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  1. mrln
    mrln
    First Post You Look Familiar Paging Mr. F First Anniversary I'm Not Dead Yet! 10 Posts Second Anniversary We Have Touchdown
    October 2022

    @ightden said:
    is there anywhere to purchase empty rfid capsules online?  or somewhere to purchase schott 8625 tubing to make capsules out of?

    like these

    @ightden

    Are you still in need of glass tubes?

  2. Satur9
    Satur9
    First Post 10 Posts You Look Familiar Paging Mr. F Welcome Committee I'm Not Dead Yet! We Have Touchdown First Anniversary 100 Posts Have Some Cake Second Anniversary Third Anniversary Fourth Anniversary Fifth Anniversary
    October 2022

    Lol it's been 7 years. For anyone else interested though Mrln and I worked out something with Schott

  3. mrln
    mrln
    First Post You Look Familiar Paging Mr. F First Anniversary I'm Not Dead Yet! 10 Posts Second Anniversary We Have Touchdown
    October 2022

    > @Satur9 said:
    > Lol it's been 7 years. For anyone else interested though Mrln and I worked out something with Schott

    Its never too late to revive a project :D

  4. Cassox
    Cassox
    Second Anniversary Third Anniversary Fourth Anniversary Fifth Anniversary Final Anniversary First Post First Anniversary 100 Posts You Look Familiar 1000 Posts 500 Posts 10 Posts Welcome Committee Paging Mr. F Have Some Cake We Have Touchdown I'm Not Dead Yet!
    October 2022

    Tell me about your experiences with glass. I've used a blowtorch and spun closed one end. I never sealed the other end that way in fear of superheating contents. Ive seen plenty of the Schott IR absorbing glass. Its the semitranslucent gray color stuff right? Are you laser sealing it?

  5. Cassox
    Cassox
    Second Anniversary Third Anniversary Fourth Anniversary Fifth Anniversary Final Anniversary First Post First Anniversary 100 Posts You Look Familiar 1000 Posts 500 Posts 10 Posts Welcome Committee Paging Mr. F Have Some Cake We Have Touchdown I'm Not Dead Yet!
    October 2022

    I had some success potting the other end, but once you get that far you might as well just coat it instead of incorporating glass.

  6. mrln
    mrln
    First Post You Look Familiar Paging Mr. F First Anniversary I'm Not Dead Yet! 10 Posts Second Anniversary We Have Touchdown
    October 2022
    edited October 2022

    I'm in the process of creating a machine that seals them with an IR laser.

    The current state is that I'm waiting for the glass to arrive so I can perform further tests.

    I only had a hand full of tubes so far and I've used them up already.

    The whole project is quite experimental, and most people that I asked about it outside of the biohacking community told me that it wouldn't work. Some called themselves "laser experts" and told me the glass wouldn't even melt and shatter or I would only engrave it. I went on anyway with the project and gave a fuck about those so-called experts.

    It's all janky diy right now and I went in debt, so I can afford everything, but I hope it pays off some day... I'm confident.

    Here are some microscope images I shot today for troubleshooting the imperfect seals. Some tubes failed in the vacuum chamber, and now I know the reason.

  7. Cassox
    Cassox
    Second Anniversary Third Anniversary Fourth Anniversary Fifth Anniversary Final Anniversary First Post First Anniversary 100 Posts You Look Familiar 1000 Posts 500 Posts 10 Posts Welcome Committee Paging Mr. F Have Some Cake We Have Touchdown I'm Not Dead Yet!
    October 2022

    That's awesome. One of the engineers i work with has a few nice lasers and we intend to try it out as well. Sorry you had lane responses from people but laser sealing cylinders is pretty standard.

  8. mrln
    mrln
    First Post You Look Familiar Paging Mr. F First Anniversary I'm Not Dead Yet! 10 Posts Second Anniversary We Have Touchdown
    May 2023
    edited May 2023

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Be3OsyE5Dw

    Sealing proces works quite well now.
    (embed player is glitchy - maybe watch on youtube)

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