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How do you guys manage your pot of lead?
Maintain a level close to full by regularly adding back sprues and rejects and the occasional ingot?
Drain it down to near empty then refill?
I usually cast until it's no less than about 3/4 full before adding more lead- I like the high head pressure and I have a couple of finicky moulds (HPs) that cast well that way. Plus with a bigger reservoir there's less temperature fluctuation. But there's no break when casting that you might have if you run it low. Just curious.
Maintain a level close to full by regularly adding back sprues and rejects and the occasional ingot?
Drain it down to near empty then refill?
I usually cast until it's no less than about 3/4 full before adding more lead- I like the high head pressure and I have a couple of finicky moulds (HPs) that cast well that way. Plus with a bigger reservoir there's less temperature fluctuation. But there's no break when casting that you might have if you run it low. Just curious.