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May 16, 2017
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jdub
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I don't have an iron ladle. I like the idea of melting lead, though. Do you use a mask?
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Pinewood Derby weight options?
jdub
All-American
5/16/17 4:50pm
I used pellets for my air rifle to get it close...and then a couple of pennies
PharmD
5/16/17 4:54pm
Buy sinkers at Wal Mart? Drill a hole and patch it up? Some attach washers to a
TaiJuan
5/16/17 4:54pm
RE: Pinewood Derby weight options?
boogers
5/16/17 4:57pm
I pour melted lead into drilled holes on the bottom of the car.
EpicAccountant
5/16/17 4:57pm
I don't have an iron ladle. I like the idea of melting lead, though. Do you use a mask?
jdub
5/16/17 5:06pm
A small steel bowl or pot that you don't care if it gets ruined works, too.
Left Shark Coug
5/16/17 5:25pm
I bought a spoon from DI and used a butane creme brulee torch with lead sinkers.
My Soapbox
5/16/17 5:41pm
I take a typical size food can that has been emptied, peel the label and pinch
BYUFam1
5/16/17 10:20pm
Here's the opinion of a NASA mechanical engineer
61_Shasta
5/16/17 4:59pm
Tease.
cheezedawg
5/16/17 5:11pm
Click the link...
61_Shasta
5/16/17 5:37pm
Tape quarters to the bottom.
douglasturtle
5/16/17 5:05pm
Coins are easy to add.
Tricky
5/16/17 6:23pm
You still have time for Amazon prime
cheezedawg
5/16/17 5:10pm
Pennies work surprisingly well
ConnCoug
5/16/17 5:16pm
Pennies, fishing weights, or get something from Amazon.
Skeptical Optimist
5/16/17 5:18pm
Hobby lobby has stick on weights
byusuvu
5/16/17 5:37pm
The "stick on" type tire balancing weights. I just went to my local
Whip
5/16/17 6:21pm
It's all in the axels and wheels
I'mBatman
5/16/17 7:56pm
I heard somebody say the best hack is to only have 3 wheels touching
buffgato
5/16/17 10:25pm
Heard that too
I'mBatman
5/17/17 4:54pm
We just had our pinewood derby. They required all 4 wheels to touch the track.
Faceman
5/26/17 2:40pm
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