Re: [time-nuts] insulation/packing material for OXO?

2006-12-16 Thread Normand Martel
--- Christopher Hoover <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: That's what i did... Years ago, i've got a japanese OCXO (i didn't know the brand, i just got the core..). I used an aluminum project box as external case and filled the empty space with styrofoam that i've cutted with an X-Acto / razor blade. O

Re: [time-nuts] insulation/packing material for OXO?

2006-12-16 Thread Dr Bruce Griffiths
Christopher Hoover wrote: > Folks - > > > > I've got several OXO's suffering from disintegrating insulation between the > can and core. The insulation in these OXO's is the greenish grayish foamy > stuff. It turns to dust over time. > > > > The two units I opened most recently also had mecha

Re: [time-nuts] insulation/packing material for OXO?

2006-12-16 Thread Poul-Henning Kamp
There are several good choices. Find a local company that does industrial insulation and visit them with a case of beer. -- Poul-Henning Kamp | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20 [EMAIL PROTECTED] | TCP/IP since RFC 956 FreeBSD committer | BSD since 4.3-tahoe Never attribute to

Re: [time-nuts] insulation/packing material for OXO?

2006-12-16 Thread Dr Bruce Griffiths
Christopher Hoover wrote: > Folks - > > > > I've got several OXO's suffering from disintegrating insulation between the > can and core. The insulation in these OXO's is the greenish grayish foamy > stuff. It turns to dust over time. > > > > The two units I opened most recently also had mecha

[time-nuts] insulation/packing material for OXO?

2006-12-16 Thread Christopher Hoover
Folks - I've got several OXO's suffering from disintegrating insulation between the can and core. The insulation in these OXO's is the greenish grayish foamy stuff. It turns to dust over time. The two units I opened most recently also had mechanical damage (broken crystal, broken solder