[time-nuts] FTS-1000A Oscillator - Oven mod
n2lym
n2lym at optonline.net
Thu Oct 27 03:01:56 EDT 2016
Kapton tape.
On Thu, Oct 27, 2016 at 12:15 AM, Ed Palmer wrote:
> I recently bought an unused FTS-1000A Oscillator.
>
> My previous experience and Christopher Hoover's recent experience
> warned me that with time and heat, the red rubber blanket that
> surrounds the oven will bond the oven assembly to the Dewar flask. It
> occurred to me that this is the perfect time to wrap something around
> the rubber blanket to stop it from bonding to the Dewar. After
> thinking about it for a while, the best idea I can come up with is a
> simple layer of acid-free paper. The temperature isn't high enough to
> bother the paper and it shouldn't bond to the glass at all.
>
> Any thoughts or suggestions on this?
>
> Ed
>
> P.S. I have opened the unit and the oven slid out of the Dewar with
> very little coaxing, so it really does appear to be an unused unit.
>
>
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