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farmingfisherman

farmingfisherman

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DarkWeb said:
It would have been nice to buy his stuff. Honestly if he left just the storage and tool cabinets in the shop and took the tools I would have been happy too. I worked for the guy so I worked in that space before it was mine. It's cool now but I do miss his layout table.
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Working in a good wood shop is like cooking in a industrial/commercial kitchen. Makes life so much easier knowing everything is there when you need it! Someday perhaps my wife and I can have a little bit of each in our little house..
 
farmingfisherman

farmingfisherman

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raratt said:
Talked to the nurse from the Cardiologist office this morning, I guess my ticker is still operational.
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That's is great news! Always best to be doing some personal housekeeping. I say this because my Father dies of a heart failure/attack and never even mentioned to his kids or his wife if he'd ever experienced anything prior to passing... Loved the man but I still get a bit angry at him for not having taken better care of health. :cry:
 
cannabineer

cannabineer

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Singlemalt said:
I used one to extract endogenous phenolic compounds from plant tissues back in college. All our lab stations had built in Vac, H-press air, and Gas lines
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We learned fast to avoid house air. It was “house aerosol” of heavy old machine oil.

The necessary evil was house glycol. It deposited heavy rusty scale in the rotavap coils. Once a year I stripped the condenser with hydrochloric. It looked great for a day.
 
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manfredo

manfredo

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Singlemalt said:
I used one to extract endogenous phenolic compounds from plant tissues back in college. All our lab stations had built in Vac, H-press air, and Gas lines
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I should have paid a LOT more attention in high school science class, but I do recall those lab stations with the build in gas and air...and I remember my first set of triple beam scales came from their too:lol:

Unfortunately I have extremely low science skills but I have a desire to learn....What do you guys with science background think...Is a roto vap like I posted going to be way over my head?? I feel like I could set it up and operate it with a few more YouTube lessons.
 
Singlemalt

Singlemalt

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manfredo said:
I should have paid a LOT more attention in high school science class, but I do recall those lab stations with the build in gas and air...and I remember my first set of triple beam scales came from their too:lol:

Unfortunately I have extremely low science skills but I have a desire to learn....What do you guys with science background think...Is a roto vap like I posted going to be way over my head?? I feel like I could set it up and operate it with a few more YouTube lessons.
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You have interest, you're mechanically inclined and understand principle; you'll be fine and I suspect you'll find other uses for it as well
 
cannabineer

cannabineer

Ursus marijanus
manfredo said:
I should have paid a LOT more attention in high school science class, but I do recall those lab stations with the build in gas and air...and I remember my first set of triple beam scales came from their too:lol:

Unfortunately I have extremely low science skills but I have a desire to learn....What do you guys with science background think...Is a roto vap like I posted going to be way over my head?? I feel like I could set it up and operate it with a few more YouTube lessons.
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No. It’s an intuitive machine, and once you see what it can do, you’ll work to learn the “racing skills” that distinguished the hot lab chemists I knew. There’s a reason it was front and center on our benches. It’s foolproof to the point that one unit will survive sharing among six (6) graduate students for longer than I was there.

You may wanna look up Keck clips. There is nothing, truly nothing, like watching a flask of “solution of rare treasure” casually walk off the rotavap joint and then puke foam into the water bath. A Keck clip is cheap insurance.

It also motivated me to be strict about a clean water bath. The precious compound I save ... may be my own.
 
Singlemalt

Singlemalt

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cannabineer said:
No. It’s an intuitive machine, and once you see what it can do, you’ll work to learn the “racing skills” that distinguished the hot lab chemists I knew. There’s a reason it was front and center on our benches. It’s foolproof to the point that one unit will survive sharing among six (6) graduate students for longer than I was there.

You may wanna look up Keck clips. There is nothing, truly nothing, like watching a flask of “solution of rare treasure” casually walk off the rotavap joint and then puke foam into the water bath. A Keck clip is cheap insurance.

It also motivated me to be strict about a clean water bath. The precious compound I save ... may be my own.
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Fuck yes. One time it took. After that I'd ultra clean the water bath vessel and use double D water in the bath
 
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