I'm refering to that thing sticking up as a block. Its more of a heating element or little hot plate with a hole in the side for a thermometer. It seems to be made of metal, its not attracted to a magnet and there seems to be a heating element in it. The paint is coming off in some places and it looks like aluminum underneath. I've seen professional versions which are similar. If you don't have any little cover plates (like the ones for microscope slides) you could probably use aluminum foil in place of them. Here's something that's similar. http://www.chem.yorku.ca/profs/hempsted/chemed/equipment/melt.html (http://www.chem.yorku.ca/profs/hempsted/chemed/equipment/melt.html)
http://www.geocities.com/dritte123/PSPF.html
The hardest thing to explain is the obvious
I wonder if there are some plans somewhere or a patent to look at.
http://www.acp.edu/facultystaff/genchem/GC1/lab/labtech/melt/melt.htm (http://www.acp.edu/facultystaff/genchem/GC1/lab/labtech/melt/melt.htm)
http://www.geocities.com/dritte123/PSPF.html
The hardest thing to explain is the obvious
how to build a pyrometer can be found here:
http://www.metalwebnews.com/howto/optpyro.html (http://www.metalwebnews.com/howto/optpyro.html)
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The pictures stopped showing up. Let's try this.
http://community.webshots.com/photo/28091044/37757350yqJMAJ (http://community.webshots.com/photo/28091044/37757350yqJMAJ)
http://community.webshots.com/photo/28091044/37757442haNnbw (http://community.webshots.com/photo/28091044/37757442haNnbw)
http://www.geocities.com/dritte123/PSPF.html
The hardest thing to explain is the obvious