nova Posted March 9, 2006 Report Share Posted March 9, 2006 Leaving the lid on may also increase the temperature. Try this little experiment. Take a pot of water and put it on your stove, turn on the burner ans as the heat increases; but before it comes to a full boil; take the lid and put it on the pot and hold it down with a little pressure. The water will immediately boil harder. It's the same principal of a pressure cooker. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Predator Bass Baits Posted March 9, 2006 Report Share Posted March 9, 2006 Thanks Guy's, I did not see the responces until now and just got back in from my experiment, and I am impressed, I conected the valve a 1" under the pot and raised the pot with a stand I made real quick, and made it tall enough to run my worm molds under it and man did it work, I just left the valve pouring a very fine stream and had so much controll with a straight pouring line, I had three worm molds and just kept it pouring by moving them in line like a converor, as soon as the thired mold was under I would open the first and pull the worms, close it back up and put it back in line. It would be nice to have a forth or fith mold so the first had a tad more time to cool. I did end up putting the lid on it and had no problem with heating it. So Now what about the water build up can some one explain ? here is a picture of my contraption. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nova Posted March 10, 2006 Report Share Posted March 10, 2006 The water that will collect will come from the air in the pot and condense on the cover, then dropping into the plastic. Then it could be "ouch" for you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jm Posted March 10, 2006 Report Share Posted March 10, 2006 There shouldn't be much water in the air over the plastic. I think the condensation referred to earlier in this thread was probably caused by salt, which will gather moisture from the air. It could look dry, but give up it's moisture when it's heated up in the plastic. There shouldn't be anything in the plastisol that would evaporate off, except possibly a light fraction in the plastisiser blend or the heat stabilizer. Even then, it would benefit the plastic to fall back in. Putting the lid on makes sense to me. jm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
millsryno Posted March 10, 2006 Report Share Posted March 10, 2006 Cool set up. I like the stand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Predator Bass Baits Posted March 10, 2006 Report Share Posted March 10, 2006 Thanks Ryan, Here is a shot of the lab. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GB GONE Posted March 10, 2006 Report Share Posted March 10, 2006 Sweet set-up!!! Your "lab" is too clean though !!!!!! LOL!!! Did you stir every few baits to keep the flake mixed or just run them through??? If you can run the baits fast enough (no salt ones only!!), the flake stays pretty well mixed and even. You have to have a lot of mold cavities though!!!! Jim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monty Posted March 10, 2006 Report Share Posted March 10, 2006 Tr21x, you can use a old lazy Susan off the dinner table and place your molds on them and slowly rotate the turn table to fill the molds and advance to the next mold. might speed things up just a little more just a thought, Monty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Predator Bass Baits Posted March 10, 2006 Report Share Posted March 10, 2006 I stired it every 12 stick pours, I did not use salt,yet, I am low on plastic to run alot and it seems like you need to pull teeth to get companies to ship you things, I emailed M F last night about a sample from them and they called me today and shipped it right out, now that is service, I hope I like the plastic because someone else is going to get dumped. The turn table is a idea but I would need quite a few molds to make it work right. running them like a train works nice when you do not have 8 to 15 molds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrawChuck Posted March 11, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 11, 2006 Happy to see this thread turn into a giant!!! Here's a pic of the Lazy Susan I'm working on from a 4ft diameter cable spool. The outer ring of the top turns. Going to put a center pole in to mount the pot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmik26 Posted March 31, 2006 Report Share Posted March 31, 2006 I ended up not using mine If anyone is interested http://cgi.ebay.com/Presto-Melting-Pot-w-bottom-spout-candle-lure-making_W0QQitemZ7230797226QQcategoryZ31691QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GB GONE Posted March 31, 2006 Report Share Posted March 31, 2006 Why aren't you going to use it???? Just curious how it did/didn't meet your needs?? Jim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmik26 Posted March 31, 2006 Report Share Posted March 31, 2006 Jim, Never even tried it, still in the box brand new. Looks like it would work great but we do little amounts of hand pours and the pyrex in the microwave seems to fit us best for when we do. I am mainly concentrating on injection right now..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
