AMP ANNEALER INDUCTION COIL "CUP"

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Is this little bin here ceramic, and will this act as a safeguard against errant stainless pins that may manage to fall in?

The very first release of this machine had a plastic cup.
 
Just don't tumble with pins - problem solved.
I quit using them after just a few rounds with them and could not be happier. Brass still comes cleaner than I need it to be after about 20-25 minutes with just hot water and a little dawn and a pinch of citric acid (or lemishine). Leaves a little carbon in the neck which is beneficial. I've not had any issues with neck peening with short tumbling times.
 
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Just don't tumble with pins - problem solved.
I quit using them after just a few rounds with them and could not be happier. Brass still comes cleaner than I need it to be after about 20-25 minutes with just hot water and a little dawn and a pinch of citric acid (or lemishine). Leaves a little carbon in the neck which is beneficial. I've not had any issues with neck peening with short tumbling times.

Is the cup ceramic, and as a safeguard, does it catch hot debris falling in?
 
Is the cup ceramic, and as a safeguard, does it catch hot debris falling in?
I'll look at mine when I'm home - I think its ceramic but I'm not certain. It is a little dark and crusty - likely from stray bits of carbon, etc. I clean it with alcohol on a swab once in a while per the instructions. As I recall, its built in a way that if a case fell through it would not cause a problem. Not sure how one would accomplish that but, since they pointed it out, it was considered in the design.
 
I'll look at mine when I'm home - I think its ceramic but I'm not certain. It is a little dark and crusty - likely from stray bits of carbon, etc. I clean it with alcohol on a swab once in a while per the instructions. As I recall, its built in a way that if a case fell through it would not cause a problem. Not sure how one would accomplish that but, since they pointed it out, it was considered in the design.

The reason I ask is that I had a near - catastrophic accident with my unit, which was the very first model which had a polycarbonate cup.

Ever thought of what happened if Luke accidentally dropped his lightsaber onto the floor of the Death Star? Would it melt through floor after floor?

That's what stainless pins could do to the earlier annealer models.

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Similar to what happened to this guy's, here.
 
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