After putting the gondola together, we spent some time preparing for electrical integration with the cryostat. Mostly this took the form of a "solder party" in which we made cables for several days. There are some other random bits too.
These photos sat on my computer for a little while before I got around to posting them.
Drilling the floor mounts...
...to installl the "Gut Saver 2600"
People are afraid that bricks on the reaction wheel will fly off when it spins really fast, then hit them in the gut. This provides comfort, and maybe even some protection
Interesting blackboard observation
Cable routing
Much prettier than in Toronto. Partly because we were neater, and partly because there's no more chicken wire
Crane controls
Helps show why only trained personnel operate this crane
Anti-rotation device
High above, the beginnings of the pivot anti-rotation device are installed. Named "broomstick" after the alternate solution of duct taping a broomstick across
Ziggy holds the fill tube
During a liquid helium fill
Jon operates the dewar end
And Jamil gets to operate the cryostat end
You can see he's excited for his first helium fill
Solder party - with Spider T-shirts!
This kept us occuied for several days
Anne adjusts a backshell
Ed solders
Jamil mostly works on the circuit board
For the inner-frame power breakout (IF PBOB)
Finished IF PBOB
And its amazing "hairdo"
The result of three days' work
A pile of cables
Princeton highbay panorama
With gondola and cryostat in the same room for the first time!
I’m happy we are switching from chicken-wire to wood boards!