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Originally Posted by Terry B
Nothing like a good hit to fix a "finely tuned piece of electroninic equipment"
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Worked on a >$million piece of scientific equipment back in the 80s - all vacuums, high precision aligned stainless steel, big magnets and electric fields, electronics, high voltages etc. A special piece of wood was kept to thump a special spot at the front end since that would often free up a mechanical slit that would get stuck. Otherwise the requirement was allow the equipment to come up to atmospheric pressure and break the seals, remove sensitive stuff etc. to get at the slit - losing most of the day and risking other problems being introduced. We got quite expert at this unconventional adjustment. Kept the lump of wood hidden from the Professor though
ps. I just whack the laser against my palm - usually hurts me more than it does the laser.
