After my trip to Chicago and Madison, I then dealt with visiting relatives. That's all taken care of as of yesterday though, so I should hopefully have time to deal with Pro/jects
I received some cartridge heaters from Robotech (thanks!) and a die simulator from millennium-thermal (thanks!) and so I now need to drill a hole into the die sim and then insulate it. I will undoubtedly be asking for advice on this topic. I have never even drilled into copper before; how big of a PITA is it going to be to drill a long, straight hole into copper using just a hand drill? Maybe it is the perfect time to get a drill press...
My TBredB I bought to go onto the test bench has gone through a long and circuitous path. It is STILL en route. I was thinking that I might get a more consistent mating between the CPU and the pins on the socket if I filled them with dielectric grease. Does this make sense? I guess it doesn't matter too much as long as I never pull the CPU out of the socket when testing.
I also have been making some slight progress on a couple of other projects. Tonight I am going to probably rip into the AMS GTower to see if it will be suitable for something I am writing up currently...