Where to get angle iron ingot molds

[NavyVet1959]

Guys,
Hoping some one may be able to answer this one. My little mould sees way to small in the ingot weight it casts.

What size angle would I need to make another mould to throw ingots of around 1lb weight?

That is going to depend on what length you want your ingots. It is a simple math volume calculation.

[LenH]

First of all I don't own a welder, but I work for a steel fabricator. It is good to befriend one of the fitter/welders I swapped a guy some
.45 colt rounds for a couple of ingot molds made from 4" X 1 5/8" channel with 2 X 2 angle ends, I think the channel is 5" long. there are 2 channels
per mold and he made me 2 molds. If the molds are filled to nearly over flow the ingots weigh a bit over 4 pounds.

The trouble with these ingot molds is he didn't cut a large enough angle in the end and when they were welded the end cut all but disappeared. It takes
a little bit of banging to get the ingots to fall out. But that is the nature of the beast.

I also made a ladle out of a 4" domed pipe cap with a piece of bent square bar. It hold enough alloy to fill one of the channels.

[duckey]

Made a 3 cavity angle iron mold but did not angle the ends. Also welded inside the cavities then die ground o give a radius which was way more work and not really needed. Ingots fall out just fine.