Eutycus
Cannon
You said it was a Lee pot? What model and roughly how old is it?
I have made over 100,000 round balls with it until I tried some Marvl flux and made it unusable do to debris left by the flux.
its suggested to leave a little bit of lead in the pot. That I've been doing but how much is a "little"?
And its suggested to leave a little bit of lead in the pot. That I've been doing but how much is a "little"?
About 2 table spoons
I leave the pot about 2/3 full. the reason is, the pot will not corrode under the lead.
Bottom pour pots can have a problem leaking on start-up if you do this but that's easily fixable. Press down or tap on the plunder several times when the lead is cooling and begins to seize, and always have a pan under the spout big enough to hold the lead when melting, just in case.
The other reason is that the heating element wraps around the sides of the pot up about 2/3 of the way. this means that when heating the heat is transferred into the lead more directly.
I do the same thing you do, I have had a bottom pour for years and no problems with it, always put a pan under it for start up. E- wanted to know how little was to little so I figure 2 table spoons were too little.
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