nuckolls.bob(at)cox.net
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 Posted: Wed Nov 12, 2008 5:43 am Post subject: Solder as a structural material |
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At 02:51 PM 11/11/2008 -0800, you wrote:
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Hi Bob,
Those are pretty slick, smooth corners on that weeder box!
How any hours of sanding and filling the glass?
(just kidding, I see the solder)
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That's a really handy technique for either crafting
an enclosure that you need in a hurry . . . or some
odd sized enclosure that is not available as a catalog
item. About 30 years ago I wanted to build two transformers
for h.v. power supplies that needed to look like they came
from a factory. Our wire winding folks gave me a
core with a rat's nest of wires hanging off it. I built
a 5 sided potting form from .032 copper clad and solder,
brought the wire leads to turret terminals out the top,
built a fixture to hold threaded spacers in position
at the bottom opening while the potting compound set up.
After a few shots of paint, the end product came out
just like the boss ordered. We had an ECB shop so the
copper clad was on hand in a variety of thicknesses.
I sill keep sheets of it around in spite of the fact
that I'll never make another ECB myself!
Bob . . .
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( . . . a long habit of not thinking )
( a thing wrong, gives it a superficial )
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( -Thomas Paine 1776- )
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