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Necking down brass for wildcat
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<blockquote data-quote="nvschütze" data-source="post: 1827185" data-attributes="member: 110896"><p>How I anneal. I do it in a semi-darkened room. As soon as I see even the tiniest bit of orange glow in the neck, I flip it into a sink of cold water. I direct the long pencil of bright blue flame (in the center of the flame) right at the ripples in the conical portion-- that is what has been work-hardened. The heat goes up toward the neck and it gets flipped as soon as I am dam-ned sure I see some orange. Takes maybe fifteen to twenty seconds to do each one; you'll generate a technique once you've done a few and get the hang of it.</p><p></p><p>The image shows a 14mm socket for use with cases of .532" head diameter. Cases of .473" or .378" head diameters would use a smaller socket. You have to have the socket directly on-axis with the spindle or the oscillation will allow the case to walk up and out of the socket. I solved that problem by truing the spindle to the outside of the socket on a lathe. I think a .473" case uses a 12mm socket, but I'm not signing any contracts on that.</p><p></p><p>The spindle is a 3/8" bolt, welded into and axially-trued to a 14mm deepwall socket. The bolt is turned-down to fit both 3/8" and 1/4" drill motors. This is the prototype <em>and</em> working model, so it ain't all that good-looking. It fun-king works, so that's all that matters to me. The cases fit tightly enough to stay in while being turned in a drill, and they flip right out with a quick bit o' wrist action.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="nvschütze, post: 1827185, member: 110896"] How I anneal. I do it in a semi-darkened room. As soon as I see even the tiniest bit of orange glow in the neck, I flip it into a sink of cold water. I direct the long pencil of bright blue flame (in the center of the flame) right at the ripples in the conical portion-- that is what has been work-hardened. The heat goes up toward the neck and it gets flipped as soon as I am dam-ned sure I see some orange. Takes maybe fifteen to twenty seconds to do each one; you'll generate a technique once you've done a few and get the hang of it. The image shows a 14mm socket for use with cases of .532" head diameter. Cases of .473" or .378" head diameters would use a smaller socket. You have to have the socket directly on-axis with the spindle or the oscillation will allow the case to walk up and out of the socket. I solved that problem by truing the spindle to the outside of the socket on a lathe. I think a .473" case uses a 12mm socket, but I'm not signing any contracts on that. The spindle is a 3/8" bolt, welded into and axially-trued to a 14mm deepwall socket. The bolt is turned-down to fit both 3/8" and 1/4" drill motors. This is the prototype [I]and[/I] working model, so it ain't all that good-looking. It fun-king works, so that's all that matters to me. The cases fit tightly enough to stay in while being turned in a drill, and they flip right out with a quick bit o' wrist action. [/QUOTE]
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