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Originally Posted by Steve D.
Great effort. Kudos to Scotty, John Folsom, Pete Deksnis and all who participated. I agree with Mark, that each attempt just moves us closer to success.
-Steve D.
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And let me add Bob Galanter, whose deep working knowledge of micro-type spot-welding and stuff I can't conceive of adds so much to this effort. At one point, Bob's procedural modifications to a process were embraced and adopted by Scotty.
Good point Sandy G. Scotty suspects that we see so many extra welds on the necks of 15GP22's because of rework during initial manufacturing rather than from rebuilding later.
Here's a shot of Scotty and Bob with John's 15GP22 being prepared for baking and evacuation. You can see the ill-fated evacuation tube extending from the bottom of the 15GP22. On the right there's a 19VP22 being rebuilt; this is the second one Scotty has done, and it was a successful rebuild.
Pete