Ok, finally finished the pot today. It works pretty good but needs some tweeking. Might have to re-engineer the valve but plan on continuing along the learning curve somemore first.
Sorry about the picture size. I can't figure out how to get them larger. But here is my finished pot ready for the first lead.
Here are the first 29 Lee 1# ingots from the pot. It was much easier and faster than a dutch oven and ladle, but there are still a lot of details to work out about the operation.
A question: Why do all of the ingots have a discolored area? This is pure soft lead. Is the problem the temperature, too cold or too hot?