DIY Brass Annealer plans

Use to anneal (heat-treat) rifle cartridges for reloading -

Annealing without an annealer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mi3OoeYUPec

Uses a cordless drill and a deep socket.  Aim torch away from the socket.  Timing is essential (around 6-8 seconds for his cartridges) - use a timer on a cell phone?
Consider building a mount for the drill & propane bottle to control their relative positions.

Awesome DIY Annealer for $15 (minus torches and propane): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yL0WnIip6VI
Uses 2 propane torches ...  Has brackets for each torch and a shell holder that rotates to dump the hot case.
A lock nut is used to set the rotating tension.  Use a wooden dowel in the black pipe nipple to position the brass.  Also needs a timer of some sort.

cheap homemade brass annealer machine, this one is powered by a drill: https://forum.accurateshooter.com/threads/cheap-homemade-brass-annealer-machine-this-one-is-powered-by-a-drill.3893503/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6sm4cmNADw
This one uses a Lazy Susan Bearing for the drum

DIY Automatic Case Annealer Project: https://www.68forums.com/threads/75-diy-automatic-case-annealer-project-complete-plans-and-parts-list-included.54267/
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1bb_cm10J8urCM2PtKql8VyHtGlovTeI3RnAj7xa0eX0/edit
 
Low budget DIY Brass Annealer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sramAkKTFIg
Motor has a gear system to slow it down to 10 RPM.  An electronic speed controller is also used.  The drum is a stainless steel cake pan (get some heavy duty ones with thicker steel) from eBay (get a few for different size cartridges).
Note: uses propane from a camp stove bottle.

DIY BRASS ANNEALER DETAILED GUIDE FOR ~$100:
Lots of details about the parts & sources:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k0xE-6bSwME
More professional looking, probably worth the money for the ease of use.

DIY Induction Annealing Brass with .01 second accuracy for $200: 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLRgDZeYQ-M

Homemade cartridge brass annealer:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6VWUTUsRpg
" Sep 22, 2020 - My Water Cooled Induction annealer ...  Proper annealing will help maintain consistent neck tension and shoulder bump as you size cases.  
Amazon parts list (see comments below video):  As of September 2020, the cost of the parts is around $170.  I did not include wiring (use something like 12 AWG stranded) and the pigtail (for an appliance like a dishwasher, use a 3 wire pigtail) for the power supply..."
Consider a case holder/base that lets the hot case fall away instead of grabing them with pliers.
https://www.snipershide.com/shooting/threads/homemade-induction-annealer.6966638/#post-8031348
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01C70G7Y8/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o08_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

 

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