I am interested in finding out where there is a color graph for 360 brass
temperatures. Thanks
John

"John Wizman" wrote in message
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I am interested in finding out where there is a color graph for 360 brass
temperatures. Thanks
John



???

I'm having a hard time understanding your purpose. It might help to
explain your objective. Unlike heat treating carbon steels, I'm not sure
you'd gain much from visual observations.

Harold

Unless he is looking at say annealing cartridge cases, in which if I
remember correctly there is a color reference (blue tint) at which
point they are tipped over in a pan of water......been a few years
since I needed to anneal cart cases, so I may be wrong.



On Tue, 6 Dec 2005 00:51:31 -0800, "Harold and Susan Vordos"
wrote:

"John Wizman" wrote in message
k.net...
I am interested in finding out where there is a color graph for 360 brass
temperatures. Thanks
John



???

I'm having a hard time understanding your purpose. It might help to
explain your objective. Unlike heat treating carbon steels, I'm not
sure
you'd gain much from visual observations.

Harold


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On Tue, 06 Dec 2005 16:17:47 GMT, ~Roy wrote:
Unless he is looking at say annealing cartridge cases, in which if I
remember correctly there is a color reference (blue tint) at which
point they are tipped over in a pan of water......been a few years
since I needed to anneal cart cases, so I may be wrong.

Nope, you've got that just right.

"~Roy" wrote in message
...
Unless he is looking at say annealing cartridge cases, in which if I
remember correctly there is a color reference (blue tint) at which
point they are tipped over in a pan of water......been a few years
since I needed to anneal cart cases, so I may be wrong.


I think that's a valid point. I've annealed cartridge necks as well,
although I've never been too concerned about the temperature. Stopping the
annealing process at the right point on the case was more important to me.
I found that a little more heat did nothing to further soften the necks,
they were either annealed, or not. Like in your case, it's been a "few"
years since I last did it as well. Like maybe 30! :-)

Harold

Basically what I am interesteed in doing is heating something that is inside
of the brass to a specific temp of around 500 degrees.
"Harold and Susan Vordos" wrote in message
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"John Wizman" wrote in message
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I am interested in finding out where there is a color graph for 360 brass
temperatures. Thanks
John



???

I'm having a hard time understanding your purpose. It might help to
explain your objective. Unlike heat treating carbon steels, I'm not
sure
you'd gain much from visual observations.

Harold

On Wed, 07 Dec 2005 13:31:16 GMT, "John Wizman"
wrote:

Basically what I am interesteed in doing is heating something that is inside
of the brass to a specific temp of around 500 degrees.

Inductive heater and a temp probe to set your reference.

Lead melts at about 550, so simply upending it and sticking it in a
pot of molten lead may be below liquidus at 500F


"Harold and Susan Vordos" wrote in message
...

"John Wizman" wrote in message
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I am interested in finding out where there is a color graph for 360 brass
temperatures. Thanks
John



???

I'm having a hard time understanding your purpose. It might help to
explain your objective. Unlike heat treating carbon steels, I'm not
sure
you'd gain much from visual observations.

Harold




"Pax Americana is a philosophy. Hardly an empire.
Making sure other people play nice and dont kill each other (and us)
off in job lots is hardly empire building, particularly when you give
them self determination under "play nice" rules.

Think of it as having your older brother knock the **** out of you
for torturing the cat." Gunner

On Wed, 7 Dec 2005 12:33:44 -0800, "Harold and Susan Vordos"
wrote:


"John Wizman" wrote in message
nk.net...
Basically what I am interesteed in doing is heating something that is
inside
of the brass to a specific temp of around 500 degrees.

I'm not convinced you'd be able to do that by the color of the brass, but I
could be wrong.

There are crayons used for such a purpose. Might be a cheap way to measure
the temperature you need to verify. I'm not familiar with their use, but
maybe someone here is.

My mind had gone to melting, where the use of a pyrometer is highly
recommended.

Harold

Ive annealed a **** load of brass over the years..and the color change
isnt accurate enough..its too wide in range for even pure cartridge
brass.

Gunner

"Pax Americana is a philosophy. Hardly an empire.
Making sure other people play nice and dont kill each other (and us)
off in job lots is hardly empire building, particularly when you give
them self determination under "play nice" rules.

Think of it as having your older brother knock the **** out of you
for torturing the cat." Gunner