does anyone make ingot molds in a 8 pound size?

[mozeppa]

something welded up from "U" channel?

i need about 10

[Butchman205]

I make them from 2"x2" angle steel.


-Butchman

[runfiverun]

slicing a piece of 6" pipe in half about 8-9" long would be about right.
you could do longer pieces of smaller diameters.
like a 12" piece of 4".
welding a piece of angle iron on the ends would make them sit level.

[ReloaderFred]

Hamilton Beach Mini Loaf Pans, Item #04460. The best place to buy them is Amazon.com @ $3.99 for a two pack.

Hope this helps.

Fred

[BK7saum]

something welded up from "U" channel?

i need about 10

I made some out of 3" c channel with 1.5" angle welded on the end. 8 total, all welds are on the exterior. They have worked well for me. I think they are about 6" long but cant remember for sure. If you can find someone to make some, I think you'll like them.

Here is what the ingots look like. Sorry, wrong ingots/mold. these are about 5 lbs per ingot
http://i1229.photobucket.com/albums/ee467/BLK7mm/2013-02-06011457.jpg (http://s1229.photobucket.com/user/BLK7mm/media/2013-02-06011457.jpg.html)

Here are the molds and boxed ingots they are about 7.5-8 lbs per ingot

http://i1229.photobucket.com/albums/ee467/BLK7mm/2014-07-22080437.jpg (http://s1229.photobucket.com/user/BLK7mm/media/2014-07-22080437.jpg.html)

[RogerDat]

I second the loaf pan, or angle iron form, or channel.

185009

If you look center rear you can see the rusty angle iron molds used to make those bars. Those are 2 inch angle iron 8 inches long. I don't think they can get much over 3# at that length. (8 inch fits in SFRB or MFRB) I would guess 4 inch wide by 2 inch deep by 8 inch long would hold your 6# ingots. Actually about 1/8 inch under 8 inch long.

Full size bread loaf pan about an inch thick yields 10# slab, so the medium loaf pan might well be the right size. if you know your how heavy the lead from a full ladle is you can use that with water to find volume of water it takes to be 6# of lead, gives you an idea of how full a pan will be with 6# of lead.

[BK7saum]

http://i1229.photobucket.com/albums/ee467/BLK7mm/2014-07-22080437.jpg (http://s1229.photobucket.com/user/BLK7mm/media/2014-07-22080437.jpg.html) ingot molds

[frankenfab]

I like 3" channel iron. 6" will give you about a 8 lb. bar for mass storage. I use differently shaped cast iron, portion cups, etc. for pot size ingots.

[BK7saum]

I just use the 8lb for pot size ingots in my lee 20 lb pots. A little preheating and it doesn't take long for the pot to get back to temp. Smaller ingots will not drop temp as much but after 10-15 lbs cast, a 5 minute break is welcome.

[CGT80]

I made mine out of scrap C channel and angle.........and they look as purdy as the day I welded them......well, almost.

http://i1112.photobucket.com/albums/k484/CGT80/Shooting%20Reloading%20and%20Boolit%20Casting/IMG_20140202_144728_011.jpg

http://i1112.photobucket.com/albums/k484/CGT80/Shooting%20Reloading%20and%20Boolit%20Casting/IMG_20140202_144827_380.jpg

http://i1112.photobucket.com/albums/k484/CGT80/Shooting%20Reloading%20and%20Boolit%20Casting/IMG_20140202_171212_283.jpg