As I had mentioned in a previous post, the design was by Br. Bob Macke, and our administrator Fr. Maj made it all happen sooner and better than I could ever have dreamed...
Here are some before (left) and (right) after photos. (It's also fun to compare these photos with some of the designs in the previous post.)
The view from the lab door
Top, where I used to try to work; bottom, what it looks like now. And finally:
The lab also serves as my office. Next to me, not shown, is where Bob will be moving in come August.
The main difference visible here is that the new benches are higher (for working while standing up) with chemically impervious tops and a much more solid base (no more worries about shaking the table when I make my measurements). There's also gobs more storage space. What is not visible is still to come, a set of walls and doors to add a new level of security to the collection area itself. (And a new cabinet to hold the larger meteorites.)
The view from the lab door
Top, where I used to try to work; bottom, what it looks like now. And finally:
The lab also serves as my office. Next to me, not shown, is where Bob will be moving in come August.
The main difference visible here is that the new benches are higher (for working while standing up) with chemically impervious tops and a much more solid base (no more worries about shaking the table when I make my measurements). There's also gobs more storage space. What is not visible is still to come, a set of walls and doors to add a new level of security to the collection area itself. (And a new cabinet to hold the larger meteorites.)
The new chairs are nice, too...
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And yeah for no shaking.
And inert bench tops are a good thing too. I sort of miss chem lab.
What are the posters?
A poster from the U of Arizona Lunar and Planetary Lab explaining how impact craters work.
A poster showing the locations of meteorite falls and finds in North America. I used to have a rough draft of a similar poster done for Europe by the same guy, but it was full of geographical errors... like labeling Sicily as Malta... I don't know if he ever came up with a corrected version.