Re: core matt repair

2021-07-21 Thread Paul Koning via cctalk
> On Jul 21, 2021, at 3:20 PM, Jules Richardson via cctalk > wrote: > > On 7/21/21 9:32 AM, Tom Hunter via cctalk wrote: >> Hi Jos, >> Resoldered how? >> The wires are _very_ thin (I guess 0.1 mm or thinner - think of human hair) > > It's not at all scientific, but I took a photo via a loupe

Re: core matt repair

2021-07-21 Thread Jules Richardson via cctalk
On 7/21/21 9:32 AM, Tom Hunter via cctalk wrote: Hi Jos, Resoldered how? The wires are _very_ thin (I guess 0.1 mm or thinner - think of human hair) It's not at all scientific, but I took a photo via a loupe of one of my core boards with a cat hair over the top a couple of years ago, and the

Re: core matt repair

2021-07-21 Thread jos via cctalk
On 21.07.21 16:32, Tom Hunter via cctalk wrote: Hi Jos, Resoldered how? These joints are located above the core-mat. I just used my tiniest tip to reheat, no solder added. These joints were not broken, just highohmic,  several  100 Ohms . I am still wondering what the exact failure was. I

Re: core matt repair

2021-07-21 Thread Tom Hunter via cctalk
Hi Jos, Resoldered how? The wires are _very_ thin (I guess 0.1 mm or thinner - think of human hair) and they are covered with some form of high-temperature lacquer which you would have to remove first. Also the dimensions of all this stuff is _tiny_. There is just no space to poke anything in to

Re: core matt repair

2021-07-21 Thread Paul Koning via cctalk
> On Jul 20, 2021, at 8:15 PM, Brent Hilpert via cctech > wrote: > > ... > The development of 3-wire topologies over 4-wire would have helped > automation, or reduced manual effort, considerably. For stringing, the really > awkward aspect of the original 4-wire topology was the sense wire t

Re: core matt repair

2021-07-21 Thread Paul Koning via cctalk
> On Jul 20, 2021, at 10:04 PM, John Foust via cctalk > wrote: > > At 12:13 PM 7/20/2021, pspan via cctalk wrote: >> I worked at a company called DMA located in Amery Wisconsin during the 80's >> and 90's that did do core mat repair. > > And why were they in Amery, WI - a very small town?

Re: core matt repair

2021-07-21 Thread John Foust via cctalk
At 12:13 PM 7/20/2021, pspan via cctalk wrote: >I worked at a company called DMA located in Amery Wisconsin during the 80's >and 90's that did do core mat repair. And why were they in Amery, WI - a very small town? - John

Re: core matt repair

2021-07-20 Thread jim stephens via cctalk
On 7/20/2021 10:13 AM, pspan via cctech wrote: I worked at a company called DMA located in Amery Wisconsin during the 80's and 90's that did do core mat repair. Yes, the gal that did the work used a scope. She replaced cores and wires. Good luck finding someone to do that work now. If I reme

Re: core matt repair

2021-07-20 Thread jos via cctalk
On 21.07.21 02:15, Brent Hilpert via cctalk wrote: In general comment to the topic, I have seen planar arrays ("mats") with some number of randomly-situated wire splices in them. These splices are in the gaps between bit arrays, not interior to a bit array (there isn't enough space between cor

Re: core matt repair

2021-07-20 Thread Brent Hilpert via cctalk
On 2021-Jul-20, at 4:04 PM, Jules Richardson via cctech wrote: > On 7/20/21 12:13 PM, pspan via cctech wrote: >> I worked at a company called DMA located in Amery Wisconsin during the 80's >> and 90's that did do core mat repair. Yes, the gal that did the work used a >> scope. She replaced cores

Re: core matt repair

2021-07-20 Thread Jules Richardson via cctalk
On 7/20/21 12:13 PM, pspan via cctech wrote: I worked at a company called DMA located in Amery Wisconsin during the 80's and 90's that did do core mat repair. Yes, the gal that did the work used a scope. She replaced cores and wires. Good luck finding someone to do that work now. If I remember

Re: core matt repair

2021-07-20 Thread pspan via cctalk
I worked at a company called DMA located in Amery Wisconsin during the 80's and 90's that did do core mat repair. Yes, the gal that did the work used a scope. She replaced cores and wires. Good luck finding someone to do that work now. If I remember the process, first the mat was removed from t