Re: [AFMUG] OT having fun

2022-01-03 Thread Chuck McCown via AF
Furnace, I got corrected the other day, if you are above 500 degrees (not sure if that is C or F) it is a furnace. From: Chuck McCown via AF Sent: Monday, January 3, 2022 9:33 AM To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group Cc: Chuck McCown Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT having fun Sintering oven

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2022-01-03 Thread Chuck McCown via AF
Sintering oven for making carbide inserts. You need to get up to about 1500C for this. From: Cameron Crum Sent: Monday, January 3, 2022 8:58 AM To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT having fun What is the goal of the project? On Sat, Jan 1, 2022 at 9:28 PM Chuck

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2022-01-03 Thread Cameron Crum
ary 1, 2022 8:14 PM > *To:* af@af.afmug.com > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT having fun > > > Yeah, and it's likely to blow the magnatron from the VSWR mismatch. It's > been 50 years since I worked with that stuff and had the fancy government > tools. Kind of miss it. > On 1/1/2

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2022-01-01 Thread Chuck McCown via AF
that is totally reflective. In my case I aim the field at a layer of silicon carbide to absorb the energy and convert it to heat. From: Jan-GAMs Sent: Saturday, January 1, 2022 8:14 PM To: af@af.afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT having fun Yeah, and it's likely to blow the magnatron from the VSWR

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2022-01-01 Thread Jan-GAMs
*Sent:* Saturday, January 1, 2022 5:03 PM *To:* af@af.afmug.com *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT having fun 1250 watts of 5GHz radiation or 2GHz of radiation (whichever spectrum it was designed for) is damn dangerous if not shielded.  I knew people who died from that. Someone turned on a radar while

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2022-01-01 Thread Bill Prince
.afmug.com > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT having fun > > > 1250 watts of 5GHz radiation or 2GHz of radiation (whichever spectrum it > was designed for) is damn dangerous if not shielded. I knew people who > died from that. Someone turned on a radar while the array was being worked &

Re: [AFMUG] OT having fun

2022-01-01 Thread Chuck McCown via AF
If you get hit from an open waveguide it feels like flame. From: Jan-GAMs Sent: Saturday, January 1, 2022 5:03 PM To: af@af.afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT having fun 1250 watts of 5GHz radiation or 2GHz of radiation (whichever spectrum it was designed for) is damn dangerous

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2022-01-01 Thread Jan-GAMs
the magnetron and the wire was totally cool to the touch.  Bit of aluminum foil as a choke and all was well.  Next step is coupling a second magnetron to this cavity. *From:* Jan-GAMs *Sent:* Saturday, January 1, 2022 4:08 AM *To:* af@af.afmug.com *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT having fun the warning about eyes

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2022-01-01 Thread Chuck McCown via AF
to the touch. Bit of aluminum foil as a choke and all was well. Next step is coupling a second magnetron to this cavity. From: Jan-GAMs Sent: Saturday, January 1, 2022 4:08 AM To: af@af.afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT having fun the warning about eyes and testes should be noted. https

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2022-01-01 Thread Bill Prince
High tech birth control. bp On 1/1/2022 3:08 AM, Jan-GAMs wrote: the warning about eyes and testes should be noted.  https://www.fda.gov/radiation-emitting-products/resources-you-radiation-emitting-products/microwave-oven-radiation

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2022-01-01 Thread Jan-GAMs
the warning about eyes and testes should be noted. https://www.fda.gov/radiation-emitting-products/resources-you-radiation-emitting-products/microwave-oven-radiation On 12/31/21 16:48, Jaime Solorza wrote: Pee on it...it works On Fri, Dec 31, 2021, 1:37 PM Chuck McCown via AF wrote: Got

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2021-11-22 Thread Chuck McCown via AF
gt;> Doesn’t metal in the microwave produce a lot of arcing? >> >> From: AF On Behalf Of Chuck McCown via AF >> Sent: Monday, November 22, 2021 3:51 PM >> To: af@af.afmug.com >> Cc: Chuck McCown >> Subject: [AFMUG] OT having fun >> >> I m

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2021-11-22 Thread Robert
:* [AFMUG] OT having fun I melted stainless steel in a consumer grade microwave oven this morning.  The melting temp of stainless was a bench mark temp I am trying to hit.  A consumer grade infrared thermometer that is supposed to go to 3000 F said it was 300F.  Can’t use thermocouples due

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2021-11-22 Thread dmmoffett
Doesn’t metal in the microwave produce a lot of arcing? From: AF On Behalf Of Chuck McCown via AF Sent: Monday, November 22, 2021 3:51 PM To: af@af.afmug.com Cc: Chuck McCown Subject: [AFMUG] OT having fun I melted stainless steel in a consumer grade microwave oven this morning

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2021-11-22 Thread Nate Burke
wrote: Yes, very happy. And they said I would need a vacuum furnace... -Original Message- From: Robert Andrews Sent: Monday, November 22, 2021 1:58 PM To: af@af.afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT having fun Did you giggle like a mad scientist? On 11/22/21 12:51 PM, Chuck McCown via AF wrote

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2021-11-22 Thread Chuck McCown via AF
Yes, very happy. And they said I would need a vacuum furnace... -Original Message- From: Robert Andrews Sent: Monday, November 22, 2021 1:58 PM To: af@af.afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT having fun Did you giggle like a mad scientist? On 11/22/21 12:51 PM, Chuck McCown via AF wrote

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2021-11-22 Thread Robert Andrews
Did you giggle like a mad scientist? On 11/22/21 12:51 PM, Chuck McCown via AF wrote: I melted stainless steel in a consumer grade microwave oven this morning.  The melting temp of stainless was a bench mark temp I am trying to hit.  A consumer grade infrared thermometer that is supposed to

[AFMUG] OT having fun

2021-11-22 Thread Chuck McCown via AF
I melted stainless steel in a consumer grade microwave oven this morning. The melting temp of stainless was a bench mark temp I am trying to hit. A consumer grade infrared thermometer that is supposed to go to 3000 F said it was 300F. Can’t use thermocouples due to the high RF field inside.

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2020-03-19 Thread chuck
Liquidated the index fund (at least I have a pending order to sell at market). Moving it all to TSLA issuming TSLA is still low once the cash settles. -- AF mailing list AF@af.afmug.com http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com