disco stu wrote:Seems to be a very romantic way of doing it!
in2anity wrote:OB not personally, but I know Marcus O'Dean used to do it - and he one the Queens twice back when SR used to be included. I presume it's better than skipping the annealing altogether. I'll ask him about it next time I'm out.
on_one_wheel wrote:Without trying it, first thoughts are it looks to be heating it up too slowly, I'd be surprised if it reached annealing point before it got too hot to hold.
It would also be difficult to control how much case was annealed wit it heating up that slowly.... I could be wrong
on_one_wheel wrote:It would be very interesting to try it in a scientific fashion using some 400 tempilstik.Exactly what I was thinking I'd bet London to a brick the heat soak will extend way past the shoulder once ots hot enough.....Yep
Anyone here got some tempilstik?
on_one_wheel wrote:It would be very interesting to try it in a scientific fashion using some 400 tempilstik. I'd bet London to a brick the heat soak will extend way past the shoulder once ots hot enough.....
Anyone here got some tempilstik?
Oldbloke wrote:Spend $500 - $600 on an AMP to anneal 50 or 100 cases a year, yeh, sure.Agree
And Im not "reinventing" anything. I just found it on the www and thought it may be an alternative. Ive disovered that in life there is usually more than one way to skin a cat.
although having enough money for some of them might be a bitOldbloke wrote:But do you have a licence? Lol
Oldbloke wrote:Did the brass change colour?
eg grey/blue
When i did sheet metal at tech, oh 50 years ago, to anneal copper we heat it red hot.
LawrenceA wrote:Oldbloke wrote:Did the brass change colour?
eg grey/blue
When i did sheet metal at tech, oh 50 years ago, to anneal copper we heat it red hot.
Yes same.
A dull glow then quench to anneal. No quench then no anneal.
disco stu wrote:Just tried a piece of 1mm brass plate out of a throttle body (modem manufacturing-TPS goes so you have to buy whole throttle body).
Took 22s again until I couldn't hold it. Not sure how work hardened this piece is but no noticeable change in bending between before and after.
Brass conducts heat pretty well, and I'm thinking the heat from the candle spreads out really quick meaning the part over the flame would struggle to get up to annealing temp. Cases are thinner than this piece though. The way thinner brass is easier to solder than thicker.