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<blockquote data-quote="Alibiiv" data-source="post: 2446556" data-attributes="member: 69192"><p>I'm pretty sure that if you do a little more searching on this forum there are some engineer gurus who have come up with a thermometer device that will adjust the temperature of the salt to maintain a constant temperature. I don't know if it was my particular melting pot, or if it was me, however my temperatures would vary a bit which required that I keep adjusting the temperature knob on the melting pot. I started out with the salt bath annealing system, however have changed over to an Annealeeze. I consider the salt bath system an excellent system that works, however if there's a mess up anywhere where there's a spill or if "somehow" water hits that hot salt the results will be catastrophic.<strong><em><u> THERE'S NO ROOM FOR ERROR IN THE "SAFETY" DEPARTMENT</u></em></strong>. I was dropping my cases into a 5 gallon bucket of water that was on the floor to the right of the melting pot, the water was splashing up quite high when the casing was hitting the water and coming a little closer to the melting pot than I felt comfortable with, so I moved it about three feet away. The setup that I had was quite similar to the one in the video, only a little to the left of the pot. Upon finishing up with the system, I removed the thermocouple and started to place it on a piece of cardboard. There was a drop of hot salt that hit the cardboard that instantly burned a hole right through that cardboard like a hot piece of metal. "My stupid", but nonetheless it showed me just how badly an error could go had it been my hand or a finger. It's a great system that works quite well, just remember to use it with caution; safety glasses, gloves and reading the manual will go a long way.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Alibiiv, post: 2446556, member: 69192"] I'm pretty sure that if you do a little more searching on this forum there are some engineer gurus who have come up with a thermometer device that will adjust the temperature of the salt to maintain a constant temperature. I don't know if it was my particular melting pot, or if it was me, however my temperatures would vary a bit which required that I keep adjusting the temperature knob on the melting pot. I started out with the salt bath annealing system, however have changed over to an Annealeeze. I consider the salt bath system an excellent system that works, however if there's a mess up anywhere where there's a spill or if "somehow" water hits that hot salt the results will be catastrophic.[B][I][U] THERE'S NO ROOM FOR ERROR IN THE "SAFETY" DEPARTMENT[/U][/I][/B]. I was dropping my cases into a 5 gallon bucket of water that was on the floor to the right of the melting pot, the water was splashing up quite high when the casing was hitting the water and coming a little closer to the melting pot than I felt comfortable with, so I moved it about three feet away. The setup that I had was quite similar to the one in the video, only a little to the left of the pot. Upon finishing up with the system, I removed the thermocouple and started to place it on a piece of cardboard. There was a drop of hot salt that hit the cardboard that instantly burned a hole right through that cardboard like a hot piece of metal. "My stupid", but nonetheless it showed me just how badly an error could go had it been my hand or a finger. It's a great system that works quite well, just remember to use it with caution; safety glasses, gloves and reading the manual will go a long way. [/QUOTE]
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