Thorlabs’ SM2 fits Nikon lenses
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Sense of scale
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The vast majority of the time, I buy what I intend to. Like the old maxim from construction: “Measure twice, cut once”, I always take care to ensure I’m ordering the right thing. At least when things are expensive. When they’re cheap, I’m less…
DIY Picospritzer
I was in Tokyo recently and stopped by my friend Taro Ishikawa’s lab (of TaroTools fame). He and Misa are doing very well. They have exciting work underway and are expanding their lab. Taro’s…
Project enclosures
Here are some ideas for project enclosures. The stock enclosures from Mouser, Digikey, and others are generally serviceable, but are rarely the perfect size. In addition, making the required cutouts can be inconvenient. Here are a couple of alternatives.
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Viewing CAD files online
When I’m in a tight spot and don’t have CAD software handy, there are a couple of sites I use to view CAD files online.
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2pLSM: When will scientists stop making their own?
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In the early days of patch clamp electrophysiology, everyone made their own patch clamp amplifiers because there were none commercially available. I was lucky enough to be educated by scientists of such lineage,…
OpenMoCo for motion control
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OpenMoCo is short for “Open Motion Control”. The community is focussed on building rigs for moving cameras.
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Destroying the curve
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So you’re feeling pretty good about the rodent virtual reality system (Hölscher et al. 2005) you have up and running. You’ve got it all… the spherical treadmill with motion tracking feeding back…
MakerBeam: cheap construction rails
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A while back Labrigger covered some sources for alternative mechanics. Here’s a new one. MakerBeam is an inexpensive kit of construction rails aka T-slot bars. This would be a…
Repurposing audio recording products
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Scientific research equipment is expensive. Partly because the markets are often small, so product development budgets and manufacturing set up costs have to be split over a comparatively small number of units. In addition, the customers are typically more concerned about reliability and service, rather than price.
However, there are other markets where these issues are…
Raw materials
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If you need a chunk of metal for a custom piece for your rig, what are the options? The best way to go is to buy a part that is close to what you…
Thorlabs scope building blocks
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At the SfN meeting in San Diego this year, I met Jeff Brooker from Thorlabs. Jeff and his team of about 17 people have a history of working together in industry on photonics. They…
PMTs for 2-photon imaging
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On the topic of custom two-photon imaging rigs, what kind of PMTs do you want to go with? Naturally, you’ll order yours to be hand selected for high quantum efficiency…
CAD-based optomechanics mock-ups
I use SolidWorks to design custom parts for my rigs. Many times, these parts mate with existing Thorlabs parts. Fortunately, Thorlabs offers SolidWorks files that can be directly…
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