[time-nuts] MTI 260-0624-D OCXO

[Bob Camp]

Hi

On an entirely different project, I happened to get diverted over to “ZVS modules”. 
They are the guts of an induction heater and are dirt cheap (as in less than the price
of the OCXO). More or less, it’s the 3’ rack cabinet from 1935 done as solid state for 
$10 to $50. 

If you had several parts to open, I suspect you could rig up a very nice custom “can opener”
for not a lot of money. 

I have no idea how well these modules work or if they need liquid nitrogen cooling to operate
for more than 100 ms. It does look interesting. 

Bob 

> On Feb 20, 2016, at 1:18 PM, dan at irtelemetrics.com wrote:
> 
> For anyone interested to know an induction heater, If you happen to have one laying around,
> works pretty well for opening these types of cans up. Properly placed you can heat the can
> melt the solder and not burn up any paper labels on the top of the can. If done carefully, they
> can be reassembled this way also.  
> My guess is even the cheap inductive cook tops would work for this.  
> Dan
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> I have read sometime ago and probably on this list a success stories
> about opening OCXOs using a hot air gun or even a propane torch, an
> x-acto knife and a stainless steel shim sheet to avoid the solder to do
> it stuff again when solidifying. Using this technique probably the can could be reused after repairing
> the part. 
> Ignacio EB4APL
> 
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