In message , andrew
writes
The Medway Handyman wrote:

Reminds me of dropping molten lead into a bucket of water. Weird
spikey shapes.

I thought that was how they made perfectly round musket balls?


They would form and solidify during the long drop in air.



I've wondered about that in the past - surely they would be a bit "pear"
shaped from their passage through air

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geoff