Old vintage pots, where's the mojo?

[glasman]

[Let the Voodoo Begin..

Tony

[talbany]

Gary
Crack me up!!

Pass the Doobie..

[Structo]

Callaham Guitar Parts is also a proponent of cryogenics in their pickup line.

http://www.callahamguitars.com/cryo_pu.htm

I remember some local guys to me that experimented with cryo treated gun barrels and they said they got tighter groups with their treated barrels.

[ToneMerc]

Callaham Guitar Parts is also a proponent of cryogenics in their pickup line.

http://www.callahamguitars.com/cryo_pu.htm

I remember some local guys to me that experimented with cryo treated gun barrels and they said they got tighter groups with their treated barrels.

Tom, I cryo'd everything from subguns, short & 1000 yard benchrest rifles to various sniper rifle actions that could fit in the chamber. I just never recorded enough results to prove that it really was a tangible improvement in accuracy. On the contrary, I had this one sniper rifle that the first clean cold bore shot you could call and it would group just like the next 3-4 unless you where shooting through glass. After cryo treating that rifle was never the same, I eventually rebarreled it. Other claims was that that it increased barrel life and that the barrel was easier to clean....voodoo.

On ocassions I still will use a treated barrel blank, there's even debate on whether the barrel should be treated before or after chambering.

TM

[ToneMerc]

Let the Voodoo Begin..

Tony

Tony if anything bothers me about the marketing of the process it's pitched as though it has the same effect on all items that are treated.

TM

[brentm]

Could a transformer survive the process??? Aren't they wire, paper and goop??? I just wonder if the non metal components would come out damaged or in worse shape than before..

[ToneMerc]

Could a transformer survive the process??? Aren't they wire, paper and goop??? I just wonder if the non metal components would come out damaged or in worse shape than before..

I don't see why it wouldn't survive as it's a relative dry process. Although I remember one company that ran quite a few ads in the gun magazines in the late 90's that wasn't so. Come to find out they a used a homemade device consisting of a large freezer and a liquid nitrogen sprayer. This company was literally spraying liquid nitrogen down the bore which checked the surface causing it to appear like alligator hide when you viewed it using a borescope. They damaged so many rifle barrels that they eventually filed for bankrupty protection.

TM

[brentm]

Could a transformer survive the process??? Aren't they wire, paper and goop??? I just wonder if the non metal components would come out damaged or in worse shape than before..

I don't see why it wouldn't survive as it's a relative dry process. Although I remember one company that ran quite a few ads in the gun magazines in the late 90's that wasn't so. Come to find out they a used a homemade device consisting of a large freezer and a liquid nitrogen sprayer. This company was literally spraying liquid nitrogen down the bore which checked the surface causing it to appear like alligator hide when you viewed it using a borescope. They damaged so many rifle barrels that they eventually filed for bankrupty protection.

TM

Dang! I don't know what the process really is. I did some work at Cryo Cell which freezes cord blood for long term storage.. Looks super expensive to do it right; to freeze cells without damaging them.... i don't know what the process looks like, but I guess if you can freeze human cells and thaw them out, why not anything else???

[glasman]

Gary
Crack me up!!

Pass the Doobie..

Sometimes this place gets SOOOOOO serious.

[Structo]

Hey!
Pass it over here!

[lovetone]

Does anyone know where I can find the original data sheet for the vintage 30% pots?

Thanks

Geoff

[Mark]

The question that remains to be asked, after all the talk will an order for 30% taper pots go through and who is interested?

[lovetone]

I will be interested, i need the data sheet so i can pass it on to a company in the U.K. so i can get a quote over here for manufacture.

[Mark]

I imagine CTS would have that info stored somewhere. Have you tried contacting them?

Fender might have something, but I'd imagine that it would have been junked ages ago. Another option is to get them to copy an existing pot.

[lovetone]

Truthfully I’ve not tried any where as yet, I thought I’d ask here first as one of the members may have it. The company has said that they will test and analyse an old pot so that might be the best solution..

I have the following to send

250K Audio 1377652 021857 250K AUD

1M Audio 1377643 021835 1MEG AUD

Are these the correct type ?