Dear Patrick,
you can use ordinary glue ("Uhu Sekundenkleber") or nail varnish to glue
the pin into the base. To remove the pin, just keep it in a beaker with
acetone. Both glue and varnish resolve within short time (an hourish?)
This has been practice in the labs where I worked for the past 20
years. I am surprise Mitegen found a market for their 'resuable' bases.Best, Tim On Sun, 15 Nov 2020 15:45:01 -0500 Patrick Loll <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I’ve become very fond of the Mitegen reusable bases for mounting > crystals, since the reusable aspect savse me from having to discard > the base every time I break a microloop. However, once the crystals > arrive at the synchroteon, I observe motions of the loops (some > gradual, some sporadic). The the amplitudes of these motions are > becoming significant as I take data from smaller and smaller > crystals. I don’t think I’m imagining this, since the good folks at > NSLS-2/AMX have warned me about this very issue. > > I’m writing to ask if anyone has any clever ideas about stabilizing > these assemblies. Obviously, I can epoxy the pins in place, but then > I’ll probably need to discard the entire assembly when I break a > loop, and I’d prefer not to waste more money than necessary. I’ve > considered putting a bead of wax at the point where the pin enters > the base (although I haven’t yet checked to see if that will survive > immersion in liquid nitrogen). Does anyone have any other (better) > ideas? > > Much obliged in advance, > > Pat > __________________________ > > Patrick J. Loll, PhD > Professor of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology > Drexel University College of Medicine > Room 10-102 New College Building > 245 N. 15th St. > Philadelphia, PA 19102-1192 USA > > (215) 762-7706 > [email protected] > ######################################################################## > > To unsubscribe from the CCP4BB list, click the following link: > https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/WA-JISC.exe?SUBED1=CCP4BB&A=1 > > This message was issued to members of www.jiscmail.ac.uk/CCP4BB, a > mailing list hosted by www.jiscmail.ac.uk, terms & conditions are > available at https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/policyandsecurity/ -- -- Tim Gruene Head of the Centre for X-ray Structure Analysis Faculty of Chemistry University of Vienna Phone: +43-1-4277-70202 GPG Key ID = A46BEE1A ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the CCP4BB list, click the following link: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/WA-JISC.exe?SUBED1=CCP4BB&A=1 This message was issued to members of www.jiscmail.ac.uk/CCP4BB, a mailing list hosted by www.jiscmail.ac.uk, terms & conditions are available at https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/policyandsecurity/
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