Re: Cheap Antivibration table

Posted by Sudipta Maiti on
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We have done nice FCS experiments with a wide baseplate resting on a thick
piece of furniture foam. It works.
Sudipta
 On Thu, 7 Jul 2011 20:05:02 +1000, Guy Cox wrote

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> I have indeed done this, with an AFM.  The baseplate was a thick
> slate slab.  Never tried the two inner tube trick, though.  It does
> work, though it did have additional damping above it (in the AFM
> enclosure) so it wasn't the sole source of isolation.  We were able
> to get atomic resolution on a good day.  This was quite a long time
> ago, with one of the old Park AFMs (a brilliant design for its time).
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> Has anyone every constructed a DIY air table by placing a bicycle  
> inner tube under a baseplate. It seems like a very simple and cheap  
> solution.
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> Would it be worthwhile to use a stack of two inner tubes and  
> baseplates, with the inner tubes inflated to different pressures ?
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> Any advice and alternative suggestions would be appreciated.
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