mark47 Posted August 16, 2011 Report Share Posted August 16, 2011 hi need some help .Is there anyone who could make me 5 drippers for making 6 shot .I have tryed to make these but failed .please pm with cost if you can help.kind regards mark :look: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
highseas Posted August 16, 2011 Report Share Posted August 16, 2011 pm floating chamber off hear Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sitsinhedges Posted August 16, 2011 Report Share Posted August 16, 2011 You have PM. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Floating Chamber Posted August 16, 2011 Report Share Posted August 16, 2011 You don't really need drippers. There is a far simpler method. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
highseas Posted August 16, 2011 Report Share Posted August 16, 2011 drilling a hole?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sitsinhedges Posted August 16, 2011 Report Share Posted August 16, 2011 You don't really need drippers. There is a far simpler method. So you keep saying How about spilling the beans I've enough shot to last a long long time but it may help someone else. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Floating Chamber Posted August 17, 2011 Report Share Posted August 17, 2011 So you keep saying How about spilling the beans I've enough shot to last a long long time but it may help someone else. I've learnt not to spill the beans too early. This design is NOT mine; I have to respect the wishes of the 'inventor' or should I say 'improver'. These devices can be made simply at a fair rate of knots, but he wants to manufacture a shed-load of relatively inexpensive complete kits to demonstrate and sell at shows, etc. When you think you can buy a slab of shells more cheaply than a 7kg tub of shot, it's no wonder that homeloading of bread and butter loads is dying out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest cookoff013 Posted August 17, 2011 Report Share Posted August 17, 2011 are you hand casting every single piece of shot? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Floating Chamber Posted August 17, 2011 Report Share Posted August 17, 2011 are you hand casting every single piece of shot? Have you been drinking, Cook? lol! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John_R Posted August 17, 2011 Report Share Posted August 17, 2011 Perhaps the pellets are individually forged. They did use chopped up sheet or wire years ago, no idea how that would pattern though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
activeviii Posted August 17, 2011 Report Share Posted August 17, 2011 Mig welding anyone? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sitsinhedges Posted August 17, 2011 Report Share Posted August 17, 2011 I've learnt not to spill the beans too early. This design is NOT mine; I have to respect the wishes of the 'inventor' or should I say 'improver'. These devices can be made simply at a fair rate of knots, but he wants to manufacture a shed-load of relatively inexpensive complete kits to demonstrate and sell at shows, etc. When you think you can buy a slab of shells more cheaply than a 7kg tub of shot, it's no wonder that homeloading of bread and butter loads is dying out. Hope it's as good as you expect. Until they are available drippers seem to be the only option though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Geordie Posted August 28, 2012 Report Share Posted August 28, 2012 Hmmm sounds an interesting option. Did the chap "improver" make any shot makers and if so how much were they as I would be interested if not expensive. I have access to a fair bit of lead at present and would like to try making my own Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pigeon pete Posted August 29, 2012 Report Share Posted August 29, 2012 (edited) old army mess tin and some stainless steel bolts in the side ,with a hole drilled almost the hole way through the bolt, in the underside of the head of the bolt a hole drilled @.045 mm ,if you go onto Google and look at DIY lead shot making on images ,you will find a few on there Edited August 29, 2012 by pigeon pete Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hafod Posted August 29, 2012 Report Share Posted August 29, 2012 F C this shotmaker your on about , is it a revamped model of the steve hughes shotmaker that did the rounds in the early 90,s by any chance is it , i had one ( chucked it about 5 years ago wish i hadnt now with all the info on the web about shotmaking lol ) i just could not master it but that was way before foruns like this were about . andy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Floating Chamber Posted August 29, 2012 Report Share Posted August 29, 2012 Correct, but simpler. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hafod Posted August 29, 2012 Report Share Posted August 29, 2012 but simpler ,mmm thats interesting , steves was a good machine no doubt about it (back then it was selling for £ 39.00 plus £ 5.75 postage if my memory is correct oh the good old days eh ) i seen him demostrate somewhere back in the day , cant remember where , and fair play it spit out good quality round no.6 shot depending on the head height , if i remember rightly the higher the head the smaller the shot , nice compact set up so i bought one . but at the time i didnt have a clue about lead alloy , coolent temps ,etc ,etc and i failed , nice tear drops though but i could not get round shot for the life of me ,so gave shotmaking up as a bad job. however having read what i,ve been reading over the last 3 years about shotmaking i can now see now where i was going wrong and by the look of things that was everywhere, but i would be interested if one becomes avaiable in the future , got a bit more patients to tinker with projects like this now LOL.besides i,ve been hording lead for years and got quite a stockpile now. andy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Floating Chamber Posted August 29, 2012 Report Share Posted August 29, 2012 Steve's shotmaker was demonstrated at Game Fairs. I got to know him well and supplied him with powder, wads and primers. His shotmaker spewed good quality shot at a fast rate.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nabbers Posted August 31, 2012 Report Share Posted August 31, 2012 (edited) Ere we go again! Just googled "Steve Hugh's shotmaker" and all I found was pictures of golf clubs and cricket bats. For some reason, I have an image in my head of a heated tube held by a clamp at an angle and lead poured into it and the end of the tube is cut off at a very long angle and the lead drips from the point, did I read that on here somewhere? Edited August 31, 2012 by nabbers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sitsinhedges Posted August 31, 2012 Report Share Posted August 31, 2012 For some reason, I have an image in my head of a heated tube held by a clamp at an angle and lead poured into it and the end of the tube is cut off at a very long angle and the lead drips from the point, did I read that on here somewhere? I think that you are referring to the Silverstream shotmaker that FC has detailed on here before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Floating Chamber Posted August 31, 2012 Report Share Posted August 31, 2012 Steve's was a simple welded open topped box with six tiny holes drilled on the underside, about 10mm from the upright. Welded to the base was a sloping ramp. The box was laid in a cradle on the edge of the coolant tank with the lip of the ramp just above the coolant. Molten lead was ladled into the box as a flame played on the underside. This set-up would make good shot. The slightly different one that I am staying away from fully describing, (so please leave off me, lol), is of stainless steel and rests in its own 'flame-trap' cradle; this trap affords efficient running from just a simple blow-lamp. Small ingots are added and no pre-melting is necessary. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dan12345 Posted September 2, 2012 Report Share Posted September 2, 2012 derek720 has one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Floating Chamber Posted September 2, 2012 Report Share Posted September 2, 2012 'bout time you had this shot I got for you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donkey Posted September 4, 2012 Report Share Posted September 4, 2012 I have one of these There was an article in sporting gun in the late 80s early 90s about Steve and his shotmaker You could purchase the shot maker from him or just the plans to make one Shane Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farmer Posted December 28, 2016 Report Share Posted December 28, 2016 You don't really need drippers. There is a far simpler method. Been a fair while & ive heard of nothing being launched??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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