sitsinhedges Posted February 27, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 27, 2016 I run my pot at 350c for 7.5 shot and slightly cooler for larger shot. I don't recall the Littleton shotmakers having heat control so maybe it will self regulate to some degree if the element isn't too powerful. I find proper 7.5 shot quite hard to make relatively. The 0.5mm dripper is about as small as you can reasonably use and doesn't drip as easily as drippers with larger holes. 0.6mm making no7 or 0.8 making no6 shot would be an easier prospect. At the other end of the scale 1mm drippers make 4.5-5 shot and can stream if you're not careful because the hole is so big. The footage at the start of this thread is of 7.5 shot and you can tell it was dripping well by how evenly they were all running but it does take a while to turn out any volume of these small pellets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john vicey Posted February 27, 2016 Report Share Posted February 27, 2016 yer that looked good.3 or 4 kg would go a long way.just need to give it go see wot happans dont no how it will run till i try when i get some drippers 7 or 7.5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deershooter Posted February 27, 2016 Report Share Posted February 27, 2016 (edited) Tried to add a pic of mine but it won't let me Edited February 27, 2016 by deershooter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest cookoff013 Posted February 28, 2016 Report Share Posted February 28, 2016 Does the dropper coolant warm up because lots of shot or does it need cooling? Will 50 litres of water do it? This stuff is too technical for me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sitsinhedges Posted February 28, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 28, 2016 Does the dropper coolant warm up because lots of shot or does it need cooling? Will 50 litres of water do it? This stuff is too technical for me! Yes the coolant does warm up. Depends on how much of it there is and the time of year along with how much shot you are dropping in to it. With fab con I use about 12litres to fill my metal waste paper bin catch tank and in the summer make maybe 15 or so kg before I stop. it's heading towards 50c at that point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john vicey Posted March 5, 2016 Report Share Posted March 5, 2016 just made some shot. dripper hole .8 made out of m8 dome nut.not perfect round small pin hole Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sitsinhedges Posted March 5, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 5, 2016 I bet you're pretty pleased with that. It's better than my first attempt and very shootable. I wouldn't worry about the pin holes too much, just mix a pinch of graphite in and shoot it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
figgy Posted March 8, 2016 Report Share Posted March 8, 2016 To make 7.5 or smaller with flow problems, would it not be possible to increase the size of the molten lead dish to hold maybe three times the volume of molten lead and higher temp to force a decent flow through the dripper nozzles. Even a catering bean can size of molten lead hopper, it may be possible to make even smaller shot. The big makers can't be doing it any different just on a bigger scale with tanks or shot towers. Just as well I don't have a ready supply of lead, id be in my garage playing until I got it to sizes I wanted. So we must assume that any size larger than fours must be tower dropped? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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