First machine from our Big Haul on the healing bench! This us an Edwards E306A thermal evaporator. We are its third but really second owner - the previous folks just kept it in a corner gathering dust.

Its cooling circuit is leaking, it's missing a pump exhaust filter/conduit, and its film thickness monitor seems to have been violently ripped out at some point.

But the roughing pump runs and it seems to be pulling _a_ vacuum... So there's potential!

@fafo Kept in a corner, gathering dust? Hah, that's...

*checks photo archive*

Oh. Yeah, it's exactly what mine has been doing for nearly two years now. Oh well, I'm sure I'LL GET AROUND TO IT eventually!

@StripeyYena Oh don't worry, we also have these two gathering dust, ie. waiting for utilities hookup and general love. We should exchange notes!

Left is a sputter system, right is a combined e-beam/thermal system.

(Maybe we should make a bringup vlog for them?)