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cannonball weights for cheap

Post by goonatic » Mon Oct 28, 2013 12:45 am

so at most places is seems like cannonball weights are around 40-50 cents a piece right? well last week i was looking through craiglist to see if anyone had a good deal and i found that several people sell cannonballs very cheap! the guy i found sold me 120 3/4oz cannonballs and 90 1oz cannonballs for 40 bucks, thatll last me probably years, maybe even a decade since i dont lose too many. plus they were made pretty well, smooth, not too soft, not brittle, and i couldnt pull the brass eyelet thing out, just thought id share this to save you money and help those good samaritans out haha [thumbsup]

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Post by mallard83 » Mon Oct 28, 2013 5:31 am

If it is the guy in Marysville, he does great work. My brother and I have been buying our cannonballs from him for years now. I also purchased a nice pyramid anchor from him a few years ago. My brother bought a mold so we won't need to buy cannonballs anymore but I highly recommend the guy from Marysville.

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Post by strider43 » Mon Oct 28, 2013 6:38 am

goonatic wrote:so at most places is seems like cannonball weights are around 40-50 cents a piece right? well last week i was looking through craiglist to see if anyone had a good deal and i found that several people sell cannonballs very cheap! the guy i found sold me 120 3/4oz cannonballs and 90 1oz cannonballs for 40 bucks, thatll last me probably years, maybe even a decade since i dont lose too many. plus they were made pretty well, smooth, not too soft, not brittle, and i couldnt pull the brass eyelet thing out, just thought id share this to save you money and help those good samaritans out haha [thumbsup]
do you have contact info? I think I bought a downrigger ball from the Marysville guy a few years back.....

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Post by oneshot » Mon Oct 28, 2013 8:16 am

was the guys off his rocker in any way?
guys that make their own led weights for years eventually start losing brain cells.. :-"

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Post by mizm05 » Mon Oct 28, 2013 8:41 am

I pour my own lead. Just 1/2 and 3/4 oz so far. And like mentioned, I pour it in my garage with the door fully open and a fan right by the melting pot blowing that air outside. I think I'm going to also start wearing a mask.

But my weights come out great and it's already saved me a ton of money. Store bought weights are SOOOOO overpriced!

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Post by BentRod » Mon Oct 28, 2013 9:10 am

mizm05 wrote:I pour my own lead..... I think I'm going to also start wearing a mask.
Highly recommended. :salut:

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Post by chongo469 » Mon Oct 28, 2013 1:25 pm

oneshot wrote:was the guys off his rocker in any way?
guys that make their own led weights for years eventually start losing brain cells.. :-"
As long as the guys prices stay cheap, who cares how looney he gets off the fumes.. :)

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Post by racfish » Mon Oct 28, 2013 2:22 pm

So thats why Im crazy. Ive been making 4,5,6 oz pyramid sinkers for years now. This explains alot. Must be those lead fumes.

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Post by Jhuynh2 » Mon Oct 28, 2013 4:38 pm

how do we contact that guy?

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Post by Bodofish » Tue Oct 29, 2013 7:47 am

racfish wrote:So thats why Im crazy. Ive been making 4,5,6 oz pyramid sinkers for years now. This explains alot. Must be those lead fumes.
Oh so now you're going to blame it on the lead............ [razz]
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Post by Mike Carey » Tue Oct 29, 2013 8:25 am

Me too, now I know why I can't find words easily. And I thought it was just growing old. Dang.
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Post by Bodofish » Tue Oct 29, 2013 8:29 am

Mike Carey wrote:Me too, now I know why I can't find words easily. And I thought it was just growing old. Dang.

Hehehe, yep early onset, I suffer from it too. It happens from years of raising kids and having them roll their eyes when you tell them to do something...... [wink]
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Post by Bodofish » Tue Oct 29, 2013 8:31 am

PS guys besides wearing a mask if you're going to pour lead, it should be done under a hood while you wear a mask. It doesn't take much and it accumulative so there is no getting away from it. It only takes a little. [blink]
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Post by Mike Carey » Tue Oct 29, 2013 9:38 am

Bodofish wrote:PS guys besides wearing a mask if you're going to pour lead, it should be done under a hood while you wear a mask. It doesn't take much and it accumulative so there is no getting away from it. It only takes a little. [blink]
way too late now. :-"
So having kids is as bad to brain cells as inhaling lead fumes. Ouch.
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Post by Bodofish » Tue Oct 29, 2013 9:47 am

Mike Carey wrote:
Bodofish wrote:PS guys besides wearing a mask if you're going to pour lead, it should be done under a hood while you wear a mask. It doesn't take much and it accumulative so there is no getting away from it. It only takes a little. [blink]
way too late now. :-"
So having kids is as bad to brain cells as inhaling lead fumes. Ouch.
Yep well documented! Just take a look at your folks and see what you did to them.... :)
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Post by mizm05 » Tue Oct 29, 2013 10:11 am

Just curious what a hood would cost? And what type I would look for? How would you vent it from the garage? Just a dryer duct running out the garage door?
Bodofish wrote:PS guys besides wearing a mask if you're going to pour lead, it should be done under a hood while you wear a mask. It doesn't take much and it accumulative so there is no getting away from it. It only takes a little. [blink]

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Post by goonatic » Tue Oct 29, 2013 8:32 pm

360 791 8076
heres the guys number, his ad says hes in lacey, but maybe you can ask to meet somewhere, he didnt seem cooky to me haha

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