robbor Posted January 2, 2010 Report Share Posted January 2, 2010 Anyone have a pic of the valve or how it works on the lee bottom pour pot? I need to make a valve and cant find one to look at. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cadman Posted January 2, 2010 Report Share Posted January 2, 2010 Rob, If you need a pic I can take one for you as I have extra plungers. If you need all the dimensional data on how to make one I have that as well somewhere. I'll have to look for it though, but it has all the info on it as far as how long , where the cutouts are, diameter etc. I had one machined out of stainless awhile ago. Let me know if this would help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clamboni Posted January 2, 2010 Report Share Posted January 2, 2010 All it is is a rod, beveled end that plugs a tapered hole in the spout. If you do make it, I VERY slightly enlarged my spout and it's a HUGE improvement in pouring a lot of the molds......but be careful, that 1/64" or so I enlarged it makes the lead pour a lot faster. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robbor Posted January 2, 2010 Author Report Share Posted January 2, 2010 Thanks all, My pot is all made and i just have to make the valve i was guessing it was a ball and not a taper. And im goint to start with a small hole as my main purpose is smaller jigs. A pic always helps if you get a chance cadman. Ill check midwayusa and see if they show the parts. thanks again Rob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cadman Posted January 3, 2010 Report Share Posted January 3, 2010 A pic always helps if you get a chance cadman. Ill check midwayusa and see if they show the parts. thanks again Rob Rob pics sent via e-mail Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fatman Posted January 3, 2010 Report Share Posted January 3, 2010 From the post assume you're making your own melting pot. Show us some pics when you're done!!!!!!!!!!!!! Fatman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robbor Posted January 3, 2010 Author Report Share Posted January 3, 2010 Thanks all. Yes my pot is made from a piece of 2.25" stainless pipe 12" long with a thick plate welded to the bottom and a band heater on the outside. I just fired it up for the first time, It melted a single wheel weight in about 5 min. My heater is 750 watt. So on to my next question, i need a stand. How does lee or other isolate the the heat to the pot and keep it from heating the stand? My lathe is not working so ill have to wait a week or so to get to the pintle valve. I dont have temp control yet either as i scavanged high temp wireing and bimetal switch for a crock pot that only went up to 450F. I can easily get a lee one and replace my existing switch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cadman Posted January 3, 2010 Report Share Posted January 3, 2010 So on to my next question, i need a stand. How does lee or other isolate the the heat to the pot and keep it from heating the stand? Rob did you get my pics? On your next question, I believe the copper heating rods are independent of the stand. The rods going to the pot and through the stand can not touch the stand sides. I am not home now but I have one disassembled, I can take a pic and e-mail it tomorrow for you. Let me know? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
