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As I was typing, I heard POP, POP which I recognized as high voltage
sparks and went into the other room where my technician was working on
an electron microscope. We spent a few minutes figuring where a cable
had broken down and decided to make a teflon bushing to go around it,
fun, fun. At the same time, I am waiting for a sputter system to pump
down so I can make an entirely new type of x-ray optic. I am excited
every morning when I come to work. Can lawyers say that?


I may be one of the few people reading this NG that knows what a sputter
system is.
I know what you're saying, having made an nerd "interest" into a bill paying
business and enjoying it all the way. Designed and built many, many optical
coating systems.
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Dealt with many lawyers over the years and found that they basically
produced legalized versions of documents I wrote.

Good luck with your optics/coating business. Just don't sniff too much
thorium fluoride.

Well, I sure do! I was also around for the first eximer laser ablation
system, currently being marketed as Lasix. I worked at Cooper
Lasersonics in the day.

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