Awesome DIY Annealer for $15

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I really liked the annealer design on cartridgeanneal.com - but I'm trying to save up for some mods for my Savage LRP 6.5 CM so I decided to go to Lowes and see if I could piece one together - It works perfectly! One tip - if you try to make this like me - use the Lowes brand of black steel pipe - it's a slightly bigger diameter on the inside and fits any 308 based cartridge perfectly if you use the 3/8"x4" piece. The same size pipe at Home Depot was really rough inside and I would have had to ream it out for the brass to fit in.
Materials list -
qty 2 - 3"x5" wood mending plate $.88 each
qty 2 - 3"x7" wood mending plate $1.25 each
qty 1 - 8"x10" shelf bracket $1.60
qty 1 - 3/8"x4" black steel pipe nipple (Lowes brand) $2.50
qty 1 - ceramic drawer handle $1.50
qty 1 - pack of large fender washers $1.10
qty 1 - 1/2 wooden dowel (had it lying around)
misc supplies:
small screws
small washers
red loc-tite
pieces of MDF Trim board

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@fisoxlt 8 лет назад

I gotta admit, at first I was like WTF? but once you started using it, I was like GENIUS! Plus, those kinds of purchases really make the cashier scratch their head too. Love it!

@billkeenan1085 3 года назад

If it looks stupid, but it works-it isn't stupid.

@jamie57061 8 лет назад

Well done. Probably the best, most accurate and consistent home made anealer I've seen!

@ЮрийЮрьев-е3ж 8 лет назад

+Jamie S And it is important that many expenses aren't necessary! All this equipment costs some pennies.

@towerhillbilly 8 лет назад

Very good! having the pipe pivot in the middle is smart and having two torches eliminates the need for rotation.

@tucobenedicto1780 3 года назад

Awesome DIY video. Some additions I thought of are mini-bungie cords around the propane bottles to secure them, and maybe make the center tower some type of adjustable screw that can shorten & lengthen for long & short cartridges.

@ckhcvd6211 7 лет назад

cool idea! I use a sharpie mark when I anneal aluminum sheet meal. a sharpie mark will disappear when the temp hits "about" 700 deg. this is the temp aluminum sheet metal is annealed, i then let it "air cool" i can then work it into shape until it hardens then anneal again. i believe the alloy brass shells are made of anneal at 650 - 700 deg. thanks for the video, i like it!

@LiPo5000 5 лет назад

Never thought about a Sharpie! I am sure it's cleaner vs. Templac!

@erick7862 2 года назад

Really good tip. Thank you

@anderssvensson9957 Год назад

I am really impressed.Now I know what to build for this process. Many thanks and Merry Christmas from Sweden

@tnekkc 8 лет назад

Great presentation. I wish everyone talked like that.

@LiPo5000 5 лет назад

Very impressive, and professional presentation.

@chasebh89 4 года назад

i use a drill with 12mm socket attached on the end (smaller/larger depending on case ofc). basically the same concept; set a case in, spin until hot, dump onto rag, repeat

@druggles1 7 лет назад

Quick and simple ...well done! Thank you, for sharing!

@q-shine671 8 лет назад

Awesome, if a drill and socket are good enough from before, this is right up my alley! Guess I have a small project for the weekend. Thanks for the Vid.

@LiPo5000 5 лет назад

Just a few hour project, and most of this time is putting the materials together.

@johnathenstommel6196 7 лет назад

That was cool bud I'm just getting into the reloading hobby and yes money is a issue so cool little hints like this are greatly appreciated

@LiPo5000 5 лет назад

Johnathen, This is a great "invention", and works good. I have a brand new BenchSource sitting on the shelf! I take a power screwdriver and shell holder. I sit there with about 170 pieces of brass, put each case in the shell holder, touch the electric screwdriver button, put the heat right at the shoulder seam to the neck, and in less than 4 seconds, I am dropping the "HOT" case in an aluminium pan I do this in a very dim lighted area. As soon as the brass shows a hint of "orange", I immediately drop the brass and go to the next piece. Works great. I set up, anneal 170 cases, clean up, all in less than 15 minutes. It's hard to beat. I believe I am going to build one of these! I wonder how copper pipe would work vs. the black gas pipe used in this video?

@BigDmike24 3 года назад

@@LiPo5000 I'm sure it would work just fine

@LiPo5000 3 года назад

@@BigDmike24 so good, I sold my BenchSource! The secret is being in a dim to almost no light room, and when the brass shoulder turns orange, pull it away in 1 second, and the job is done. I would like to have one of the new Annealizers, the heat induction new ones. I really like how they work. Its all about the money.

@duanelarson6005 8 лет назад

You are right on the money with all things covered ... well done !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@billcarlson852 Год назад

Love it... Reminds me of TV show MEGIVER.....

