Who here makes smelting ladles?

[Triggernosis]

I know I've heard of some good smelting ladles made by vendors here - can y'all remind me who some of them are?

[dg31872]

Check with RayinNH. He makes ladels and skimmers. First rate guy.

[luky-dude]

Just got a 13 oz. dipper from RotoMetal--top of the page

[Crash_Corrigan]

RotoMetals sells Ballard brand ladles and I have one. Very well made and should last a lifetime.

[Spruce]

I have a skimmer and 3#er ladel from RayinNH. Very nice. A 5#er from ebay that I use on my 5# cast iron candle ingots.

[weasel 21]

Ray is THE man for casting tools!!!

[ssnow]

Ray makes great tools!!!! Good guy to deal with.

[Sgt Petro]

+1 for Ray

[kenjuudo]

Ray's stuff is top notch, well executed and tough at a VERY good price.

jim

[zuke]

I use a dollar store soup ladle.
I also use a dollar store soup spoon with the hole's to get the clip's out.

[USMC87]

I see I'm not the only dollar store user.

[1616s16]

mine is a yard sale buy soup spoon large
1616

[PbHurler]

RayinNH,

Ray also makes some darned nice ingot moulds too.

[Triggernosis]

Thanks for the recommendations, guys. I'll def. check Ray out.

[7Acres]

I bought a Rowell bottom pour ladle. Very nice ladle. Hadn't heard of Ray though. I'll have to check him out too!

[Pmc]

For smelting I use a 1 quart stainless steel saucepan as a ladle. $1.99 at goodwill.

[LynC2]

Well the pony express just dropped off my ladle and skimmer from RayinNH. They are the perfect size for what I need. It reminds me of the Goldilocks and the Three Bears story after she tried all three bowls of porridge...this one is just right! :drinks:

Edited to add: Now if the #*&@ wind would just stop blowing. :brokenima

[LynC2]

Well the pony express just dropped off my ladle and skimmer from RayinNH. They are the perfect size for what I need. It reminds me of the Goldilocks and the Three Bears story after she tried all three bowls of porridge...this one is just right! :drinks:
Edited to add: Now if the #*&@ wind would just stop blowing. :brokenima

Well the wind finally died down enough for me to melt about 100 lbs of WW. Darn, my smoker burner took forever! I need to mess with the reg. and see if I can increase the BTU's!!! Anyway I can now do a bit of casting for my renewed addition. The skimmer and ladle from RayinNH worked wonderfully. As a side note, I put on a set of hickory handles to give me more control and reduce the heat transmitted. I'm pretty good at making things, but I would be hard pressed to do a better job than these, especially considering the time involved! :D