Jamie, I takes a frugal old German to "out cheep" you. I occasionally
do a weekend four mile walk. I just keep one eye on the gutter. Often
I can bring home a handful of thrown wheel weights, so the lead is now
free. I can melt the lead into shapes and it keeps the pollution out of
the water. My first project was to actually pour lead into the hollow
NE centersill material. Use a scrap piece and pour the molten
lead--remove and put into the car you're modeling (in my case it was two
AF gons). You can use the scrap centersill a few times before it
scorches too badly.
Bob Werre
On 10/31/12 7:58 PM, Jamie Bothwell wrote:
Darrell,
A few years ago I bought some lead shot for this purpose at Cabella's.
For fun I had my students figure out if pennies were cheaper. Lead
was cheaper by a factor of two or three. I should probably do the
computation again in 2012 dollars (or cents). That's dolers to you Jim.
Jamie Bothwell
Bethlehem, PA where we have light and heat again (at least in my house)!
On Oct 29, 2012, at 7:58 PM, Darrell wrote:
BTW, I am using PENNIES for car weight. They are the cheapest price
per pound of any weight available unless you have free weights
available. Plus they are easy to adjust to the correct weight per car.
Darrell S.
