James,
We have had several plates cut at our local glass shop, both ABI plates
and
borosilicate plates that we purchased (half the price) from Sooner
Scientific (www.soonersci.com; 405-286-9408). They could not use their
usual plate cutting tools and had to use a table saw. I impressed upon
them that the plates must be kept scratch-free, so they were very careful
with them. The cut edge was just a bit ragged, but they smoothed it and
the plate edges don't matter anyway. We even had them cut out notches for
the lower edge of 377-type plates. Go for it.
Carol
>Hello, I am interested in having a plate glass shop cut some plates for
>our 373 (or a 377), rather than paying the outrageous prices that ABI
>charges for sequencing plates. Has anybody tried this? Are ABI
>sequencing plates made from a special type of glass? Borosilicate
>perhaps?
>> Thanks for your time.
>>....................................................................
>.... James Akowski e-mail akowski at anl. gov ..
>... Center for Mechanistic Biology ...
>.. Argonne National Laboratory phone (630)252-3806 ....
>. Argonne, IL 60439 FAX (630)252-1868 .....
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Carol Bayles
607-254-4860
Flow Cytometry and Imaging Facility 607-254-4847 fax
Biotechnology Resource Center cjb4 at cornell.edu
160 Biotech Bldg
Cornell University
Ithaca NY 14850
