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My microscope setup

Posted: Wed Aug 02, 2017 2:34 am
by Moose
I live in a tiny house, yes one of those houses built on a car-hauler trailer. It is 20 ft long by 8.5 ft wide, so I understand having a small space for your lab.

Re: My microscope setup

Posted: Wed Aug 02, 2017 3:24 am
by billporter1456
I think it's great that you've managed to set up two microscopes and cameras in such a tiny space. A really neat setup! Thanks for sharing it.

Re: My microscope setup

Posted: Wed Aug 02, 2017 12:46 pm
by Crater Eddie
Very nice and tidy setup! My wife and I lived in a tiny house a little bigger than yours for 3 years. You do learn to maximize your available space.
CE

Re: My microscope setup

Posted: Wed Aug 02, 2017 1:19 pm
by billbillt
I like your setup and the idea of "doing more with less".... Having a tiny house is an intriguing idea ....

BillT

Re: My microscope setup

Posted: Wed Aug 02, 2017 2:07 pm
by Moose
Thanks for the comments, I have lived in my tiny house for the past three years, I constructed it during my PhD studies. I spend most of my time outside, at least until I got the microscope again, so the small size is not a problem. I also do not have a significant other (other than my black lab.) so I do not have anyone to complain about space issues other than myself. Attached is an image of my home just after it arrived in the Tetons of NW Wyoming. As you can see, I am tucked into the spruce trees, off grid and have privacy.

Re: My microscope setup

Posted: Wed Aug 02, 2017 3:33 pm
by billbillt
Hi Moose,

Thanks for sharing this.. It makes a person want to follow your example..

The Best,
BillT

Re: My microscope setup

Posted: Wed Aug 02, 2017 3:35 pm
by Moose
billbillt wrote:Hi Moose,

Thanks for sharing this.. It makes a person want to follow your example..

The Best,
BillT
I am not sure following insanity is a good thing.

Re: My microscope setup

Posted: Wed Aug 02, 2017 3:42 pm
by charlie g
Great how you honed habitat to your studies,Moose. Is your work a challenge for keeping home heated in dead of winter...I see no chimney and the structure is such attractive wood...what keeps your water and food from freezing in dead of winter? How do you achieve inter-net access. I guess with that gas fuel generator you charge a battery and use LED for lowest electric consumption.

Very nice microscope setup, thanks for sharing with us,moose. Charlie guevara

Re: My microscope setup

Posted: Wed Aug 02, 2017 3:43 pm
by billbillt
Moose wrote:
billbillt wrote:Hi Moose,

Thanks for sharing this.. It makes a person want to follow your example..

The Best,
BillT
I am not sure following insanity is a good thing.
If I was a young single person in perfect health, I would surely like to give it a try..

Thanks Again,
BillT

Re: My microscope setup

Posted: Wed Aug 02, 2017 4:24 pm
by Moose
billbillt wrote:
Moose wrote:
billbillt wrote:Hi Moose,

Thanks for sharing this.. It makes a person want to follow your example..

The Best,
BillT
I am not sure following insanity is a good thing.
If I was a young single person in perfect health, I would surely like to give it a try..

Thanks Again,
BillT
I am one of the three, Single. Not young and not in great health.

Re: My microscope setup

Posted: Thu Aug 03, 2017 8:38 am
by Mintaka
That is the most attractive and charming house I've seen in a long time: both cute and clever! Oh, and the lab (micro, not the black one) is perfect too. Do you take your home off to different locations every so often?

Re: My microscope setup

Posted: Thu Aug 03, 2017 5:57 pm
by moosescape
charlie g wrote:Great how you honed habitat to your studies,Moose. Is your work a challenge for keeping home heated in dead of winter...I see no chimney and the structure is such attractive wood...what keeps your water and food from freezing in dead of winter? How do you achieve inter-net access. I guess with that gas fuel generator you charge a battery and use LED for lowest electric consumption.

Very nice microscope setup, thanks for sharing with us,moose. Charlie guevara
The generator was only till I got the solar panels hooked up. I use propane for heat in my vented propane heater. No problems at all with cold. I get wifi from my landlords, not great speed but enough for my use.

Re: My microscope setup

Posted: Thu Aug 03, 2017 5:57 pm
by moosescape
Mintaka wrote:That is the most attractive and charming house I've seen in a long time: both cute and clever! Oh, and the lab (micro, not the black one) is perfect too. Do you take your home off to different locations every so often?
My home is relatively permanent, I did move from Michigan to the Tetons last year and I can move anytime, just a pain to move.

Re: My microscope setup

Posted: Thu Aug 03, 2017 6:50 pm
by zzffnn
Moose,

I envy the amount of personal space you have, and the fact that you only need to make yourself happy.

I live with my wife (who is a hoarder - at least much more so than I am), two kids and two dogs, in a house that is not that much bigger, not far from downtown Houston. My scopes don't even occupy a desk permanently now, while my sons' Legos do :evil: