• Jon_Servo@lemmy.world
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    17 hours ago

    Aircraft use tungsten ballast plates. I know it requires hardware, but would that have been viable?

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      16 hours ago

      Possible but the expense ruined my plans in the end… I did consider collecting broken tungsten end mills and inserts from machine shops and throwing them in molten lead, like croutons in a lead soup.