INDUCTIVE Annealing

[Jeffvn]

Andrew let us know when you are ready to start selling your machine. My avoidance of this method so far has been my concern for controlling the timing. I anneal with flames currently, and would love to stop burning propane in my garage. If you nail down a progressive loading option for a machine with timing control, I'm very interested.

JeffVN

 

[moosetracker]

I'm glad to see you're still working on the induction annealer Andrew - I thought you had abandoned the idea because of costs. Like others have said I'm interested in the final product. In fact I was going to try the mini-ductor route as described by DaveBerg, but now I'll wait till you've completed your prototype.

Are you going to provide updates to those on your mailing list?

 

[bglenn]

Is there anything new on this?


Glenn

 

[Scott Harris]

So, after reading this, and looking at Dave Berg's setup, I went on ebay and replicated exactly what he did. I have a triple torch annealer from Ballistic Edge to compare against. After you get everything adjusted, the induction is very fast and repeatable. I'd have to say I prefer the induction method and feel it is overall more consistent: no flames flickering or fluctating as a the gas pressure runs down. But, my concern is about the long-term durability of the induction unit. It's a pretty expensive unit and if it fails, then this method will go from "very nice" to "damn i just blew up a $300 induction unit." I'm keeping my torches on standby.