this old pot

**hpdrifter** · 03-30-2009, 08:18 PM

**briang** · 03-30-2009, 08:41 PM

Good idea, sounds like a tv show about casting

**Bret4207** · 03-31-2009, 07:24 AM

Who gets to play Bob Villa? I don't think anyone here is that obnoxious.

It's a good idea, all it takes is a a Moderator making a title and sticky.

**Bret4207** · 04-02-2009, 08:09 AM

No action from the Staff, so I'll PM someone with the suggestion.

**Willbird** · 04-02-2009, 08:28 AM

I think you might get an influx of hippies from the 60's with baggies of dried herbs.

Bill

**wiljen** · 04-02-2009, 09:34 AM

It's all your's Drifter - or should we call ya Bob now?

**Bret4207** · 04-02-2009, 09:55 AM

Oooh! ooooh! Can I be Norm?! At least he had some vague idea of what he was doing.

**GLL** · 04-02-2009, 10:39 AM

Although these 22 pound Pro-Melt ladle pots are not especially old they are difficult to find ! I have been searching for another for about a year. They have very nice thermostatic controls and maintain constant temp.

Anyone have one for sale ???

Jerry

**hpdrifter** · 04-04-2009, 10:47 PM

To do all of the posting, but I'll try to do a little.

Content was moved to the OP

**Bret4207** · 04-05-2009, 09:35 AM

Well done rick!!!! Kudos!!!!

**hpdrifter** · 04-06-2009, 11:14 PM

thanx Bret

**Shiloh** · 07-17-2009, 06:53 PM

Originally Posted by Bret4207

Who gets to play Bob Villa? I don't think anyone here is that obnoxious.

It's a good idea, all it takes is a a Moderator making a title and sticky.

Good Grief!! Can you imagine Cast Boolits own equivalent of Bob Villa inspecting
our boolits?? Then Tim Allen introducing Binfords own Cast-O-Matic Boolit maker??

Shiloh

**TexRebel** · 07-17-2009, 08:15 PM

Originally Posted by Shiloh

Good Grief!! Can you imagine Cast Boolits own equivalent of Bob Villa inspecting
our boolits?? Then Tim Allen introducing Binfords own Cast-O-Matic Boolit maker??

Shiloh

Careful, some of the folks here use Binford type smelting pots, 500 to 2000 lbs at a time

**Dale53** · 07-17-2009, 09:09 PM

Here's my set up. The fish fryer cost $30.00 from Bass Pro and the Harbor Freight Dutch oven cost $20.00. With my brother's help, I smelted 650 lbs of bullet metal in half a day:

I can hardly imagine a better, more value loaded set up. I have done well over 1000 lbs on the same gas tank. That is pretty dern efficient for a small cash lay out.

I cast bullets with a bottom pour RCBS (I have two). Everything from .22 caliber to 522 gr .45 caliber BPCR bullets are all done bottom pour - match quality bullets all the way.

Dale53

**wolfman** · 07-30-2009, 04:25 PM

Heres mine, looks like the same burner as above, but got mine for $25.00 on clearence from Menards. Pot is a bottom pour I built from 1/4 inch plate, 6 inches deep x 12 inches across and will hold about 250 lb of melted lead. I didn't trust the burner legs to hold that kind of weight, so I used 3 pieces of 1" pipe for legs, welded some 5/8" nuts on the bottom, and use the bolts as leveling jacks so the pot never actually sits on the burner. The back leg is straight across from the spout so I can angle the pot enough that only a thin skin is left on the bottom when I am done pouring. The valve is just a 1/4 to 3/8 pipe bushing, and I tapered the inside to match a 5/16 flat head socket head cap screw, then welded flush to the bottom. When the 2 nuts are tightened on the back of the valve handle, it puts just enough down pressure on the valve, to make it close automatically when you let go. The spout swings side to side, so you only have to move the mold a little to fill. Ingots from the home made molds, end up about 1.5 pounds, aren't real pretty, but work for me

**Springfield** · 07-30-2009, 05:28 PM

Here is my current setup. The pot will hold almost 200 lbs. Using the auto drip pans underneath makes for easier clean-up, no lead sticking to the plywood like I used to do.

**Dale53** · 07-30-2009, 11:52 PM

wolfman;
Pwetty impwessive set up (spoken in the language of Elmer Fudd LOL)!! Truly a REAL smelting outfit. You should be pleased, sir!!

Dale53

**wolfman** · 07-31-2009, 12:19 PM

Originally Posted by Dale53

wolfman;
Pwetty impwessive set up (spoken in the language of Elmer Fudd LOL)!! Truly a REAL smelting outfit. You should be pleased, sir!!

Dale53

Thanks, I appriciate that !

**John Hammer** · 11-05-2010, 05:56 PM

I got a question, I'm just starting out... should I have a second burner or could I use the same one I use to fry turkeys

**Dale53** · 11-05-2010, 06:26 PM

John Hammer;
You can safely use the same burner you use to cook. However, under NO circumstances do you try to use the same pot. Lead poisoning is not a fun thing.

Do NOT try to use an aluminum pot, either. There have been some disastrous failures of aluminum weakened by the heat of molten metal causing a collapse. Use either a thick steel pot or cast iron. I, personally, use a Harbor Freight six quart dutch oven. It'll hold well over 100 lbs of bullet metal. I have smelted 650 lbs in an afternoon (with a bit of help). Commonly, if working by myself, I run a couple or three hundred pounds (smelt and cast in ingot moulds) in an afternoon.

Dale53

BP	Bronze Point	IMR	Improved Military Rifle	PTD	Pointed
BR	Bench Rest	M	Magnum	RN	Round Nose
BT	Boat Tail	PL	Power-Lokt	SP	Soft Point
C	Compressed Charge	PR	Primer	SPCL	Soft Point "Core-Lokt"
HP	Hollow Point	PSPCL	Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt"	C.O.L.	Cartridge Overall Length
PSP	Pointed Soft Point	Spz	Spitzer Point	SBT	Spitzer Boat Tail
LRN	Lead Round Nose	LWC	Lead Wad Cutter	LSWC	Lead Semi Wad Cutter
GC	Gas Check

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