[OpenSPIM] OpenSPIM Digest, Vol 51, Issue 7

[dave dowless]

Thanks David. I like it. Very resourceful and Cheap-n-Easy! I might have to
copy your design!

Thanks!

On Wed, Nov 29, 2017 at 7:58 PM, David Potter <david.potter at monash.edu>
wrote:

> Dave,
>
> I cut a spacer from shim stock (thin sheet of metal; find at a hobby
> store) that took up the empty space. Brass is probably best as the copper
> in the brass is a bit anti-bacterial. You can see I didn't follow my own
> advice and made mine out of "stainless" steel. It's what I had at the time.
> Cut the right length. Roll it into a tube that'll fit the holder. Perhaps
> put a crimp at the top so it doesn't fall through. Cheap and cheerful.
>
> I also use a foam stopper like you have in your image though I only use it
> for replacing the syringe in the same location if I remove it for any
> reason.
>
> Nice job on the belt drive.
>
> Cheers,
>
> - David
>
> David Potter
> Lattice Light Sheet Microscopy Manager
> Monash Micro Imaging - Advanced Optical Microscopy
> Monash University Clayton, VIC 3800, Australia
>
>
>
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>>    1. How do you mount the sample syringe so that it fits       tight?
>>       (dave dowless)
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>> Subject: [OpenSPIM] How do you mount the sample syringe so that it
>>         fits    tight?
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>> Hi,
>>
>> This is my first build. How do folks mount the sample syringe itself?
>>
>> My syringe isn't tight. It rocks and slips.
>>
>> Here's a pic of my hybrid Picard Industries stages
>> <https://i.imgur.com/9xkyyFS.jpg>
>>
>> That's a standard Picard twister set up to spin the syringe.
>>
>> How do you lock down the syringe?
>>
>> They use foam
>> <http://openspim.org/images/thumb/f/fc/Light_Sheet_Calibrati
>> on-1.jpg/800px-Light_Sheet_Calibration-1.jpg>for
>> the calibration mirror in the OpenSpim manual.
>>
>> Is that what folks do? Foam?
>>
>> Specific syringes?
>>
>> Any help?
>>
>> Dave
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