Cheap Annealing Machine
I was wondering if there were any machines out there that are less automated and cheaper or even prefered a way to make a machine with a timer that could be relatively cheap.
Cheap annealing machine. Through years of extensive r d our father son team have succeeded. Eventually it fails if it is fired enough times. Our goal is to produce a safe reliable and totally user friendly induction brass cartridge annealer which will give absolutely repeatable results every time. The science behind annealing.
The vulcan annealer is the best frustration free cartridge case annealing machine available on the market today. Sadly most competitive annealing machines don t guarantee the accuracy relying on guesswork approximation or mailing off samples of your brass for analysis. This means it can operate anywhere in the world at any line voltage ranging from 85v to 265v. Extend the life of your brass and take the stress out of wildcat cases.
So even if i cant anneal 200 peices of brass in 10 minutes i am totaly fine with that. It is rated for up to 750 watts but operates at under 600 watts or less than a small microwave oven. Time is not a factor i dont shoot tons and i have a lot of time. Easy and simple to make annealing machine using simple hand tools motor from rotisserie barbecue shafts and drums from aluminum bars i used my tile wet saw.
Some other machines are so frustrating to operate at best and requires a lot of manual baby sitting. What sets this advanced machine apart from the rest is the fact that you will not have to fight the machine with timing or operation. Tools for reloading fools. It will restore the brass necks to a new like condition extending the life of your brass cases.
The top plate which accepts cartridges up to magnum size rotates at a rheostat controlled speed and moves cases through the flame. Here is my method for annealing 308 brass quickly effectively and most of all without spending 500 00 on a machine that you have to hand feed anyway. Research we have done with cartridge brass manufacturers and metallurgists dictates the proper neck annealing temperature is between 700 to 800 f. Any reloader who s been around the block for even a little while knows that brass does not last forever.
The brass case annealing machine is used to refurbish your brass cases prior to your reloading process.