Entry for tisdag maj 31, 2005

Watching a movie and cryostat temperatures in cryo corner, waiting for it to cool.
A large window cut in a piece of foam so that we can map the beam coming out of the primary mirror. We cut the circle with an electrified wire, which left a very ugly exit wound. It was in cleaning up this edge that I sliced my finger.
The knife and the damage done.
Mark and Marie line up the small mirror.
Paul interviews Enzo.
Mark runs the chopper.
Enzo and Barth look on.
Our X-Y positioning rig. The chopper is attached to the front of the lift. A ruler is taped to the ground, with a pointer indicating side-to-side motion, and another ruler is taped vertically, with a pointer indicating up-down motion. In this way we can quantify the position of the chopper.
Marie (in a very tight spot) and Matt hook up the signals coming out of the cryostat to the receiver, the first set of warm (not cryogenic) electronics.

© 2005 Gaelen Marsden