[sudo-discuss] scanning electron microscope

[Patrik D'haeseleer]

That would be excellent!

Here's the user manual with all the specs:

https://www.noisebridge.net/images/c/c7/ISI_Mini-TV_SEM_Manual-Troubleshooting-Reference_Guide.pdf

It's a desktop machine, so doesn't necessarily take up any more space than
some bio equipment. Wonder how easy it would be to DIY a gold sputterer...

Patrik

On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 1:15 PM, Jake <jake at spaz.org> wrote:

> I'm sure that Dr. X would be very pleased if it went to Counter Culture
> Labs.  He just wants it to be understood and appreciated, rather than
> sitting neglected.  CCL should hurry up and buy the church building before
> the price goes up on it, and I can help transport it.
>
> It is basically an equipment rack and a cart of accessories, so it doesn't
> take up a ton of room.  But it's good to be able to set the microscope and
> vacuum pump on different structures so that the vibration of the pump
> doesn't shake the scope.  Also, to take higher resolution pictures it will
> be necessary to construct an analog data importer but that will likely just
> be a computer with a slightly modified sound card and some software.
>
> keep in mind that to view organic (nonmetallic) things you will need a
> gold sputterer.
>
> -jake
>
>
> On Tue, 11 Jun 2013, Ryan Bethencourt wrote:
>
>  Hi Jake,
>> I'd be very happy to help transport the scanning electron microscope and
>> if
>> it can't fit into Sudo Room, I'd also love to float the idea of
>> potentially
>> housing it at Counter Culture Labs (the Sudo room DIY Bio offshoot) when
>> we
>> eventually open up. Any thoughts?
>>
>> How big is the SEM (I know some of them can be huge which might prohibit
>> location)?
>>
>> All the best,
>> Ryan
>>
>> Best,
>> Ryan
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Jun 9, 2013 at 6:33 PM, Jake <jake at spaz.org> wrote:
>>       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<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
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>>
>> --
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>>
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