Hi: If you want to de-solder the case, I have had success taking some #12 or #14 bare copper wire ( standard solid conductor house-wiring stripped of the PVC insulation ) and wrapping it tightly around the base just above the soldered junction. The wire is installed in my soldering gun just like a new soldering gun tip. Add just a little solder to help in heat transfer. Be careful as it will get really hot. I hold the top with a weird set of very long needle nose pliers. They are small enough that they don't act like much of a heatsink. You could fabricate one out of wood. They would be disposable. I hope this helps, Ron
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Paul Flinders Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2012 2:59 PM To: Tom Miller; Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement Subject: Re: [time-nuts] 5MHz ocxo On 25/07/12 22:27, Tom Miller wrote: > Can you post up a few pictures of the oscillator? > > There have been people that have opened these up and repaired them. If > you feel not up to it, why not see if someone on this group can help. > > Repairing it will eliminate a lot of searching. Pictures at http://www.wild-pc.co.uk/images/P1000981.jpg http://www.wild-pc.co.uk/images/P1000982.jpg http://www.wild-pc.co.uk/images/P1000983.jpg Apologies for slightly poor quality. It's fully soldered at the base - possibly wasn't done in one go but I suspect would all have to be heated to get it apart - I have an SMD style hot air gun but it couldn't tackle that job. If anyone is able to repair it I'd certainly be interested. _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there. _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
