[Ed Wright]

If your not putting it in the weight box, but building weight bars, it is easier to pour shot in the tubing than to melt lead bars in. Plumbing supply stores have lead bars, and round one lb. "pucks". I use square, or rectangular tubing for weight bars. I Tig weld plates on the ends. Weld one on, pour in the shot, weld the cap on the other end.