My hotplate

[.429]

91625 is actually our old griddle. It has plenty of surface space to keep ingots hot as well as my molds. It has a max temp of 400* so I don't have to worry about overheating the molds or melting the ingots. My boolits are perfect with the first cast after sitting on the griddle and anytime I need to stop for a bit. Anyone else use a griddle instead of a hot plate?

[jmort]

A couple/few using electric frying pans with cut-out so you can lay molds flat. First time I have seen electric griddle used for pre-heating, which needs no "cut-out." Nice, I think I may go this route. I was going to expropriate wife's electric frying pan and get her a new one. Now I think I will check thrift stores for griddle. I like it.

[JASON4X4]

I might have to buy my wife a new griddle

[AlaskanGuy]

I use a burner in my electric stove.... About 6-7 is the correct heat temp that i use to heat up my molds...

[.429]

this griddle is about $20 at WM iirc

[AlaskanGuy]

Looks like a cool hotplate...lol

How is the casting stuff going???? And the videos???? Anything new my spiting friend... :bigsmyl2::bigsmyl2:

[jmort]

If I can get that for $20.00 and it goes to 400 degrees, I'm in.

[.429]

and it still works great to put an old saucepan on it when making boolit lube

[Wayne S]

First time I've seen a sprue plate with a crocked neck AND a hole in it

[.429]

LOL! it's going good. i'm thinking about making a new video soon. i got a lil bit of Christmas cash and ordered a Prochrono with expedited shipping. supposed to be here tomorrow! :grin:
Looks like a cool hotplate...lol

How is the casting stuff going???? And the videos???? Anything new my spiting friend... :bigsmyl2::bigsmyl2:

[.429]

First time I've seen a sprue plate with a crocked neck AND a hole in iti'm actually not sure what the little hole is for, but this is an Accurate Mold and it kicks a$$!!

[trixter]

Now that is thinking outside the box.

[HeavyMetal]

all ya need to do now is rig a frame to hold molds with out the ingot counter balance.

This could easily hold two Lee 6 bangers, on thier sides, while casting. I suggest stationing them on the side as I believe, from experience, that this helps retain heat in the sprue plate.

I firmly believe that poorly filled out bases are caused by to much cooling of the sprue plate but rigging them to stay put with handles attached may be a bit of a chore, LOL!

The griddle is a nice idea that needs further exploration, keep us posted on it.