I took one of these apart not to long ago, and it was massive. About 12 feet tall and all its supplies and controls had a footprint about 12" x 24". The beast had two cranes, one for getting

This is how an Anode in a TEM should look...mirror finish. Of course most dont after some use. Just finished polishing this one, and there is still some polishing compound in the aperture, which I will

Video - Click on the Image to Play Just playing with the controls on this scope. Been repairing and testing PCBs lately, prefer to have 3 of everything in stock. When most fail it's pretty obvious but

Video - Click on the Image to Play Carefully trimming down some 2" x 2" x 0.065" 6061 Aluminium angle for a essentially one off part for a electron microscope at work. Thin aluminum is just

Here is a neat video I took of the Objective Aperture mechanism for the AMRAY SEM I have been taken apart. The aperture sits right below the objective lens. It has a dial in the back for adjusting the