Roman wrote:
>Olin Lathrop wrote:
>>
>> > Hi Jinx, since I know you weld and are open
>> > to quirky ideas, how about "metalising" the
>> > ceramic surface by vaporising a copper wire
>> > close to it? Like the inside of a badly blown
>> > fuse, if you severely over-current a copper
>> > wire it gives a very nice copper film on anything
>> > near it.
>>
>> Wouldn't the copper oxidize rapidly as a high temperature vapor?  Aluminum
>> deposition for optical mirrors is done in a similar way, but in a vacuum.
>> That also helps with coverage.
>
>
>OK, so suggest a solution. Wouldn't the copper
>be deposited in a thick enough film to allow
>soldering? What about using a number of "flashes"
>or maybe just tinning the copper before it oxidises?
........


Unless Captain Jinx has a million of these, it might just be
better to scrub the mission, and get some already plated.

[I favor putting several 1000 end-to-end - back to belly - in
a big series arrangement like a battery, wiring the top and
bottom ends together, and hitting it with his acetylene torch,
to generate one big surge that vaporizes the entire bundle].

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