Weaselthis
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Anyone have a particular recommendation on a infrared laser temperature gun to use to determine brass temp while annealing? Prefer NOT to spend a small fortune. Have a wife for THAT! lol
I use a ThermoWorks IR laser temperature thermometer for BBQ. It is rated from -75 to 1022 degrees Fahrenheit. It would be very good for your application.Anyone have a particular recommendation on a infrared laser temperature gun to use to determine brass temp while annealing? Prefer NOT to spend a small fortune. Have a wife for THAT! lol
Anyone have a particular recommendation on a infrared laser temperature gun to use to determine brass temp while annealing? Prefer NOT to spend a small fortune. Have a wife for THAT! lol
This is definitely a good consideration. It's important to remember that IR sensors measure IR, not temperature. Since it's basically guessing the temperature of an item based on the amount of IR coming off of it, they will show something that's cold is hot if it happens to be reflecting IR. Would have to keep this in mind as even a cold piece of brass could reflect the IR coming off of the torch for example. I think you could still make it work though, and reading through posts it seems some have. I've thought about trying it myself but for now have been just using templaq.I have witnessed a test of a laser temp sensor that didn't work at all. Our theory was the reflectivity of brass was messing up the readings because they were all over the place. It could measure less reflective things accurately, like objects that had their temperatures stabilized in ice water, boiling water and ambient.
They don't work well on high reflectivity items like brass. I've got a high dollar IR temp gun from work and it won't work at all.