Thread: Salt Bath Annealing

Just got my kit together. Will be interesting to see how it goes.

Thats cool @Beavis. Are the case holes big enough to fit a WSM case do you think? Is your Lee pot 110v and did you have to purchase a converter for it of some sort?

Thanks

Originally Posted by Tahr

Thats cool @Beavis. Are the case holes big enough to fit a WSM case do you think? Is your Lee pot 110v and did you have to purchase a converter for it of some sort?

Thanks

@Tahr I purchased the Lee pot from Titan Reloading. They do a 220v international model. It comes with no plug, so I needed to get a sparky mate to splice a 3 pin plug on for me. About $110 NZ to my door.

The annealing kit comes from here Ballistic Recreations- Essentials For Salt Bath Annealing – Tools and Accessories for Hobbyist Shooters

The salt is DG so they need to ship it by sea. It took about 6-7 weeks for mine to turn up, but the Salt apparently lasts for thousands of cycles.

They make different size annealing kits, this one would easily fit a WSM I think, just the standard one.

Originally Posted by Tahr

Thats cool @Beavis. Are the case holes big enough to fit a WSM case do you think? Is your Lee pot 110v and did you have to purchase a converter for it of some sort?

Thanks

@Tahr I purchased the Lee pot from Titan Reloading. They do a 220v international model. It comes with no plug, so I needed to get a sparky mate to splice a 3 pin plug on for me. About $110 NZ to my door.

The annealing kit comes from here Ballistic Recreations- Essentials For Salt Bath Annealing – Tools and Accessories for Hobbyist Shooters

The salt is DG so they need to ship it by sea. It took about 6-7 weeks for mine to turn up, but the Salt apparently lasts for thousands of cycles.

They make different size annealing kits, this one would easily fit a WSM I think, just the standard one.

Be intresing to see how it Goes

Nice, reading this thread you can use potassium nitrate ( KNO3) and Sodium nitrite (NaNO2) they shouldn't be hard to get in NZ, just need to get the mix right to get the right temp.

http://www.65creedmoor.com/index.php?topic=6019.0

This site has the mixture ratio for different temperatures

Salt bath heat treatment [SubsTech]

Originally Posted by stug

Nice, reading this thread you can use potassium nitrate ( KNO3) and Sodium nitrite (NaNO2) they shouldn't be hard to get in NZ, just need to get the mix right to get the right temp.

http://www.65creedmoor.com/index.php?topic=6019.0

Potassium Nitrate is super easy to get here. Just buy off trademe if you don't want to venture out to get some. We use it for speeding up tree stump removal. Unsure about Sodium Nitrate, but imagine it will be the same.

Ahh cool. I was looking at these a while ago. Didnt realise they would ship internationally.Did it cost much to get the annealing kit shipped?

It was about $US40

Originally Posted by quentin

Potassium Nitrate is super easy to get here. Just buy off trademe if you don't want to venture out to get some. We use it for speeding up tree stump removal. Unsure about Sodium Nitrate, but imagine it will be the same.

Hydroponic stores sell the stuff too. I got a 20kg bag for cheap. was years ago so cant remember how cheap...

Originally Posted by 40mm

Hydroponic stores sell the stuff too. I got a 20kg bag for cheap. was years ago so cant remember how cheap...

I used to buy it by the kg in SA when I was 8 or 9, made crude black powder to blow shit up after school.

Originally Posted by Tommy

I used to buy it by the kg in SA when I was 8 or 9, made crude black powder to blow shit up after school.

@Tommy

Could never get it to work well back then, maybe just as well...

Looks like a neat system to get same results every time.

Originally Posted by Tommy

I used to buy it by the kg in SA when I was 8 or 9, made crude black powder to blow shit up after school.

Is your avatar the end result ?