Originally Posted by sammorgan3  ... i have a few hundred pounds of lead laying around somewhere around here, so that isn't a problem.... |
A few hundred pounds of lead???? Maybe you should look at the price of lead, sell your lead and by a machine from Widgitmaster.
I really cannot comment on whether it is worth trying to make the extrusion more rigid; I just wanted to point out that lead would not add to rigidity.