[time-nuts] Thermal insulation choice?

David davidwhess at gmail.com
Sat Jan 7 01:14:36 UTC 2012


On Fri, 6 Jan 2012 19:08:18 -0500, Joe Gwinn <joegwinn at comcast.net>
wrote:

>At 10:15 PM +0000 1/6/12, time-nuts-request at febo.com wrote:
>>Date: Fri, 06 Jan 2012 14:41:13 -0600
>>From: David <davidwhess at gmail.com>
>>To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement
>>	<time-nuts at febo.com>
>>Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Thermal insulation choice?
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>>I completely forgot about those two.  [Balsa wood and foam-in=place 
>>urethane foam]
>>
>>I have a good local hobby shop
>>with large pieces of balsa wood but I suspect it would be more
>>expensive than good quality expanded polystyrene bead sheet.  I will
>>have to check out foam board next time.  Both would be more difficult
>>to cut without a hot wire knife.
>
>Balsa wood cuts very easily with a sharp knife, glues very well with 
>carpenters' glue, and will not degrade over time.
>
>Joe Gwinn

My fault there.  I meant "with" obviously and my spell checker does
not check logic. :)

A hot wire knife makes it easy to cut and shape irregular curves and
surfaces without being inundated with sanding debris.




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