308kiwi Posted August 6, 2018 Report Share Posted August 6, 2018 Any of you guys anneal your brass before reloading?? I've been getting lots of split necks in my 6mm Remington, which was doing my freakin head in, especially as 6mm Rem brass is like fairy schit over here, so I built myself an annealer, scrounged most of the bits from left over projects in my workshop and a quick visit to Jaycar, (same as your Radio Shack), for a power supply and some bits to make a speed control circuit, it works a treat and cost me less than $100 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
308kiwi Posted August 6, 2018 Author Report Share Posted August 6, 2018 Couldn't load the video of it working before but here it is courtesy of Youtube Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pappy1600 Posted August 6, 2018 Report Share Posted August 6, 2018 I anneal all my brass, I purchased a Girard trimmer and annealer years ago and love both of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
survivalshop Posted August 16, 2018 Report Share Posted August 16, 2018 How do you know what temp the necks get ? Is there water to quench the brass in that container ,to stop the heat of the brass traveling to the base ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
308kiwi Posted August 17, 2018 Author Report Share Posted August 17, 2018 4 hours ago, survivalshop said: How do you know what temp the necks get ? Is there water to quench the brass in that container ,to stop the heat of the brass traveling to the base ? I'm using Tempilaq, a paint on paste/paint that changes colour depending on temperature, yep the catch tub is full of water. The vid and the photos was me just running some old 308 brass through to try it out after I'd finished building it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
survivalshop Posted August 17, 2018 Report Share Posted August 17, 2018 6 hours ago, 308kiwi said: I'm using Tempilaq, a paint on paste/paint that changes colour depending on temperature, yep the catch tub is full of water. The vid and the photos was me just running some old 308 brass through to try it out after I'd finished building it. Same product I use . I'm sure you set timing with your machine , great job on that machine , very efficient , wish i had something like that . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrmackc Posted August 17, 2018 Report Share Posted August 17, 2018 (edited) 14 hours ago, survivalshop said: How do you know what temp the necks get ? Is there water to quench the brass in that container ,to stop the heat of the brass traveling to the base ? There is a temperature indicating paste that you apply to the neck on test cases (changes color at the correct temp) and you apply it to a few cases in order to regulate the time the neck is heated by the variable speed control of the motor that turns the case during the heating cycle. Edited August 17, 2018 by mrmackc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
survivalshop Posted August 17, 2018 Report Share Posted August 17, 2018 Yes, I use Tempilaq , as he does . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
308kiwi Posted August 18, 2018 Author Report Share Posted August 18, 2018 17 hours ago, survivalshop said: Same product I use . I'm sure you set timing with your machine , great job on that machine , very efficient , wish i had something like that . Yep, the motor that drives it is controlled by a variable power supply so I can speed it up or slow it down accordingly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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