Kick up rudder

[capt jake]

The lead is inset on both sides and joined by one common 'pour' hole. It is easier if you look here..

http://www.woodenboat-ubb.com/ubb/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic;f=1;t=012396 Bob Smalser does a better job of explaining it than I do. Besides, I copied his idea. :)

I did lay on two coats of epoxy prior to the varnish. I soaked inot the few voids there were.

[Barry Pyeatt]

Ken,

Thanks for the suggestion, in all actuality it is lead shot that I was going to melt and cast into rods for this purpose. I have access to about 35# of lead shot that won't cost me a dime. I think I will only need about 4-5# for the task but I will do a little cloth bag/lead weighting down of the actual rudder in the neighbor's pool first. Just to see how much it takes to get it neutral. 8)

I had saved Bob Smalser's article when he did it some time back. Important point to me was the undercutting of the openings with a dovetail bit so that the cast lead would be locked in. Then hammering it to fit tightly. Since my rudder is already finished like Capt. Jake's was and it is 1 1/2 inches thick at the chord, I figured that I could bore up into the bottom edge to place rods in it instead. Then set them in epoxy to hold them.