How to build a brass annealer for rifle brass

[Steve Steven]

This is a post to attach a PDF file of a construction article for a brass annealer. With the help of Steve O'Brian, who reduced the file size so it would fit, it is attached. Administrator, can this be made a sticky?

I noticed one thing, on my desktop computer which has Adobe fully installed, Adobe would not let me open the links to AliExpress, I had to copy and paste them, but they worked.

Let me know if there are any errors or omissions in the article, I will address them. Several people have asked for copies of this, they got the original Word version.

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Steve

[Minerat]

Steve,

it downloaded and opened on my Kindle fire fine, but the links did not work like they did on my office computer.

[high standard 40]

A few years ago I found similar plans online and built my annealer. It works great. I have since had to change one of the little electric motors. All of the specified electric components were Chinese.

[porthos]

if you goggle "making brass anealer" you will find a DIY brass anealer for $100.00. very good video. i made 3. for myself and 2 friends. something that is not mentioned or shown; due to the depth of the pan used; you will not be able to aneal shorter brass such as 223. i made a "ring" out of 1/2 in. plywood that acts as a spacer at the back of the pan and attached with 2 screws. aneal dosen't look right, i think its anneal.

[gc45]

made mine using an old record player, an angle food cake pan and bernz O matic propane torch. Have annealed thousands of brass for varmint rifles, works great!

[Steve Steven]

Porthos, the video you mention was one I viewed while researching my build. A good simple version. I wanted an automatic feed on mine, so I decided to couple the feed and anneal functions with a cog belt. The metal box used was about twice the price of the plastic one from China, or I might have used it.

GC45, good use of available resources!

Steve