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=Status= | =Status= | ||
Operational, standing on pneumatic legs. | |||
Optical and mechanical hardware in progress. Gantry is planned to enable ultra high-accuracy and wide area CNC milling, laser cutting, and 3D printing. | |||
=Specifications= | =Specifications= | ||
Not known with certainty, some estimations follow: | Not known with certainty, some estimations follow: | ||
*Rigidity sufficient for safe mechanical use. | |||
*Tapped holes. | |||
*Steel surface, epoxy/metal honeycomb base. | |||
*Can be kept level to within ~15nm. | |||
*Heavy - 800 pounds (350kg). | *Heavy - 800 pounds (350kg). | ||
*Pneumatic mounting. | *Pneumatic mounting. | ||
=Associated Equipment= | =Associated Equipment= | ||
Lens and mirror mounts | *Big (~40x40mm) aluminum extrusions, sufficient to equip entire table with a gantry. | ||
*Lens and mirror mounts. | |||
*Wide variety of optical elements, lenses, mirrors, beam splitters, fibers, telescope, microscope, etc. | |||
*Micro-manipulators. | |||
*Lasers. | |||
*High voltage (up to 6kW) power supplies. | |||
=Safety= | =Safety= | ||
High voltage power supplies and | High voltage power supplies and powerful lasers are dangerous, with a lot of subtle "gotchas". Don't play with them unless highly experienced. | ||
Latest revision as of 16:22, 23 June 2015
HacDC's Optical Table
Status
Operational, standing on pneumatic legs.
Optical and mechanical hardware in progress. Gantry is planned to enable ultra high-accuracy and wide area CNC milling, laser cutting, and 3D printing.
Specifications
Not known with certainty, some estimations follow:
- Rigidity sufficient for safe mechanical use.
- Tapped holes.
- Steel surface, epoxy/metal honeycomb base.
- Can be kept level to within ~15nm.
- Heavy - 800 pounds (350kg).
- Pneumatic mounting.
Associated Equipment
- Big (~40x40mm) aluminum extrusions, sufficient to equip entire table with a gantry.
- Lens and mirror mounts.
- Wide variety of optical elements, lenses, mirrors, beam splitters, fibers, telescope, microscope, etc.
- Micro-manipulators.
- Lasers.
- High voltage (up to 6kW) power supplies.
Safety
High voltage power supplies and powerful lasers are dangerous, with a lot of subtle "gotchas". Don't play with them unless highly experienced.
Pages in category "OpticalTable"
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