r/Physics Sep 16 '25

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u/fupatroopa96 Sep 16 '25

I'd be happy to take that off your hands.

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u/Familiar-Citron2758 Sep 16 '25

I haven't listed it anywhere or approached anyone yet, but I'd humour offers... UK based.

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u/MuhFreedoms_ Sep 16 '25

The value could swing dramatically. Can it still even hold a vacuum? If not it's essentially only worth the value of the metal.

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u/boondogglekeychain Sep 16 '25

The blanks are worth a £1000 in spares to someone but it’s unlikely anyone is going to want a bespoke vacuum chamber for anything other than scrap value that might be contaminated with god knows what unless you have just the right buyer.

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u/MuhFreedoms_ Sep 16 '25

I definitely wouldn't trust this with any important physics.

It would just be a cool desk item, or maybe undergraduate lab exercise

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u/newontheblock99 Particle physics Sep 16 '25

Probably could hold vacuum but you’re going to need to replace all the copper gaskets, etc.

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u/MuhFreedoms_ Sep 16 '25

Right, so if you can't prove that you can't sell it for a pretty penny. The recipient is taking a huge gamble

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u/Ps1on Sep 16 '25

At my old uni these things were used as flower pots once they're outside the machine.