Tag: Lab Equipment

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Man Lamp

My light needs were not being met in the lab. Garage, lab, whatever. Anyhow, I picked up a halogen work light at the hardware store, thinking that the base dimensions and output would make for a perfect movable lab light source.

This thing is a monster. Check this out.

Reference voltage:

base voltage
less than 1 point 21 gigawatts

Reference tempurature

base
+1 tepid

Voltage with 40W light bulb:

better
better now

Voltage with Man-Lamp: (maxed out)

boom
boom

Wait for it…wait for it…wait for it…TEMP NEAR MAN-LAMP

what
what the fuck is this thing

Incredible. I guess this could double as a goddamned heater. My digital thermo was still climbing at 145. FWIW, it is perfect for the lab. Just sort of confusing how brutish it is. Impressive.

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Messy Lab is Messy

Demolition phase: complete

messy
wait...what was I doing?

I feel like a space cadet…too many things in flight. Component central over here.

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Why Winter is the Worst

A: Too cold for the Trail-90

bitchin
bitchin

Actually, number one might be “too cold for time in my ‘lab.'” I need to get a box heater cranking out there and get to work. My soldering iron is collecting dust, as are my C++ haxx0r sk1lz. Winter can blow me.

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Laboratory Equipment

I think what I fondly refer to as my laboratory might not classify as a true lab, per se. I have some sweet stuff going for me in my garage workspace…but the lack of lab equipment might leave me with more of a nerd fortress, and less of a lab.

Here is a quick pic:

workshop
weak sauce

While most of my projects are electronic in nature, I still get down and dirty with some mechanical projects. Woodworking, too, and of course programming. I would for sure benefit from a laboratory apparatus or two, in order to establish some lab credibility.

Those above links are to Lab Planet…which I stumbled across while looking for some equipment. I was looking into a dry ice machine, which they have, and saw that they have scores of sweet equipment. Centrifuges, microscopes, furnaces…even mass spec stuff.

How sweet would my Arduino projects be with a touch of chemistry?