OTS automatic annealing machine prices?

[cruzr]

Used to anneal by hand. I recently bought a used "bench source" annealer from this forum, and so glad I did. Its my favorite operation now.

 

[Lapua40X]

https://www.facebook.com/samannealing/

I did some research. This machine costs $1000 ......
Waaaay over my head.

 

[Puzzaz01]

I got one from Mike's Reloading Bench. Works great, easy to set up and also has a small base.

+ 1 for MRB I love mine!

 

[MrBottleneck]

Some .308 I ran through my Annealeez ^

Here is my input.
I searched and did research then I went with the Annealeez.
It works fantastic. Unless you choose to build one using Skips design you really cant find a better deal at $275 TYD.

Now dont get me wrong the Giraud is nice but, costs twice as much.
Mikes is nice and I might have considered it but, wasnt aware of it at the time. It costs more also then the Annealeez.
The Bench Source is nicely made but, I do not want to sit there and hand feed it. Its pricey as well.

For the guys that say the Annealeez is not perfect that is true only in one respect I believe which is the torch head holder adjustment. I fixed this straight away and it is flawless now. I made a custom one rather then using the poor old grounding bar clamp it came with.
Btw, here is a link where Annealers where also discussed here fairly recently.
http://forum.accurateshooter.com/th...-any-suggestions.3903649/page-3#post-36857583

 

[BP1]

I just bought a Giraud, for one reason only, I can load up the tray and continue working on other things in my shop and it keeps plugging away, as long as I hear the little "tink" every 10 seconds I know everything is all right with the world.
If not for that I would continue to anneal the same way I use to, and still do for short runs, roll the case in between my fingers until it get warm at the base and drop it.

I don't understand why people have a problem with an open flame, its not like I'm leaving it going when I'm not in there. But then again I have welding equipment and don't keep flammables by my welding table.

I understand what you're saying,but with my AMP I can tell my son to get off the video game and anneal his 223 and 6.5x47 brass and when he gets done do mine

 

[akajun]

I understand what you're saying,but with my AMP I can tell my son to get off the video game and anneal his 223 and 6.5x47 brass and when he gets done do mine

Your doing it wrong then, I load the annealer and my three boys are busy running the giraud trimmer and sorting brass.
About to put the 10 yo pulling the handle on the 1050.

 

[DRNewcomb]

Your doing it wrong then, I load the annealer and my three boys are busy running the giraud trimmer and sorting brass.
About to put the 10 yo pulling the handle on the 1050.

My Dad, who had 3 sons, had a saying: "One boy's one boy, two boys: half a boy and three boys: no boy at all."

 

[TheOtherZilla]

My Dad, who had 3 sons, had a saying: "One boy's one boy, two boys: half a boy and three boys: no boy at all."

And I have 4 boys. What's that equal?

 

[DRNewcomb]

And I have 4 boys. What's that equal?

I assume my father learned that expression from his father, who also had 3 sons and maybe it came from my great-grandfather, who also had three sons. The moral being that an adult could keep one boy on task but that two boys would find a way to only produce half the output of one and that trying to manage three was a hopeless cause. I'd guess that four boys would be no boys and the adult spending his time trying to pick up the mess they made.

 

[akajun]

I assume my father learned that expression from his father, who also had 3 sons and maybe it came from my great-grandfather, who also had three sons. The moral being that an adult could keep one boy on task but that two boys would find a way to only produce half the output of one and that trying to manage three was a hopeless cause. I'd guess that four boys would be no boys and the adult spending his time trying to pick up the mess they made.

this is true too

 

[USMCDOC]

https://www.facebook.com/samannealing/

I did some research. This machine costs $1000 ......
Waaaay over my head.

And if i read my email right.. he is from Poland too..

 

[Terry Altom]

I'm building my own induction annealer for about $325. Lifetime warranty ;-)

 

[Joe R]

I have a home made annealer and a Bench Source annealer, both work well. I've also had the Annealez and used the socket method for a good while. However if I were in the market today I would buy the MRB annealer. IMO it is the best value and it has a lot of good features that many lack. YMMV

 

[Barrel Nut]

So far, I don't have a buddy who owns an annealing machine and I don't have the shop and tools to build one for myself, ..... snip.......

I'll bet you do. People make crude versions of the "Skip Design" automatic annealing machine for as low as $35 if you can live with a hand feed system. For fifty bucks you can build a fully automatic version which is a bit crude, unless you have access to a lathe or milling machine in which case a fifty dollar version can be quite nice. Most average around a hundred bucks. Mine, cost nearly a hundred and a half because I purchased some very nice ready to bolt together hubs, spacers, and other robotic hardware pieces and I added some extras like a round counter and a automatic sync. system. The idea was to trade a bit of increased expense against my lack of fancy tools since I had mostly hand tools.

My power tools consisted of a jitter saw, a cheap cordless drill, and a desk top drill press. You need some way to cut a groove in the feed drum. I used my little drill press and a Forstner bit. If you can get access to a drill press for 15 minutes, that's all you need. Of course there are others ways to do the same job, including finding a friend with a milling machine or a router. A determined builder could do the job by hand with a round rasp.

A table saw would be nice, but I sold all my tools when I moved to Italy, but I kept my low angle block plane and I used that to true up the edges of my thin plywood box which houses the guts of the annealer. I cut the metal with a hack saw and smoothed the edges with ordinary hand files.

The bottom line is that you "could" do the job entirely by hand with a hand saw, a block plane, etc. Access to a drill press for a few minutes would be nice and a few minutes on a table saw would make the job easier too, but you really don't need any fancy tools to make a nice machine. Here is my version made with nothing more exotic than a small table top drill press.

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[TAJ45]

I'll bet you do. People make crude versions of the "Skip Design" automatic annealing machine for as low as $35 if you can live with a hand feed system. For fifty bucks you can build a fully automatic version which is a bit crude, unless you have access to a lathe or milling machine in which case a fifty dollar version can be quite nice. Most average around a hundred bucks. Mine, cost nearly a hundred and a half because I purchased some very nice ready to bolt together hubs, spacers, and other robotic hardware pieces and I added some extras like a round counter and a automatic sync. system. The idea was to trade a bit of increased expense against my lack of fancy tools since I had mostly hand tools.

My power tools consisted of a jitter saw, a cheap cordless drill, and a desk top drill press. You need some way to cut a groove in the feed drum. I used my little drill press and a Forstner bit. If you can get access to a drill press for 15 minutes, that's all you need. Of course there are others ways to do the same job, including finding a friend with a milling machine or a router. A determined builder could do the job by hand with a round rasp.

A table saw would be nice, but I sold all my tools when I moved to Italy, but I kept my low angle block plane and I used that to true up the edges of my thin plywood box which houses the guts of the annealer. I cut the metal with a hack saw and smoothed the edges with ordinary hand files.

The bottom line is that you "could" do the job entirely by hand with a hand saw, a block plane, etc. Access to a drill press for a few minutes would be nice and a few minutes on a table saw would make the job easier too, but you really don't need any fancy tools to make a nice machine. Here is my version made with nothing more exotic than a small table top drill press.

_DSC3404

Dat sho am do be lookin' nice....