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I still do not own a Speedy, but I now own an old Dental X-Ray machine! Edit: I Have A Speedy Now

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Foo2rama Foo2rama
Get a professional to decommission that x ray machine. That scares the hell out of me to see anyone near it. They contain active nuclear material.

Omegafanman Omegafanman
Looks like you have a good old vintage Weber 6R wall mounted unit... hopefully with the Isotope already removed.... For now tread with care and invest in some lead pants :0)…. and also a new timer - the one fitted was not recommended / was out of date.... in 1967....
The GOOD NEWS for anyone with a traditional X-ray machine (one that uses a high voltage generator feeding an X-ray tube) is that there are no radioisotopes involved. Radiation is only emitted when its powered up and running. OTOH, before portable high-voltage systems became common, radioisotope-based radiography was used (e.g. radium in WWI) and often called "X-rays". And even today, some modern industrial radiography systems use Cobalt-60 for simplicity's sake. However, medical imaging today (since the 1920s) is either near-100% or actually 100% high-voltage X-ray tubes that only get jiggy when they get the high voltage.
 
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Did you say that you discovered both an X-Ray machine, and X-Rated material? Strange co-incidence, isn’t it? Was a previous tenant involved in a particularly arcane form of (ahem) entertainment?
 
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timecube timecube
The GOOD NEWS for anyone with a traditional X-ray machine (one that uses a high voltage generator feeding an X-ray tube) is that there are no radioisotopes involved. Radiation is only emitted when its powered up and running. OTOH, before portable high-voltage systems became common, radioisotope-based radiography was used (e.g. radium in WWI) and often called "X-rays". And even today, some modern industrial radiography systems use Cobalt-60 for simplicity's sake. However, medical imaging today (since the 1920s) is either near-100% or actually 100% high-voltage X-ray tubes that only get jiggy when they get the high voltage.

Yup, just high voltage.
 
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Duracuir1 Duracuir1
Other items include ... a Zenith sign ...

Had me going there for a minute, until I saw it was the other Zenith.
 
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For the love of god, somebody get this man a Speedmaster before he watches 80
hours of bad stuff and nukes his
 
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I am not sure what this (see pics) was for, but it was in a pile destined to the scrap yard. Looks too friendly to destroy… and makes a good bookend. Below the shelves is my stash of leather. Work on the old building is moving slowly but all the retail space is now leased! I have a small section that will become my second leather working area. (And good for storing all of my leather).

If you look closely at the photos you will see the Omega. Now as for the device, not sure what its purpose was. The previous owner was a wood worker / furniture maker / mad scientist.
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May have been attached to a saw dust collection vent.
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Regarding that Bendix gauge; that's a redial. The inches vacuum lettering looks off.
 
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I wouldn't be quick to get rid of that dental xray machine. Just think of the possibilities, Steve.
 
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You can take breathtaking pictures of your watches with the X-ray machine. google xray and cameras and you should find inspiration.
 
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Hold everything.............this could be another item from the Armstrong cupboard or sold in error by NASA.....the men in black are on route to recover it.....

In 1966 NASA selected Bendix Aerospace Systems Division in Ann Arbor, Michigan to design, manufacture, test, and provide operational support for packages of the Apollo Lunar Surface Experiments Package (ALSEP) to fly on the Apollo Program. During the 1960s the company made ground and airborne telecommunications systems for NASA. It also built the ST-124-M3 inertial platform used in the Saturn V Instrument Unit
 
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flw flw
About the dental equipment ...
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Nope! Not according to previous posts on this thread. I think we are geographically close. I may drop it off in your recycle bin.
 
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