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Old 01-28-12, 12:41 PM   #31
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Even a metal liner wouldn't protect from the heat. Plus molten lead has a nasty habbit of boiling and spraying metal drops around.

But taking a thin metal sheet, like from a beer can and press it into the hull so it takes it's shape and then pouring lead into it (outside) would actually do the trick.
I just buy cheap lead weights from the fishing shop and glue them in the way they are.
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Old 01-28-12, 02:26 PM   #32
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I just buy cheap lead weights from the fishing shop and glue them in the way they are.
As good a way as any....small pebbles or stones even, providing you have a good thick resin to embed it.
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