sitsinhedges Posted January 23, 2016 Report Share Posted January 23, 2016 Well with the warm weather, some real cheap lead and an imminent drop off from John at Folkestone Engineering I thought I better get the shotmaker fired up. Dropped 7.5's into DOT4 brake fluid this time I thought it would cope with the colder weather better than fab con. http://vid300.photobucket.com/albums/nn31/sitsinhedges/20160123_165044_zpspjdghtmd.mp4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old farrier Posted January 23, 2016 Report Share Posted January 23, 2016 Hi Very good thanks for posting 👍 All the best Of Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WelshAndy Posted January 23, 2016 Report Share Posted January 23, 2016 Class Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
photon Posted January 24, 2016 Report Share Posted January 24, 2016 Excellent, I could sit and watch that all day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darno Posted January 24, 2016 Report Share Posted January 24, 2016 That was cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hodge911 Posted January 24, 2016 Report Share Posted January 24, 2016 :no: could not get it to work only got a screen with a music note in the centre Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sitsinhedges Posted January 24, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 24, 2016 :no: could not get it to work only got a screen with a music note in the centre Maybe try again, it works for everyone else it seems Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrowningB525 Posted January 24, 2016 Report Share Posted January 24, 2016 Is it a trick of the camera, or does the shot drop onto that plate before dropping into the DOT4? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sitsinhedges Posted January 24, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 24, 2016 (edited) Is it a trick of the camera, or does the shot drop onto that plate before dropping into the DOT4? Yes it bounces down the plate and into the coolant, as gently as possible to avoid distortion of the molten pellet. The coolant wants to be within 1/4" of the ramp or you can get pancakes. The ramp has to be hot and lubricated or the lead will freeze and stick. DOT4 has the potential to burn so you have to take more care than with water based coolants. Edited January 24, 2016 by sitsinhedges Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
figgy Posted February 21, 2016 Report Share Posted February 21, 2016 What did you use to block the dripped not being used due to the width of the can? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sitsinhedges Posted February 21, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 21, 2016 What did you use to block the dripped not being used due to the width of the can? Just solid bolts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john vicey Posted February 24, 2016 Report Share Posted February 24, 2016 (edited) nice one just made one just need some drippes deershooter said he can make when hes better Edited February 24, 2016 by john vicey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john vicey Posted February 25, 2016 Report Share Posted February 25, 2016 file:///C:/Users/johnvicey/Pictures/2016-02-22%20john/john%20138.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sitsinhedges Posted February 25, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 25, 2016 file:///C:/Users/johnvicey/Pictures/2016-02-22%20john/john%20138.jpg Link doesn't work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TONY R Posted February 25, 2016 Report Share Posted February 25, 2016 Whats the biggest shot size you can drop Please? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sitsinhedges Posted February 25, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 25, 2016 Whats the biggest shot size you can drop Please? If the holes in the drippers become too big the lead will just run in a stream rather than drip. 1mm drippers seem about the realistic maximum size and these will make around shot size 4.5, in my set up anyhow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TONY R Posted February 26, 2016 Report Share Posted February 26, 2016 Thanks for that interesting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toqs Posted February 26, 2016 Report Share Posted February 26, 2016 Very nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john vicey Posted February 27, 2016 Report Share Posted February 27, 2016 (edited) cant seem to upload my pictures of my shotmaker Edited February 27, 2016 by john vicey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sitsinhedges Posted February 27, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 27, 2016 cant seem to upload my pictures of my shotmaker I upload mine to photobucket and copy and paste the image url from there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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john vicey Posted February 27, 2016 Report Share Posted February 27, 2016 thanks for that sits made last week out of 3mm plate just need some drippers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deershooter Posted February 27, 2016 Report Share Posted February 27, 2016 thanks for that sits made last week out of 3mm plate just need some drippers What size are the holes they look large. drippers are normally made out of 8 mm bolts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sitsinhedges Posted February 27, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 27, 2016 That looks great I would position is so the ramp is as far forward as possible to have as much space as possible to get it over the coolant and I would make sure the ramp isn't touching anything as this will draw the heat from it and cause the lead to freeze on it. Ideally you need some kind of heat controller or the lead will get over hot and the element wont last long. I used one of these and searched the internet for installation instructions as the ones that came were Chinglish. What size drippers are you after? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john vicey Posted February 27, 2016 Report Share Posted February 27, 2016 hi deershooter yes m8 bolt 13mm head 8mm hole hi sits yes you are right i have no heat control just switch on off 1300 watt element i will get simmersat if this dont work did run up to temp was about 620 degrees small amount off lead melting in pot.dripper size about 7.5 for clays and maybe pigeon shooting cant wait to give it go thanks for help in uploading the pictures Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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