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Discus b lead ballast plates wanted
On 3/3/2021 4:44 PM, Hank Nixon wrote:
On Wednesday, March 3, 2021 at 3:22:01 PM UTC-5, wrote: Thank you, that is much appreciated. Another option that avoids flames and hot lead gases is to buy sheet lead from McMaster Carr supply. It would involve cutting a bunch of discs out of sheet and drilling holes which is easy in thin sheet. Anything up to 1/8 thick is easily cut with tin snips. If you know size and stack height it is easy to match the factory weights. Good luck UH I've bought lead sheeting from a local metals recycling place, and folded into the shape I needed for ballast. Exposed lead is a pain to handle though, it keeps getting on your hands. So when the ballast blob is ready you may want to wrap it in duct tape or something. |
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