[time-nuts] Bye-Bye Crystals

jimlux jimlux at earthlink.net
Mon Mar 13 20:48:54 UTC 2017


On 3/13/17 8:01 AM, Adrian Godwin wrote:
> The article mentions that the business started in his father's garage.
>
> What minimal equipment would you need to make your own crystals ?
>
Lapping compound and a hunk of glass/polished granite?
You can probably buy blanks that are approximately the right size and 
with the correct cut.
If not, you'll need the appropriate saw and jigs and a source of quartz

A supply of crystal holders, and the technology to seal them (welding 
these days, I would imagine)


the actual mechanics is probably less of a challenge than establishing 
the supply chains.

For a "one off", it would be pretty easy.


>
> On Mon, Mar 13, 2017 at 2:11 PM, Van Horn, David <
> david.vanhorn at backcountryaccess.com> wrote:
>
>>
>> Probably true for many things.   My current design has six crystals, and
>> exactly none of them could be replaced by an oscillator module.
>> Power and space considerations mostly.
>>
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