Hi Patrick, I have met the same issue and that is very bad for any micro-focus beam and small crystals. I have talked with Mitegen and they are developing a new type of reusable base having an improvement for this issue. You may get some update from them. But, I do not use the reusable bases anymore.
Best wishes, Tao-Hsin > On Nov 15, 2020, at 3:45 PM, Patrick Loll <pjl...@gmail.com> 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 > pj...@drexel.edu <mailto:pj...@drexel.edu> > To unsubscribe from the CCP4BB list, click the following link: > https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/WA-JISC.exe?SUBED1=CCP4BB&A=1 > <https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/WA-JISC.exe?SUBED1=CCP4BB&A=1> ######################################################################## 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/