@neoprimato1959 7 лет назад

Great stuff! This is why America is the great country it is....ingenuity and vision! I gotta make one of these now! God bless!

@skunkworksrifle3443 Год назад

I'm building mine, I had enough scrap laying around all I needed was the torches 👍

@larryoob8754 11 месяцев назад

Anneal-Rite has pretty much the same set-up........ don't know who came up with the Idea first......... I have had and used the Anneal-right for probably 10 years now...... works great

@rancidpitts8243 4 года назад

Winner! Most simple one yet. Plus I already have all the parts in my garage to build several.

@Stangpede67 8 лет назад

Very nice and easy setup, but PLEASE go back to Home Depot and get yourself some strap steel to secure those torches from slipping around or possibly falling

@Tygydyk17 Год назад

The genius lies in simplicity. That is what MEN do.

@cs_yt 7 лет назад

Excellent! I'll be making one. I'll add a stop(just a flap touching the fitting) and a timer for consistence.

@murphymmc Год назад

Nice build, clever and functional.

@nathanrichardson3291 3 года назад

Nice! Good ingenuity! I’m headed to the part store now.

@safecracker45 2 года назад

I like it. It works and that is what counts

@J9_j3 5 лет назад

cheap and dirty but works well. i like over-engineered self-feeding, speed--adjusting, electronic indicator ruth golberg contraptions but whe it comes to cheap, quick and simple you can't beat this solution. thank you for sharing.

@hughwhitledge8032 7 лет назад

Very nice implementation of the design. Thank you very much for sharing it with us.

@gregisaacs7091 3 года назад

I don't anneal but all the ones I've seen the cartridge spins while under a flame, these are stationary. If there's no difference then you've got a great gadget there, if there is a difference you've got a brass killer

@walterpalmer2749 3 года назад

The case doesn't rotate, but it works well enough. One thing, I think you want to keep that bright blue flame more distant from the case. Nice job.

@jasnonya3005 5 лет назад

Looks quite serviceable and simple!

@lmorrison17 9 лет назад

you sir are my hero thanks for the vid

@joekirk167 5 лет назад

OUTSTANDING ! Very good ideas. Thank you very much.

@Jeffreinke12 6 лет назад

thanks brother!, I was looking at their system and you just saved me some cash.

@greenstreet5287 2 года назад

I’m definitely making this. Thanks

@riverman4798 5 лет назад

FREAKIN BRILLANT... I dont like the idea of 2 fixed heat source, maybe thats all good. I would add geared down lazy susan with foot switch to pause for the flip/dump/insert. figure those parts could be had for another 25 bucks. microwave turntable motors are pretty cheap, easy to adjust the speed. Thanks for your vid. it was excellent.. brief and to the point. Nice job

@jamess6734 3 года назад

To basically anneal any case sure, for 1000 yard consistency, no. Manual timing, no rotation (uneven heating of the neck) and never being able to reset the torch distance to its previous distance are all major faults that will give you inconsistent annealing. Which in the end will effect your neck tension consistency. Good job though for balling on a budget the best you can.

@fredflintstone6613 9 лет назад

Nice job!, very practical and affordable.

@wincertactical1317 8 лет назад

Very cool setup. Got to give this a try myself. Thanks for the video

@rodneyflynn3259 7 лет назад

super cool! i have it all but the torches ! thanks.

@John.John.Johnny.John. 7 лет назад

Great job. I am definitely going to give this a crack and save myself a few $$$$$$. Thanks for the vid.

@LiPo5000 5 лет назад

I am selling my "BenchSource"!

@ЮрийЮрьев-е3ж 8 лет назад

The man, you have hands on the place.

@theegupper 7 лет назад

That right there is genius! Thanks for sharing.

@jmg9588 5 лет назад

You should add a timing device to improve consistency

@soonersteve3733 3 года назад

For timing try loading metronome app on your phone seen it used in another video and the guy was able to get exact time for the time case was being heated.

@ZeroBoostBuick 8 лет назад

Gotta find a way to spin that brass while it's getting cooked. I'd be afraid it's not evenly annealed around the neck.

@briansutphin4180 7 лет назад

you could add a third torch if you feel the need, that would put a flame every 120 degrees around the neck which would be more than adequate

@LiPo5000 5 лет назад

A third burner is a thought. Personally, I feel two are enough, but I am not the expert on heat exchange!

@LiPo5000 5 лет назад

PS: It also would be nice if the brass was spinning slowly! I am sure something could be thought up!

@elijahbaley1720 5 лет назад

Brass is a very good heat conductor. There shouldn’t be much temperature difference around the brass neck with two flames swirling around it.

@jivadaya6439 3 года назад

@@elijahbaley1720 Not much even with one torch honestly

@allanrobichaud6872 5 лет назад

Nice - very quick!

@kingrider75 9 лет назад

Great idea. Much faster than doing it in a drill like I do!

