Do It Hot Pot 2 | Electric Melting Pot for Lead | Melts Lead Ingots Quickly | 4 Pound Capacity | Lead Melting Pot for Fishing Weight Molds & Bullet Casting Molds | Made in The USA

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Molten lead can cause water droplets to vaporize instantly, potentially spraying the molten lead all over you. I started casting both modern and round balls back in 1968 and used a 40 pound capacity lead cast iron pot on top of a 20 pound plumbers propane tank burner. Dealing with reclaimed lead can be very smoky and messy and you don't want to use the same "pans" for the dirty lead as you do for pouring your "clean" lead. Our range of Lee melting pots includes bottom-pour pots and standard lead melting pots for use with ladles. MADE IN THE USA - All Hot Pot 2 lead melting pots are made in the USA using local materials and labor.

If you want to cast a lot of bullets get a big dip pot and a big burner such as one of those turkey friers and put a 10" steel wok or pot on it. I like the longer legs on the RCBS, and I hafta turn the mold guide over to use larger mold blocks on the Lyman. Once the vessel has cooled, put in a trash bag and place it with your outdoor garbage, or in a dumpster where it can be collected with other trash.He graduated from Columbia University in 2021, where he studied nonfiction writing and wrote for the student newspaper. Just remember, never reuse a cast iron cooking item that has cast lead for food preparation again as it can poison the food. X Trustworthy Source University of Rochester Medical Center Leading academic medical center in the U. If you remove the pintle and grind/polish it to a sharp point exactly like a pencil, it won't leak unless you let slag accumulate on the bottom. From reading the comments here, I think I'll go with my initial plan and get one of the smaller Lee Pots.

Went back to dipper casting from a cast iron pot on a Coleman stove until I could afford a Good Bottom pour pot. Personalised advertising may be considered a “sale” or “sharing” of information under California and other state privacy laws, and you may have a right to opt out. I keep a bit of 2 cycle oil on my casting bench and lube the lift handle where it goes around the pour spout on the Lee, this really helps with the tools smoothness. i use the pans off pressure cookers you can get a fair bit of lead in them ive usually got two on the go at a time also use two ladles one for scraping the slag off and the other for pouring the lead with.For extra purification, stir in a second tea light candle after using the spoon to skim off and discard the dross produced by the first candle. All have given good service, the oldest surviving two earthquakes in Southern California where it fell from the bench to the floor. I'm looking at a lee precision lead pot style they're spendy though so I would like some opinions on it before I drop any dough, something that pours from the top and electric so I don't have to use propane. The old Lee 20 pound has served me long and faithfully but the screws that hold the valve mechanism in alignment have gotten loose in their holes and the holes that they go through in the lever to open the valve is a bit oblong requiring maintenance and adjustments more often than I have patience for and I have decided to at least look at what is available.

So the consensus seems to be if you can find a used Pro Melt, that's the best you can get, and if you can't, Lyman's Mag 20 is the best thing in current production? On Sunday I would size and lube all the bullets using a Star luber/sizer - I got two one set up for each caliber. I'd be using Hornady, Lyman, or one of those Super, High Dollar, single stage presses with sub micron adjustments.I seriously doubt that a 220volt pot would heat up any faster than a 220 volt pot, but Im not an expert on such things and dont have a 220 v pot to compare. I will continue to use my Lee 4-20 till it don't get haot anymore, then probably just fix it and use it some more. I updated it with a PID and is as happy as a pig in mud every time i switch it on to cast some slugs. My "fix" idea for the Lee is to shape a piece of metal in a "Z" shape so it can be screwed to the top of the pot and have a small threaded bolt over the stem so that there is a true positive stop for flow control. Minie balls and skirted slugs like the lead a little hotter (more fluid) and round balls a little cooler (750 or so) so the moulds don't overheat.

Wheel weights SHOULD NOT be used for melting/pouring lead lures and weights, as they contain high levels of impurities that can damage or ruin melting pots.Wheel wights are commonly used and for sinkers you really don't need to worry about how "hard" or "soft" the lead is as you do with bullets. Some of the technologies we use are necessary for critical functions like security and site integrity, account authentication, security and privacy preferences, internal site usage and maintenance data, and to make the site work correctly for browsing and transactions. So since wheel weights seem to be such a common form of lead for people, whats the best way to clean them up?