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Eric I've done this on a few designs. I poured the lead into the cavity at a predetermined depth. One thing when getting the same and proper weight is that the wood has to be perfectly sized for each. prefer to plane the wood prior to this procedure. Sounds anal but when doing swimmers a few grams count. On big needles not so much. I did experience poured lead flying out of the wood when spinning. Epoxy weights in wood keeps them in. I did a drilled hole then took a bottoming tap to put threads in hole to secure lead. Worked fine but the finish product (smooth surface) still needs filler do to the half thread left at the top. Don't hold me to this but I think Beachmster pours lead in blank b/4 turning. If I get a chance at the CSA meeting I will ask Bob from Beachmaster about this. He is our guest speaker. Nice idea Eric.
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