Jonathan,

We had a element terminal made up at our campus machine shop. I 
purchased the Macor myself, then just gave the old one to the 
machinist. It's not that complicated for someone competent, and 
didn't cost much at all.

Paul Eby
University of Victoria

At 10:20 AM 27/11/2007, you wrote:
>Does anyone know of a supplier for the white ceramic (Macor) 2-piece 
>collar and
>associated aluminum pieces and power lead insulator to the heating element of
>the TCEA furnace? Mine have been re-used several times now and are about shot,
>and Thermo will only sell complete furnaces for over $5k. I've made some
>inquiries with no luck yet. I'm sure having custom one-offs made would be very
>expensive--hopefully these are in bulk somewhere. Thanks,
>Jon
>
>Jonathan D. Karr, PhD
>Technical Director, Duke enVironmental stable Isotope Laboratory (DEVIL)
>3322 French Family Science Center
>Science Drive
>Durham, NC 27708-0340
>919-660-7418