Source for cheap counterweights ?

[powerlord]

Anyone got one ? I've got a 12mm threaded steel bar from ebay for 7 quid for my AZ GTi.

If I can't find cheap weight for a 12mm bar, I'm just gonna make an insert for a 1kg steel fitness free weight I have to screw fit onto it (3d printer) , and use 12mm wing nuts each side to move it up and down and secure it.

But a 'fatter' lower diameter weight would be better - I'm just not paying 30 or 40 quid for a bit of metal 😕

[SiriusB]

A few suggestions:

Offcut of round stock from your local metal merchant~if you can drill a central 12mm hole in it ?, scrap yard? ebay? ready made from astroboot? Tin can with melted lead cast  inside,should be easy to drill that.... then paint?😉

As a very amateur machinist, i've found buying metal of specific sizes aint that cheap these days except in bulk.... figuring in materials cost/labour time/postage etc counterweights aren't quite as pricey as they first seem.

As it's a counter weight, best source is local due to postage charge.

People have used concrete blocks, bricks  & all sorts in the past, all depends on how much you value your hard earned £ vs aesthetics/ ingenuity/practicality.

Lead is traditional i think (& vibration damping)

 

[Per_S]

On 09/02/2021 at 12:54, powerlord said:

Anyone got one ? I've got a 12mm threaded steel bar from ebay for 7 quid for my AZ GTi....

Try here; I've bought my 12-13mm counterweights from them.

https://www.astroboot.eu/AstroBoot

[powerlord]

Thanks, but I ended up doing the 3d printed route. Works a treat. 😀