开云体育

Hi Andy...

Welcome to the Group. I'm sure that your expertise can be of help to
some of us as we muddle through. Where are you located? I'm thinking
Australia for some reason. (Am I close?) Tell us more about what you
do at work and please post a photo of yourself or favorite project or
both in the sections to the left. If you have access to surplus
gauges, parts or supplies, let that be known also... Let's see if we
can keep this thing going.

Do you work on Gauge Controllers as well as the gauges? What models
do you handle and recommend?

There's a lot of folks that use Vacuum pumps, gauges, etc for making
Neon signs and other projects that may have some needed information
or may be able to pick some up here as well. You never know who will
show up or what they will bring with them.

Ken Hunter

Ken ; hello I work in a foundry, Im the lead calibrator technician,
we have 5 small units we use to pull up to 30 lbs of vacuum to test
for gas in the aluminum.Calibrateing them is pretty straight
forward.I live in north east ohio.As for parts well, I dont actually
own one myself.But Ill be glad to help as much as I can as far as
where to purchase the gages goes or the testing equipment, or even
how to test for accuracy of the gage.I know a year or so ago, I went
looking for some one who might have a coating chamber, found exactly
zero, so Im sure this group can serve a usefull function in the atm
universe. Andy

--- In VacuumX@..., "Ken Hunter <atm_ken_hunter@y...>"
<atm_ken_hunter@y...> wrote:

Hi Andy...

Welcome to the Group. I'm sure that your expertise can be of help

to

some of us as we muddle through. Where are you located? I'm

thinking

Australia for some reason. (Am I close?) Tell us more about what

you

do at work and please post a photo of yourself or favorite project

or

both in the sections to the left. If you have access to surplus
gauges, parts or supplies, let that be known also... Let's see if

we

can keep this thing going.

Do you work on Gauge Controllers as well as the gauges? What models
do you handle and recommend?

There's a lot of folks that use Vacuum pumps, gauges, etc for

making

Neon signs and other projects that may have some needed information
or may be able to pick some up here as well. You never know who

will

show up or what they will bring with them.

Ken Hunter

Thanks Andy for the Bio and info on your job... Hmmm, working in a
foundry sounds interesting. Bet that you'd be able to make your own
forks for a fork mount there???

Yeah, I hear you about finding a coating chamber. I'm doing a 26.5
inch mirror and NOBODY can Aluminize it for less than a small fortune
and I'd have to stand in line forever so decided I'd put one
together... Found a 29-1/2 inch tank and a bunch of diffusion pumps
and assorted parts still sitting in the barn. Got a few guys here
interested for a while but getting it all together has been less than
fast. Not even half-fast ;0) so I'm pretty much on my own again.

Then a couple weeks ago I was contacted by a guy that had bought a
system for some of the goodies and what was left over was what I was
looking for so we made a deal and I went to PA to pick it up last
week. Once I get it together, I'm going to do Aluminizing and
overcoating, maybe thin films too, for ATM's at a reasonable price
and fast turn around. It'll be my retirement project and a way to
earn some spending money without dipping into what's left of the
retirement funds...

Take care.

Ken Hunter