The plastic would melt and burst into flames, spattering molten lead all
over the place. The wood would burst into flames too, but only after the
moisture steamed out of it, splattering molten lead all over the place. The
phase change from molten lead to solid is rather abrupt.

Come on people, let's use a little common sense here.

   Jim
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> From: m o <mooseo69@ya*.co*>
> Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2000 09:01:43 -0700 (PDT)
> To: Paul Braunbehrens <Bakalite@ba*.co*>, Jim Cobb
> <cobber@ci*.co*>, Steve Schultz <se2schul@bl*.ma*.uw*.ca*>
> Cc: techdiver@aquanaut.com
> Subject: Re: Weights
> 
> 
> I've been thinking of making one of these, and was
> thinking about doing the same thing...
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> I was thinking about taking a couple of 1/2" pvc caps
> or maybe a piece of wood dowel and just pressing them
> down as the lead starts to cool.  Would that work, or
> would they get stuck into the lead?
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> --- Paul Braunbehrens <Bakalite@ba*.co*> wrote:
>> Jim Cobb wrote:
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>>> If I were to do it again
>>> I would put the bolt/washer assembly in from the
>> side of the gully rather
>>> than directly on the back.
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>> I was thinking of making it so it is held in place
>> by the two bolts
>> already there.  Is there any reason not to do that?
>> It would have 
>> to be thinner where the bolt is, so as not to make
>> the wing nut stick
>> out into your back, but that should't be too
>> difficult to cast.  Here
>> is a drawing...It probably only works with a fixed
>> font though.  It's
>> a cutaway showing the area where the bolts go
>> through.
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