Lee melting pot

[castle]

I was wondering if you guys could give me a little information on drilling out the pouring spout? Mine drips, clogs and can be a pain. I've tried cleaning the spout with wire and it's only a temporary fix.

[ifish]

Do not drill it out. Best trick I know is to empty the pot and put the closing rod in a cordless drill and push it down in the hole as close to the right pouring angle and run the drill forward and reverse slowly a few times. Kind of like lapping in a valve on a engine head. I also unscrewed the weight on the hold down rod and made a heavier weight by filling a 3/4 fitting with lead and threaded it to fit the hold down rod. A lot more weight on the spout rod.I believe it is 8-32 threads. My 10 year old pot rarely leaks after I did these 2 tricks. Also look at this: Any Lee product of any age or condition that is currently manufactured, will be reconditioned to new if returned to the factory with payment of half the retail price + shipping. http://leeprecision.com/product-returns.html

Lee Precision, Inc.
4275 Highway U
Hartford, WI 53027

[Bobo Greybeard]

As Ifish said, I would not drill it out. Not only could you open a huge can of worms. You will also void the factory warranty more than likely. Just my two cents

Bobo

[Redge]

I have had mine for at least 10 years, I wouldn't drill it out either. Ifish gave dome good advice. Make sure you stir and clean your lead well and you won't have a problem.

[Cray]

Don't drill it out. I tried and ruined it. Had to buy replacement cup. Cheap enough but pain to change. FatMan has a thread some where on the proper way to clean one. Like ifish's idea about lapping in the tip. And adding weight.

[DLM10]

A friend came over with his Lee pot and started me pouring jigs. We kept a small stubby screw driver close by and slightly twisted the pour stop back and forth if it dripped. We poured about200 jigs and had to do this 3 times. Clean lead helps also helps, an old ice tea spoon to scoop the grouse or poor quality or contaminated lead off the top will help keep it clean also

[Bobo Greybeard]

A friend came over with his Lee pot and started me pouring jigs. We kept a small stubby screw driver close by and slightly twisted the pour stop back and forth if it dripped. We poured about200 jigs and had to do this 3 times. Clean lead helps also helps, an old ice tea spoon to scoop the grouse or poor quality or contaminated lead off the top will help keep it clean also

I do that little trick when ever I am pouring heads also.

Bobo

[Fatman]

Here's the thread that I've posted before http://www.crappie.com/crappie/showt...-question?page___

[Bobo Greybeard]

Thank you for posting that Fatman. I was hoping you would. I was trying to find it the other day. LOL

Bobo

[Fatman]

Glad to help.