Has anyone tried this? Does anyone here even re anneal brass? I think Im going to try to build something that makes it quick and easy to anneal cases. I am going to start with something like the mini ductor 2 and a spot weld timer. With a little mad science and a soldering iron I think I can make a nice simple semi automatic machine. I think there is some potential here.

Ken

I anneal all the time and all i use is a propane torch, drill, and a deepset socket. Once you get a hang of it, it goes quickly. I anneal and my brass lasts forever. Some is on over its 20th reload and so used you could barely read the headstamp.

Pretty sure that's how commercial brass is annealed, at least what I've seen.

 

I'm guessing you already have that Mini Ducter? For $500 or more for that device I'd build a rotary setup and use a torch myself. But I'm no benchrest shooter.

In the "Old School" fashion we stand all the cases up in a tray of water, You can use a temp stick if you want but, heat a case get it to temp and knock it over when to temp# use of a small tipperd torch is preferrable#

 

 

WAIT!!!! I just Youtubed and this seems easier than what I do,,,

 

http://www#youtube#com/watch?v=kgD5D0Wzu-c

I dont have the induction heater yet but i am bidding on a few. The torch and water doesnt sound like a bad idea.

Ken

Here's a quick read from the benchrest-type crowd: http://www.6mmbr.com/annealing.html

In the "Old School" fashion we stand all the cases up in a tray of water, You can use a temp stick if you want but, heat a case get it to temp and knock it over when to temp# use of a small tipperd torch is preferrable#

 

 

WAIT!!!! I just Youtubed and this seems easier than what I do,,,

 

http://www#youtube#c...h?v=kgD5D0Wzu-c

 

Your linky all broken.

 

 

also, to the op, womeone's journey down the induction annealing path the comments are useful, mistakes were made.

 

http://www.youtube.c...e/videos?view=0

 

http://www.southernmarksman.com/induction-annealing/induction-annealing.shtml

Ive seen those vids. the timing of the induction heater would be critical. I have a lot of scrap brass to perfect it on. The reason I am so set on induction heating is the precise control it can give you. Also, its time to put some of my electronics training back to use. Its been a looooong time since I designed ans printed circuit board. I need a good project to distract me from wanting a cigarette. Im doing good so far, its been over 3 weeks now.

Ken

Ive seen those vids. the timing of the induction heater would be critical. I have a lot of scrap brass to perfect it on. The reason I am so set on induction heating is the precise control it can give you. Also, its time to put some of my electronics training back to use. Its been a looooong time since I designed ans printed circuit board. I need a good project to distract me from wanting a cigarette. Im doing good so far, its been over 3 weeks now.

Ken

 

congratulations, and more power to you. Also, if you haven't heard of arduino, it's pretty cool for things like this where you may be tweaking the controller a lot. I've had some fun with it, and the programming language is pretty accessible.

congratulations, and more power to you. Also, if you haven't heard of arduino, it's pretty cool for things like this where you may be tweaking the controller a lot. I've had some fun with it, and the programming language is pretty accessible.

WEll dam thats handy! Ill have to look into that more. It has been a long time since I built anything and arduino didnt even exist. I was just going to use a good digital delay relay but this looks cheaper.

Ken

WEll dam thats handy! Ill have to look into that more. It has been a long time since I built anything and arduino didnt even exist. I was just going to use a good digital delay relay but this looks cheaper.

Ken

 

sparkfun also has all sorts of cool hard to source doodads to wire into thing at reasonable prices for onsies and twosies as far as sensors and ICs and whatnot.