
12 May DIY lead weights for divers
It´s not so hard than they say.. Next a few pictures for you how to make your diving lead by yourself in an inexpensive and easy way. In this DIY guide you see how to make v-weight, on the last picture (the one with the frog 🙂 ) you can see a p-weight for your backplate.
Keep in mind that melted metal can cause bad accidents so use safety equipment, not like on these pictures!
- plaster for the casting mold
- bring the casting mold in the right shape
- heating the lead granulate
- it´s faster when heating from both sides
- aluminum foil to safe the casting mold
- carefully filling the mold with liquid lead
- evenly distributed
- waiting….
- the cooled lead
- finished p-weight to mount inside your backplate
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