Lee lead melter advice

 Gday crew 

have had a search and read a thread from 2011 about the Lee melters 

have wanted one for years but never got around to getting one 

just curious to know how anyone using them gets a 32oz mould under it being only about 10-11cm clearance under the spout. 
 

are you able to modify the base to get it under there? 
any tips would be welcomed 

 

cheers 


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Easy to modify

Tue, 2023-06-13 08:36

 I had one of these some time back and it was very easy to modify the base by adding blocks underneath to raise it up for larger sinker moulds.

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Yep...

Tue, 2023-06-13 09:44

 Ive raised mine.

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 did you have to cut a piece

Tue, 2023-06-13 10:06

 did you have to cut a piece out of the centre of the bottom frame to fit the mould underneath after you had raised it?

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 Probably stating what you

Tue, 2023-06-13 15:13

 Probably stating what you guys already know, but the secret to a good pour is to get the mould nice and warm-hot. 

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 Lee sell a spacer to raise

Fri, 2023-06-16 09:01

 Lee sell a spacer to raise the pot.  Shouldn't be any issues to simply make a spacer from a piece of square tubing, , screw one side to the upright and the other side to the base. 

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Rotate the base and tek screw

Fri, 2023-06-16 20:16

Rotate the base and tek screw it to a bench so the urn is hanging off the side, you'll fit anything under it then.

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pix - why cant I load photos??

Mon, 2023-06-19 11:24

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3rd try..... nope...

Mon, 2023-06-19 11:26

 Photo shows up in edit mode but when 'saved' ... no pix...