[ARC5] WHINK and crystals.

[J. Forster]

You do not want to run an ultrasonic cleaner dry.

You can safely fill the cleaner with water and put the cleaning solution
in a jar or ZipLok bag. The water transmits the ultrasound.

-John

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> On Thu, Jun 27, 2013 at 1:16 PM, Kenneth G. Gordon
> <kgordon2006 at frontier.com
>> wrote:
>
>> On 27 Jun 2013 at 10:22, Bob Moody wrote:
>>
>> > Dennis said, " You need to insure the solution has good access to both
>> sides without
>> > > masking off a part of any surface."
>> >
>> > So did you stir, shake or flip the xtal while it was soaking, or just
>> let it
>> > sit?
>>
>> I just let it sit. I was leery of agitating it enough to make it splash.
>>
>> > Maybe a tank with a bubbler to keep the xtal blank agitated?
>>
>> I have a bubbler. Good idea. I'll put that to work here.
>>
>> > Wonder how Bliley did it in the old days.......
>>
>> I dunno. Maybe someone on the ARC-5 list knows.
>>
>> Obviously, I need to make some improvements in my methods here. This was
>> a
>> first
>> experiment for me, and everything was done somewhat haphazardly. But it
>> worked.
>>
>> I am pleased at this first attempt.
>>
>> Ken W7EKB
>>
>
> How about using an ultrasonic cleaner?  Obviously you wouldn't put an HF
> solution directly in the pan, but if you left it dry and put the crystal
> and etching solution in a capped jar in the empty pan, would that work?
>
> Since these cleaners use piezo ceramic transducers to create the
> vibrations, it would be one piezo device etching another!
>
> Dave
> N9ZC
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