All help available is very welcome...

Gerhard obviously having fun.

The baby still having vacuum leaks.

Relative huminity is 29% - very dry. Hard to work in this air for the whole day.

Test mounting of inner lead rack which will carry the top lead layer.

Almost in place ...

Beam dump in the center

Seems to fit here ...

... Looks good from here ...

... okay here ...

View into the converter flange. The electrostatic extraction lens is visible.

Rack still fits here, but ...

... here it doesn't. One of the stands must be shifted to the left.

The right flange was the problem last time, it was leaking.

New arrangement with only two sealings instead of three is now tight!

Transfer tube to the cable channel.

Further leak testing...

... Marco applies He to all parts of the system.

Vacuum pump system in the moment: Turbo pump is horizontal, getter pump on the bottom (not in action yet).

However, here we still have a leak at the inner weld of the tube going down ;-(

Gerhard holds the water cooling hose in position. It will cool the W converter.

... again ...

Holes do not fit very well in the moment.

Another view to the scene.

The bow saw which will cut the lead bricks in first action.

First Pb brick to be cut...

Marco and Frank critically watching the machine...

The container being the cave for lead sawing.

The cave setup as it is now (2008-March-26).