On Feb 14, 2006, at 12:41 AM, [email protected] wrote:
> I'm not sure why anyone would use anything other than pennies for
> weight, as long as they will fit in the car. Ounce for ounce they are
> the cheapest item you can get. Why spend five cents for a washer that
> is lighter than five pennies? I do realize that not all us S scalers
> are penny pinchers like I, but hey, if you save ten cents a car on
> weights and you have fifty cars, you just saved, well, enough to buy a
> hamburger and a coke......
>
> Really, I don't think it's that big an issue, but I wonder at people
> who spend $$$ on lead car weights to put inside a boxcar, when the
> pennies do the same thing for much less cost.
The most obvious reason I can come up with is size. Where do you hide
a penny on an open top hopper, for instance? What I use is lead shot.
Oz for oz, it is very cheap and is much more dense then, well,
anything. For tricky situations, like hoppers, i can pour bird shot
(~1mm) into any little crevasse. Add a little epoxy and it doesn't
move. And as we all know, lead is not magnetic, just don't eat it.
For less tight places i have a 1/4 x 1 x 2" mold that I put shot into
and then fill with resin. Once hardened i have a nice heavy block
that I can place inside box cars or locomotives. (Steel BBs work
great for this also)
kbt
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