Hi Dave,

> I'm doing that here!
> (E-Z-Bake@egroups.com?)

Couldn't find that on Egroups. Is there a typo ?

> Do you have a top element? I put a piece of foil in mine, to keep the
> direct IR off the board, which seems to help a lot. I'm not toasting any
> boards :)

Many of my carbon-epoxy lifeforms are semi-intentional. All part of
experimenting with the elements and measuring/observing.
The foil is a good idea. I had a play with using an empty element
former between the board and the element but it negated the advantage
of the faster toaster element. The foil might be a good compromise.

I'm using the top element mounted on an angle to compensate for the
uneven windings. At least, that's where I got up to before it got put
to one side.

IMHO, it's worth getting a toaster just to pull the element formers
out. They are really useful for the heat gun method as well as
resting all sorts of hot things on.

Steve.
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