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OverUnder725

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I had purchased a Oasis shot maker from the U.S. a few months ago and finally had the chance to get things set up and test it out. I built a stand and did a little plumbing work. It uses the fabric softener undiluted as a coolant and produces very nice #7.5 - #8 shot. Using wheel weight lead for feed stock.



 
Yup. 12v 1000 GPH bilge pump in the bottom pumps softer up to the back of the tank. Inline ball valve controls the flow of coolant and an over flow pipe near the front of the tank, which is adjustable in height, maintain a perfect liquid level at 1/4" below the lip of the dripper.
 
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That's looking very good!!

I'm almost finished building my shot maker from scratch. Will post pics when it's done.
What dripper hole size do you use?

I have quite a big submersible pump that pumps way to much and is overflowing the coolant tank
so I was also looking at a bilge pump. Do you need to squeeze down the flow of the 1000 gpm pump
a lot and what hole size in the coolant tank does your shot and coolant flow through?
Thx.
 
You need to turn the flow down by 40%-50% I would say. Depends on the coolant. Between the ball valve and the over flow tube in the the tank, it is really controllable. The coolant and shot drain through a 1" I.D. vinyl hose. Princess auto is where I bought all the components. I made a few adjustments after the first run. I'll post some pics tonight.
 
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Thanks!

My bottom hole is only 1/2 inch so I might need to increase that.

Great idea to put a ball valve in the line.
I put a washer in the line right at the pump to restrict the flow so now there is less water coming
through but with much greater pressure ...sigh..
I'll probably try putting a fan dimmer in to slow down the pump. If that does not work then a bilge pump it is.

The shot looks very good by the way. Is this sieved or just as dropped by the shot maker?
 
Well done. Really well done.
It should be a sticky with shot making where people can get ideas and advice when in need. Making your own shot is basically make worth the whole reloading process for shotshells, money wise.

I also use a 1100 GPH Rule bilge pump for recirculating the coolant fluid. Keeping a bottle with frozen water in the overflow tank maintains really well the coolant temperature under 35C.
As of right now my making shot is a mess even though the results are great. As soon my new set up will be ready I will make a video on how I do it so it may be useful to other people trying to make their own. Sharing is what makes a community like ours grow and get stronger.

Keep on making shot my friend. I'm really happy to see that other people are into it.
 
Yup. 12v 1000 GPM bilge pump

I presume you mean gph?? That would be an awesome 12v pump at 1000 gpm. :p
 
OverUnder725 said:
The coolant and shot drain through a 1" I.D. Venal hose.
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Very nice setup and very nice shot. I've got a homemade shot maker, but my coolant tank is very basic, just a 1 gallon metal can (no coolant recycling). Could you please explain what a "Venal hose" is? Does your shot drain out of the coolant tank while you are running shot?? :confused:
 
I stated correct. My pump is rated at 1100 GPH(4160 LPH) not per minute. If was 1100 gal per minute it would be a mess. At 1100 GPM the pump would blow coolant with a such a force that the shot and coolant would splash out of the tank. Actually the tank probably would rattle like heck under that pressure. Ha ha, I'm trying to imagine that coolant jet splashing on the shot maker ladle while is full of molten lead.

The coolant I use is red cutting oil for machining. Shot cleans really well as the coolant it's not oil based. Fabric softener is also great. The nastiest I ever used is hydraulic oil. It's the best coolant I ever used but cleaning the shot is a pain.
I'll stay with fabric softener or machining fluid for convenience.
 
Otto V said:
Very nice setup and very nice shot. I've got a homemade shot maker, but my coolant tank is very basic, just a 1 gallon metal can (no coolant recycling). Could you please explain what a "Venal hose" is? Does your shot drain out of the coolant tank while you are running shot?? :confused:
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Vinyl, typos are killing me!! The shot runs out the bottom of the coolant tank as the shot is being made.
 
Moose_Master said:
Well done. Really well done.
It should be a sticky with shot making where people can get ideas and advice when in need. Making your own shot is basically make worth the whole reloading process for shotshells, money wise.

I also use a 1100 GPH Rule bilge pump for recirculating the coolant fluid. Keeping a bottle with frozen water in the overflow tank maintains really well the coolant temperature under 35C.
As of right now my making shot is a mess even though the results are great. As soon my new set up will be ready I will make a video on how I do it so it may be useful to other people trying to make their own. Sharing is what makes a community like ours grow and get stronger.

Keep on making shot my friend. I'm really happy to see that other people are into it.
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Thank you Moose! There is just something satisfying about the whole process and I'm kinda, let's say "thrifty"!
 
Post that video as I'm interested in seeing how the shot goes down the drain. My system keeps the shot inside the tank until I finish the shot making session. I never feel the need to empty the shot from the coolant as my machine eats 45 lbs of lead per hour so in 2 hours and something I have 4 bags of 25 lbs of shot which will give me shot for around 1600 shotshells. On top of that my cooling tank holds 14.5 gallons of fluid, so being that bulky it gives me plenty of space for 100-150 lbs of shot with space to spare.

But your draining shot system made me really curious and I really like to see it at work.
 
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