I'm short a single fresh copper gasket and of course when I tried to re-use an old gasket there was an unacceptable level of leakage.
As a short term fix could I add lead solder to fill in the grove from the knife edge on both sides?
Refresh Copper Gasket
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Garrett Young
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Re: Refresh Copper Gasket
You could try but any left over rosin is going to outgas like crazy. You can go down to the hardware store and get o-rings and put them in place of the conflat seals. Cheaper in the long run.
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richnormand
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Re: Refresh Copper Gasket
Depending on the status of your vacuum system: i.e. not 10^-11 and such....
I had good success by putting a smear of Apiezon M vacuum grease with gloves on old copper O-rings to fill the groove.
Lasted several years and reached < 10^-9 without issues on an ion pump.
Like everything, your mileage (km here) may vary...
I had good success by putting a smear of Apiezon M vacuum grease with gloves on old copper O-rings to fill the groove.
Lasted several years and reached < 10^-9 without issues on an ion pump.
Like everything, your mileage (km here) may vary...