2 part question.  What are you using if you use tungsten?

I use bps and another kind with the inserts.


Second part.  How in the world do they make them?  I'm thinking its compressed under pressure since the melting pt is about 6k.

Thanks for those links...I like the shallow pack....

also, i found a neat trick for dealing with the sometimes questionable edges of tungsten weights:
 
"You can solve the "hole" problem rather simply with some heat-shrink tubing and a little epoxy. Doesn't take long and protects your line/knot better than ANY Tg weight that doesn't have a sleeve...including Tru-Tg.

You can get the small heat-shrink at just about any electronics store or online. You just cut about a 2" peice of tube and go ahead and shrink 3/4" on one end so you can poke it through the hole and grab it on the other side. Then you put a small amount of epoxy on the unshrunk end and use the shrunk end to pull the unshrunk end into the hole...then trim off the excess and you're done. Works like a charm every time. You can do enough weights to last a full season in a couple of hours...IF you can keep your buddies from "mooching" them off ya!"

lol, i haven't tried that yet. i was thinking that if i buy some of those cheaper ones, and the liners werent up tho snuff, i would use that trick.

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I split the topic on pouring bismuth/tin and its in the tackle making section.