[sudo-discuss] scanning electron microscope

[Benjamin Lack]

It looks like it would be fine sitting in a garage for a few months, if so,
I have space.

Ben


On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 2:46 PM, Patrik D'haeseleer <patrikd at gmail.com>wrote:

> 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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>>> ryan.bethencourt at gmail.com
>>>
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