Either the TempiLac or the Tempilstik will work fine.
I'm no guru on annealing..but it's been my experience that anything over 500 degrees F. will accomplish what I need the process to do for my purposes. It's pretty hard to screw this up...get it over 475-500 and stop before it gets to 650 or so. The important thing to have is a way to quickly stop the heating. Tipping the case over into the 1/2" of water in the pan works well. So easy even a South Dakotan can do it.
True 'annealing' of cartridge brass takes place between 800 and 1400 degrees F. , depending on it's exact makeup. By definition, 'annealing' means to return the material to a dead soft state..which is obviously not what we're trying to accomplish with this process. We just want to relax the brass to a point where it's workable while still retaining the properties that we like.
FWIW. -Al
I'm no guru on annealing..but it's been my experience that anything over 500 degrees F. will accomplish what I need the process to do for my purposes. It's pretty hard to screw this up...get it over 475-500 and stop before it gets to 650 or so. The important thing to have is a way to quickly stop the heating. Tipping the case over into the 1/2" of water in the pan works well. So easy even a South Dakotan can do it.
True 'annealing' of cartridge brass takes place between 800 and 1400 degrees F. , depending on it's exact makeup. By definition, 'annealing' means to return the material to a dead soft state..which is obviously not what we're trying to accomplish with this process. We just want to relax the brass to a point where it's workable while still retaining the properties that we like.
FWIW. -Al