At operating costs of 600 USD / hour a FIB machine is
probably not for
the avarage hobbyist.
And we wont go into space issues and the rather nasty chemicals that
are used in the FIB or in opening up plastic packages.
But of course, in a few years some nut is going to have one
operating in his garage for a lot less!
William Donzelli
aw288 at
osfn.org