(Cutting glass fibre rod is fairly unpleasant as it produces a fine dust which contains powdered glass. It is advisable to cut the former outside and wear a face mask when doing it to avoid breathing the dust.)
Cut a length of tube 100mm long and file off any sharp edges. Clean the tube using methylated spirits (both inside and out) to ensure that it is free from grease. Mix up a small amount of the car body filler. Spread this paste over the end of the former and place some down the centre of the tube. Now push the steel tubing over the end of the former turning it as you push it down to ensure that the body filler is spread around inside the tube remove any surplus and smooth off the ends. Allow the body filler to harden and then smooth off with sandpaper (Fig. 2).
An alternative method it to use thick wire instead of tubing. The wire is wrapped round the end of the former in a spiral to form the weight. In this case the whole wire should be covered in the car body filler and smoothed off afterwards to ensure that there are so sharp edges and that the wire remains in place.
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