I have been casting for over 20 years, and I never been satisfied with my casting pot. The bottom pour speed/quantify varies as the pot empties, and although the ladle works more consistently, the pot that I have been using (a Lee bottom pour permanently modified for ladle only with a PID) is not quite wide enough for the 4x cavity molds I now use almost exclusively.
I then saw this pot, and saw how relatively easy was to make a new pot:
http://castboolits.gunloads.com/show...ight=100+pound
As with my last project (air-oil hydraulic single stage "Mega Press"), I am being as frugal as possible, re-using what ever I have on hand, trying to buy stuff when absolutely necessary.
So I follow that posts' ideas/advice to make a wider, ladle only, PID controlled casting pot. After looking for a "suitable" and low cost "bowl" for my purpose, I decided to buy this one - 8" Lead Melting Pot,PartNo L42008 JonesStephens ($25):
https://www.walmart.com/ip/8-Lead-Me...hens/632843326
With a pot in hand, I then search for a heating element I could bend around that bowl, just like shown in the post above. Luckily, I found the following one in Amazon for about $13:
https://www.amazon.com/First4Spares-...rs+%282500W%29
I also bought the ceramic insulation on Amazon ($25):
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...?ie=UTF8&psc=1
So I am not done, but I will be posting pictures as I make progress
Will