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Craig, can you provide a rough estimate of what it costs in materials (and time) to operate this system?
Thanks,
Brian D Armstrong PhD
Assistant Research Professor
Director, Light Microscopy Core
Beckman Research Institute
City of Hope
Dept of Neuroscience
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On the high end, I have access to an Objet Connex500. It has 15um
resolution (which is a bit insane) and prints in a wide variety of
materials. The main drawback is the materials are all proprietary and a
bit expensive, but they do give very nice results. We're working with the
biocompatible material (originally for dentistry) which has allowed us to
print some tissue hold-downs and cell chambers for ex vivo live imaging.
I'll let you know how 'biocompatible' it turns out to be in the long run,
but so far we've had no issues with it for spinal cord and the like.
Craig
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>> Dear list,
>> Please share/advice what 3D printers you use to manufacture
>> parts for microscopy projects. BTW, what is good enough
>> material to make mechanical/microscopy parts from?
>> We are expanding our Confocal Microscopy Core along with
>> other Cores as we will be moving into a new research building,
>> and I would like to start using 3D printer. So far on the listserv
>> I found only mentioning of manufacturing some "crude boxes"
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http://derisilab.ucsf.edu/**index.php?page=3D<
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> I've used the Uprint printer mentioned in the Derisilab link for printing
> a number of microscopy parts. I've made adapters for the Nikon condensor
> dovetail for mounting custom transillumination optics, filter holders that
> slot into the Nikon filter turret for holding single emission filters
> (these use a Thorlabs 1" tube to hold the filter), and a large number of
> stage inserts and sample holders. That Uprint printer has about 200 um
> resolution so it's not great for printing really finely detailed objects,
> but for these kinds of things it works great. It prints ABS, which is
> pretty sturdy, and it also prints a dissolvable support allowing for
> overhangs, windows, and nested objects.
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> One of these days I will post all of the CAD files we've generated....
>
> Kurt
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