On 11/14/2017 10:06 AM, Nick Andrews nickjandrews@... [VacuumX] wrote:
So where is THE place to go for information now?? I have been lurking
for years and collecting various equipment, waiting for the time when I
have space to set up rigs for experiments and such.
Same here, and now I'm just waiting for a bored mentor type of guy
who's stuck in a small house to start showing up at my lab to get things
going with vacuum.
I'm an electronics guy working as a consultant in the embedded systems
world. I have a background in instrumentation, some working knowledge
of lasers and physics stuff, and a strong interest in vacuum systems. I
have some vacuum hardware, and a lot of lab space (which seems to be
what most people lack, which is why I mentioned "stuck in a small house"
above) in a pair of commercial buildings that I own.
I'm based just outside of Pittsburgh. Is anyone here nearby and up
for hacking? I've got some hardware (and am willing to amass more),
space, power, and interest...just need someone to work with who will
take the lead on getting some vacuum goodness going.
Oh, and there's also that nice electron microscope over on the other
side of my lab. I had it running great many years ago, but it has been
open to air since then. Gotta get that running. Anyone?
-Dave
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Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
New Kensington, PA
Dave McGuire