[time-nuts] Wenzel Oscillator Repair
Chuck Harris
cfharris at erols.com
Tue Jan 20 05:55:49 UTC 2009
John Miles wrote:
> I used a fiberglass-reinforced cutoff wheel. This can open practically
> anything, but it puts a lot of vibration and dust into the innards of
> whatever you're taking apart. My guess was that this was safer than using a
> torch.
I've repaired many "hermetically" sealed oscillators by unsoldering the
can with a torch. It works out just fine. You first make sure that you
can hold the can in something stationary...I use a vise.. and that you have
a good handle on the base, take the torch and apply it for a couple of
seconds, and zip it comes apart. None the worse for the wear.
-Chuck Harris
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