Re: new member
Hello Albert Glad to have you join us How large is the glass from the cat. tubes and how thick? Because the light dosen't go thru the type of glass is less important than how stable it is. It's been a
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RON WHITE
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new member
Hi friends, I am glad to faind a groop dedicated to the vacuum technology. I live in Argentina, and my english is not very good, I hope you scuse my errors. My main activity is the rebuilding of
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teveotron
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Re: Transformers for evaporation and glow discharge.
-Hi Jeon The Best (cheapest :>) Glow Discharge transformers are from Neon signs you can find these on e-Bay for little money I have one 9000v - 35 ma and it seems to work fine. I use a welder to heat
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RON WHITE
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Re: Transformers for evaporation and glow discharge.
Maybe your best bet would be to purchase a small 110 Volt arc welding unit. They have variable outputs and will certainly zap any material you might want to coat. Although the manufactures don't
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Transformers for evaporation and glow discharge.
Hi, friends I'm starting to build the Vacuum deposition system just with a CVC diffusion pump and a Edwards pump. Right now , I'm looking for transformers for evaporation and glow discharge, but
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Jongmin Jeon
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Re: Vacuum chamber
Hi KenHere is half way between New York and Boston . Farmington ConnecticutI'm still chasing down leaks in my tank / setup.Most of the plumbing is cool The tank gasket has been a bit of a challenge
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RON WHITE
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Re: Slow going
I understand entirely... All my goodies are in storage somewhere in Amarillo... I'm at the Days Inn and I can relate to the money thing too! Ken
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Ken Hunter <atm_ken_hunter@...>
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Slow going
Hi all, I'm still kicking but work has been at a standstill on my chamber. I'm relocating my shop is my excuse. (That and money). Les
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paladinironworks <PIW@...>
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Re: Amarillo
Hi Ron, Where is here? Do you have any photo's of your chamber? Put some in the group area and I'll post one as the home page photo! Ken Hunter
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Ken Hunter <atm_ken_hunter@...>
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Re: Amarillo
Hi Ken God I hate moving When Joanne and I moved here she was in the hospital having babies way to soon. Thank God for lots of friends and family including my father in law who broke his foot for his
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RON WHITE
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Amarillo
Hello guys... Rose and I made it to Amarillo OK, Were staying at the Day's Inn until we can find something to call home (with a BIG workshop of course!)... Don't see much activity on the group these
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Ken Hunter <atm_ken_hunter@...>
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Re: Repair of old Gast vacuum pump
You bet!! I just used google to find out what there is available for information at they suggest using a Gast solvent ##### (!). It may be useful to access the website and to contact your closest
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Darald Bantel <dbantel@...>
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Re: Repair of old Gast vacuum pump
The pump label specifically warns against the use of any oil lubricants; wouldn't this include diesel? Grant
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grantfair2001 <grant.fair@...>
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Re: Repair of old Gast vacuum pump
Try 3/4 gallon of diesel with 1 qt of ATF mixed in. The brake Kleen could be used after this. The diesel mix is a very low viscosity lubricant. You could try the diesel mix first and then see how the
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Darald Bantel <dbantel@...>
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Re: Repair of old Gast vacuum pump
I phoned a local vacuum pump firm and asked about a solvent to flush a vacuum pump with carbon vanes. (The pump suggests Loctite Saftey Solvent which doesn't seem to be made anymore). The lady I spoke
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grantfair2001 <grant.fair@...>
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Re: Repair of old Gast vacuum pump
Thanks for the advice. The motor recommends flushing with a Loctite fluid as well as mentioning some other things which may be banned by now. I will check further. Grant
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grantfair2001 <grant.fair@...>
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Re: Repair of old Gast vacuum pump
Greetings I am currently working on a vacuum truck and every 8 to 10 running hours I flush the pump with a 3:1 mixture of diesel and ATF oil. The ratio could be different in your application because I
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Darald Bantel <dbantel@...>
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Re: Repair of old Gast vacuum pump
Thanks Ken - They did not have any Gast kits, are the names they use "generic"? And if those are cheap prices, what are the expensive ones like? <g> Anyway, my pump inexplicably started pumping more
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grantfair2001 <grant.fair@...>
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Re: Repair of old Gast vacuum pump
Hi Darald - thanks for the reply, it is helpful. For reasons unknown, the Gast pump started putting out lots of air recently. It has been running non-stop for several days so maybe something wore into
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grantfair2001 <grant.fair@...>
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Old Kinney Vacuum Coater
My project is the gradual restoration of an old, (~1960 I'm guessing) Kinney vacuum coater, (Type SC-3). The system is based on a 2" diffusion pump, 12" dia X 12" tall bell jar, and a Sargent-Welch
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jolennes
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