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It's a failure
07/29/2022 at 14:29 • 0 commentsBut Version 2 is looking really promising lol 😂
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All built
07/25/2022 at 13:05 • 0 commentsAll 3d printed and together, first impressions are that it's a success, but won't actually know the success until rebuilding the stage of the microscope and inserting a sample and seeing how the results come out but the amount of light shows that its more likely going to work out.
Now I know I should focus on the success of the project but the layering on the 3d printed coupler is cool, I didn't really watch it print, I only watched the first layer go down and then walked away so its forever to be a mystery lol.
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Light source to Fiber Optic Coupler
07/24/2022 at 18:12 • 0 commentsFinally got around to designing the coupler to connect the fiber optics to connect to the light source. Pretty simple design just a 10mm hole and 15 mmm hole meeting in the middle of a tube. Planning on printing it on the ender 3.
The fiber optics ended up being about 9.5 mm wide so it should fit fine and ill put a drop of superglue to keep it in place. To create the bundle of fibers I simply dipped an inch of it into superglue. I allowed it to harden and sliced about 10 mm off making it nice and flush.
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Fiber optics time
07/23/2022 at 03:05 • 0 commentsThe fiber optics was harder to install than I thought it would be but I got it on the first try which is always nice.
I cut it at 5 inch increments and I needed 8 per hole with a total of 8 holes. Bringing to a total of 64 pieces.
Install : Insert all 8 pieces and leave about a half inch sticking out, drop off super glue near hole and cut flush then sand smooth.
So much super glue , sanding is the only reason it looks nice.
I'm currently trying to figure out the diameter of the fiber optic bundle so I can start designing the adapter to the light source.