No, the lathe just makes the job easier if you want to make ballast in significant quantity. Here is a simpler way to make slugs :
1) Getting a metal tube of outer diameter that fits the ballast tube. 2) Epoxy a metal plate to one end to seal it off. Make sure that it¡¦s a tight seal. 3) Submerge the tube into water with the open end pointing upward and above the water. 4) Pour lead into the tube. 5) After it has cooled off, saw the lead-filled tube into segments of appropriate length. There are many alternatives. If you don¡¦t like sawing and filing metal, a neater way is to first cut the metal tube into segments with a tube cutter, glue all the segments onto a big metal plate and fill them up with lead one by one. Use as little epoxy as possible so that you can break the slugs off the metal plate easily. Hope it helps, Y C Lui --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], Joe Parsons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > At 09:40 AM 4/13/2004, you wrote: > >Hi Joe, > > > >Pls see if this is useful: > >http://yclui.rchomepage.com/making_ballast/making_ballast.htm > > Those are beautiful! > > Now all I need to do is buy a lathe, learn how to use it... > > Joe Parsons > > > >I have also made these ballast rods for my Elita which has got only > >one ballast tube : > >http://yclui.rchomepage.com/Misc/elita_ballast.jpg. These rods are > >metal tubes with lead slugs glued inside. The slugs are positioned to > >keep the CG of the model unchanged after adding ballast. > > > >Y C Lui > > > > > > > >--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], Joe Parsons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I have an Eraser 2000 (single ballast tube). > > > > > > I'd like to add ballast. Where can I find information about doing > >this? > > > > > > Joe Parsons > > RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off. RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off.
