I'm the only one in the world who has done this, I'm sure ...

[gwpercle]

I only did it once !
My pot now sits in a big old aluminum deep dish Pizza Pan ... it has shallow upturned sides , about 1" high but the pan will contain all the metal in the pot ...
which not only works to contain any leakages but when casting ... any splatters or spills now drop into the pan and not on my bench top ... this make Clean-Up a lot easier . Also gives me a place to put hot ladles , skimming spoons or hot moulds !
Mine is 16" diameter but it was in the kitchen cab and wife said to use it ...
a rectangular baking sheet with low sides would be just as good ... measure how much room you will need and buy a pan a few inches larger all the way around .
Gary

[Harter66]

I'm yet to see a ladle pot do that ......they will develop a gnarly crust on them however........

[Abert Rim]

Dug myself out of my hole with the judicious application of a propane torch, and cast up some Lee 429-240-2Rs for .44 Russian and some 312-185-1Rs for 7.65 Argentine to mark the occasion.

[Kraschenbirn]

Been there, done that...once! Propane torch to melt led away from bottom-drip nozzle then removed base-plate (with attached 8-pound lead drip) from my Lyman 25 and placed it my smelting pot. Fired up the old plumber's furnace and fished baseplate from melted alloy with a pair of channel-locks before (re)fluxing alloy and pouring into ingots.

Bill

[Texas by God]

I feel your pain…..
My “be right back” got sidetracked but cleanup was’nt that bad.


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