On Fri, Aug 29, 2014 at 1:18 PM, Dawes, Andrew M. <[email protected]> wrote: > The o rings have probably been cleaned and baked, a stopper could have > enough residual material inside it (like a sponge holding water) that it > would outgas so much that it looks like a leak -- i.e. virtual leak. You > could find some vacuum-friendly epoxy (vacseal) and fill a narrow hole in a > flange but everyone I know who tried to roll their own UHV parts gave up or > regretted it. It's so picky that there is a reason stuff is expensive. > Surplus is a great option as long as you can get the parts super clean. >
Hmm, makes sense. I've seen that epoxy somewhere, though the FIB operator had a bad experience with epoxy fouling his system (probably didn't use the 100% solids epoxy, and maybe didn't degas before it set)... so I'd have to sneak the epoxy in if I wanted (I was thinking of potting the electronics, if needed). Thanks for the opinions, they're definitely valuable! _______________________________________________ dorkbotpdx-blabber mailing list [email protected] http://music.columbia.edu/mailman/listinfo/dorkbotpdx-blabber
