901 atomizer disassembly

[crazyhorse]

Originally Posted by mogur

What the hell is this foamy metal ? ? ?

No idea but if you ever decide you want to solder it with an iron, let me save you some time. Forget about it!

Great post, pics and drawing.

[mogur]

[kinabaloo]

mogur - Amazing work! An excellent resource

[surbitonPete]

I am think the wicking mesh material might be made in some sort of process that's similar to how metal slag is formed....where molten metal is poured into a liquid.

[kinabaloo]

Originally Posted by surbitonPete

I am think the wicking mesh material might be made in some sort of process that's similar to how metal slag is formed....where molten metal is poured into a liquid.

Interesting. Know what you mean; has that look. But it seems too uniformly random though. Maybe tiny bubbles of nitrogen released under a liquid on which it is setting?

Do we know what metal or alloy it is yet? Aluminium?

I've not yet looked at it very closely. Could it be one strand of wire that's be crocheted or something?

Whatever it is, I bet its something used elsewhere and reused here.

[surbitonPete]

close up of metal mesh..

(damn I still haven't worked out how you insert a big picture)

[surbitonPete]

http://lh3.ggpht.com/_4s6EjcVpC3c/Sg.../s512/mesh.jpg

hmm that doesn't put the pic in the post.

[mogur]

Originally Posted by surbitonPete

http://lh3.ggpht.com/_4s6EjcVpC3c/Sg.../s512/mesh.jpg

hmm that doesn't put the pic in the post.

click on the picture icon in your reply message (the twin peaks with a yellow background).

last page of cad...

crap, most of my registration marks showed up again, somehow. Screw it, I've spent enough time on this, how about a beer and some poker?

[surbitonPete]

I love all your cad drawings mogur...It would have taken me forever to have done those.

[mogur]

Originally Posted by surbitonPete

I love all your cad drawings mogur...It would have taken me forever to have done those.

Thank you. So, what is that metal mesh picture you posted. Looks very close to what I've seen. I just tried a piece on a super magnet and it is very slightly magnetic, which tends to confirm my suspicion that it is stainless steel. Alum wouldn't even begin to react with a magnet.