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<blockquote data-quote="Trickymissfit" data-source="post: 729782" data-attributes="member: 25383"><p>Brass is just as temperature specific as steel is when drawing it back. That's where some data really comes to light. After you heat the necks to a specific temp (usually about forty degrees and slightly short of the desired area) you must quench the brass extremely fast (literally shocking the metal). This is why a lot of folks recommend ice water. The slower the quench the softer the brass and also the less controll you have over the area you just annealed. You need to learn to work fast after attaining heat in the neck area. The term "anneal" refers to tempering, and making the metal a little bit more ductile without making it so soft that it dosn't retain any strength. Similar to the process of normalizing steel, but for a different purpose. (with steel you often allow it to air cool). Some folks think that annealing brass also helps to take the stress out of the metal, but other knowledgeable folks say nay. I don't know for sure.</p><p>gary</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Trickymissfit, post: 729782, member: 25383"] Brass is just as temperature specific as steel is when drawing it back. That's where some data really comes to light. After you heat the necks to a specific temp (usually about forty degrees and slightly short of the desired area) you must quench the brass extremely fast (literally shocking the metal). This is why a lot of folks recommend ice water. The slower the quench the softer the brass and also the less controll you have over the area you just annealed. You need to learn to work fast after attaining heat in the neck area. The term "anneal" refers to tempering, and making the metal a little bit more ductile without making it so soft that it dosn't retain any strength. Similar to the process of normalizing steel, but for a different purpose. (with steel you often allow it to air cool). Some folks think that annealing brass also helps to take the stress out of the metal, but other knowledgeable folks say nay. I don't know for sure. gary [/QUOTE]
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