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 Lee Lead Pot won't bottom pour 
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Just picked up a Lee lead melting pot as a gift for one of my sons who is going to start casting.
It melts lead great :
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Hah, didn't mean to let it get that hot. Just put 3 pounds of lead in and came back inside for 20 minutes. Toasty.
The plunger moves, but no lead comes out.

I'm not fond of the idea of sliding a tip cleaner up inside there and having lead pour out on my hand, but I'll sacrifice my hand if I have to.
Anyone fixed this with theirs?


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Sun Jan 13, 2019 9:26 am
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your adjustment screw or poke the bottom.
looks like im gonna get another sometime soon again, kinda hate my pour cup but it works

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cmica wrote:
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your adjustment screw or poke the bottom.
looks like im gonna get another sometime soon again, kinda hate my pour cup but it works

Thanks Chris. I hesitated to stick something up in that hole from the bottom... Looks like that's the ticket. I'll go do it now.


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PMB wrote:
cmica wrote:
https://leeprecision.com/cgi-data/instruct/EL3469.pdf

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your adjustment screw or poke the bottom.
looks like im gonna get another sometime soon again, kinda hate my pour cup but it works

Thanks Chris. I hesitated to stick something up in that hole from the bottom... Looks like that's the ticket. I'll go do it now.



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It's been over an hour. Anyone heard from PMB?

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Boy, that was a solid block. I thought it wasn't going to work.
What a relief to finally have that blockage removed!

It's a dripper too... I've been spoiled by always having tight holes before this.


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PMB wrote:
Boy, that was a solid block. I thought it wasn't going to work.
What a relief to finally have that blockage removed!

It's a dripper too... I've been spoiled by always having tight holes before this.


I think there's a vegan from the video thread on the line for you.

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Pablo wrote:
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Boy, that was a solid block. I thought it wasn't going to work.
What a relief to finally have that blockage removed!

It's a dripper too... I've been spoiled by always having tight holes before this.


I think there's a vegan from the video thread on the line for you.

I voluntarily skip many things that Cuthbert posts... :ROFLMAO:
I refuse to watch that vid.


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PMB wrote:
Pablo wrote:
PMB wrote:
Boy, that was a solid block. I thought it wasn't going to work.
What a relief to finally have that blockage removed!

It's a dripper too... I've been spoiled by always having tight holes before this.


I think there's a vegan from the video thread on the line for you.

I voluntarily skip many things that Cuthbert posts... :ROFLMAO:
I refuse to watch that vid.


Now you tell me. I'm on my third day of eye bleach.

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It is a dripper because it is still dirty. I use a steel spoon to scrape as much of the crud from the inside walls as possible and a bent paperclip to clean the nozzle. You can use needle nose pliers to work the wire if you have to. I put my ingot mold under the pot when I am cleaning the nozzle. If it still drips wiggle the rod to seat it use the screwdriver slot.


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PSA for safety - when you get lead that hot so it's glowing, it releases lead vapor in the air that you're breathing in, and can be a health risk. Try to keep the temps down around normal casting temps of 750-800 F and that particular risk is minimized or eliminated.

Also - if you don't have a casting thermometer, do yourself a big favor and get one. The settings on those Lee pots don't correspond to anything and vary from pot to pot, and without a thermometer you're just guessing at the temp, which can lead to inconsistent and frustrating results. Spoken as a long time caster - a PID control for my pot was the best investment I ever made in bullet casting.


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Yondering wrote:
PMB wrote:
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PSA for safety - when you get lead that hot so it's glowing, it releases lead vapor in the air that you're breathing in, and can be a health risk. Try to keep the temps down around normal casting temps of 750-800 F and that particular risk is minimized or eliminated.

Also - if you don't have a casting thermometer, do yourself a big favor and get one. The settings on those Lee pots don't correspond to anything and vary from pot to pot, and without a thermometer you're just guessing at the temp, which can lead to inconsistent and frustrating results. Spoken as a long time caster - a PID control for my pot was the best investment I ever made in bullet casting.

Thank you, great reminders.
That was the first time using this lead pot, and I had it turned to ~6 (of 10) for 20 minutes. I walked away and came back to it glowing. I'd never made my lead glow before, which is why I snapped the pic for this thread. Apparently, this is a hotter pot than any that I've ever had before.

Thanks again for the reminders. :tiphat: Image


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PMB wrote:
Yondering wrote:
PMB wrote:
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PSA for safety - when you get lead that hot so it's glowing, it releases lead vapor in the air that you're breathing in, and can be a health risk. Try to keep the temps down around normal casting temps of 750-800 F and that particular risk is minimized or eliminated.

Also - if you don't have a casting thermometer, do yourself a big favor and get one. The settings on those Lee pots don't correspond to anything and vary from pot to pot, and without a thermometer you're just guessing at the temp, which can lead to inconsistent and frustrating results. Spoken as a long time caster - a PID control for my pot was the best investment I ever made in bullet casting.

Thank you, great reminders.
That was the first time using this lead pot, and I had it turned to ~6 (of 10) for 20 minutes. I walked away and came back to it glowing. I'd never made my lead glow before, which is why I snapped the pic for this thread. Apparently, this is a hotter pot than any that I've ever had before.

Thanks again for the reminders. :tiphat: Image


At this point, may i add that you'll want to exercise caution when probing around your hole. Especially when it's so hot that it's glowing.

Here, haste will not yield satisfactory results. Incautious and energetic probing will result in leakage, with waste of hot molten product. You don't want that.

Insert gently and fully. A little wiggle never hurt anything, though. But--you have to decide how much.

Here, you can see another gentleman taking an empirical approach to a similar subject:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VBPQM9ijs88

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