Thread: Annealing

Any rate enough of that, no good me banging on about mine – if you want to practice I suggest a good single burner (fast) flame which should do the job in around 8 seconds. Work in an almost dark room. Heat at the shoulder neck junction – my burners direct the flames at a slight angle slightly favouring mid shoulder. Look for the change to a dull glow and then STOP. I view down into the necks on mine and just see the dull glow begin before the machine indexes. The dull glow appearance is only fleeting. Also helps if your cases are nice and clean, no lube burning off. No need to toss them in water as once you remove them from the flame no damage can be done.

What Zimmer said ..... confirms what I've found by trial and error, 7 - 8 secs with a single burner and the drill does it nicely for me. Varies a bit with brass manufacturer. Be wary, not all things loaded onto YouTube are from experts or folks who actually know what they're doing.