Shot maker plans

[Kilroy08]

Well, I got bored today and sat down with AutoCAD. I've been itching to make a shot maker for a while now.
Since the board software won't let me upload a .dwg file, I exported it as a PDF.

If you would like the actual drawing to play with, feel free to PM me.


*EDIT*

I forgot to include a dimension. A corrected drawing has been uploaded. I forgot to indicate that the holes for mounting the drippers were spaced 1.250" on centers.

[too many things]

good luck ,you will need it

[Sitsinhedges]

Try this. http://forums.pigeonwatch.co.uk/foru...er-dimensions/

[Geezer in NH]

good luck ,you will need it

Yep that's it in a handbasket

[Bored1]

Hmmmm. May have to finish settling everything in the new house and get the drill press out and see what i can do!!!

[Kilroy08]

Try this. http://forums.pigeonwatch.co.uk/foru...er-dimensions/

Thanks for the link, I was just going off of eyeballing some stuff on ebay and a couple of forum posts here and there. Not sure why I didn't think of annealing the bolts. Looks like I'll be refining my drawing.

This will be my latest government job at work. Isn't being a machinist fun? I'll be sure to keep all of you apprised of how it turns out.
I'll probably only make drippers for #7 1/2 and #5. Trap and the odd garden pest here and there are about the only things I shoot any more.

[abqcaster]

how about rigging a small propane burner to it instead of a hotplate?

[Faret]

Yep that's it in a handbasket

What's the problem made 2500# in a week!

[Mauser48]

Was just looking at making a shotmaker yesterday. Hope this works out for you. Let us all know what the finished product is. If it works i would also like to attempt making one for fun.

[Kilroy08]

I'm going to start on the drippers tonight. I've made some changes as per the thread over on pigeonwatch. I also decided just to go with a single orifice on the drippers. Life is much easier trying to drill a hole in to a flat surface.

Then, I just have to catch up with one of the sheet metal guys for some 11 gauge 304 stainless. That's about the top end of what the equipment at work can shear and bend.

[Sitsinhedges]

There's no point using bolts that are any longer than they need be. 1/2" or so should fit the bill.

[hickfu]

Will a hotplate melt lead? I didnt think it would get hot enough.... Who ever makes one, post results... I may want to give it a try at some point.

[Sitsinhedges]

Will a hotplate melt lead? I didnt think it would get hot enough.... Who ever makes one, post results... I may want to give it a try at some point.

A hot plate wont melt lead easily, the built in thermostat struggles to get to that temperature then folk take it out and the thing fries. Boiling rings as spares for a cooker range will reach the temperature easily though and use a separate thermostat called a simmerstat to control the temperature. A simmerstat sits directly behind each range control knob on an old style electric cooker and works by altering the on-off cycle rather than measuring temperatures.