Shot tower
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Shot tower
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Re: Shot tower
#2You can try something similar to this (although more related to the older barrel technique) at home with a soldering iron . Melt some tin at the tip while holding the iron at a sufficiently large enough height over a glass of water. It takes some practice to make nice round balls, but it works!
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#3The article does not list Saint Jacques Tower in Paris. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Jacques_Tower
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#4I saw the picture of the Clifton Hill shot tower at the top there and thought—“hey, that looks like—”. I’ve wondered precisely what it was meant to be every time I’ve passed it (not very frequently), but never enough to find out.
Cool stuff, even if I don’t quite see how it's relevant here. :P
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#5The article does not list Saint Jacques Tower in Paris. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Jacques_Tower
Perhaps because it was not built for the purpose of producing shot...
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#6How many feet taller does a tower in northern Alaska need to be compared to one in south Florida? (at 0 feet above average sea level)
Someone please calculate this.
Thank you.
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#7Natural Bridge in Virginia¹ was used as a shot tower during the American Revolutionary War. They simply dropped molten lead off the bridge into the water below. Someone would then collect them from the stream bed after they cooled.
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#8You can try something similar to this (although more related to the older barrel technique) at home with a soldering iron . Melt some tin at the tip while holding the iron at a sufficiently large enough height over a glass of water. It takes some practice to make nice round balls, but it works!
In what way is practice useful here? Determining the correct height to get good spheres, having a steady hand when dropping it?
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#9How many feet taller does a tower in northern Alaska need to be compared to one in south Florida? (at 0 feet above average sea level) Someone please calculate this. Thank you.
...to achieve what?
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#10Interesting. And here I thought they were all made by hand. I guess shot producers aren't nearly the highly patient and dextrous craftsmen that I made them out to be.