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Midohhntr
02-22-2022, 05:38 PM
I purchased one a couple weeks ago thinking my 44 year old 10 lbs Lee pot won't last much longer, but it still works. I know some hate them for the constant drip, but so far I like it. All I can say is, what took me so long...lol. I run about 12 Lbs of alloy and had two moulds going, the 3 cavity Noe 460-315 and the Lee 452- 255 rF. The Noe stays hot so long I have about 20 seconds for the spru to harden and gives plenty of time for the other. So far so good with this pot, never dripped once... but I will keep an eye out for it.

Walter Laich
02-22-2022, 06:25 PM
do you know what temp you are running your melt?

20 sec for spru to harden sounds a bit long

HATCH
02-22-2022, 06:37 PM
Need to invest in a PID. 20 seconds is like 15 seconds longer then it should be.

Outer Rondacker
02-22-2022, 06:39 PM
Anyone have a link to a cheap but affective PID for the guy?

Midohhntr
02-22-2022, 07:03 PM
After things settled down a bit my boolits were looking great, not frosted as if they were too hot. Had the knob set at the 6 point, I realize it’s not an indication of actual temperature.

oley55
02-26-2022, 09:09 AM
Anyone have a link to a cheap but affective PID for the guy?

forum vendor HATCH makes and sells PIDs. Reports are positive, but I built my own before I saw his. So I have no hands-on experience. My home built PID has way more options than we need for our purposes. If I had to do over I'd probably buy one from HATCH.

osage
02-26-2022, 12:08 PM
I purchased a PID from HATCH for my very old 10lb Lee "dripper". I started using it last week. Very happy with it.