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Pouring lead for added rudder weight
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<blockquote data-quote="richg99" data-source="post: 426275" data-attributes="member: 4376"><p>My 13 yr. old grandson got a small sailboat for Christmas. It has a plywood rudder. The rudder works OK but it still wants to float up sometimes.</p><p></p><p>Today, we got some lead wheel weights and melted them down. We drilled a hole in the rudder; tapered the edges with a chamfer bit; and melted lead.</p><p></p><p>I did find out that most of the newer weights are NOT all lead. Many wouldn't melt at all with the propane torch that I had. We had enough lead ones to allow us to finish the project, though.</p><p></p><p>regards, richg99</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="richg99, post: 426275, member: 4376"] My 13 yr. old grandson got a small sailboat for Christmas. It has a plywood rudder. The rudder works OK but it still wants to float up sometimes. Today, we got some lead wheel weights and melted them down. We drilled a hole in the rudder; tapered the edges with a chamfer bit; and melted lead. I did find out that most of the newer weights are NOT all lead. Many wouldn't melt at all with the propane torch that I had. We had enough lead ones to allow us to finish the project, though. regards, richg99 [/QUOTE]
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