[Milsurplus] [ARC5] Data plate warping fix ?

[hwhall@aol.com]

Ironing might work but when you've only one example to play with, you tend to be less adventurous with possible corrections. One problem, as I see it, is we don't really know what the material is, precisely, so we have less knowledge about how it will react to lots of heat, etc. Unless we have sacrificial copies to experiment with.

Wayne
WB4OGM

On Thursday, November 7, 2024 at 09:48:20 PM MST, Facility 406 <facility_406 at bruteforcedevelopment.com> wrote: 

On 11/7/2024 12:14, hwhall--- via Milsurplus wrote:
> I had some large circular dial plates that sound like they were the same material. I could flatten them after hot water soaking but they always curled back up before long, no matter how long I kept them under weights to flatten them.

What about ironing them, or similar?

Hot water, lay a sheet of aluminum over them, then run an iron over that to "re-set" them?

I've seen plenty with the issue, but never played with reversing the process.

Anyone else here part if the "SCARS" forum, Southern California Antique Radio Society?

I bet more than a few there have had to deal with the issue.

Groups.io page here:

https://groups.io/g/AntiqueRadios/

Kurt

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