11 Mar
2023
11 Mar
'23
12:26 p.m.
On 3/11/23 11:51, John Herron via cctalk wrote:
Maybe a dumb question but would an easy bake oven be a
good device or are
they not good at holding temp control?
No--you really need good temperature control for two reasons (at least
in my experience):
1. Magnetic media on a mylar substrate doesn't have much thermal
inertia, unlike a PCB. So when the temperature goes way above set
point, it can do damage. Recall that you're working with plastics.
2. You're walking a fine line on temperature. Much higher, and the
medium could be damaged, but too low and baking does little good.
Check with the tapeheads people--the audio tape fraternity does a lot of
this sort of thing.
--Chuck