Torch for annealing

[Sledge1]

What torch set up is everyone using for their annealing? I'm not wanting to get a machine just yet. Just wanting to get a good torch to do some annealing by hand. The flame on all the torches I have are more like a rosebud and don't have a defined "point" on the flame. How will these work? Figured I'd need something more "precise".

Thanks.

 

[blklabs]

Re: Torch for annealing

I have a $15 torch from Home Depot that works just fine.

 

[GardDog]

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Wally World propane torch kit.

 

[Jerkface11]

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The camping propane is cheaper than the torch propane and it comes in a short squat bottle that's less likely to tip over.

 

[ChadTRG42]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: blklabs</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I have a $15 torch from Home Depot that works just fine. </div></div>
+1. It's what I use with the Hornady annealling kit.

 

[former naval person]

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Don't use gases that burn hotter than the propane torch. It is too easy to ruin the brass with the higher heat flame. Don't ask.

 

[Sledge1]

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Sounds like the ones that I have will do just fine then.

Thanks a lot.

 

[jwoolf]

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same here.... wallyworld propane torch + hornady annealing kit... Even if it isn't automated, it's still pretty fast.

 

[EWP]

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The cheap Benz-O-Matic torches from home Depot are the best, probably the same as the cheap Wal-Mart torch.

 

[Tripwire]

Re: Torch for annealing

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Sledge1</div><div class="ubbcode-body">What torch set up is everyone using for their annealing? I'm not wanting to get a machine just yet. Just wanting to get a good torch to do some annealing by hand. The flame on all the torches I have are more like a rosebud and don't have a defined "point" on the flame. How will these work? Figured I'd need something more "precise".

Thanks. </div></div>

Laffin'....

Ask a 100 annealers how they do it, and you'll get a 100 different answers....to each his own.

I make a collar that slightly blocks O2 flow and thus dulls the flame, so it's a tad cooler/less radical; and so I have a little more control over the speed of the heat. Takes a couple seconds longer than some of the "internet experts" profess to be correct....but I find a more consistant result having the entire annealed area in a wash of flame instead of a thin band hotter (from the pointed flame) than the rest of the area.

I rotate 'em slow too, with a battery drill, in this gizmo.....

 

[vman]

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Benzomatic does it for me.

 

[GardDog]

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Queequeg posted a nifty idea that I copied. You take a deep sparkplug socket and line it with aluminum foil. Use an adapter to attach the socket to a drill on low speed & you have a way to rotate your brass as you apply the flame evenly. Use more foil for narrow rounds, to keep them from leaning while rotating. It's no annealing machine, as far a number of rounds per hour, but it worked for me.

 

[AMOK!]

Re: Torch for annealing

Benzomatic ST2200T. Butane. Al Annealing Rigs for 270WSM & 300 WM Norma cases. 12-15sec dwell time @ 90RPM.

 

[thefitter]

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I use Mapp and a Turbo torch. You have to use a striker but it is well balanced, stands up by itself plus you can swivel the torch head right were you need it. The regulator works well to get the intensity you want.

I turn the cases by hand.

http://www.thermadyne.com/turbotorch/products/detailProduct.html?prodID=0386-0403

 

[Steve in Allentown PA]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: EWP</div><div class="ubbcode-body">The cheap Benz-O-Matic torches from home Depot are the best, probably the same as the cheap Wal-Mart torch.

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I have the same case annealing machine that you have. It's a good piece of equipment. However, I do not like hanging the propane bottles on the torch heads and it looks like you've come up with a solution. I'd really like to know what you've got going on with your setup.