Ian
Notorious member
Started off ladle casting with a brass two cavity MP 158 FP Hunter, using the RCBS Easy Melt............a dedicated ladle pot. Pick it up from Midway, several years ago with a rebate. OTD, it was @ 60 bucks. Well, it gave up the ghost. LED lost it's display, cooling fan was still running, full pot of alloy. Had the propane torch handy, as well as, an ingot mold. Got all the alloy out. I always shut it down, per RCBS's manual. Turn temperature down to zero, keep pot plugged in till temperature is less than 160 degrees.
Damn Chinese junk, anyways. For the price I got it for, it's a throwaway. Managed to cast about 100 bullets, half HP's.
I've used mine two or three times, the PID is something like 80-100 degrees off. Meanwhile, my Lee furnaces continue to be trouble-free year after year.
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