Auto brass annealer

[chokestick]

I am looking to buy an auto annealer and would like some advice on who makes the best one out there. Thanks

 

[CatShooter]

I am waiting for a flat plate annealing machine that can use, or be adapted to use, a case feeder like the Dillon 1050... then I can run it and not have to babysit it... I can do other stuff while it runs.

 

[RIFLE1]

Just a heads up regarding annealing,... it is not a process that should be allowed to run unmonitored. Many things can happen to your run,...even in an industrial setting it is a process that is monitored. Automation is great, within it's limitations.

 

[dickn52]

Depends on what you mean by 'auto' annealer. The Giraud will hold a couple of hundred cases most likely and is gravity fed. That's about as automatic as you can get. All of the others will require you to stand and feed them as I recall.

 

[CatShooter]

Depends on what you mean by 'auto' annealer. The Giraud will hold a couple of hundred cases most likely and is gravity fed. That's about as automatic as you can get. All of the others will require you to stand and feed them as I recall.

The cases in the Girard need to be stacked in line - a machine that used a Dillon feeder would only need the cases dumped in it when it was low.

It would NOT need constant attention.

 

[cbratcliffe]

Depends on what you mean by 'auto' annealer. The Giraud will hold a couple of hundred cases most likely and is gravity fed. That's about as automatic as you can get. All of the others will require you to stand and feed them as I recall.

The cases in the Girard need to be stacked in line - a machine that used a Dillon feeder would only need the cases dumped in it when it was low.

It would NOT need constant attention.

I would think that any device with an open flame being operated inside of a structure would require constant vigilance. Murphy, you know.

Respectfully,
Charles

 

[ARIZONA_F_CLASS]

The Giraud!!!

I don't have one, my friend lets me use his. You have to watch it, sometimes a case can drop wrong. But man is it fast. I did 850 rounds in about 2 hours.

 

[CatShooter]

Depends on what you mean by 'auto' annealer. The Giraud will hold a couple of hundred cases most likely and is gravity fed. That's about as automatic as you can get. All of the others will require you to stand and feed them as I recall.

The cases in the Girard need to be stacked in line - a machine that used a Dillon feeder would only need the cases dumped in it when it was low.

It would NOT need constant attention.

I would think that any device with an open flame being operated inside of a structure would require constant vigilance. Murphy, you know.

Respectfully,
Charles

Common, use some (not so... ) common sense - I wasn't talking about going out to the movies... but there are hundreds of crappy jobs that you can do in your loading area while an annealing machine runs, and every twenty minutes, you dump another bucket of cases in the hopper.

 

[dixieppc]

Depends on what you mean by 'auto' annealer. The Giraud will hold a couple of hundred cases most likely and is gravity fed. That's about as automatic as you can get. All of the others will require you to stand and feed them as I recall.

The cases in the Girard need to be stacked in line - a machine that used a Dillon feeder would only need the cases dumped in it when it was low.

It would NOT need constant attention.

I would think that any device with an open flame being operated inside of a structure would require constant vigilance. Murphy, you know.

Respectfully,
Charles

Common, use some (not so... ) common sense - I wasn't talking about going out to the movies... but there are hundreds of crappy jobs that you can do in your loading area while an annealing machine runs, and every twenty minutes, you dump another bucket of cases in the hopper.

Hey, you're safe. Murphy lives at my house. BTW, I have a
Giraud and like if very much. Nice bulk annealing machine.

Regards....

 

[BenPerfected]

Why not just use DJ's Brass Service? How much can you save DIY?
Ben

 

[Coolhand]

In the process of building one myself , so far the cost has been approx $40.00.

Go to youtube and search for Black Betty Case Annealer.

Mike.

 

[XTR]

Giraud is about the only stack them in and let them go machine. Personally looked that that and decided on the Bench Source. Yep, I have to put the cases in one by one, but you anneal about 500 to 600 cases an hour. I have a cubic crap load of 308 and I can anneal about 4 months worth of shooting in 90 minutes or so.

It does anything you have short of a 50BMG with no extra parts to buy. A drunk monkey could set it up, no tools required.

Unless you are opening an annealing service, I'd get the Bench Source.

Now if you are looking for a trimmer, Giraud is the only choice. ;D

 

[CatShooter]

Now THIS ONE is clever...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32gPHKWNtyw

I want one like this!!

 

[dickn52]

I don't have the space for that one. Nice though.

 

[jkl]

Finished mine copy of Skips V6 works great.

John

 

[dixieppc]

Finished mine copy of Skips V6 works great.

John

Very nice looking machine. Good work! How much you invest?

Regards....

 

[jkl]

about $75.00
Mine is battery powered. I have Lipo batteries form another hobby so it works out as a portable. The batteries ran all though my testing and I still haven't charged them.

John

 

[Coolhand]

jkl , well fabricated mate ! The ally case looks better than mine , I welded the ally sheet together and looks a bit rough around the edges , and I am on building MARK 2 , just a few minor MODS to Skippys original design.
I run through 120 trashed .308 cases yesterday , and it was not flawless , couple of cases turned sideways in the cases hopper but I know how to fix that, after all isn't that what a shakedown trial is for! Also had a couple of double shuffles where two cases dropped into the flame but that is only a motor timing issue.
I would not leave it unattended ever !

Mike.

 

[jkl]

I just ran 100 cases and it worked perfect. I have played with the motor speed and it is a small adjustment to time the wheels. A double or a skip is a simple adjustment of the wheel speed. I set the flame wheel to the temp I wanted and them worked with the feed speed to fine tune the timing.
One of my biggest issues was getting the case from the feed wheel and into the flame wheel. I needed to make a deflector to move the case forward to drop into the opening on the second wheel every time.

I agree I wont leave it unattended but it doesn't take that much time to run 100 cases.

John

 

[dixieppc]

Mike & John,

Please post any details of your mods and alterations to this machine so those of us planning on giving it a go will be a step ahead and can capitalize on your findings and mistakes.

Best Regards.......