Pouring molten lead right next to water is not a great idea. Regards,
Jon > -----Original Message----- > From: yclui_hk [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, April 13, 2004 9:03 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [RCSE] Eraser Ballast > > > 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. > > 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.
