How lead shot was made, cool!

[rkt88edmo]

http://spotsunknown.com/the-selby-shot-tower/

Pic of a "shot tower" in SF with an explanation of how lead shot used to be made.

Also has a link to the "History of the American Shot Tower" page

http://www.traphof.org/shot-towers-2/shot-towers-page-1.htm

[paul0660]

Very cool. Made a nice pile of bricks after the earthquake I bet.

[Vectrexer]

AFAIK there is still a working shot tower at Silver Dollar City near Branson Mo.

[tankerman]

Pic of a "shot tower" in SF with an explanation of how lead shot used to be made.

Used to be made? Shot towers are still in use

[otteray]

If only it was still there in SF. Very cool. Thanks for showing it.
OT, if the Littleton shot maker was cheaper, I would like one.

[mif_slim]

I've played around with making shots before. Gotta delute water with radiator fluid or the like. Have a plate poked with holes and lead on top with burner on the bottum. Let the lead drop into the water mix at cetain height to get roundness. My grand and them use to do this back in a third world coitry to service. They used car battaries and suckto make the shots from. That's how I learned it. Nonetheless the tower is a way of doing it. Kool stuff thou.