Playing with brass!

[okie man]

sitting at my bench the other day and picked up my torch and tried annealing a few pieces of scrap brass! How did I do?

 

[Mark M.]

Look like they were over heated

 

[okie man]

My brother is a code welder and said he can get me couple things of templaq. I just turned the lights off and heated them just until a slight glow! Too much?

 

[Barrelnut]

Need to put the torch in the exact same place on the brass each time. I place it right at the neck shoulder junction. Need to count the seconds to the slight glow. Then start removing the brass from the flame about 1 second before that glow starts.

 

[can1010]

a little to long and to close to the bright blue part of flame. back the case about 2 inches away from the bright blue part of flame, don't put so much of brass in flame, cut your time down to 2-3 seconds and make sure the case is clean or it will blacken the necks. watch for any orange in flame coming from neck that will be to hot. and do in a dark area it will help. annealing with a torch takes a lot of practice.

 

[okie man]

I'm fixing too build the YouTube annealing machine and just wanted too see if I could free hand it! Lol

 

[jackthebear]

Best annealing video I've seen yet. He uses a Benchsource but I've aaplied his technique to doing it free hand with a propane torch and have gotten great results!

 

[okie man]

Ok! I got mine just a bit too hot! Lol

 

[Canhunter35]

Like others have said, hold it a little ways off and do it slower

 

[skidderman]

I sort my brass by manufacture as I find one takes more or less heat than another. For me federal brass takes the least amount of time.

 

[jackthebear]

Best annealing video I've seen yet. He uses a Benchsource but I've aaplied his technique to doing it free hand with a propane torch and have gotten great results!

Forgot to mention: use a cordless drill with a socket to hold the brass and put your torch in a vice. Also, I use a metronome (iPhone app) for timing and a dark room works best so you can see when the brass starts to turn that orange red hue at which point you've gone just a touch too long in the flame

 

[birdiemc]

Forgot to mention: use a cordless drill with a socket to hold the brass and put your torch in a vice. Also, I use a metronome (iPhone app) for timing and a dark room works best so you can see when the brass starts to turn that orange red hue at which point you've gone just a touch too long in the flame

I tried this with a handheld torch, $15 one from tractor supply that screws on top of the propane bottle. But I never saw the orange flames he talks about. I dont like the flame I get out of my torch, but it gets the job done. I end up scrapping about 3 cases to get my timing down, but then the rest go quite well.

 

[Randy Tidwell]

Has anyone used the Salt Bath Annealing System?

https://ballisticrecreations.ca/

I have been thinking about it.

 

[vancewalker007]

On my Bench Source Annealer I've never had a case need more the 3-4 seconds. They are like Microwave popcorn. They go from OK to burned in microseconds ;-).