Has anyone tried an infared heat gun thermometer with their lead pots, I picked one up for $65.00 that goes from -50 to 1200 (f). The only thing I can of that would vary with using it would be the type of flux on top of your melt. That maybe a little cooler than your lead but I can't imagine by much.
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Jim
Hello everybody
We have a old fellow in our club which is using a piece of newspaper instead of a thermometer. He tears of a strip and dips it in the lead.If it comes out dark brown , just like a deer , without burning up it has the right temp.
I watched him work like that and he sure is pouring great boolits.
I use the newspaper trick and some times brown paper from those cheap lunch bags.
Jerry
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Infrared thermometers do not work well on reflective surfaces, I have a Raytex (now Fluke) STProPlus a $400 meter. In it's user's manual, it is not recommended for use in measuring shiny surfaces and molten lead is like that. I just drop a piece of steel about an 1/8" thick and about 1" square in the molten lead and measure off the surface of that while it is floating on top of the lead.
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