mac266
12-20-2014, 04:52 PM
This was my first pot when I got into casting, and I found the bottom pour spout was leaky and annoying. So I bought an old Saeco. From the looks of the Saeco, it's at least 60 years old, but it works wonderfully. I've been using it for a decade with no problems.
But I keep thinking about that Lee pot that does nothing but sit under my bench and collect dust. It seems like a waste. It has about 20 pounds of lead in it, too. What I'm thinking about is draining the lead out and then removing the entire bottom pour spout mechanism. Then I'd put a screw in the hole to plug it up permanently, and use a dipper to cast with the dip method instead of bottom pour.
Has anyone ever done this? Did it work? Stay plugged without leaking?
But I keep thinking about that Lee pot that does nothing but sit under my bench and collect dust. It seems like a waste. It has about 20 pounds of lead in it, too. What I'm thinking about is draining the lead out and then removing the entire bottom pour spout mechanism. Then I'd put a screw in the hole to plug it up permanently, and use a dipper to cast with the dip method instead of bottom pour.
Has anyone ever done this? Did it work? Stay plugged without leaking?