[ARC5] ARC 5 AGC problem solved

[Mike Hanz]

David Stinson wrote:

> David Stinson wrote:
>
>> I did try to "hacksaw" right below the lid once,
>> but if I mounted the can with enough force to allow
>> the saw purchase, it "boogered" the can up, leaving
>> it scratched and dented....
>
>
> I just had an insight....
> If I can find a short piece of steel pipe
> that's inside diameter is about that of the outside
> of the caps, I could use it to hold the can in the vice
> without damage to the brass can itself.  That would allow
> me to hacksaw right below the lip of the can and seal it
> back with a glue bead.  hmmmmm..... 


Nope...steel will scratch cad plated brass every time.  Sorta 
paper-scissors-rock kinda thing.  You need a tube of delrin or nylon to 
grip it in.  If the outer diameter is greater than the lip of the 
capacitor, you can then use your tubing cutter (long side of the backing 
rollers on the delrin) to make the cut and avoid the shortening of the 
can that necessarily results from the typical .030" hacksaw blade width.

73,
Mike