I I am thinking with the annie it would take numerous attempts to get a setting that one would only think would be the proper setting. Just like my flame adjustment and speed settings. It just seems that the purpose of the annealing process is precession and speaking for my self only I am not sure I can accomplish that on a consistent basis with making adjustments every time I use it.
The set up is quite easy, and once set will always repeat.
1)
You must place the case in the same place in the coil each time. That is why I concentrated on a repeatable case locator.Typically I have set each case with the body/shoulder point about in the center of the coil.
2) Paint 750 degree Tempilac on 6 or 8 case necks/shoulders, 450 on the body. Let it dry.
3) Set the Annie anneal time to one of the settings below. ( This is set by pushing in on the digital knob on the Annie, turning to the desired time, then another push to lock in the time.)
4) Anneal that case, place it in a loading block, place a piece of masking tape along the block, note the anneal time on the tape next to the case. Observe the color change on the Tempilac. If not enough, go up in time about .2 seconds and anneal a second case. If too much go down .2 sec.
5) When close, change in .1 sec increments. Record finished time, you are done for that caliber.
It never took more than 9 cases to get a setting. I did melt the neck of a 30-06 when I ran it for about 3 seconds. I expected the bigger, heavier case to take more time. It turns out there is little correlation between case size and time because each of my three height set points are used for two different cases, so each case is not exactly in the center of the coil. Here are the times I used.
223 1.8 sec
22-250 2.7
30-06 1.8
7mm Mag 1.9
6mmBR 2.5
Once you have the Annie times, you will never have to recalibrate, as long as you place the case at the same place in the coil.
