Annealing Workstation Trigger Engagement
I received a comment on my YouTube channel asking if I could make a video demonstrating how I was able to control the speed of the drill as it turned the Brass casing in the propane torch flame as it annealed my 6.5×55 cases.
I hope you find the following video helpful if you decide to design an annealing workstation similar to mine.
Time To Anneal
During the Christmas holidays I decided I would put my annealing workstation to good use and anneal the 60+ cases that I was gifted a few months back. After the initial setup to ensure the case neck was alligned properly and a test case run through the flame, I got the annealing process underway.
It took approximately 16 seconds per case for the 6.5×55 to anneal before I dumped the case into a pan of cold water. In 25 minutes I had completed the annealing process and now I had to find a method to dry the brass without applying any additional extreme heat to the case.
What Hornady Support Had To Say!
As you may have read in my previous posts I was concerned that my 6.5×55 Lapua brass was taking a long time to anneal from the length of time it took for Tempilaq – the ‘temperature indicating liquid’ to evaporate from just below the case shoulder.
So I dropped a tech support call to Hornady Manufacturing Inc.
Question (ShootNBreeze)
Introducing my Annealing Workstation that I am very proud off. I had said in previous posts that I wanted to have my own annealing workstation and voila, during the Christmas holidays it all came together with the much needed skills, tools, time and workshop of my brother.
I have produced video footage of my annealing workstation see inset You Tube video. In this production I speak of the possible ‘Benefits of Case Neck Annealing’, ‘Equipment Used’, ‘How My Setup Works’ and finally the ‘A Demonstration Of The Annealing Process In Action’.
Safety, Safety, Safety
The information posted on this blog is solely here for information purposes only. You should always seek professional instruction and guidance if you do decide to take up shooting, reloading and annealing so that you can participate and enjoy your chosen shooting sports safely.
I said in my pevious post that I thought my annealing process was taking too long; as other information that I have seen online indicated that annealing a case neck took between 3 to 5 seconds. Even though I used the Tempilaq as directed.