From: Snag_one@msn.com   
      
   On 10/13/2025 5:37 AM, Jim Wilkins wrote:   
   > "Snag"  wrote in message news:10chrhj$1uj45$1@dont-email.me...   
   >   
   >    Hey Bob , what do you know about Lyman model 61 bottom pour lead pots   
   > ? I scored one at a yard sale last Friday for IIRC 30 bucks - older unit   
   > I think because it has the cast iron base  . The mica at the power plug   
   > is destroyed but I managed a temporary fix for testing . It heats and   
   > melts the lead , but it dribbles . Is there a recommended way to clean   
   > up the valve area to stop that dribble ? This unit is going to make it   
   > viable for me to cast with the aim to sell a few bullets/balls to   
   > friends and neighbors . Not for profit but more to enable purchase of   
   > more casting supplies for whatever comes down the road ahead .  .   
      
      I cleared the outlet with a wire and let all the lead run out . It   
   drips because apparently there's a bit of debris in the outlet . From   
   the article you cited this is not uncommon , just annoying . I'll pull   
   the rod in a day or two and clean it out along with wire brushing the   
   whole pot . I think this is the first time this thing has melted lead in   
   quite a while ...   
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   Snag   
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