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Well I got a Lee 4-20 melting pot today which I plan on only using for production. I have a dutch oven I use for melting wheel weights and making ingots. Anyone else have one of these Lee 4-20, if so are you happy with it?
I have one, and I'm very happy with it. But (oddly enough) the temperature settings drift way high if you use it in a cold room in the winter. So if you usually have it set on '7', you might have to dial it down to '6' to get the same temperature.
I use a Revereware saucepan for melting scrap lead and making ingots.
i clamp a set of vice grips on the handle for added weight to seat the needle to stop the drippin, other than that i keep runnin out of alloy!!
i set the temp with a thermometer.
Usually about '7' or '7 1/2', except in very cold weather I have to dial it down to about '6'. (I have a RCBS thermometer that I use; I like to cast at about 800 to 850 degrees)
The drip is a pain in the arse. i have one. find that once in a while you have to take off the handle and rod assembly and totally wire wheel the inside. Including at the base This usually does the fix on the leak problem. As the leak is usually caused by an ubstruction between the rod and the pot. Keep the lead and pot clean and it will not be as bad. A jumbo sized paper clip bent to an L shape helps keep the nozzle on the bottom clear. Just keep some water near by to cool down the paperclip.
The drip is a pain in the arse. i have one. find that once in a while you have to take off the handle and rod assembly and totally wire wheel the inside. Including at the base This usually does the fix on the leak problem.
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