Homebrew PCBs

--- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, Stephen Bartlett <tower.op@v...>
wrote:
> Might this be something that one would be advised to NOT dismantle, fire
> up on a breadboard, and see what happens??? Like cooking oneself, or
> inducing serious responses in one's implanted medical electronics (which
> I fortunately do not yet have)....
> 
> Steve Bartlett
> 
> Tony Smith wrote:
> ...
> 
> For anyone who has never dismantled a microwave, you get a little
> synchro
> motor,... and that big transformer.  The magnetron has a
> couple of big magnets - fun!  
> ...
> Tony

One other thing to be aware of is if any of the microwave ovens
used any Beryllium Oxide thermal mountings for the magnetron.  If
so, make sure you don't machine, grind, sand, etc. such a heat sink.

Dave