Homemade Case Annealer

Homemade case annealer with a 223 drum

[@trickiejohn]

I thought at first that it was a tad overcooked, but looking at the finished cases, the brass looks close to perfect. A great job, I’ll maybe pick up a couple of your ideas there as I’m about to go shopping for bit to make my own.

[@tomh.648]

At first, I'm scratching my head because I wasnt seeing the steady rotation the cartridge is getting. Very nice.

[@undertakeratlanta]

Would love to see some spec on the drum and motor

[@tubedude54]

As usual it's the simplest things that work best!

[@edadpops1709]

Genius! I love mechs like this,

[@AT_68]

Awesome! Very good design.

[@KD4BAW]

SWEET!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Do you have the plans for it? I would like them!!!!! THANKS!!

[@le3045acp]

just needs a lil tweaking so it wont cook the brass and then it will be perfect

[@sailinggeorge4286]

If it's cooking the brass, you could change the gearing to speed it up as required. I'm going to experiment with it. Looks like a good idea!

[@ChuckyYeager]

Great design and cheap. Can you help me with torch, what is best solution and can be bought on ebay? I appreciate it. Tnx

[@dannywarren1549]

Love to see the motor...

[@taiming71]

Nice and it looks like it works well.

[@MrT13]

Psh now that is gtg right there hell yes 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@chasebh89]

speed up that motor a bit, looks like youre overcooking the brass a bit. i saw another iteration of this design and its a fantastic design

[@mudkicker9659]

Please add a part list & where to but them

[@270WeaMag]

Very good idea friend, but heat treatment to take effect after the shoulder and neck have changed color should not throw cold water on it?

[@ThatGuyChannel]

+270WeaMag That's what I thought too, that annealing requires immediate cooling, but the more videos I watch of annealing I am starting to think that I need to stop throwing my brass in cold water now.

[@chillinator]

+270WeaMag Actually, you want to let the metal air-cool slowly to anneal it. Quenching the metal (rapid cooling) usually hardens it, although in the case of brass I don't think it has much of an effect as brass is mostly hardened via working (hammering, stretching, flexing, etc).

[@DonziGT230]

+chillinator Quenching brass will not harden it at all, it's nothing like working with steel or other metals that can be heat hardened. The reason for quenching cases is to stop the heat from traveling down the case and softening the body. The processes I've seen that use high heat and quenching leave coloration like I see on production military brass so I assume it's a better process. The only way to really know what the effect is would be to test it for hardness.

[@DonziGT230]

+chillinator I found a video showing a factory production line annealer and it was several small torches in a line and no quenching that I could see, guess there's no need if the torches and exposure time is right.

[@gerrymatheson4020]

Quenching or quickly cooling brass is not needed, other than to keep the heat from conducting down to the case head. Quenching does not hurt it or reharden it...like it hardens steel...

[@mikes8839]

I know video is year old but can you tell me what kind a motor you use and what kind controller for controlling speed on motor

[@jamesautry7432]

Nice

[@U812GREEN]

You should only notice a color change (tint) in the heated part of the case, never should you see it glowing red. Those are toasted and now scrap brass. Great machine other than the speed setting

[@archangel20031]

Yep, overheated the brass! Oh, and hand loading one by one?

[@bucmeister7713]

@@handlemytask Or source a variable speed motor

[@3dtexan890]

Too bad people like this don't answer the comments. Why waste time watching it?

[@FrankBilodeau]

You don't want to get you brass red hot.

[@tubedude54]

I would assume he used temp sensitive paint to time the drum rotation...

[@md9897]

Ruined that brass

[@4x4le]

Maybe, maybe not. IR shows up on digital cameras quick. I have seen headers on engines look glowing on camera but dark to the human eye

[@bucmeister7713]

@@berniedmj1 Watched the initial and a follow up. In the follow up video he resized the brass after annealing and got some very interesting results with that hydraulic seating tool he uses.

[@SimpleLife1971]

@@bucmeister7713 He certainly did! Erik discovered that annealing for 10, 15, and 20 seconds all had a seating force between 18 and 20 pounds. Sort of puts a crimp in those who think if the neck glows red the case is junk! LOL

[@beantown_billy2405]

The brass is totally fine