Salt Bath Annealing?

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Re: Salt Bath Annealing?

#11 Post by ukrifleman »

dromia wrote:£1300 sounds complicated to me.
Me too!

I made my annealer using a microwave turntable motor sourced from China, which rotates at 5 RPM and cost the princely sum of £1-78 including shipping! plus a hobby gas torch from B&Q.

The rest was odds and sods found lying around my garage and shed.

The drum is the bottom of an old 6" paint tin with 2 slots cut in it, to give each case a 6 second exposure to the gas flame.

A feed ramp holds the case in position to allow it to drop through a slot into the drum and begin the annealing process.

The cases slowly rotate as they are annealed, which gives them a consistent all round heat before they drop into a collecting bin to air cool.

Simples!

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#12 Post by Dahonis »

I don't suppose you wish to make another one clapclap
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#13 Post by ukrifleman »

Dahonis wrote:I don't suppose you wish to make another one clapclap
Sorry, run out of odds and sods!

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#14 Post by Dahonis »

ukrifleman wrote:
Dahonis wrote:I don't suppose you wish to make another one clapclap
Sorry, run out of odds and sods!

ukrifleman
I think I will give this a try, I normally do around 600 cases in one go. I need something more robust than my current method.
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#15 Post by phaedra1106 »

Why don't you pop round and have a go with my set up?, it's one of these,

https://www.facebook.com/raptorvarminting/?tn-str=k*F
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#16 Post by rox »

phaedra1106 wrote:Why don't you pop round and have a go with my set up?, it's one of these,

https://www.facebook.com/raptorvarminting/?tn-str=k*F
or build a GinaEric induction annealer. My build starts next week.

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#17 Post by Ovenpaa »

Rox, have you determined a budget build cost for your GinaEric yet?
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Re: Salt Bath Annealing?

#18 Post by The Gun Pimp »

dromia wrote:£1300 sounds complicated to me.
And that I suppose is the attraction of the salt bath method.
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#19 Post by rox »

Ovenpaa wrote:Rox, have you determined a budget build cost for your GinaEric yet?
Only a guess, but under £300. That excludes the case collator/feeder, but is an upgraded 1800W versus 1000W with a monster rectifier, all derated to keep component heat under control, with microprocessor monitoring and control.
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#20 Post by Dahonis »

phaedra1106 wrote:Why don't you pop round and have a go with my set up?, it's one of these,

https://www.facebook.com/raptorvarminting/?tn-str=k*F
Will contact you shortly, If you don't mind thankssign
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