Everything is right at hand with this pot but you do have to set the metal ledge to a particular height for your molds. Once you do that it's easy to guide the mold in, pour, cut the sprue, and drop the product. I'm casting around 150 to 200 an hour (that includes setup time) and I'm new to casting bullets. The bad? Ha. My pot was used when I got it so the one issue I have with the loose valve handle is due to that. Temp can be a little difficult to keep set, but not too much. The metal guide plate drags against the mold but that could be solved with a dab of ball joint grease. Mine drips a little sometimes, but again, that's due to it being used. Perhaps the thing I miss most is a lid to keep water from the quench bucket out of the melt. Overall there's not much here to break. It's basically a hot plate with a bit of plumbing and that's it. I started with this pot so I can't compare it to one without a bottom pour spout, nor could I imagine using one like that.Read full review
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I've been using this furnace for almost 3 years now. I agree it can drip a lot. You just need to keep a pocket screw driver handy. When it starts to drip, turn the seating pin back and forth and it'll stop. I've casted several thousand bullets with this. I was worried about the element burning out due to high usage so i bought a spare. The spare element is still new in the wrapper. If you want to get into casting, this is a great furnace. It's easy to use and a very reasonable price. Only bad thing i can think of is most states are moving away from the usage of lead so you may need to get creative.
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NO drip! I am casting 4 types of bullets so far,and they are beautiful. I set the pot at 9 to start the melt, then at 5.5 to cast. Thousands of 45/70 to 38 special ( Lee Molds). All range scrap with some pewter thrown in. LOVE IT!
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: New
I have used mine for years. Very good product for making roundballs with. I just purchased another one to begin making pewter buttons. I have not tried it as yet, but my first one is great for lead.
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i got this for making sinkers for salmon fishing after fumbeling with ladels and other methods , needless to say i should have gotten this to begin with , i screened my lead through a stainless window screen to remove debris and of course skimmed the top and added some bees wax so i got it pretty cleen, after about 20 minuts i have more sinkers then i think i will use in a lifetime and this unit made it a piece of cake! some day i hope to make my own bullits and thiswill be my go to for that. super easy to adjust flows and heats pretty quick as well as if you are careful its really clean . dont be intimidated by how much it holds as you can go through it fast , so fishing or hunting this will do it
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