Hi, Gelcompany do cheaper replacement parts for electrophoresis units including plates etc. We have had plates made by glaziers(glass makers) for the bio-rad criterion system to bypass their precast system, and these work fine for sds PAGE. The only possible problem with the plates for the mini system is that they are 1mm thick, which I don't think is a commercial thickness to find a glazier that can make it. But standard glass is fine for sds PAGE
---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2011 14:14:24 +0530 From: yoginee budhkar <[email protected]> Subject: Short glasses for PAGE unit To: [email protected] Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Hello All, We have Biorad mini protean unit for vertical electrophoresis. The short glasses provided with the kit are very fragile and we are already out with 3 out of 5 short glasses that came with the unit. As we all know these are quite expensive and not that easily dispensable... I was thinking of getting same dimension glasses molded from a glassmith near by. But I had to clear only one doubt. Is this glass made of or coated with any special material to make it inert towards SDS PAGE ingredients? OR does any one know any thing at all that is special about this glass which the glassmith might not come to know just by examining the one we have? -- -- Yoginee Budhkar Contact: +91 9820870988 ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2011 13:28:27 +0000 From: Cathal Garvey <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Short glasses for PAGE unit To: yoginee budhkar <[email protected]> Cc: [email protected] Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Hello Yoginee, If the glass is just inert glass, and if its material properties are forgiving enough, you might also be able to have it printed by shapeways.com: they print in glass, but it won't be transparent (I'm not sure whether your glass needs to be transparent or not). The price to print can be pretty steep, but in my experience (modelling one of those e90 plastic things from a cytospin) the price can still be less than half that of replacement parts. Good luck getting them molded/printed, and I hope it works for you. I love to see people bypassing expensive replacement/maintainance setups by DIY. On 23 February 2011 08:44, yoginee budhkar <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello All, > > We have Biorad mini protean unit for vertical electrophoresis. The short > glasses provided with the kit are very fragile and we are already out with > 3 > out of 5 short glasses that came with the unit. As we all know these are > quite expensive and not that easily dispensable... > > I was thinking of getting same dimension glasses molded from a glassmith > near by. But I had to clear only one doubt. Is this glass made of or coated > with any special material to make it inert towards SDS PAGE ingredients? OR > does any one know any thing at all that is special about this glass which > the glassmith might not come to know just by examining the one we have? > > -- > -- > Yoginee Budhkar > Contact: +91 9820870988 > _______________________________________________ > Methods mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.bio.net/biomail/listinfo/methods > -- letters.cunningprojects.com twitter.com/onetruecathal http://www.indiebiotech.com ------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Methods mailing list [email protected] http://www.bio.net/biomail/listinfo/methods End of Methods Digest, Vol 69, Issue 8 ************************************** _______________________________________________ Methods mailing list [email protected] http://www.bio.net/biomail/listinfo/methods
