[sudo-discuss] scanning electron microscope

Tue Jun 11 15:14:38 PDT 2013

Thanks Jake, It looks like we may have to rent a uhaul truck to move it as
it looks large?

Sounds like Ben has a place for us to store it and we have another Counter
Culture labs co-founder/member (Shanee) who knows how to use it and said
she could teach us :)

On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 3:10 PM, Benjamin Lack <benlack at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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