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lonepal
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Location: Turkey

My Macro System

Post by lonepal »

Hi all;

Greetings from Turkey!

My macro rig system finally finished.
I wanted to share it's specifications with you.
All system is placed onto a solid wooden table.
Controller and wires are placed/taped on the table.

Specifications;

1-) Motion sytem ;

Double motion sytems with a combined modified Wemacro rail and a Newport 436 linear stage.
Both have 400 stepper motors.
Both are controlled by Wemacro controller unit.
Just change the plug and use the one preferred.

Wemacro rail has 0.5um step size;
Newport 436 with AJS-100-2 has 0.125mm step size.

Also DM-13 differential micrometer is used to manually move the rail for precise framing.
It's step size is 0.5um/div on fine side and 10um/div on coarse side;

ImageIMG_5524 by Ömercan Çal?k, on Flickr

ImageIMG_5520 by Ömercan Çal?k, on Flickr

ImageIMG_5519 by Ömercan Çal?k, on Flickr

ImageIMG_5521 by Ömercan Çal?k, on Flickr

ImageIMG_5511 by Ömercan Çal?k, on Flickr

2-) Anti Vibration ;

Reduced the vibration issues by NBR blocks which are placed between the marble plate and the wooden table.
Also placed many sticky rubber pads placed between the marble plate and wooden main mount plate.
There are also sticky rubber pads under the legs od the solid wooden table.

ImageIMG_5504 by Ömercan Çal?k, on Flickr

ImageIMG_5508 by Ömercan Çal?k, on Flickr

100X100X20 NBR Block

ImageIMG_5542 by Ömercan Çal?k, on Flickr

Sticky Rubber Pad

ImageUntitled by Ömercan Çal?k, on Flickr

3-) Specimen Holder ;

Own designed specimen holder with a solid ballhead, a XY linear stage and some plates/clamps.
It is mounted to wooden main mount plate.
Precise UP/DOWN/LEFT/RIGHT specimen movement.
Easy to adjust the position according to the lens with a solid ballhead.
I use another mount system for Lomo RMS lenses so the height needs to be adjusted when I change the mount system.

Mitutoyo Lens Mount

ImageUntitled by Ömercan Çal?k, on Flickr

RMS Lens Mount

Image by Ömercan Çal?k, on Flickr

Specimen Holder

ImageIMG_5513 by Ömercan Çal?k, on Flickr

ImageIMG_5514 by Ömercan Çal?k, on Flickr

ImageIMG_5515 by Ömercan Çal?k, on Flickr

ImageIMG_5516 by Ömercan Çal?k, on Flickr

4-) Flexible Clamps;

Flexible diffuzer/reflector holder clamps;

ImageIMG_5529 by Ömercan Çal?k, on Flickr

ImageIMG_5530 by Ömercan Çal?k, on Flickr

5-) Mount Block ;

Easy mount block with 1/4-20 threaded holes for placing any extra equipment etc.

ImageIMG_5512 by Ömercan Çal?k, on Flickr

ImageIMG_5517 by Ömercan Çal?k, on Flickr

5-) Lighting system;

2XIKEA Jansjö LED Lamps/Diffused with polystrene (?) foam.
LED lamps are attached to marble plate with their solid clamps.

ImageIMG_5530 by Ömercan Çal?k, on Flickr

6-) Lenses ;

Mitutoyo M Plan APO 10X/0.28
Mitutoyo M Plan APO 20X/0.42
Lomo 3.7/0.11
Lomo 3.5/0.10
Raynox DCR 150/250 as tube lenses.

ImageIMG_5534 by Ömercan Çal?k, on Flickr

Thanks for reading.
If you have any advices or you want to ask questions please do not hesitate.
Regards.
Omer

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