RCA CTC5 Special advice

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If you got a spark or two trying the filament weld, then a weld is still possible. I would
look further into trying to do a weld. I would consult welding books, and look at the
metal used in the filament, and check welding experts to see what current & voltages
they use, and stay under that and try it again. Forget what anyone here says, using
a charged capacitor to weld a filament is the way to go, but you need a good
understanding of the joul energy in the charge, and the knowledge if the
energy in an arc weld to pick a good cap, & voltage to make it work...
You know there are weld on dent pullers for auto body work that
make a nice spot weld on the body for dent pulls that can
easily be broken without deeply penetrating the body skin.
Somewhere you can find some good info on how to
get a better filament weld than just guessing on
cap size, & voltage.... This would be a good
project... No reason this can't be done.

Good Luck...


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