Reply To: A Leeuwenhoek microscope project

Reply To: A Leeuwenhoek microscope project

16 May 2023 at 16:42 #645389

Michael Gilligan

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Posted by S K on 16/05/2023 15:12:15:

[…]

I can imagine a few ways to focus while maintaining parallelism of the slide, but so far my ideas tend to be either complicated or difficult to miniaturize.

Any brilliant ideas from the readers?

.

I would first consider using a pair of parallel flexures

… but if you are prepared to stray a long way from the original, there’s always piezo actuators

MichaelG.

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Have a look at this: https://www.elliotscientific.com/Precision-Positioning/Elliot-Martock-Products/Flexure-Stages-and-Precision-Positioning-Solutions/174-XYZ-Flexure-Stages/Elliot-Martock-MDE120-Elliot-Gold-Series-XYZ-Flexure-Stage-with-Simple-Manual-Adjusters

Then find the Martock patent [numbers are near bottom of the page]

consider one axis of it … simplify, and scale-down

Edited By Michael Gilligan on 16/05/2023 16:50:54

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