Lowcost easy DIY static adapter
 

Hi all,

I've been following these threads for a while now and have enjoyed
playing around at building a static adapter (which might or might not get motorised at some stage).

As a lot of the info was gleaned from this site, I thought I'd post some instructions as to what has worked for me in the off chance that it might be of interest (or indeed use) to anyone.
It's biult entirely from components bought off ebay and bolts together. The whole thing cost under 70 quid and unlike most statics, doesn't use the Thorlabs although that is probably a neater solution.

http://www.maths.ox.ac.uk/~smithdm/dof.html

There are some captures at the bottom but it's at night indoors so not much light to be had. I'll put up some more when I've had a chance to play.

regards,

Dave

Looks great, thanks for the tutorial!

thats my type of guy! very helpful and sharing. good work!

This rocks! No, seriously, this ROCKS!

Thanks for puttin' this tutorial together. After already trying a DIY adapter and not completely suceeding ;), this will help.

David, I've seen a few of these DIY guides posted before. Yours is the best to date in terms of a complete start to finish guide. Nice work.

Thanks for your kind words!

David,

Excellent tutorial! Thanks for taking the time & trouble in putting it together. You're the Man!

yes, I also appreciate your work. And the work of so many others on this forum who take the time (sometimes a lot of time) to share their experience.

ooo.... I'm getting a little teary-eyed...