "welding_standard", 6 ], [ "sewing_standard", 12 ] ],
     "qualities": [ { "id": "HAMMER_FINE", "level": 1 }, { "id": "SAW_M_FINE", "level": 1 }, { "id": "DRILL", "level": 2 } ],
-    "components": [ [ [ "material_aluminium_ingot", 8 ] ], [ [ "sheet", 1 ] ] ]
+    "components": [ [ [ "material_aluminium_ingot", 20 ] ], [ [ "sheet", 1 ] ] ]
   }
 ]
diff --git a/data/json/recipes/other/parts.json b/data/json/recipes/other/parts.json
index 59087a09e5b5..4a4544d9451e 100644
--- a/data/json/recipes/other/parts.json
+++ b/data/json/recipes/other/parts.json
@@ -217,6 +217,6 @@
     "reversible": true,
     "autolearn": true,
     "using": [ [ "welding_standard", 6 ] ],
-    "components": [ [ [ "material_aluminium_ingot", 8 ] ] ]
+    "components": [ [ [ "material_aluminium_ingot", 20 ] ] ]
   }
 ]
diff --git a/data/json/recipes/other/tools.json b/data/json/recipes/other/tools.json
index ea953ab965e9..9455dee7df29 100644
--- a/data/json/recipes/other/tools.json
+++ b/data/json/recipes/other/tools.json
@@ -153,14 +153,13 @@
     "tools": [ [ [ "swage", -1 ] ], [ [ "crucible", -1 ], [ "crucible_clay", -1 ] ] ],
     "components": [
       [
-        [ "tin", 12 ],
-        [ "zinc_metal", 12 ],
-        [ "material_aluminium_ingot", 1 ],
-        [ "aluminum_foil", 40 ],
+        [ "tin", 10 ],
+        [ "zinc_metal", 15 ],
+        [ "aluminum_foil", 10 ],
         [ "chem_aluminium_powder", 15 ],
         [ "can_drink_unsealed", 2 ]
       ],
-      [ [ "copper_scrap_equivalent", 2, "LIST" ] ]
+      [ [ "copper_scrap_equivalent", 4, "LIST" ] ]
     ]
   },
   {
diff --git a/data/json/uncraft/generic.json b/data/json/uncraft/generic.json
index 3e9fc13e9656..32189991d951 100644
--- a/data/json/uncraft/generic.json
+++ b/data/json/uncraft/generic.json
@@ -2179,7 +2179,7 @@
     "difficulty": 3,
     "time": "10 m",
     "qualities": [ { "id": "SCREW", "level": 1 }, { "id": "SAW_M", "level": 1 } ],
-    "components": [ [ [ "cable", 12 ] ], [ [ "amplifier", 2 ] ], [ [ "lightstrip_inactive", 1 ] ], [ [ "material_aluminium_ingot", 1 ] ] ]
+    "components": [ [ [ "cable", 12 ] ], [ [ "amplifier", 2 ] ], [ [ "lightstrip_inactive", 1 ] ], [ [ "material_aluminium_ingot", 3 ] ] ]
   },
   {
     "result": "holy_symbol",
diff --git a/data/json/vehicleparts/vehicle_parts.json b/data/json/vehicleparts/vehicle_parts.json
index c9962956db69..abfef88c2fb0 100644
--- a/data/json/vehicleparts/vehicle_parts.json
+++ b/data/json/vehicleparts/vehicle_parts.json
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
     "type": "item_group",
     "id": "ig_vp_xlframe",
     "subtype": "collection",
-    "entries": [ { "item": "material_aluminium_ingot", "count": [ 1, 4 ] } ]
+    "entries": [ { "item": "material_aluminium_ingot", "count": [ 2, 10 ] } ]
   },
   {
     "type": "item_group",