A gift from a friend, it really improves the annealing a lot, they all look the same
https://youtube.com/shorts/Wxv4ko-pPTc
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A gift from a friend, it really improves the annealing a lot, they all look the same
https://youtube.com/shorts/Wxv4ko-pPTc
Looks very similar to the one I made a while back. Hope the link works, it's my first video link attempt. If not, no biggie.Quote:
Originally Posted by nueces5
https://imgur.com/a/3pwzDfj
Slim
Very Cool! I will have to build one. What's under the hood?
Attachment 302621Quote:
Originally Posted by Mal Paso
Hope this helps, I had issues downloading it so the attachment may not work.
Slim
Got it! Thank You!
You're welcome, mine is no work of art but it does work.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mal Paso
Keep in mind prices may have gone up since I built mine. For the main drum, I just cut down a gallon paint bucket. For different calibers, the drum width may have to vary. I cut mine for use with .308's, Some 30-06's tended to fall out upon loading. I'm thinking I can just make a wider insert to the drum but have not done so as of yet.
Slim
When I get caught up on my other projects. I am going to build one of these. Thanks for the info
Nice. I really like that setup. I see so many annealers posted that are so over complicated I loose interest immediately. Some look really slick to use, but require special things to build. In this instance I see a perfect solution for the average person. Most of that stuff the average guy already has or can be got at a hardware store cheap. The only thing to buy is the motor with gearbox. I think you could do it even simpler than you did. All you need is a potentiometer to control the speed of a DC motor, but if you wanted the display that's not very expensive. I'd just run mine off a deep cycle battery rather than get a power supply. Is there any reason you chose to go with aluminum for the feed ramp?
I just went with what scrap material (and it shows) pieces I had on hand if you were directing that comment to my post.Quote:
Originally Posted by megasupermagnum
Slim
I don't know the specs of the materials, since I didn't buy them myself, but according to my friend it has a low-rev motor, a speed controller, and the small display, nothing more
when I disarm it for something, I take some photos and upload them
You can certainly get motors that will turn slow enough for this, but your basic DC motor is not likely to turn slow enough. A thought came to my mind in the past day though. There's got to be a bunch of old junk cordless drills out there that people throw away when the batteries are shot. A lot of those NICAD battery drills were meant to run around 12 volts. That would make one heck of a low speed motor and gearbox for a project like this. If it has a variable trigger, you could get away using that. Otherwise you would need to wire the motor with a potentiometer, and run off of a 12 volt battery like a deep cycle. I'd think the cheaper the drill, the better. The newer good ones can not be hot wired like this.Quote:
Originally Posted by nueces5
I've bough annealeez and couldn't be happier (also got extra wheels for short cases and fat cases).