kayaksticks Posted February 11, 2015 Report Share Posted February 11, 2015 I have a couple of questions in regards to presto ports. I'm getting to the point I am finding my current microwave method is slowing me down and want to move up to presto pots. I know some guys use mixer's and some don't. I had been looking at the Bear's presto pot with mixer. Do yall turn the mixer off when you draw up your platic into the injector? I notcied that the Bear's has a spout on the bottom, what is that for? Never used presto pots before, always just used microwave and pyrex. I've read several posts about the shooting star system's but I don't know if I need to go that route yet. But if I do can you use just one pot for single colors? With reading the other post's in the search I saw a lot of back in forth about who had the better system, this is not my intention with this post and please refrain doing so. I'm just looking for how they operate and to operate them if I go any of those routes so I can make sure I set them up properly and don't mess anything up in the process. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basseducer Posted February 11, 2015 Report Share Posted February 11, 2015 Kayak, Yes you turn the mixer off when filling the injector. The spout or ball valve is for top pouring molds. I have some top injection molds that I can still top pour. This is also used for open molds. I stopped using my micro years ago. As I understand it you can use only one pot or the other for a single color.Hope this helps. The Shooting Star doe not require you to turn tha mixers off when filling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kayaksticks Posted February 12, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 12, 2015 Thank you for the info and help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassinfool Posted February 12, 2015 Report Share Posted February 12, 2015 Have a buddy who uses the spout to fill up his injector and then injects his molds and whatever is left he pushes it back into the pot. Remove injector tip, fill and repeat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kayaksticks Posted February 13, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 13, 2015 Cool I did not even thing of that, great idea thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kayaksticks Posted February 13, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 13, 2015 ok another question. The shooting star system. does the twin injector that it comes with take apart smae as a standard injector for cleaning? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
majic man Posted February 13, 2015 Report Share Posted February 13, 2015 Only option IMO right now is the new small shooting star from ultramolds. At its price point it whoops any presto pot version on the market. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kayaksticks Posted February 13, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 13, 2015 I looked on their site and did not see the small one just the main one at $1400. Do you have any info on it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
