This thread is relevant for me as I have a MESU 200 mount on the way, and it comes without counterweights. The MESU uses a 40mm diam counterweight bar so is sort of unique.
Weight lifter plates come with either a 32mm bore or the Olympic standard plates uses a 50mm bore. So do I buy the smaller bore and get it drilled to size, or the Olympic version and have it sleeved.
Probably end up doing what Bojan did and make my own with concrete and lead fishing sinkers mixed in.
Cheers
Bill
Go to tip shop; buy weights for $5 and get them drilled out for about $10 each. No big deal. Better to have a few smaller ones than a back breaker to fine tune.
As it happens I was talking to a builder mate of mine this afternoon and he gave me 20Kg of lead roof flashing. Can't believe a small rolled up bundle weighs so much.
So I'll split it up into 5Kg lots and work around that.
Builders don't use lead anymore, they now use tin as its also soft and bendable.
Even I resorted to those 'weights' once, but only because the colour matched..... just because they're used in the dark doesn't mean they should not look great in daylight...
Aerobic class ankle weights, odd bits of metal and finished off with trusty sticky tape = full flexibility and perfect balance ...the image cares not what the counter weights look like
And as hard as it may be to believe, Mike carries that whole setup under one arm and a carton of beer under the other
...the image cares not what the counter weights look like 
