Fast14riot
Gold $$ Contributor
Finally decided to order up the stuff to build my own annealer based on the single motor, single feed version of skips annealer. Tired of paying someone else to anneal my brass or borrowing a buddies garage and time to do it.
My biggest question is how hot does the face of the enclosure get? I have seen painted wood cases and metal, but I work in the plastics industry and can build my own custom case from ABS, but it has a softening temp of about 220°F. I was planning on using a long rod shaped like an "L" mounted above the drum instead of a U-bolt for the brass stop to mitigate heat transfer to the case. I will also be looking into a gear driven feed wheel off the single motor as an option for hopper feed, as there is no need for two motors and speed controls being independent.
So far, $58 spent on the guts of the machine, already have propane and torch heads, can scrounge up the larger hardware, and should only need to get the smaller nuts and bolts. Helluva deal in my book.
My biggest question is how hot does the face of the enclosure get? I have seen painted wood cases and metal, but I work in the plastics industry and can build my own custom case from ABS, but it has a softening temp of about 220°F. I was planning on using a long rod shaped like an "L" mounted above the drum instead of a U-bolt for the brass stop to mitigate heat transfer to the case. I will also be looking into a gear driven feed wheel off the single motor as an option for hopper feed, as there is no need for two motors and speed controls being independent.
So far, $58 spent on the guts of the machine, already have propane and torch heads, can scrounge up the larger hardware, and should only need to get the smaller nuts and bolts. Helluva deal in my book.
