Who is annealing in sand?

I read that too and I wondered if an old pot on the kitchen stove or camp stove would work? I might experiment with some garbage brass if I can find some time this spring...
Till now I've just been using a torch, bowl of water and holding the case head with my fingers.
 
birdiemc said:
In another thread about salt bath annealing somebody mentioned using sand in a Lee pot to anneal with rather than salt. Several us showed some interest, and would love to hear if anybody else is doing this and what the setup consists of.
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I salt bath aneal. I never thought of sand. I would get on ebay and get a cheap temp prob. You can get silica sand in 70 grade which is the size of table salt for sand blasting. Glass beads may work too? The nice thing about sand is it wouldnt be a spill/splash danger like molten liquid magma salt or lead. And of course its cheap.
 
First off I have zero experience with this. Seems liquid would easily fill case interior and help heat from inside also transferring heat more easily than a granulated solid. Think about pushing a bottle neck case into sand, I think you won't fill to exterior level requiring more time to get to annealing temps. Just thinking.
 
TheSandman said:
First off I have zero experience with this. Seems liquid would easily fill case interior and help heat from inside also transferring heat more easily than a granulated solid. Think about pushing a bottle neck case into sand, I think you won't fill to exterior level requiring more time to get to annealing temps. Just thinking.
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Come on with a name like sand man you should be blazing the trail on sand annealing :)
 
We use sand baths at work to cal check thermal switches & various temperature elements. Depending on sensor mass, it can take hours to stabilize with this.
If we were using salt bath, it would take under a minute. But salt is a consumable, and sand is useful forever.

You know how that goes from a company standpoint..
Pay us hourly for a week round the clock to cal check 108 thermocouples, instead of a few hours, with upgraded equipment(that cost chump change in additional funds).
But hey, at least we're not mortgaging the site for inductive hogwash, or guessing with flame and color charts!
 
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@Mikecr What is your take on the temp required to annell cases. Would 800 F be hot enough or take too long at that temp. I've been using my SB at 940 F. Do you think this may be too hot. TKS
 
Mikecr said:
We use sand baths at work to cal check thermal switches & various temperature elements. Depending on sensor mass, it can take hours to stabilize with this.
If we were using salt bath, it would take under a minute. But salt is a consumable, and sand is useful forever.

You know how that goes from a company standpoint..
Pay us hourly for a week round the clock to cal check 108 thermocouples, instead of a few hours, with upgraded equipment(that cost chump change in additional funds).
But hey, at least we're not mortgaging the site for inductive hogwash, or guessing with flame and color charts!
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Glad to hear from somebody with real world experience...too bad it doesnt work, that would be a nice easy way to anneal
 
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