Annealing machines?

[jasnt]

I use a cordless drill to spin them very slowly to keep the heat even. I made a bit with a thin layered aluminum walled "socket" to block the heat from the shoulder. The case slips in easy and still shrouds the shoulder. Only the neck is above the shroud. I focus the blue tip of the flame centered on the neck and spin slow as the drill will spin which for my drill is about 60 rpm. I do this in the dark with only the light of the flame. I like to start with fowler brass to get the timing. Soon as the neck gets an even orange glow I dump it in the ice water and start on the next case. Depending on the torch it's around 6-9 sec a case with my propane torch or 2 with the cutting torch turned way down to tiny flame (propane and oxygen) which is my fav method.  I like to resize( neck only) them in the sonic cleaner for 30 min then aneal. Then size neck and trim.  I used to aneal every 5th loading but lately I been doing it on the 3rd.
Been doing it this way for a few years not and have reloaded the brass like I said 96 loadings on my oldest lot of brass. Not one split neck. Every peace of brass grows very slowly after fire form and most trimmings (now each 3rd loading) im trimming around .001-.0015.  I also aneal my 44 mag brass and have a 100 batch at 18 loadings with cast(resize and flaring mouths then crimping) also with not one split case or any other culling. 

[coop2424]

You mentioned using a drill?  Fill me in on that a bit if you could.  I've just always torched then water bathed.  What's the drill for?

To rotate the case in the flame

Glad we have an engineer around to help us out!!

[Karl Blanchard]

Good stuff!  Thanks

[BULLBLASTER]

Thought I'd update this post. I ordered the giraud and it arrived in late April. I've been using the heck out of it seems to do a pretty dang good job.

[Karl Blanchard]

Thought I'd update this post. I ordered the giraud and it arrived in late April. I've been using the heck out of it seems to do a pretty dang good job.

it is super cool.  Glad we bought it!

[BULLBLASTER]

Thought I'd update this post. I ordered the giraud and it arrived in late April. I've been using the heck out of it seems to do a pretty dang good job.

it is super cool.  Glad we bought it!

 

[Whitpirate]

Just charge him .10 a piece of brass Chris.  Or make him give you 4 spots of his Google Earth file.

[Karl Blanchard]

Just charge him .10 a piece of brass Chris.  Or make him give you 4 spots of his Google Earth file.

Hey man he's getting 6.5 and .280 AI brass this weekend so zip it

[BULLBLASTER]

Just charge him .10 a piece of brass Chris.  Or make him give you 4 spots of his Google Earth file.

Hey man he's getting 6.5 and .280 AI brass this weekend so zip it

Oh I like the 10 c a piece idea.  ... And the shiny headed dwarf already owes me a few X marks on maps! 

[jasnt]

Just charge him .10 a piece of brass Chris.  Or make him give you 4 spots of his Google Earth file.

Hey man he's getting 6.5 and .280 AI brass this weekend so zip it

Oh I like the 10 c a piece idea.  ... And the shiny headed dwarf already owes me a few X marks on maps! 

hahaha. Pay up blr

[Whitpirate]

Hate to see my buddy having to owe you.  I raided his files....

[BULLBLASTER]

Hate to see my buddy having to owe you.  I raided his files....

good work! whit wins the internet today.

[Karl Blanchard]

Hate to see my buddy having to owe you.  I raided his files....

good work! whit wins the internet today.

 

[Karl Blanchard]

Hey Coop and Jon S pitched in on this thing too!  We all ponied up equal amounts of encouragement and peer pressure

[coop2424]

Hey Coop and Jon S pitched in on this thing too!  We all ponied up equal amounts of encouragement and peer pressure

That's right great group buy..  Can't wait to pick up my brass this weekend and drop some more off..  Thanks Chris!!