From: Michael A. Terrell on

Spehro Pefhany wrote:
>
> On Wed, 14 Apr 2010 19:18:58 -0700, the renowned "Artemus"
> <bogus(a)invalid.org> wrote:
>
> >
> >"john" <conphiloso(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message
> >news:4c51e874-8163-489e-bf51-6613e5ecd2ea(a)v13g2000vbf.googlegroups.com...
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> Can anyone recommed an affordable Lab. oven to test the printed
> >> circuit boards in different temparature ranges. I am also trying to
> >> encapsulate the printed circuit boards into thermal conductive epoxy
> >> and heat the board for atleast an hour to dry the epoxy.
> >>
> >> Thanks
> >> John
> >
> >Where are you? I'm in the Portland OR area.
> >I have an American Scientific DX-60 oven I don't need and will sell
> >reasonably cheap. Room to 300�C (no cooling). Inside dimensions
> >23"w x 19"h x 20"d. 120V 60Hz.
> >Art
> ^^^^^^^^^
> This is an important thing to check.. many of the larger ones you
> might get cheap on eBay require 3-phase power, so check the voltage
> and type of power required, and the current rating. The one I bought
> recently uses 3-phase 208 and we had to run a new circuit for it ($$#$
> industrial elecricians seem to charge by the phase).


I got a call today from a company that just moved into a bigger
biuilding. The old location had both three phase and single. Some of
their tools are 240 V, and the new location only has 208 ephase on the
production floor. The couple 240 V tools run, but don't ave enough
torque to do what they used to breeze through. I'm going to have to
find some boost transformers, or run single phase from the office area.


--
Lead free solder is Belgium's version of 'Hold my beer and watch this!'
From: PovTruffe on
"john" <conphiloso(a)hotmail.com> a �crit :
> Can anyone recommed an affordable Lab. oven to test the printed
> circuit boards in different temparature ranges. I am also trying to
> encapsulate the printed circuit boards into thermal conductive epoxy
> and heat the board for atleast an hour to dry the epoxy.

For curing epoxy I built a very cheap oven with extruded polystyrene foam
covered with mylar sheets inside (aluminium sheet could also be used).
Heating source was a simple incandescent bulb. Plus a cheap digital
thermometer purchased on Ebay. The oven could reach about 90-95�C
with a 100W (or 75W dont remember) lamp.


From: Billyb97113 on
"Artemus" <bogus(a)invalid.org> wrote in message
news:hq5t3o$vtm$1(a)news.eternal-september.org...
>
> "john" <conphiloso(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:4c51e874-8163-489e-bf51-6613e5ecd2ea(a)v13g2000vbf.googlegroups.com...
>> Hi,
>>
>> Can anyone recommed an affordable Lab. oven to test the printed
>> circuit boards in different temparature ranges. I am also trying to
>> encapsulate the printed circuit boards into thermal conductive epoxy
>> and heat the board for atleast an hour to dry the epoxy.
>>
>> Thanks
>> John
>
> Where are you? I'm in the Portland OR area.
> I have an American Scientific DX-60 oven I don't need and will sell
> reasonably cheap. Room to 300�C (no cooling). Inside dimensions
> 23"w x 19"h x 20"d. 120V 60Hz.
> Art

Art - I am also in the Portland, OR area and am interested in what you have.
Please contact me at bill(a)squires.com.

Thanks -bill