Handle for a Lyman Ingot mold

[BACKTOSHOOTING]

Just picked up a couple of ingot molds, 1 Lee and 1 Lyman and the Lyman has a flat spot for the handle but didnt come with it.
What do you guys make handles out of and how do you go about makeing them strong enough ?
Was thinking of cutting a slot in a dowl and drilling a hole thru it for a screw.

Thanks Steve

[Wal']

Vice grips or multigrip pliers, the older Lyman molds came minus handles just the flat spot to grip. :-D

[Maven]

Vise grips or multigrip pliers, the older Lyman molds came minus handles just the flat spot to grip. :-D


+1 on Wal's suggestion!

[LUCKYDAWG13]

+1 on Wal's suggestion!

+2 vice grips

[JonB_in_Glencoe]

vicegrip !

[Guesser]

I use vise grips on my Saeco ingot mold, works well.

[Mk42gunner]

I'll be the odd man out. I use waterpump (channel lock) pliers to dump my angle iron ingot molds.

Robert

[Pavogrande]

Only old geezers know them as water pump pliers -- most guys here, even mechanics, never tightened a water pump packing -- or greased one for that matter :-)

[nhrifle]

Another vote for channel locks. I lift the ingot mould, the smelting pot, anything else that's hot, and they make a great hammer if ya got ta whack something

[Wal']

Aren't the channel lock pliers todays multigrip pliers or I think they are down here.

Please tell me if I'm wrong, just curious.

[nhrifle]

61125

Those are them.

[Smokin7mm]

I have both lyman and RCBS and I just use vise grips.

Bret

[Springfield]

Buy a pair of Ove' gloves and you can pick it up with your hands.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Ove-Glove-Hot-Surface-Handler-1-Glove-Pack-of-2-/300832314723?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item460b00d563

[Le Loup Solitaire]

Any tool that grips will work. An ordinary pair of pliers will do. A pair of vise-grips does the job, but will start to heat up if left attached to the ingot mold...detaching and re-attaching them is a nuisance. Channel-lock pliers are good especially since the larger handles let you work them with gloves on. If you don't want to use any kind of grips you can drill a small hole in the tab on the mold and attach to it with a small short bolt, a short stub of metal that in turn has a hole drilled in the other end of it. It then can be attached to a length of wooden board about 6 inches x 1" wide long that serves as a handle. LLS

[imashooter2]

Yep. Vise grips...

http://home.comcast.net/~imashooter2/pictures/lastww10-12-600.jpg

[Chicken Thief]

So i'm the odd ball because i made a handle and screwed it on.

http://i295.photobucket.com/albums/mm153/Chickenthief/Skydning/Til%20andre/R0011248_zpsef5cf419.jpg
http://i295.photobucket.com/albums/mm153/Chickenthief/Skydning/Til%20andre/R0011251_zps68c5c036.jpg
http://i295.photobucket.com/albums/mm153/Chickenthief/Skydning/Til%20andre/R0011252_zps4c1036f0.jpg

[Le Loup Solitaire]

Chicken Thief posted pics in the above post of what I had described in post #14 except he did it better. He made a round handle with a collar/ferrule on the end to prevent splitting and not only anchored it with a bolt, but also added a pressure screw to prevent the handle from rotating if the ingot is tilted to the side. He will never burn his hand and there is nothing to fiddle with. So what exactly is "oddball" about that?? I did almost the same thing using an oversize hardened nail with a flat section that has a hole in one end that is used as a chimmney/fireplace hanger (normally driven into the mortar between bricks). I drove the pointy end into a spare file handle that had a ferrule; the tab on the ingot mold was drilled to receive a bolt that went thru it and the hole in the hanger. Ferrules/collars can be made out of short lengths of ordinary pipe or electrical conduit. LLS

[fcvan]

I like channel lock pliers for a basic tool on hand while casting. Picking up ingots that are still hot or picking up the ingot mold works pretty good. When smelting, I use a SS ladle with standard pliers or vise grips, cuts down on heat transfer and makes the ladle 'longer' so to speak and keeps the hands from. Eying directly over the smelting pot.