Looking for ladle guy

[Curlymaple42]

I can't find the ladle guy on here. I am interested in one of those good ladles for filling ingots. Help! DukeInMaine told me he had a section but i can't find it.

[jmort]

Ray in New Hampshire. I can get you his contact info. He is still a Member here, just not a Vendor. I got two ladles and a skimmer from him, very nice, a couple months ago.

[Curlymaple42]

Oh good thanks! You can pm me i guess or i can give you my email via pm to.

[Bzcraig]

J......please pm me the same info, I too could use a good ladle.

Thanks Craig

[groundsclown]

Recently bought a Rowell ladle from here
I got the #3 which is a 4 lb'er. Works great & never have to worry about some cheesy weld coming apart of a crappy made soup ladle.

[WilliamDahl]

I've considered buying the Rowell #1 ladle for casting the larger bullets for my .45-70, but the places that sell it don't sell anything else that I need and I have a problem with paying $7-10 in shipping on a $20-24 item.

I've wondered in one of the 1oz stainless steel long handled dipper type food service ladles might work with a small hole drilled in the bottom. They are available an local restaurant supply stores for a fairly cheap.



I'm thinking that if you drill a 1/16" hole in the bottom to make it a permanent (i.e. no shutoff) bottom pour ladle and you fill your mold over your melting pot, it might work. Anyone ever tried something like this?

[leeggen]

Just made one from the 1 oz. stainless dipper. Got it from local rest. supply. I drilled a hole just a shade smaller than a 22 rifle shell. Then used atapered punch to push the stailess toward the outside of the dipper, doing so will give a tight fit for the 22 to go from inside to outside. Go easy so you get a tight fit. I just poured 10.5 lb of boolits. 230gr 45acp, 145gr 40 cal and some 93gr 32's. As you use it just lay it so the shell is facing down into the lead melt, this helps keep the brass hot. As you sink the laddle let the melt backflow thru the case so it always flushs clean before you pour.
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[leeggen]

Oh sorry afer setting 22 in laddle drill a hole thru the bottom of the case that is the same as the inside of the casing. I set the hole about 18th in below the rim of the laddle. Holds quite a bit of lead melt.
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[leeggen]

here is a pic of mine:Attachment 79565

[jmort]

I'm a sucker for casting tools. I have Rowell ladles #1 and #7 from manufacturer, Advance Car Mover, and the two ladles from RayinNH, and want to get a Lyman bottom pour, and want to get these three cast iron ladles:

http://www.luremaking.com/catalogue/...ing_ladles.htm

I believe I will never buy another ladle after that.

[Curlymaple42]

DukeInMaine has one of those Rowell ladles i think. The one with the sliding handle? Those are sweet!

[Alan in Vermont]

I just , as in two hours ago "just", pulled the trigger on a #6 Rowell from Advance Car Mover. At $48 shipped it was a lot cheaper there than Rotometals ($59 for just the ladle)

[jmort]

The larger Rowell's with the sliding handles make you proud to be an American. Very "industrial" look and built like a tank. The #7 was much larger than I imagined. Someone posted a chart of the Rowell ladle dimensions and their capacity grows geometrically. A #7 is way more than 7 times larger, in terms of capacity, than a #1.

[novalty]

I have one of RayinNH's 4" ladles and it works great--holds about 4lbs of molten lead. You can come check it out some time if you want.

Shown below in my 12" dutch oven, that I use for smelting down wheel weight.

[Alan in Vermont]

My #6 ladle arrived about a week ago. It is both heavy duty and just plain heavy. Now I'm just hoping I can handle it when it's loaded. I went this size so I could fill at least two cavities on my 5 lb ingot molds in one pour. If I can manage the weight of a full bowl I will be able to very nearly fill my biggest mold which goes 19 lbs. I like to use that one when I'm smelting and will be alloying later, it makes for a lot less ingot handling when I'm putting together batches of 100 lbs or more. If we get some cool/cloudy weather next week I want to try it out, I've got what I figure to be 1400 lbs of range ore and I'm about out of room to store more conveniently.