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Originally Posted by DVC45 (Post 15582371)

She walks on water!

Originally Posted by IthaDan (Post 15573657)

Oh yeah, ha. Sorry.

It's a vacuum chamber for a pulse plasma experiment in the lab I work in. Should be sealed up tight enough to achieve pressures of 10^10 torr (for reference: a torr is 1/760th of an atmosphere). The seals are those copper rings in the picture with the quarter, the covers are torqued so the knife edge deforms the copper and creates a seal. The chamber is a salvaged unit (with ports upon ports with some extra ports thrown in for good measure), but the hardware and the covers (the large covers are about $200 a pop) are all brand spanking new.

I believe the thinking is that inside the vacuum, a plasma will be submitted to an electromagnetic field with the hopes that the field creates a point of compression and, ideally, thermonuclear fusion

Or, it's a time machine. Who knows- I'm just paid to turn wrenches.

SCIENCE!

Originally Posted by -holiday76 (Post 15595052)

much improved version of my vintagy BMW now with original rims and new tires.

Originally Posted by Sixty Fiver (Post 15595072)

So much better... now on with the mid life crisis !!!

Originally Posted by Doohickie (Post 15591693)

Originally Posted by IthaDan (Post 15573438)

Originally Posted by aidanpringle (Post 15571818)

Originally Posted by KOBE (Post 15595168)

Nice Beemer, Bimmer or whatever you car guys call them. E30 convertibles were always my favorite BMW, followed closely by the 2002's.

Now get it out of the fire lane.

Originally Posted by -holiday76 (Post 15595052)

much improved version of my vintagy BMW now with original rims and new tires.

Originally Posted by non-fixie (Post 15595286)

Much improved indeed! Now just get some decent bumpers on that thing and you're all set.

Originally Posted by -holiday76 (Post 15595288)

ah yes, the euro bumper mod. That's on my list to look into but I've got some maintenance things to sort out first :)

Originally Posted by dvsjes28 (Post 15595529)

If I could only get my girlfriend to keep the house as clean as I keep my bike things would be great. Guess ill spend my evening cleaning while shes at work.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...g?t=1367878117

Originally Posted by 4Rings6Stars (Post 15595787)

Wait, you let her work? How is she supposed to clean the house and have dinner on the table when you get home if she is at work?

Originally Posted by dvsjes28 (Post 15595529)

If I could only get my girlfriend to keep http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...g?t=1367878117

Originally Posted by -holiday76 (Post 15595052)

much improved version of my vintagy BMW now with original rims and new tires.

https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-a...DDBBA3BED5.JPG