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Reaper 392 · 5 Sep 2011 at 23:47

Mark A said:
Scraped into an old pellet tin with a needle . That's a 6mm plastic BB for size reference. Could probably get it smaller if I had a magnifying glass.

hmm, think you might just have me beat there. its hard to work out. mine is about 2.5mm across

fiveub · 6 Sep 2011 at 11:39

Great entries!

J1234 · 6 Sep 2011 at 11:49

DefiantAsh · 6 Sep 2011 at 11:50

Justin said:

Speaker spy, watches closely...

Camarilla · 6 Sep 2011 at 12:18

MooMoo444 said:
Should try with flour grains

Best I could do. Made using cornflour, for the record. For reference, each square is 10mm.

Mark A · 6 Sep 2011 at 13:16

Reaper 392 said:
hmm, think you might just have me beat there. its hard to work out. mine is about 2.5mm across

Last one was just under 2mm, just managed 1mm

. Think thats the limit for me without a magnifying glass.

RoboCod · 6 Sep 2011 at 20:30

Feek said:
I'd be very surprised if they're not bikes.

I love 'em, got boxes of them in the loft from when I used to dabble but this deck is my favourite, I've had them for years and it shows.

Out of interest how old are they? I have a favourite deck my great grandad gave me, they say 1942 on but I can't imagine them being particularly rare. He fought in the war so I like to think they were passed to him by a fellow yank in the field

Kristoph · 6 Sep 2011 at 20:41

pah, I see all you with your grains of salt and flour.

Just you wait.

Reaper 392 · 6 Sep 2011 at 20:45

Mark A said:
Last one was just under 2mm, just managed 1mm . Think thats the limit for me without a magnifying glass.

unless i can come up with what i need for my master plan for smallness you've definitely beaten me there.

i also have a master plan for bigness, which might be around the 25m x 100m mark, depending on how co-operative reading uni is *insert evil grin face here*

Kristoph · 6 Sep 2011 at 20:50

Reaper 392 said:
unless i can come up with what i need for my master plan for smallness you've definitely beaten me there.

What might that be?

Reaper 392 · 6 Sep 2011 at 20:52

Kristoph said:
What might that be?

if i told you, i'd have to kill you

Kristoph · 6 Sep 2011 at 20:54

Reaper 392 said:
if i told you, i'd have to kill you

I understand.

Me and you. Submit posts tomorrow. Say 3pm?

fiveub · 6 Sep 2011 at 20:55

Lots of small OcUKs, who can make the biggest!?

Judgeneo · 6 Sep 2011 at 20:55

Judgeneo said:
Hmmmn, I wonder if I can book time on the AFM....

Nope

I wanted to get time to use an ion beam to burn OCUK into silicon at the sub micro-meter level. It seems the department has better uses

Reaper 392 · 6 Sep 2011 at 20:56

Kristoph said:
I understand.

Me and you. Submit posts tomorrow. Say 3pm?

doubt i'd be able to get what i needed by then. i might have what i need at home but i'm more likely to find it at university

i definably cant do my bigness plan until i get back to uni (either this weekend or next weekend)

Kristoph · 6 Sep 2011 at 20:59

Bah. I don't even have a plan. Just a few microscopes.

I'm sure I can put ocuk on something under 400x magnification... arrange some epithelial cells maybe? Haha.

Reaper 392 · 6 Sep 2011 at 21:10

Kristoph said:
Bah. I don't even have a plan. Just a few microscopes.

I'm sure I can put ocuk on something under 400x magnification... arrange some epithelial cells maybe? Haha.

FFFUUU. that was my plan: get microscope, draw stuff

also i may or may not have been lying when i said i'd have to kill you if i told you my plan. it might be because my plan was pants

Reaper 392 · 6 Sep 2011 at 21:18

Judgeneo said:
Hmmmn, I wonder if I can book time on the AFM....

wait, an AFM allows you to write stuff really really small?

http://www.reading.ac.uk/CFAM/OurFacilities/Our_Facilities.aspx

it looks like i can book it as long as i fill out a health and safety form

Kristoph · 6 Sep 2011 at 21:21

They have an electron microscope too!

Good luck raising a case for writing OCUK, and paying for it

Charges for access or services will be dependent upon a number of factors, although for University customers will be largely dictated by the rules & processes of the grant awarding bodies. Each project will need to be discussed on a case-by-case basis.

Reaper 392 · 6 Sep 2011 at 21:22

Kristoph said:
They have an electron microscope too!

Good luck raising a case for writing OCUK, and paying for it

Charges for access or services will be dependent upon a number of factors, although for University customers will be largely dictated by the rules & processes of the grant awarding bodies. Each project will need to be discussed on a case-by-case basis.

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FFFUUU!!!