Doughnut mold or ingot mold??

[doghawg]

I got this from an 88 year old friend yesterday and he got it from his parents. I thought it would make a dandy little mold for pouring 3" dia. ingots that would probably go about a pound. I did a little checking and found out they were made from 1900 to 1949 and the opening bids were 39.95 on e-bay. It's dirty but in good shape....

I don't give a hoot about antiques but it would probably be a shame to use it for casting.......What do you guys think??

[No_1]

You could offer it for a trade to board members for some other ingot moulds.

Robert

[jameslovesjammie]

I LOVE donuts, so I would say sell it and get a couple good ingot molds. I use danish donut pans, such as these http://cgi.ebay.com/NEW-Danish-Aebelskiver-Pancake-Pan-NonStick-Cookware_W0QQitemZ200287473989QQihZ010QQcategoryZ2 5466QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

They are cheap and can be found in cast aluminum or cast iron. The most I've ever paid for one is $5.00. They are the perfect size for my 10 lb pot, as I tend to add more metal when I get to about the 2/3-1/2 pot level. They melt quickly and I don't have to wait forever for my melt to come back to temp.

[Blammer]

I think round ingots may be a bit difficult to fit in the pot, but could be wrong.

I like "stick" ingots as then you can assuredly get them in pretty much any pot.

[montana_charlie]

In the interest of providing you with a good excuse to NOT use the doughnut maker for ingots...

I like ingots that store efficiently. That means they are easy to stack, or they fit compactly in a certain container.
Round ingots with empty middles leave unfillled space...which could be called inefficiency for storage.

CM

[runfiverun]

i would probably not use that for an ingot mold.

[MT Gianni]

I bought a corn muffin cast iron pan from Sportsman Surplus and paid $7.99 2-3 years ago. I'd leave that one for it's intended purpose.

[JFriis]

I have some ingots that look like they were cast in a mold similar to that.
I will see about some pics.

[docone31]

I used a real small cast iron frying pan I got at a yard sale. Perfect size to just plop into the Lee Bottom Pour.
Cost me .25, had it for 10yrs without incicence.

[JFriis]

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