Was thinking about trying it. Just looking for some ideas. I have a 20 pound lee that works perfect. I just like to try different things.
Was thinking about trying it. Just looking for some ideas. I have a 20 pound lee that works perfect. I just like to try different things.
Go to the "Special Projects" section. There has been several. Also there was a college graduate contemplating going into the business of manufacturing casting pots. There was a lot of good conversation about the optimum casting pot.
This is how I built mine: http://bliksemseplek.com/boolits.html
Liberalism is the triumph of emotion over intellect, but masquerading as the reverse.
I don't know how we ever shot maximum loads before P/C come along and saved us all. R5R
"No mosque in the United States flies an American flag."
"Dueling should have never been made illegal in this country. It settled lots of issues between folks."- Char-Gar
Thanks for the info. I will definately be building one of these. About a 60-70 pound capacity would be perfect.
Attachment 63614Attachment 63614Well I started on my version of electric pot. Couple more weeks and it should be done
Here's how I built my pot.
http://castboolits.gunloads.com/atta...1&d=1251128115
Take care, Moptop
Here's a link to MopTop's thread: http://castboolits.gunloads.com/show...l=1#post596267
Go to the upper right hand corner of the page and click on fast search for heater bands.
http://www.imscompany.com/Public/Home.aspx
DougF
There is hundreds of them on ebay for sale
Ok Heat band or Cartridge?
What best?
Cartridges will be much harder to make work. I have used 2 methods with success but neither used a cartridge. The first was using a bendable element which was wrapped around the pot and held in place with sheet metal and clamps. These elements are available from McMaster. The second type uses heat bands as shown on my page in the link above. There are 2 factors to consider what band to get: total wattage (watts/sq inch) and maximum temperature rating. Many band heaters will break down at the 700-750 degrees of operation. There are multiple types of insulation used apparently. Watts alone do not tell the full story.
Liberalism is the triumph of emotion over intellect, but masquerading as the reverse.
I don't know how we ever shot maximum loads before P/C come along and saved us all. R5R
"No mosque in the United States flies an American flag."
"Dueling should have never been made illegal in this country. It settled lots of issues between folks."- Char-Gar
I made the one I use on my homemade version of a master caster. 3/8" pipe with a bottom that has the valving in the bottom for pouring. The element is a 3500 watt replacement oven element that cost $12 from Sears wrapped around it and a stainless cover clamped around it to hold it tight against the steel.
Used a solid state relay and PID to turn it on and off to keep it at temp.
The pot full holds 60#'s.
Looked at the $300+ band heaters but they were too rich for my blood for a machine that I didn't know would work as good as it does. After it worked didn't see any reason to change.
jmorris, now THAT is what I'm talkin' about....
Was the element hard to bend? Brittle? Did you need to heat it?
Nice Job!
"Unnh, Negative. I am a meat popsicle."
Chuck
No, it was really easy to bend by hand with no tools. Although I haven't tried it, I would imagine a used one would be brittle and more prone to crack.
Liberalism is the triumph of emotion over intellect, but masquerading as the reverse.
I don't know how we ever shot maximum loads before P/C come along and saved us all. R5R
"No mosque in the United States flies an American flag."
"Dueling should have never been made illegal in this country. It settled lots of issues between folks."- Char-Gar
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 |