Brilliant new home-made annealing machine design

[Alpha1]

Anybody know the exact size of the drum. Or any of the dimensions would help. I feel a project coming on. tesnews

[Demonic69]

Just grab whatever size saucepan you can and go at it with an angle grinder, if you have a way of adjusting the speed the diameter shouldn't matter.
For rimmed cases I'd cut the bottom off the pan then reattach with a small gap using L shaped brackets that could also be used to adjust the drum height for different cases

[Alpha1]

Adjusting the speed is easy.

[Demonic69]

There you go, should be an easy project :-)

[Alpha1]

Sounds like a plan to me. I like the idea of cutting the bottom off and making it adjustable for cartridge case length. I would just use a small electric motor with adjustable speed control. I have showed the video to my guys at work they think its a easy project. So when we have some spare time you never know. tesnews

[Demonic69]

Do your guys have access to large lathes, big enough for the drum? Could come out looking brilliant!

[Alpha1]

Yes we have access to large lathes. But turning a drum that size would be a awful waste of stainless steel and expensive. A better idea would be to get a stainless drum/bowl of food quality and machine the bottom off then modify it to suit. drill a hole in the base mount it to a small motor with variable speed control and mount the whole thing in a stainless steel tray. tesnews

[rox]

Anybody know the exact size of the drum. Or any of the dimensions would help. I feel a project coming on. tesnews

I have them somewhere. The drum is a ventilation ducting end-cap. Should cost about 2 quid.

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[Alpha1]

Oh wow. I can get ventilation caps easy enough. tesnews Dimensions would be good.

[rox]

Adjusting the speed is easy.

Adjusting the heat is easier. Just move the flame away.

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