RCBS Pro-Melt Furnace
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Re: RCBS Pro-Melt Furnace
Haah! That's funny!Maximumbob54 wrote:I would make a rude joke on Lee's 4-20 being that four pound of every twenty is going to leak out
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Re: RCBS Pro-Melt Furnace
I believe it's a part of a ventilation duct.
An ignorant person is one who doesn't know what you have just found out.
When setting a job up for myself it must be Idiot Proof as well, as I am a bigger idiot than most people I know, and I prove it to myself everyday.
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I'm sure the RCBS unit is a Cadillac melting pot. However I've had 2 Lee 4-20's and found them to be very excellent value. As with most tools there is a learning curve. Here are some of the things I've learned.
1. When fluxing be sure to scrape the sides and bottom of the pot. Crud can build up there and find it's way into the outlet.
2. Cleaning out the pot a couple of times a years is important. I do this by emptying it and once cooled bringing water to a boil in while scrubbing it with a small wire brush. Be sure that the rod tip and the hole are clean. (discard this contaminated water as you would for your dross.... this is an individual decision as to what is proper)
3) Add a dab of anti-seize to the tip of the rod and rotate in the hole.
4) A quick 1/4 twist of the rod once in awhile will stop the occasional drip. I use an old zink WW on the top as pictured. Yes it's time for a cleaning.
1. When fluxing be sure to scrape the sides and bottom of the pot. Crud can build up there and find it's way into the outlet.
2. Cleaning out the pot a couple of times a years is important. I do this by emptying it and once cooled bringing water to a boil in while scrubbing it with a small wire brush. Be sure that the rod tip and the hole are clean. (discard this contaminated water as you would for your dross.... this is an individual decision as to what is proper)
3) Add a dab of anti-seize to the tip of the rod and rotate in the hole.
4) A quick 1/4 twist of the rod once in awhile will stop the occasional drip. I use an old zink WW on the top as pictured. Yes it's time for a cleaning.
An ignorant person is one who doesn't know what you have just found out.
When setting a job up for myself it must be Idiot Proof as well, as I am a bigger idiot than most people I know, and I prove it to myself everyday.
When setting a job up for myself it must be Idiot Proof as well, as I am a bigger idiot than most people I know, and I prove it to myself everyday.
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Re: RCBS Pro-Melt Furnace
Great googla moogla. That is one dirty pot. I've never let mine get even close to that dirty and it will leak like there is a second hole in the bottom.
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That description is a good one to describe my loading bench, heck my whole shop right now.Maximumbob54 wrote:Great googla moogla. That is one dirty pot. I've never let mine get even close to that dirty and it will leak like there is a second hole in the bottom.
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Re: RCBS Pro-Melt Furnace
Have you seen Lyman's new smelting pot? I think if I went a couple of my bass tournaments I will give one of these a shot.
http://www.adorama.com/LY2800388.html?g ... MwodG0EA-A
http://www.adorama.com/LY2800388.html?g ... MwodG0EA-A
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Re: RCBS Pro-Melt Furnace
I guess it's just me, but I like the Lee Loader forum 'cause there is no Lee bashing, at least none until "pay up sucker". If I wanted to read about an RCBS tool and how much better (?) it is than my Lee equipment, I would go to any one of a dozen Lee Hater forums. Personally I think these kind of posts are just "nanny, nanny, nanny, mine is better than your's is, nannay, nanny, nanny...", bragging and/berating other equipment. :twisted:
"Yeah man, I got this CRG pot and it's so much better than my Lee junk was..."
"Yeah man, I got this CRG pot and it's so much better than my Lee junk was..."