[sudo-discuss] scanning electron microscope

[Jake]

sudoroom is being offered a scanning electron microscope (by Dr. X).

it comes with all the stuff and actually works, but it requires a bit of 
knowledge to operate it.  unfortunately Mr. X is not available to train us 
how to operate it, however Chris Murphy may be available and knows how it 
works.

It would take up about 30 square feet of space including the place where 
the operators sit or stand.  It is not computerized like the one at 
Pumping Station One, it is an analog machine.  Pictures can be taken at 
high resolution by long-exposure photo of the CRT on the front of the 
machine, or we can build an analog data importer to reconstruct images at 
much higher resolution if we desire.

The cash price of this SEM is $10 in gas and tolls, I will provide the 
vehicle and movement.  The rest of the price of the machine in blood and 
sacrifice is in the time and energy to learn its intricicies and 
idiosynchracies while learning about vacuum pumps and vacuum oil, and how 
not to let vacuum oil contaminate your vacuum and get all over your 
filament.

https://noisebridge.net/wiki/SEM

ironically, one of the reasons it doesn't work as well at noisebridge is 
because the whole place shakes when the city buses ride by.  and sudoroom 
is apparently directly over the bart tunnel so i wonder how different it 
will be.

-jake