Small ingot mold?

[squidtamer]

Looking for a new ingot mold. Something smallish to make no more than ~2lb ingot? Something to fit into an RCBS size pot. Used is fine. (wouldn't mind pics to make sure things are cracked/etc) Just came into a couple of buckets of WW so it's finally time to get off the bench and smelt my own ingots rather than buying them.

I think new Lee molds are like $12 on amazon. They worth it?
Not sure if an Aluminum ingot mold is any better/worse than cast iron, /shrug I cast with both now as I suspect do many of us.

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[deltaenterprizes]

LEE ingot molds are fine, I have a couple that are 25 years old!
I like the 1/2 pound ingots for solder and Linotype.

[CastingFool]

One mold is not enough. I have one lee mold, and I like it, just wish I had a couple more. Just having one mold slows down the smelting process.

[Springfield]

If you don't care if you ingots stack, just go to Goodwill and get some cast iron Gingerbread house molds, or sometimes animal shapes. I have a few I would sell but shipping can be steep, about 18.00 for a large Flat Rate. I have some rusty cornbread moulds also. I really like the way they fall out, but they don't stack nicely.

[squidtamer]

Hmm off to check out my local thrift and Goodwill stores I guess. I'd LIKE them to stack, but it's not yet a requirement. Don't have to start sorting quite yet. was thinking small milk crates and sort COWW, Stick ons,and some pure lead I have, as that's all I've really got at the moment. No flux/tin/etc yet.

[farmerjim]

I have 3 lee, 1 lyman, and 1 Saeco, and 1 cornbread. With these I can continuously ladle lead from my 200 pound alloy pot into the molds dumping the oldest as they fill. I use up the cornbread first because they do not stack well. I have no problems with the Lee mold, but they only hold 3 pounds of lead while the lyman and Saeco hold 4.

[Iron369]

I have a couple lee ingot moulds. In retrospect, I should have spent a little more for the Lyman moulds. The Lee makes two one pound and two half pound. I don’t use the half pound. The Lyman has 4 one pound ingot sections. I spend too much time waiting for two Lee ingots to cool when the Lyman would double production.

[deltaenterprizes]

Muffin tins work well also, I got small bread pans from Big Lots , the grey silicone coated ones, some of the silver colored ones are tin plated and the ingots got soldered to the pan!

[toallmy]

A cheap muffin pan that holds a dozen full sized muffins will holds 24 pounds of lead . This can get you going cheap and fast .

[Walks]

Check your local Kroeger. They sell LODGE here, the cornbread pan makes GREAT ingots, $19 on sale here

[Traffer]

I have several types of molds that I never use. The only thing I need are Muffin Tins. I use the 6 cavity muffin tins from Dollar Tree, where everything is ....you guessed it... one dollar. These tins are zinc plated so the lead STICKS TO THEM unless you smoke them. I smoked my tins and when I pour molds. I have a couple of tins so I can pour 12 at a time. They make roughly 1.5lb ingots. Those fit nicely into my little 4lb Lee pot.

[jeepyj]

All in photos from a antique store. Mostly corn bread muffin pans. They are pretty hard to beat for on the cheap

[HangFireW8]

Those corn bread muffin pans look awesome... I've never seen any at flea markets or yard sales. But I am doing OK with my collection of mini muffin pans. Except for the dollar store zinc plated ones. I destroyed them getting the first batch out of them.

[Anyracoon]

Picked up some cheap cast iron mini muffin pans and one regular cast iron muffin tin several years back at Walmart along with a set of metal stamps from Harbor Freight. I stamp all my meltdown ingots with; LL for lead, RL for range lead, L2 for bullet lead, WW for wheel weights, etc. I built small wood boxes the size of USPS med flat rate box to store lead in.

[Rich/WIS]

I have several of the SAECO mold and a Lee but have found muffin tins work best. Have both the regular and mini aluminum pans and a cast iron full size. Depending on how much lead you pour in big ones run about 1 1/4 lbs, minis about 1/2 lb. Got them at yard sales and thrift shops. If you get any make sure they are solid aluminum, not the type where the cup is a press fit into the tray.

[Ohiopatriot]

Muffin tins work well they make1.5-2lb round ignots perfect for the pot.

[SciFiJim]

Hmm off to check out my local thrift and Goodwill stores I guess. I'd LIKE them to stack, but it's not yet a requirement. Don't have to start sorting quite yet. was thinking small milk crates and sort COWW, Stick ons,and some pure lead I have, as that's all I've really got at the moment. No flux/tin/etc yet.

Be careful with loading the milk crates. I did that and the sides gave way after about a year of storage. I didn't stack the milk crates, but I did fill them with ingots. The outward pressure from the piled ingots added up after a while. Made quite a mess of mixed ingots when I finally noticed. I had them labeled, but still....

[nylocmik]

I also love to fish and I saw this cast iron cornbread pan for $16 and had to have it! They fit in my Lee 10lb pot too.Attachment 232152

[Bazoo]

I am not sure the size of the RCBS pot, but I've got a whole stack of muffin tins, both large ones, and those mini ones, all of them the 1 piece variety that I got for .25 each from the local church thrift store. Church thrift stores are the beesknees.

[Jeffrey]

I bought ingot moulds from D Crockett, a vendor sponsor here, and was very satisfied. He makes them using angle iron. Check him out. http://castboolits.gunloads.com/foru...-Smelting-Pots