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    Caution:

    I put a bunch of .40 S&W brass in a steel bread pan, and placed it on red glowing coals in my wood stove. I came back a half hour later, expecting to see annealed brass. I was horrified to see that the brass had melted into a glob.

    Guess some air got in under the coals.


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    Has anyone tried a portable induction hot plate? You know the type where something metal has to be sitting on it to heat up. You could probably arange a fair amount on one.

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    The induction heaters available to the consumer will not heat brass. So the induction hot plate will not work for this.

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    Would an empty casting pot work. Put a layer of brass sitting directly on the bottom and turn it on for an hour?

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    I use the Lee 20 lb lead dipper pot to anneal my brass for making slugs. I fill it all the way up, put a double layer of alumium foil on top, turn it to 8 on the dial and wait for 1 hour. I have a dial temp gage into the center of the pot and it shows over 850 degrees F. The 22 cases I do it it comes out great/soft.

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    Will a heater/cooker (sunflower propane heater) mounted in the bottom of a weber charcoal grill be hot enough to anneal brass? The cage on the top gets RED hot and I've already melted lead on the top of this and spilled some in there so this is useless for me to use in an icehouse *bangs head against wall*

    I found a free weber on Craigslist and my leaded up heater cooker maybe throw some firebricks in there somewhere

    What do firebricks do exactly?

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    Quote Originally Posted by lukewmtdew View Post
    What do firebricks do exactly?
    Insulate against heat.

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    Does that mean it traps heat and keeps it contained in a smaller area?

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    Quote Originally Posted by lukewmtdew View Post
    Will a heater/cooker (sunflower propane heater) mounted in the bottom of a weber charcoal grill be hot enough to anneal brass? The cage on the top gets RED hot and I've already melted lead on the top of this and spilled some in there so this is useless for me to use in an icehouse *bangs head against wall*

    I found a free weber on Craigslist and my leaded up heater cooker maybe throw some firebricks in there somewhere

    What do firebricks do exactly?
    Your setup should work just fine without the bricks. I set my brass in a stainless steel colinder and place it over a turker fryer burner. I will sit there and toss the brass to ensure it gets even "cooked" if you will. When you have discolored your brass from the heat you are pretty much done. To check, just take a piece and try to pinch it in your fingers. if it is easy to pinch, your good.
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    Dang camera phone

    I can't help but take pics all the time now.

    That glowing case got a little too hot, was waiting for the "shutter" to click.
    This method is easy, with minimal equipment. Best done in a shadow or a
    semi-lit area so you can see when the case head just starts to glow (not cherry red).
    The rest of the case will get soaked with heat.
    Goes pretty quick except for setting all the cases on their mouths.


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    Quote Originally Posted by a.squibload View Post
    I can't help but take pics all the time now.

    That glowing case got a little too hot, was waiting for the "shutter" to click.
    This method is easy, with minimal equipment. Best done in a shadow or a
    semi-lit area so you can see when the case head just starts to glow (not cherry red).
    The rest of the case will get soaked with heat.
    Goes pretty quick except for setting all the cases on their mouths.

    Try taking the styrofoam organizer from a box of large caliber rounds and placing the cases in it and flipping them onto your surface. All lined up nice and pretty waiting to be fried.

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    Try taking the styrofoam organizer from a box of large caliber rounds and placing the cases in it and flipping them onto your surface. All lined up nice and pretty waiting to be fried.

    I was just going to say the same thing! Nice work guys.

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    Dang! That's just what I do for pics of loaded rounds,
    use an ammo box and a book or metal sheet on top,
    flip it all and remove ammo box.
    So why couldn't I apply that technique to empty brass?
    Maybe I like tedious tasks.
    Or one of my transistors is fried...

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    Quick question: annealing 9mm

    My GAS oven has the self cleaning cycle with the options of 2hr, 3hr and 4hr IIRC.
    Would you think shutting it down after 1hr would be sufficient for annealing the 9mm brass?

    I have down a 11x17 cookie sheet full of 22lr for 2hrs and they come out soft so that you can crush the mouth between your fingers with little effort

    Thanks!

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    when I first started out I used to self cleaning oven method. I was not happy with the result as most came out annealed but not all. I use a cast iron pan on a turkey fryer watch my color when the brass in the pan is glowing red i turn it off or dump them in water.
    Last edited by Reload3006; 07-23-2012 at 08:24 AM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Reload3006 View Post
    when I first started out I used to self cleaning oven method. I was not happy with the result as most came out annealed but not all. I use a cast iron pan on a turkey fryer watch my color when the pan is glowing red i turn it off or dump them in water.
    So, you just wait for the pan to glow and not the brass? Do you have to wait for the entire pan to glow or just when a part of it starts?

    I have been keeping my eyes open for a reasonably priced used kiln but haven't found one yet. This would have other uses along with annealing.

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    no the brass. IF the cast iron is glowing red your going to have brass soup

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    Quote Originally Posted by Reload3006 View Post
    no the brass. IF the cast iron is glowing red your going to have brass soup
    OK, then you need to edit #76. You said pan. Could have some people complaining they had to make a trip to the recycling yard.

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    I did the 2hr deal in my gas oven cleaning cycle and I do not think it cooked long enough. I had some I could with a little effort crush the mouth but others I could not unless I did it against the loading bench. There were 200 on the cookie sheet and none were touching the others.
    Not at all like the 22lr I did this way, every one of them were soft!

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    It's not time, it's temperature. You really need a temperature that's higher than most ovens will get to.


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