@ЮрийЮрьев-е3ж 8 лет назад

Cool ! Simply and cheap!

@kt2816 21 день назад

Awesome

@autoprime12 5 лет назад

thanks for the video - simple and inexpensive...

@RJ-sr5dv 5 лет назад

Perhaps I am a little too fastidious, however unless you anneal by color change or temp with a infrared gun, your brass hardness and the accompanying neck tension will vary. Unless of course you seat your bullets to touch the lands and grooves there by eliminating neck tension as a factor. Annealing obviously will prolong the life of the brass

@jermpexton1 5 лет назад

I use 750 F Tempilaq on a couple cases to get the timing down for the color change then use a metronome like timer to put each case in for the same amount of time

@jacklucas7265 8 лет назад

Very slick.

@DLN-ix6vf Год назад

good job ! someone using their brain :)

@bounphommarath1810 3 года назад

Very nice!

@dennischerone6780 4 года назад

Brilliant!

@6NBERLS 4 года назад

Most excellent.

@SM-cg2dc 6 лет назад

I thought you had to drop them in water to quench them? I know that hardens lead, but brass is different? I think??

@jermpexton1 6 лет назад

No, you don't have to quench them at all. - some people do but not the majority of the Precision Long Range Shooters I go shooting with.

@LiPo5000 5 лет назад

I drop mine in a "tin foil" baking pan available everywhere for about a dollar. I keep a fan on the annealed brass as they are hot, and the container will get hot enough to burn the table surface. I prefer to let mine "air cool". Water cools them off instantly, and many people do it this way. Then you have to wait about 2 days to make sure all the brass is "dried" out before proceeding with your reloading. Great simple device that works! This is the way I do it while letting a "BenchSource" sit on the table!

@samdelaet3587 6 лет назад

Get some Tempilaq 750 and your good to go! I was actually thing of making this soon.

@leerobinson7429 8 лет назад

Nice vid. I may do that. LRSU..

@bee17167 4 года назад

Id buy a temp gum with laser and a readout screen just get a cheap one off ebay maybe $30 a your not contaminating ya bras runs off battery's is what i use as a boiler maker half pull trigger lights laser full pull give temp read out at laser spot supper quick

@JoshuaNeedham 9 лет назад

Happened to stumble across this somehow.

@Hickamfield 4 года назад

i am gong to make one....

@BushPigADV 8 лет назад

awesome!

@michaelhoran955 5 лет назад

Nice!!

@270WeaMag 8 лет назад

Very good idea friend, but heat treatment to take effect after the shoulder and neck have changed color should not throw cold water on it?

@turnej2 8 лет назад

+270WeaMag Brass does not require a quenching step to anneal.

@tubedude54 7 лет назад

Simplicity at its best! Only source of error I see would be measuring the time in the flame! Too short and you achieve nothing.. to long and you lost the cartridge! I'm thinking a toggle activated stop watch that the swing of the pipe activates as you rotate a new cartridge into position. When the watch reaches the time needed you rotate another into position which resets the watch!

@LiPo5000 5 лет назад

dude54, as stated above, I anneal my brass in a very dimly lit room. As soon as I see a hint of orange, which i easy to see, I drop it and put the next case in the holder. On my BR brass (inc's all BR brass, BRX, Dasher, BRA, 6.0x47L), and all the rest of the 6mm family!

@kingrider75 7 лет назад

Great job! I'm making one of these as soon as I get the parts. Kudos to anyone wanting to lay out the cost of a decent rifle for one of these fuckin machines but not for me lol.

@joekirk167 4 года назад

If you use one long goad to mount everything on , Every thing would stay put.

@rootbeer4969 9 лет назад

What exactly does the Temp-i-laq do to tell you the case is annealed?

@muddyhotdog4103 9 лет назад

+rootbeer4969 it changes color and burns once a certain heat is achieved

@tomlodge1256 8 лет назад

Top shape... :)

@G-man45444 5 лет назад

Freaken awesome !!!! SMRT....(Homer Simpson)

@recklesswhisper 4 года назад

Yes! ^..^~~

@TheDkb427 4 года назад

Feel like I'd burn my house down. Lol. How does annealing help anyway

@Billbobaker 3 года назад

takes the crystallization out of the necks from repeated resizing makes them like new and soft.

@waynebrown2546 Год назад

much cheaper than an AMP for sure!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@pestguard1 7 лет назад

cheap and very effective

@tindoortailgator 4 года назад

3.4 Seconds Maximum in the Flame. Any longer and you will ruin the brass cartridge.

@jermpexton1 7 лет назад

Hey guys, thanks for all the feedback. I've uploaded a video about this annealer with some updates/mods that I think make it even better. Simple tweaks really but here is the new vid if you want to check it out - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-yL0WnIip6VI.html