Hot Plate

[ACrowe25]

I'm slowly piecing all my equipment together. I'm looking to purchase a nice cheap not plate for rewarming my stuff. Just curious how hot it needs to go? Here one that I found that looks nice and hopefully fits the bill.

http://mobile.walmart.com/m/phoenix;jsessionid=89ED30B88E4F70519959FDB99116348 5#ip/Aroma-Single-Burner-Portable-Electric-Range-Hot-Plate-AHP-303/5871070

Hopefully the link works, thanks in advance.

[sabrecross03]

that is the exact same one that I'm using for my molds/ingots. It works great. It will get up to 350 degrees.

[ACrowe25]

Glad to hear. Just put it on "max" or whatever it is and let it go for awhile? Or what do you run yours at?

[Sasquatch-1]

Unfortunaely the link didnot work for me. I had a very cheap Proctor Sylex hot plate that only lasted about 6 months. It was less then $20.00. It may work for heating molds and preheating ingots but for melting lead it was pretty much useless. It worked for a while and then a connection inside the case kept coming undone. It continued to come undone even after squeezing the connector tight. Finally the wires broke so I ditched it..

[sabrecross03]

I preheat (set the warming plate on high) my aluminum molds and my ingots to 350 degrees. The ingots sit on top of my cast iron corn-cob mold. The mold was still a little cold, even with the preheating (20 min on high), so in addition to preheating next time, I will also dip a corner of the mold in the lead pot the next time I cast (for about 30 seconds or so).

[FLINTNFIRE]

The elite brand units I bought at bi-mart , work good but low to warm is all the higher I set them as they heat plenty hot at those settings , were under 15 dollars , use them for preheating molds , great idea from this site.

[DLCTEX]

I have a GE hot plate and it will get a six cavity mould hot enough to frost heavily if you leave it on high.