Indeed, a friend still casts with his Saeco furnace, 
tho its kind of small compared to many of today's offerings
beltfed/arnie

In all honesty the Lyman 20lb. Dipper Pot. simply hooked up o a 1000 Watt Dimmer Swich in order to provide a constant temp. is still very hard to beat price wise and one only has to bite the bullet for the price of the dimmer switch just the one time. From there on out one could buy multiple Lyman 20lb. dipper pots for various alloys and still end up spending allot less simply by plugging into the same switch dimmer switch controlled outlet. I bought my Lyman Pot back in about 1998 and it still works as new. All though the new digital world is a bit more intriguing it only lasts as long as the undetermed yet time and cost for repairs. The only thing that can go wrong with the old Lyman Pot is the coil and the cost to replace it around $10.00 dollars as the reostat itself gets by passed

JLouis

Did Roland cast his bullets in a mine shaft?      

Roland cast while sitting on the bench in the outhouse. Early day multi-tasking. He made moonshine in the mineshaft. Smokeless powder was the smartest thing he did. 
I just use a camp stove and cast iron pot. Bullets usually come within about four or five tenths. Sometimes a little better if the days's warm and no wind- I do it outdoors.
Does PID mean Paying it's designer?

Can't you connect your Iphone to your lead pot as a PID? Or may be just throw it in the pot, then clean the dross off the surface and cast some good bullets.

Well, I looked at the picture of the emperor, and I'll gladly accept if my wife will loan me her bathrobe. Thanks.

Although I have a RCBS furnace which is controlled with a separate PID, I ordered an Easy Melt from MidwayUSA yesterday & it’s on backorder.  So I probably won’t qualify for the $25 rebate but it’s still a good deal without it.

Below is some feedback on the RCBS Easy Melt from a guy that recently bought one.  He also has a Waage pot controlled with a separate PID.

Wayne
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I ordered and received a RCBS Easy Melt from Midway.  I set it up next to my Waage w/PID controller to make a comparison. The Easy Melt has a built in PID. My observations:
Price RCBS $109.99 + $11.49 shipping and additional $25.00 rebate from RCBS (must purchase by 3/31/18) – advantage Easy Melt
RCBS holds more alloy and no thermocouple in the pot which is required with a separate PID. – advantage Easy Melt
RCBS held the temperature more constant than the Waage while casting 20 bullets each. – advantage Easy Melt
RCBS made in China. – advantage Waage
For the price, I couldn’t pass this up as a second pot. After using the Easy Melt today, my Waage w/PID is my second pot. I was pleasantly surprised by the Easy Melt’s performance, considering the low price. I think having the PID as an integral part of the unit is giving it better temperature stability.
I just hope the Easy Melt holds up……………………..

westerner wrote on Mar 23^rd, 2018 at 2:13am:

In twenty years I'll be happy to not be drooling in my soup, let alone casting bullets.