[time-nuts] Wenzel Oscillator Repair
Ed Palmer
ed_palmer at sasktel.net
Tue Jan 20 02:55:43 UTC 2009
I'll keep that in mind. It might be just the trick to break the last
bit of the seal. But the case is so thick that I don't think 'light
pressure' will do the job! :-)
Ed
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> Ed,
>
> Here is something else to try after you've got as much solder as
> possible removed.
>
> Place about 1/2" of the end oscillator can in a bench vise and apply
> light pressure from corner to corner, cross wise. Then reverse the
> can 180 degrees and do it again. Obviously you don't want to crush
> anything, just enough pressure to slightly torque the joints. I've
> had good luck with this method on many different sealed items.
>
> Good Luck,
>
> Hadley
> K7MLR
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