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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Gunther Schadow, M.D., Ph.D.                    gschadow(a)regenstrief.org
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Adjunct Assistant Professor        Indiana University School of Medicine
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