Nikon E800 Condenser adjustment knob gear

[Michael Bastiani]

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The plastic gear (Really NIKON, plastic gears!!) on the condenser adjustment
knob broke on my E800.  My request to Nikon for a replacement was not
successful.  They apparently don't support the E800 any longer.  When did
microscopes become "disposable"?  Anybody have any suggestions for a third
party source for replacement parts?  Do I need to have a new gear machined?

[McDonald, David L]

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Hi Michael,

Try Jan Strelow at Meridian Instrument Co., he may have some OE Nikon gears.  He's replaced gears and focusing mechanisms on our E800 several times.  Here's his contact info:

Jan Strelow
Meridian Instrument Co., Inc.
P.O. Box 519
Freeland, WA  98249
A/S  360 331-0266
Fax  [phone]
Cell 206 940-9752
[hidden email]

Good luck,
Dave


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Dave McDonald
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Scientific Imaging Lab, DE-512
1100 Fairview Avenue North
Seattle, WA 98109
206-667-4205
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From: Confocal Microscopy List [mailto:[hidden email]] On Behalf Of Michael Bastiani
Sent: Thursday, August 09, 2012 8:33 AM
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Subject: Nikon E800 Condenser adjustment knob gear

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The plastic gear (Really NIKON, plastic gears!!) on the condenser adjustment knob broke on my E800.  My request to Nikon for a replacement was not successful.  They apparently don't support the E800 any longer.  When did microscopes become "disposable"?  Anybody have any suggestions for a third party source for replacement parts?  Do I need to have a new gear machined?  

[Alberto Diaspro]

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i will check if we have one in the lab
alby
Il giorno 09/ago/2012, alle ore 17:32, Michael Bastiani <[hidden email]> ha scritto:

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> The plastic gear (Really NIKON, plastic gears!!) on the condenser adjustment
> knob broke on my E800.  My request to Nikon for a replacement was not
> successful.  They apparently don't support the E800 any longer.  When did
> microscopes become "disposable"?  Anybody have any suggestions for a third
> party source for replacement parts?  Do I need to have a new gear machined?

[Jerry (Gerald) Sedgewick]

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Working with Image Stacks and Movies webinar is now re-scheduled with a
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August 20, 12:00pm (noon) until 1:30pm Central Daylight Time (U.S.).
For Photoshop Extended versions CS3 (version 10) - CS6 (version 13).  To
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You will learn to post-process movie files and things like putting
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- Open Image stacks as image sequences; or as a z- or time-series saved
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- Open DICOM series as movies
- Add text, arrows, captions, etc. to movies
- Filter movies all at once: De-Interlace, Sharpen, etc.
- Place movies side-by-side; overlay movies to merge
- Adjust tonal range for optimizing to output devices
- Export completed movies for frame-by-frame "scientific" replay

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[Gregg Sobocinski]

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Michael,
That part was available two years ago through Mager Scientific, using the
following purchase information:
Part# R-2B260-053 Pinion 1 $17.15

Good luck.
~Gregg
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*Gregg Sobocinski*
Microscope Imaging Specialist
University of Michigan, MCDB Dept.
Ann Arbor, Michigan USA

On Thu, Aug 9, 2012 at 11:32 AM, Michael Bastiani <
[hidden email]> wrote:

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> The plastic gear (Really NIKON, plastic gears!!) on the condenser
> adjustment
> knob broke on my E800.  My request to Nikon for a replacement was not
> successful.  They apparently don't support the E800 any longer.  When did
> microscopes become "disposable"?  Anybody have any suggestions for a third
> party source for replacement parts?  Do I need to have a new gear machined?
>

[Rock Levinson]

Hi Michael,

I had the same problem (and outraged reaction). My microscope serviceman, Matt Oien, has stockpiled some of these gears. You may contact him at [e-mail].

Good luck!
-Rock

[Rock Levinson]

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Hi Michael,

I had the same problem (and outraged reaction). My microscope serviceman,
Matt Oien, has stockpiled some of these gears. You may contact him at
[hidden email].

Good luck!
-Rock