{"id":167,"date":"2024-01-20T14:48:38","date_gmt":"2024-01-20T13:48:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/invar.nl\/?p=167"},"modified":"2024-01-20T23:53:23","modified_gmt":"2024-01-20T22:53:23","slug":"vacuum-dessicator-terrarium","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/invar.nl\/?p=167","title":{"rendered":"Vacuum dessicator terrarium"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The lab was throwing out this vacuum dessicator because the lid is stuck.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"815\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/invar.nl\/projects\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/IMG_20240120_144106.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-168\" style=\"width:334px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/invar.nl\/projects\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/IMG_20240120_144106.jpg 815w, https:\/\/invar.nl\/projects\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/IMG_20240120_144106-245x300.jpg 245w, https:\/\/invar.nl\/projects\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/IMG_20240120_144106-768x942.jpg 768w, https:\/\/invar.nl\/projects\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/IMG_20240120_144106-171x210.jpg 171w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 815px) 100vw, 815px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I want to turn it into a terrarium \/ ecosystem, but first I have to get the lid unstuck.. Things I have tried:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Dissolving the hardened grease between the ground surfaces in alcohol<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Softening the grease with sunflower oil<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Heating the interface with a hair dryer for almost half an hour<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;m afraid to put more heat in it because I don&#8217;t want the thing to explode. I know it&#8217;s safe to -1 bar (relative to atmospheric pressure) but I don&#8217;t know how much positive pressure it could take. It&#8217;s pyrex glass though so it should be able to take concentrated heat. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Maybe I&#8217;ll have to make a wooden jig to slide the lid off with a lever, after applying the hair dryer again to soften up the old grease.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To be continued.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The lab was throwing out this vacuum dessicator because the lid is stuck. I want to turn it into a terrarium \/ ecosystem, but first I have to get the lid unstuck.. Things I have tried: I&#8217;m afraid to put more heat in it because I don&#8217;t want the thing to explode. I know it&#8217;s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-167","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-houseplants-hydroponics","category-terrarium"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/invar.nl\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/invar.nl\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/invar.nl\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/invar.nl\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/invar.nl\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=167"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/invar.nl\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":173,"href":"https:\/\/invar.nl\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167\/revisions\/173"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/invar.nl\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=167"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/invar.nl\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=167"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/invar.nl\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=167"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}