Just got my kit together. Will be interesting to see how it goes.
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Just got my kit together. Will be interesting to see how it goes.
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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.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tahr
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.
@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.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tahr
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]
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by stug
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
Hydroponic stores sell the stuff too. I got a 20kg bag for cheap. was years ago so cant remember how cheap...Quote:
Originally Posted by quentin
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by 40mm
@TommyQuote:
Originally Posted by 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.
Is your avatar the end result ?Quote:
Originally Posted by Tommy
@Beavis did you try and source the salt locally? NaNo2 and NaNo3 seem to be hard to find... And I'm doubtful if I'm patient enough to wait for 10 weeks for sea freight!
Actually, found some!
Nitrate of soda, is sodium nitrate easy in garden centres. It absorbs water so keep the pack sealed. Try Dunninghams the sausage ingredient people if you need sodium nitrite, its used as a preservative in corned meat, bacon and a lot of other things.
Wont you get pink cases ? with the stuff from Dunninghams :oQuote:
Originally Posted by Marty Henry
My dad did the same thing when hew was at school, and one his mates tried to grind up weedkiller and sugar together instead of separately - 6 months off with horror chemical burnsQuote:
Originally Posted by Puffin
I could never get my powder to work properly either, just buy anfo now. Its more fun
You can get potassium nitrate from mitre 10 , called stump rotter I used to use it in sugar rockets but there was a trader on tm selling better quality .Quote:
Originally Posted by stug
https://www.trademe.co.nz/home-livin...b2dfa7b07a4f72
@Beavis how is the annealing going now?
Haven't started yet. Some of my brass is twice fired so I wNg to do it all in one operation
Hopefully it's good! I'm waiting for the last of the bits for mine, got a heap of brass ready to anneal
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Just done my first batch of annealing. Did a few hundred cases, from 20 Tactical up to 338 Lapua cases (I got both shell holders). 6 seconds for all cases and was able to comfortably hold heated cases with bare fingers so pretty confident with how far down the case the heat travelled before quenching in water (although I wore a glove once i got started). Very happy with the way it worked
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Be interested to see your results. Still have a handful of rounds to use before annealing.
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Originally Posted by The Claw
7mmFX (7mm-338 Lapua Improved) in the back, 6.5 Creedmoor and 20 Tactical in front. And did some 7mm Rem Mag cases as well. Also formed some 20 Tactical brass from 223 and annealed it just for funhttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...b7a1fa62ef.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...b7ec1ad176.jpg
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Temp held pretty consistent between 535 down to 500. Had to add about a tablespoon of salt part way through to top up the level. Bit of tweaking on the Lee melter temp level to try to keep temp constant. Found that between 6 and 7 was about right and adjust accordingly based on the temp reading trend.
Interesting to see how the brass had different colouring when it's been heated to the same temp (given the brass can only heat to the temperature of the molten salt)
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Some more annealing done this morning. 200 odd cases in 1/2 hour. 20 Tactical, 6.5x55, 7mmSAUM and 7mmFX. Fast and easy.
Anyone want to buy my flame annealer? https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...94b8bd3ea7.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...c7b7b85777.jpg
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I'll be needing some 20tac annealed..... ;)
Send it down, you might get it back... Muzr might be a safer option
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Still got your torch annealer @The Claw?
Yep, it's sitting out in the shedQuote:
Originally Posted by cambo
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Any pics of it? What beers do you want for it? :ORLY:Quote:
Originally Posted by The Claw
Sent you a video of it running on Messenger @cambo. I'm sure that we can work something out...Quote:
Originally Posted by cambo
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Might wait for Muzr to get his running and go bug him :pacman:
Sounds like a solid plan
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