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First look at the shop floor
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Collection of pieces
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Main tank with loosely fit VCS1 pieces
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Ed, Jeff, and Ziggy for scale
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Ken discusses the main tank top
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Plumbing fixtures and clamped VCS1
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More plumbing
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Main tank top detail
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More main tank, VCS1, and FLexures
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Closeup of main tank flexure
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Smaller flexure for supporting vapour cooled shield
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Flexure pull test setup
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Vacuum vessel body
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Vacuum vessel inside
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Top dome pieces
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The top dome's dome
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Bottom dome
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Domes
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Top dome plate
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Plate detail
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Welds
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Top dome struts
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More top dome struts
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The "doughnut ring"
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Doughnut ring being cleaned
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Not Spider. Polished parts to reduce thermal emissivity
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Vacuum fitting
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VCS closeout pieces
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VCS2 bottom annulus and closeouts
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VCS2 bottom