If my current (1988-made) RCBS Pro-Melt ever clips the mortal coil, I really like that Magma Engineering bottom-pour furnace. pricey? YES--but you only live once, and that Magma looks just about bullet-proof. I only paid $50 for the RCBS in 2003, so I already got a DEAL on the first real furnace. That PM II looks a whole lot like a Lee furnace that costs a whole lot less money. Buckshot just bought one of these PM IIs, he likes it well enough, and he described the cool-down cycle as not a big thing. I got by with a couple Lee furnaces for a number of years. They did all right, for what they are and the price charged for them. A good furnace spoils ya rotten, though.