Melted lead from Jim Wells Tires (the things they use to align car wheels). We just guessed on how much we needed for the hole we had cut out in the bottom of the rudder. (Oh yeah, this is another thing that was omitted in the plans - an uphaul rudder will just float up in the water without weight in it, so we had to make a hole and add lead to the bottom on the rudder, like we did in the centerboard).
If you can't tell, I really enjoy melting lead.
And a video: we poured the lead into a piece of scrap wood, with the same size hole as in the rudder. We were trying to avoid any burning of the rudder, because as you can see after the lead is poured in there is lots of smoking, which is wood burning.
The next day (lead was cool), Daddy popped it out of the scrap and into the rudder - and it fit well. There was a little bit of space, so we filled it with liquid epoxy mixed with red cedar dust.
Tonight (23rd), Daddy painted the tiller and rudder stock with epoxy - for these pretty woods we are using a special hardener that stays especially clear to show off the wood! He also went ahead and fiberglassed the rudder. That will be cleaned up once it's all dry, and they'll all get more coats of epoxy.
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