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That L-shaped piece of t-slot aluminum that's dead center in the picture looks especially janky. Like sort of a quick and dirty friction fit brace.

It looks like the inside of The Millennium Falcon, but with more duct tape.

if you have ever worked in research science you would know this is common.

especially government research science

"good enough for government work"

Yup! Worked at a gov't funded radio telescope and this is just the right level of jank for scientific progress.

Complete with random bits of aluminum extrusion for bracing, random leftover cables no one's cleaned up yet, "interim" solutions, and duct tape.