What type of pot for ladle casting

Kevin Stenberg

Well-Known Member
You guys have influenced me to give ladle casting a try. I can see 2 options
1 I buy a dedicated ladleing pot using a PID which I have. Option 2 use either a cast iron 15 lb. pot or a sauce pan that easily holds 40+. Both pots would be heated by a open heating coil hot plate usually used in heating molds and pre-heat lead. And use my PID.
Would option #1 hold the heat better than option #2?
If I opted for option 2 I would insulate and make a metal skirt to hold heat.
 

fiver

Well-Known Member
RCBS makes a real nice ladle pot.
it's running 120-130$ right now and would lend itself to a PID pretty well if your into using one of those.
 

Rick

Moderator
Staff member
RCBS makes a real nice ladle pot.
it's running 120-130$ right now and would lend itself to a PID pretty well if your into using one of those.

Actually The RCBS Easy Melt ladle pot WITH the PID is currently on sale at Midway at $110.49 and as of right now they are in stock.

RCBS Easy Melt
 

fiver

Well-Known Member
I should have looked, I was just on the midway site looking at a couple of things.
 

Rick

Moderator
Staff member
Ian wanted to get one when john did but they were out of stock. When they got them back in stock they weren't on sale any longer. I figure Ian must have bought one after which Midway then put them back on sale. :rofl: That's precisely how my luck goes. :confused:
 

Ian

Notorious member
Nope, I got p.o.'d and sat on it. I've been stalking another item on Midway and noticed the sale this morning. Evidently they didn't get enough suckers to bite on the jacked-up price they stuck on it when they received the second shipment. They'll either be out of stock or back off sale within the day, so if you want one, get on it.
 

RicinYakima

High Steppes of Eastern Washington
I ordered one last Friday from Planet Optic for $119 delivered, no taxes. Amazon wanted 129 plus 8.9% state sales tax plus shipping. Already have two Lee's, a Potter and an RCBS. What is one more? o_O