Originally Posted by
Littleton Shot Maker
Copper> when it gets hot- enough to let lead flow it will also start to leach out - not like it contaminates the lead, but as in it's soft. -
you 'may' have a hole for #9 shot and several pounds later you will end up with a hole for #4,
as 'it' ( The molten lead) erodes the drippers hole out….like water falling down on the ground- with time it makes a hole, pit, what ever…there is a reason I don't use copper , brass, or aluminum drippers
lksmith pm me or email me, let me steer you in the right direction- you are going to do allot of work and you are going to be unhappy , I think , in the end.
RAIN?? why would you have to wait for it to stop raining?? Are you NOT doing this out side are you???
EVEN with a Factory build machine like mine, if you try to do it out side you will fail-
ANY breeze at all, any will shut down those drippers, any drippers. and you won't make any shot. Please if you have not by now down load and print off the instructions on my website…to include if your exhaust fan PULLS too much. if you have a box fan on the other side of the room and it blows towards the machine. Near an open door that gets any wind, Window etc…
130- 135 F in the shop with a large open shop door and we had trouble every time the wind blew even a tiny amount. We closed the door and POW problem gone. BUT then we then had to turn on cooler to keep from cooking the operators ….and run coolant through a small VW oil cooler we had sitting around from the 80's. for us it is better to run in the winters HERE any way.