This is hilarious. Congratulations. What will you be
investigating with your electron microscope? Be sure
to also take some sort of microtome; otherwise you won't
be able to use the microscope. If I had been offered this,
I would probably have passed it (may be on to some
museum.) In my opinion, for a hobbyist, an electron
raster microscope is much more exciting, and smaller
too.
-Gunther
John Foust wrote:
I've got a lead on a full and working electron
microscope.
It's on-topic because it's old and has some sort of
computerized digitizing unit. :-)
The console is 41" x 43" and weighs about 300 pounds.
The column is 33" x 33" and weighs about 1,200 pounds.
It'll suck at least 20 amps so I may need to wire
its own circuit.
It's wrapped and probably palleted at the pickup location.
They have a hand-fork to roll it to the loading dock.
I've lined up a big Diesel stake (flat-bed) truck.
It'll be about a 2-3 hour drive. We've got straps,
boards, tarps. I'm most concerned about getting it
*off* the truck and into my office or home basement.
Any other thoughts from the group?
- John
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