How do you heat your melt pot?

[currahee1911]

Hi,
What heat source are you using for your melting pot?

Any help appreciated.

Thanks,
C.

:smile:

[H.Callahan]

My father was a plumber for about 40 years. I have his old propane fired plumber's furnace and a cast iron plumber's pot.

[dragonrider]

I'm guessing you mean a smelting pot when reducing ww's to ingots, I use a home made propane burner.

[Rex]

Turkey frier and cast iron pot, also dip and cast out of it.

[Springfield]

Turkey fryer and a steel pot.

[slide]

propane

[dpaultx]

Propane fish frier and a cast iron pot made in Taiwan. Couldn't bring myself to melt lead in any of my USofA cast iron.

Doug

[JonB_in_Glencoe]

gasoline in a coleman camp stove.

[olaf455]

Oak firewood in a modified/custom Woodstove.

[melter68]

bunsen burner and lead pot with spout and lee lead pot 10ib, so i have two

[John Boy]

Ingots: Dutch oven, cover removed ... propane flame thrower
http://www.harborfreight.com/propane-torch-91033.html

Casting Bullets:
* 20# Cast Iron Pot & Ladle - vintage 1950's gas stove that puts out 50,000 BTU's
* 20# Electric Pot plugged into electric outlet

OK, what's the point of this thread?

[shadowcaster]

I'm using a reenforced turkey fryer with a custom self made bottom pour smelting pot & lid. Not much money invested, but super efficient.

Shad

[Cowboy T]

For melting down wheel weights, a turkey fryer + propane.

For casting boolits, 110V AC.

[LabGuy]

Propane for casting ingots, electricity for casting boolets.

[jcwit]

Coleman dual fuel camp stove.

[ShooterAZ]

I also use a Coleman camp stove and muffin pan to cast ingots, Lee 20lb electric pot for casting.

[Longwood]

I also use a Coleman camp stove and muffin pan to cast ingots, Lee 20lb electric pot for casting.

Ditto,,, plus stainless condiment cups.

[wymanwinn]

propane with a 50k btu burner, 12" dia x 6" deep cast iron dutch oven....ladle into mini cast iron muffin cups (each lead muffin = ~2lbs)....for smelting...

for casting 110v RCBS ProMelt or 220v for the MasterCaster....

[dromia]

As above!

[WilliamDahl]

Custom made banjo burner running off natural gas with cast iron dutch oven for smelting wheelweights into ingots, Lee electric 20 lb pot for casting bullets.