Pick up a few sticks of ChipQuik and mix it in with a good iron. Then, you
may do just what you say. It should melt below about 95°C.
A good hot air heat gun would most likely do the trick. Maybe use some
solder wick first to lower the amount of tin/lead solder. Then add the
chipquik.
You might also just solder a tab on the bottom then you could clamp the top
in a leather jawed vise. Hit it with a hot air gun while pulling on the base
tab.
Tom
----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul Flinders" <[email protected]>
To: "Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement"
<[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2012 2:20 PM
Subject: Re: [time-nuts] 5MHz ocxo- Opening Solder sealed cans
On 26/07/12 17:49, Tom Miller wrote:
Hi Bob,
Did you look at his pictures of the oscillator? I think the base will
need to be secured and the top pulled off. This is different from most
of the OCXOs I have seen.
I'm somewhat tempted to try putting the bottom in the vice, heating the
whole seam with a hot air gun and trying to pull the case off (with a
heavy leather glove on one hand).
We're having what we laughably call summer in the UK - it's not hot in
any absolute sense (mid-high 20's Celsius) but the humidity after
several week's rain makes it *feel* as though I just have to get the
case a few degrees above ambient and the solder will melt with ease :-)
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