[TheForge] Annealing Aluminum

[Charle B Vincent]

This is a standard practice and can be found referenced in just about 
any panelbeater book.  I thought about replying with this dodge, but 
would be concerned with the thickness of the parts being referenced.   
1/8" inch would probably be ok, but beyond that even with the excellent 
thermal cinductivity of aluminum, I am  not sure you could know the 
entire part had hit the right temp.  

Charles

The Millers wrote:

> If I recall watching Jesse James annealing aluminum to pound out one 
> of his cycle gas tanks.
> All he did was set the torch to a sooty flame, uniformly cover the 
> surface with soot, and then I think he burned off the soot,
> and it was dead soft.