My hot pot

[hhawkins]

I finally got it! Yep took me saving a $20 gift card from work and saving up my rewards points since Christmas, oh and of course my discount I get from work I only paid $5 and some change when everything was said and done with. Sometimes its worth being a Bass Pro empolyee.


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[Jig Man]

Nice setup H... Complete with weather station

 

[ScottV]

Looking good Heather. I've been thinking of starting pouring jig heads but just haven't taken the leap yet. Between tying jigs, painting crankbaits, and "product testing", I stay pretty busy.

 

[jjsjigs]

Your a BPS employee? Well, well.... I'll send you my "grocery list". LOL!

 

[Hawnjigs]

Most small jig head casters use a bottom pour melter which develops more melt flow pressure than a tip ladle. You might consider exchanging if possible. What say others?

 

[JSC]

Most small jig head casters use a bottom pour melter which develops more melt flow pressure than a tip ladle. You might consider exchanging if possible. What say others?

Ditto

JSC

:jig: :bigfish:

 

[Fatman]

Gotta go with Hawn and JSC

 

[cadman]

Definitely a bottom pour pot for safety and ease of use.

 

[hhawkins]

Thanks for the feed back on my new little pot. A bottom pour pot was much more expensive. Eventually I do want to get a bottom pour pot, but I'm pretty proud of the little pot that I picked up. It just gets one more step closer to my goals

 

[Hawnjigs]

With a bottom pour, there is the weight of the lead in the pot forcing the melt thru a narrow outlet gate creating downward velocity and force into mold inlet gates. The lesser drop velocity and force from a tilt ladle might make filling small gated molds difficult. Especially, if you use harder lead alloys like wheel weights tilt ladle-ing full cavity fill out might be near impossible in minimal gated molds like the Do-it Pro series ball heads.

The Hot Pot will be useful for most molds, and you will learn its limitations by experience.

 

[hhawkins]

With a bottom pour, there is the weight of the lead in the pot forcing the melt thru a narrow outlet gate creating downward velocity and force into mold inlet gates. The lesser drop velocity and force from a tilt ladle might make filling small gated molds difficult. Especially, if you use harder lead alloys like wheel weights tilt ladle-ing full cavity fill out might be near impossible in minimal gated molds like the Do-it Pro series ball heads.

The Hot Pot will be useful for most molds, and you will learn its limitations by experience.

Thanks Hawn! I'll have to do more saving.

 

[StumpHunter]

Nice, congrats on your purchase.

 

[Squall Line]

Enjoy the new pot, and start making jigs. You got a GREAT DEAL !