when baking it the tube literally burned a bit (or well some burn spots can be seen)
Did not like it at first, yet now it is very handy to be able to tell the spots of cells in the tube thus what springs are carrying the power.
I have put two 30Q bt cells in and will run them down, as fast as possible without letting the Q8 get too hot. So on turbo till stepdown, cool down and rinse and repeat.
When done, the other two 30Qs also. Let’s see how the springs react to this.
Baking went different, my experiences with:
type II, place them on flames and within minutes see color change
HA3, place on flames, waiting for a looooong time to see a change to olive drab
Q8 it took ages before the color change started, much longer as on the Konos X5, I was really bummed about it, fearing for olive drab.
But slowly and slowly it changed, I wanted to see how far it would go.
After 20 minutes the colors starting changing good, specially on the tailcap
Then the storm hit and I had other things on my mind, one of the things was that the Q8 parts were wet from leaking.
When I had protected the young olive tree, got the stuff away from the leaking indoor waterfall and placed containers to catch the water still dripping like crazy I returned to the stove
Now after about 30 minutes the tailcap was nice grey, the head brownish and the tube a bit coppery.
Did not go further then these colors, let it cool, cleaned the parts and put it back, only to see it working, relief.
For now I leave it, for the point is made, nice colors are possible, but use the oven for it takes a long time and flames just don’t cut it and deliver the heat at too small a point on the big head.
And for those who love the flats to align, my Q8 works with the flats of the tube aligned with the head.
Neat I must say, and it gives a twisty interface for a fraction tighter (the normal max tightening) bumps the output (so it can be sued aligned but loses some output, it is just before the physical lockout point)