| Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,852 | Melt a wheel weight into a piece of 1/2" stainless steel tubing to make a lead slug, tap it out of the tube with a punch, then center-drill it and slice it off with a hacksaw into whatever thickness washer you need. I could use my lead bullet-casting setup to make some round lead slugs if anyone is interested in acquiring some of these washers. Jerry
"It is better to be silent and be thought a fool than to speak and eliminate all doubt!" - Abraham Lincoln Cringe and wail in fear, Eloi- - - - -we Morlocks are on the hunt! There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. - Ernest Hemingway Love your enemies and drive 'em nuts!
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