ebait acquisition, output tx

[Reeltarded]

haha!

Sunlight in hot weather will make that thing ooey gooey too.

Yum. Whatsfordinner?

[Leo_Gnardo]

Sunlight in hot weather will make that thing ooey gooey too.

Maybe, if you have a BIG magnifying glass. Better wear welder's goggles.

I'll bet HRH H.A.D. never does krazy things like this. What fun he's missing!

[Blackburn]

Or does he???

[Phil_S]

Leo,
What you describe could be done, but for what end? I think it is too much work for too little results and possibly ruining it. Besides, this is a $12 tx. I can't possibly justify the cost of a $5.99 hibachi just to depot it! I think I want to try to mount some brackets on the can. If it is a hard wax, I should be able to drill it or use self tapping screws, which will hold against the metal can. Am I making sense of this?

Does the cardboard on the bottom serve any functional purpose? I ruined it when I peeled it. AFAIK, it had to be done. It looks like it is just there to cover the wax and if the wax melted, it would hardly stop it. I can't imagine it is insulation.

Phil

[xtian]

Phil, why don't you fashion a clamp for this thing, just like the ones we use for can capacitors? It will have to be bigger and sturdier, obviously, but no reason it couldn't be made to hold a henway* in place.


* What's a henway? Oh, about eight or nine pounds.

[Phil_S]

Now that's an interesting idea. Here's another. I can stick the angle iron to the case with some epoxy putty and then clamp it. -- I just got a small amount at the auto parts store (body repairs stuff) to fix something else and it is surprisingly sticky until it sets. Then it is hard enough to machine.

I fixed my Keller dovetail jig with it. I had a bit wander onto the phenolic guide and remove some where it shouldn't have. I was surprised how well it turned out.

[Leo_Gnardo]

I can stick the angle iron to the case with some epoxy putty and then clamp it. -- I just got a small amount at the auto parts store (body repairs stuff) to fix something else and it is surprisingly sticky until it sets. Then it is hard enough to machine.

Might do. I wouldn't go sticking screws through the shell. Murphy's law ya know. If you want to get extra funky a big hose clamp might do the trick. Also wouldn't worry about the cardboard cover, it's history anyway.

[Phil_S]

I'll consider the epoxy solution. I think a thin layer will do it. I agree about holes being a bad idea.

FWIW, my original test for turns was done with the CT and one outer
It seems this is 6300: 2/4/8/250. This time I stuck tape on the leads, which all look the same. Oh well. 16z would be nice. 6300 primary z makes a whole lot more sense to me -- maybe for a pair of cathode biased 6L6's. By the size of it, I'm thinking 25-30W is the limit.

I ordered an assortment of heat shrink (from China ) but what can one do when they will send a dozen 1M pieces in 6 colors for under $5. I pay $1-$2 for one piece in the store. I'll have to wait 2 weeks for it to show up in the mail.

Time is on my side. I generally don't build amps in the summer. This is when I can get outside to do cab work. I don't have an inside room to make sawdust.

[rdjones]

Now that's an interesting idea. Here's another. I can stick the angle iron to the case with some epoxy putty and then clamp it. -- I just got a small amount at the auto parts store (body repairs stuff) to fix something else and it is surprisingly sticky until it sets. Then it is hard enough to machine.

I fixed my Keller dovetail jig with it. I had a bit wander onto the phenolic guide and remove some where it shouldn't have. I was surprised how well it turned out.

I was thinking some perf strap, you know, the underdash CB/8 track universal mounting system.

[vibratoking]

I am sure there are a thousand ways to operate on that transformer. I would be tempted to put it back on ebay or pitch it in the trash. I know many of us love old iron, but at some point it ain't worth the effort.

[shoggoth]

You could double-pot it - get a slightly larger metal case around it that has mounting tabs, and fill it with epoxy.

[Structo]

When I was a kid, the next town over had a rail yard. All the kids used to frequently frolick together on the 'white mountains'. Those white mountains were huge piles of asbestos, which I'm not afraid of either.

The problem with exposure to Asbestos (inhaling it), is that it can take up to 30 years for problems to surface.

I have dealt with it many times in the Plaster trade.
From older 20th century and before boiler rooms, where they wrapped all the pipes with it, to siding on old homes, to ships plumbing, etc.
They used it everywhere.

I'm sure I have breathed in a ton of that stuff.

Mesothelioma (cancer of the lung lining) is a disease caused by Asbestos that will kill you.

We used to throw handfuls of it into stucco mix. Wheeeeee!

Also, any popcorn type ceiling material installed before around 1978 has Asbestos in it.

If you smoke, you have a 30% greater risk to develop lung cancer from it.

The thing that bothers me is the companies that mined it knew it was a lethal substance since the 1930's.

Speech over...