That is a horrible marketing name.I have an Anneal-ease which I love for how basic it is, but can't imagine using the machine if I can only load 8 or 10 cartridges in the hopper.
Tempilaq would probably be helpful until you figure out the appropriate time in flame, there on should be unnecessary.You need that color changing stuff too right?
Follow the basic footprint / design of others which have a larger hopper to stage brass into the machine.
I have an Anneal-ease which I love for how basic it is, but can't imagine using the machine if I can only load 8 or 10 cartridges in the hopper.
Otherwise you’ll need a mechanism at the top of the ramp that releases a single case. This can be done by running a wheel notched to only hold a single case from the same motor as your cake pan. The feed wheel rotates once for each rotation of the cake pan. Then just built a chute on top of the feed wheel.
That doesn’t make sense. If the compas is set at anything other than the radius of the pan then an arc drawn with one point on the circumference can’t go through the center, and the second such arc can’t intersect at the center.Use a compass on the inside of the pan, about 2/3 diameter,
swing the arc then move to opposite side and swing again,
where arcs intersect that is dead center. QED
That is what I get for posting while I'm working. Have to do it twice and then line from two points for each arc that is dead center.That doesn’t make sense. If the compas is set at anything other than the radius of the pan then an arc drawn with one point on the circumference can’t go through the center, and the second such arc can’t intersect at the center.
How about a 90 degree bracket that mounts with a wingnut to the bottom of the pan as a shield to adjust the opening?Yeah, I was already trying to figure out how to stage them so only one goes into the gap at a time. I think that gap is relatively large to handle multiple cartridge types- though I guess I could get a bunch of baking pans to swap them out.
How about a 90 degree bracket that mounts with a wingnut to the bottom of the pan as a shield to adjust the opening?
I went low-tech. I just ordered the salt-bath annealing kit.
I tend to do 223 in large batches (500+ at a time) and don't shoot them up very quickly, so I will probably be like you. Once every couple of months, at the rate I have been going. I'm thinking I may try annealing some magnum revolver rounds as well, though. 44mag and 460, mainly.When I'm done, you can borrow this any time, TopRudder (I'll need some more 9mm soon). I only see me doing batches every couple of months.
Not really, you end up measuring the flame. At least it didn’t work for me.Tempilaq is stupid expensive- a bottle costs more than the parts for the annealer. Can I just use a laser thermometer?
Not really, you end up measuring the flame. At least it didn’t work for me.
If you want to send me a couple dozen pieces of scrap brass, best to use what you’re planning to anneal, I’ll paint them up and send them back.
I was initially, then I remember I had an IR camera. I have a video of the case heating up, I'll post later.That is really nice! I thought you were talking about a hardware store Ir sensor.
Ha! If I'm the guy balking at paying $30 for a piece of aluminum and building my own annealer I'd not dropping big money on a FLIR.Makes me chuckle, you could probably buy 6 Annealeze machines for what the camera cost.