Re: Annealing brass????????????
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: 7mmRM</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I use my RCBS case mate with the appropriate size primer pocket uniforming tool to spin the case. I first heat cases in the dark to get an average time of direct heat needed. Record data. From there on out I use the recorded data(heat time) and rock on. No water for any of the steps.......... </div></div>
I've used a similar method though I attached a 5/8" socket (or any that just allows the case head to fit), foil taped to the outside chamfer tool, which is placed on a 3" extension, and then into the RCBS case prep machine. This lets me place the case into the socket for a gentle spin that is easily removed and is also high enough to avoid fumbling with the flame or crowding the rest of the machine. 5-6 seconds, an inch from the pencil point of the blue flame, and I can pick the cases out of the socket with my bare fingers. The socket acts as a heat sink, but the telling indicater is that the base of the case is just warm, (not so hot to be untouchable) thus unlikely to be affected by the process at the neck and shoulder. I take each case from the socket (case holder) and drop it into a bucket of water, though I now believe it is unnecessary. Then I dyr them in the sun, clean, lube and resize, and trim, chamfer and reload.
For an added touch the annealing coloring can be polished off with 0000 steel wool. I gentky chuck the cases into my cordless drill and spin the necks through the wool pinched in my hand. They come out shinier than new!