I haven't heard of that trick before, but it sounds interesting. What's
the wattage of your soldering gun?
Ed
On 7/25/2012 6:41 PM, Ron Ward wrote:
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: time-nuts-boun...@febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-boun...@febo.com] 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.
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