I’ve had my Mode Sonnet for a little bit now and was working on a little side project which was making my own weight out of stainless steel. I was debating between stainless and brass, but stainless was cheaper and it didn’t require additional treatment to the finish/material post cutting.
I work in a manufacturing facility where I have the ability to use an IPG Photonics Lasercube laser cutter, and I wanted to make a few more weights since I know two other people who also have a Sonnet. I used sheets of 304 annealed stainless steel from McMcaster-Carr in thicknesses of 0.075" and 0.120" since the default aluminum weight is 5mm thick (0.197"). I modeled the weights in Solidworks after I measured them and exported the top faces as DXF files to program for the laser cutter, then countersunk the thinner tops after I cut them all on the laser.
I think they turned out pretty good! The burn marks are unavoidable when using the laser but I like the unfinished look of the stainless sheets. And in the end this weight is entirely internal so aesthetics don’t matter too much here.