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Re: What tool are you using to make weight?

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Originally Posted by Jeff Pahl
The only tool we use is good design practice and a really annoying person who's job is to ask constantly "How much does that weigh???" It looks like we will be 10-20 lbs under when we get done, so we've quit worrying about what things weigh. My biggest concern right now is that there is no good place to put the lead...
Used brass where we are is $1.50 lb it cuts easy and has far less safety issues than lead. BTW it is more dense than the cast (iron) weights on the back of our studio cameras a 16 lb chunk is about 1 x 4 x 6 unless my memory has lost it again.
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