Annealer setup got some more refinements.
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Whenever I'd anneal, I would feel a little twinge in my nose telling me that something was not quite right. Either the carbon dioxide or residue burning off cases was polluting the room. Today we installed a range hood with external exhaust vent and installed the necessary valves and piping to remove the 20lb bottle from the room and have it outside. Took about 3 hours and went off swimmingly.
I have to tidy up the hoses and organize a bit, but otherwise it's ready to run. :)
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Oh its a balck hood vent, that makes it tactical.
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@norcal_in_az said:
Oh its a balck hood vent, that makes it tactical.
That's right! Tactical switches allow for more lighting and removal of "bleh" in the air!
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I have to do this! I get a headache anytime I anneal more than 500 pieces. Yesterday I did 2400. 2000 in one sitting and 400 about an hour later. I have 2500 more pieces sitting here waiting to be done...so I have decided that I must move outside, but this would be much nicer.
On a side note. I spoke with benchsource yesterday and have in the works a plate with only small holes and one with only large holes so that I can run a Dillon case feeder on the annealer. I am tired of having to feed brass every 20 seconds.
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Nice! The original machines had plates setup that way I think. I ran everything in the larger holes. When I sent mine in, it came back with a new plate with small and large holes staggered. You'll have to let me know how the case feeder setup works for you. I set mine up with a hornady case feeder for a while, but dismantled it since I didn't have all the different plates I needed. I'm OK feeding it, given the open flame.
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Gotta love Greg, always encouraging "next level" progression! Positive inspiration is the fuel on which I operate the best.
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@dddoo7 said:
I have to do this! I get a headache anytime I anneal more than 500 pieces. Yesterday I did 2400. 2000 in one sitting and 400 about an hour later. I have 2500 more pieces sitting here waiting to be done...so I have decided that I must move outside, but this would be much nicer.
On a side note. I spoke with benchsource yesterday and have in the works a plate with only small holes and one with only large holes so that I can run a Dillon case feeder on the annealer. I am tired of having to feed brass every 20 seconds.
I'm looking at making 3D printed plug for the holes in the plate so I can use a case feeder. There are some cheaper ones on ebay.
Greg how did you set up yours with a honardy?
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a plug would probably work if it was smooth enough...but new plates are only $45 so it is not too bad anyway.
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@dddoo7 said:
a plug would probably work if it was smooth enough...but new plates are only $45 so it is not too bad anyway.
Doesn't have to be smooth like the plate but I've got a 3d printer to play mad scientist with.
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@djstorm100 said:
Greg how did you set up yours with a honardy?
The original plates only had one set of holes. ;)
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@orkan said:
@djstorm100 said:
Greg how did you set up yours with a honardy?
The original plates only had one set of holes. ;)
Right, but how did you go about setting up the casefeeder to the annealer?
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The hornady case feeder has an arm that screws to the bench top. Then a tube comes down from the hopper and is held by a bracket. I just set the bracket at the right height for the cases being used. It was really simple.
