home-built coverslip drier/spinner
April 3, 2015 at 4:14 pm | sam | hardwareWe wanted some coverslip spinners to dry coverslips after washing and rinsing. It’s way faster than blowing them with air. Nico kindly gave me his 3D design file for the coverslip holder, and I modified the box design from here.
Here’s a parts list (Digikey part numbers unless otherwise noted):
- Power supply/AC adaptor (
3V, 500mA5V, 1A) - 3V DC motors (2)
- P14355-ND
- wired in parallel
- Momentary switch
- Enclosure
- Cushion feet (4)
- Screws for motors
- Mcmaster-Carr part 90116A009
- 3D print coverslip holders (2)
- this design was modified from one by Nico Stuurman
- works for 18 or 22 mm square coverslips
- I drilled out the hole to match the motor’s axle and superglued it in
- IPT file
- STL file
- NIH 3D Print Exchange
- Safety cover
- laser-cut design
- plexiglass (McMaster-Carr part 8560k182)
- hinges
- Superglue, wire, soldering iron, etc.
And here’s the finished product.
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This is so cool. Thanks.
Comment by Jongmin Sung — July 20, 2015 #