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It's in huge blocks that was obviously made by using a large cast iron pot, and I even have a few that were made in hub caps.
On occasion when the nozzle gets blocked I used an L shaped wire to push up into the nozzle (careful you dont get burned) and this free's up the blockage well. My only lead right now is a few small wheel weights but I am wondering why not to use them, and if anyone has used them?One winter evening we were making sinkers and a neighbor brought over a couple hundred pounds of wheel weights. Load one, pour while the other is melting and load molds in between makes a pretty efficient system. All have given good service, the oldest surviving two earthquakes in Southern California where it fell from the bench to the floor. 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.
Less temperature swing and no casting thermometer to dip in and out of pot is the biggest advantage.I have mine adjusted to get the maximum flow possible, because I am casting 400-500 grain boolits most of time.
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. 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. Just make a couple pours to heat the mold till the pours come out good then keep right on pouring till your more than done with extra bare jig hooks. Thank you to everyone who responded, this seems to more so come down to opinion rather than which is best.The amount of lead left in the bullet casing machine was what ever it was when I stopped for the day. 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. About every 6-10 casts (whenever the mold looks to be getting too hot), I pause and top off the pot. 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.
if you go with a Lee pot like as been said take the valve rod apart and use something like valve grinding compound or similar put it in a drill and spin it in the seat. Warning: Melting lead and casting lead objects will expose you and others in the area to lead, which is known to cause birth defects, other reproductive harm and cancer. If you somehow, in humid environs, collected moisture down under the lead, there could be a very slight chance of it not being able to escape as it turns to steam, and then exploding. Cast iron or aluminum molds are readily available as used by the firearms industries for casting ingots and bullets.In general though, keep your lead DRY and your pot DRY, and avoid steam explosions and rust altogether. It is the impurities and dirt, that must be cleaned from wheel weights, that plug the spout on bottom pour pots. I like the longer legs on the RCBS, and I hafta turn the mold guide over to use larger mold blocks on the Lyman. The electric heating element, wrapped around the bottom third of the pot, can reportedly burn itself out a lot faster if you don't leave about an inch or more in bottom of pot. That will probably be a majority of what I pour so I think the precision aspect of the lee will do good and fits my wants.
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