Peter Spencer

@MarcoReps Any ideas what kind of modulator it was? Acoustic maybe? Ultrasound might cause that much damage?

@teacakes99 ye shattered into many small flakes by RF burn. that's not good 🫥

hey why is there gold glitter in here

@MarcoReps Wow! Is that a wafer ripped into two pieces under where the gold ribbons were bonded?

@MarcoReps I'm not envious, you are🥹

Cleaning, inspecting, and painting... putting this old workshop back to use #restoration

@MarcoReps Does that suggest about a little over a microvolt to move one millimeter? It reminds me of the torsion balance experiment to measure gravity where a mirror is attached to deflect a light beam and it's projected onto a far wall to catch the tiny movement

@teacakes99 plausible! that's what this company specialized in, but I'd be shocked if there was anything that could be mechanically moved by nanovolts

I think I found an electro-magneto-optical nanovolt amplifier from the 60s and I have no clue how it's supposed to work 😅

Quick update on the work we're doing to refurbish the Ironbridge museum's replica of Richard Trevithick's first 1802 locomotive youtube.com/shorts/apiBEjj…

Beautiful steam engine at the Mill Meece Waterworks in Staffordshire UK that has been preserved by a wonderful team of volunteers, running live in steam this weekend! youtube.com/shorts/oqSqPA8…

Ongoing repairs to the Blists Hill replica of Richard Trevithick's 1802 Coalbrookdale locomotive. Arguably the first self-driven locomotive in the world. youtube.com/shorts/OFWhPzv…

Fun weekend at the Victorian museum! youtube.com/shorts/_6C4YYR…

Steam and Motion at the Victorian Town youtube.com/shorts/7DqZRyS…

Working on the replica of Richard Trevithick's 1802 Coalbrookdale locomotive; possibly the first self-driven steam locomotive in the world! youtube.com/shorts/2CgtR3e…

@MarcoReps Yours sounds normal to me, the exhaust filter quiets the noise a great deal. The raspy gurgle is correct for one of these oil pumps pumping a medium vacuum before they reach high vacuum. I'd say the pump and your new oil is outgassing still. Try running the gas ballast for 10mins

What I'd expect youtu.be/1RdbNRbkMCY?t=…

This is not normal, is it? It has been in a shipping accident and never seems to stop gurgling. Final pressure seems okay but I fear it'll put out oil mist permanently

@MarcoReps Oil mist is the way of life with these pumps. Definitely worth the combination of a good oil mist filter and piping the exhaust outside 😶‍🌫️

If only the CofE had enough self awareness to realise that they are the Scribes and the Pharisees

"Technically responsible"... ah the best kind of responsibility /s

"If you pity anyone, pity my poor diary secretary" i feel sick

@diannahaze My friends and I all look up to you.

I just feel like a worthless human with nothing to offer the world 😔

Mopping is quite possibly the most underrated cleaning technique in human history. 💦