Samples with Rotatable Images (1485)

These are samples that have QuickTimeVR 3D and JavaScript stereoscopic rotatable images associated with one or more samples. You can download the latest version of QuickTime for Macintosh or Windows from http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download. To make these files I first used a "VR Micro Studio", which consisted of an up-side-down panorama head, a three-axis adjustable tripod mount, and a 1000W halogen light. The camera was covered with tinfoil to keep it from burning up under the hot light. After making about 130 3D images (almost 10,000 individual photographs) I got a fiber optic illumination system and my studio looked like this. It was much more flexible, and doesn't get hot at all. Light really is the key to photographing small things: You need a lot of it close in. Then after another 50 or so I finally got an automatic turntable. Commercial stepper-motor systems are available, but they are very expensive and I've found they all vibrate, which disturbs delicate arrangements. I instead use a cheap surplus turntable with a 5 revolution per hour timing motor, combined with a time lapse control set to take a picture every 10 seconds. That works out to 72 images in one 12-minute revolution. If you do the math, the motion blur is less than one pixel even at a 1/15 second exposure, so a stepper motor that starts and stops is really not necessary. That was good, but in preparing for a Discovery Channel film project, I needed to upgrade to 360 steps instead of 72, and I wanted to be able to handle all sizes from nearly microscopic to a couple hundred pounds. The solution was a pair of custom-machined (by me, of course) turntables, cast iron mounts and a slate base for everything (because of vibrations, which are a big problem for samples less than about 5mm across). In late 2004 the studio looks like this.

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Text and images Copyright (c) 2010 by Theodore W. Gray.
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Nickel
Nickel XXXX Nickel Babbitt
3D3D
XXXX Nickel Babbitt.
Source: eBay seller thunderbird1010
Contributor: Theodore Gray
Acquired: 11 August, 2004
Text Updated: 29 January, 2009
Price: $10
Size: 8"
Purity: <5%
Nickel
Nickel Canadian nickel
3D3D
Canadian nickel.
Source: Warut Roonguthai
Contributor: Warut Roonguthai
Acquired: 20 March, 2005
Text Updated: 29 January, 2009
Price: Donated
Size: .75"
Purity: >95%
Sample Group: Coins
Nickel
Nickel Bumper plating T-nut
3D3D
Bumper plating T-nut.
Source: Anonymous
Contributor: Anonymous
Acquired: 20 December, 2005
Text Updated: 31 January, 2006
Price: Donated
Size: 4"
Purity: 99.9%
Nickel
Nickel Element coin
3D3D
Element coin.
Source: Dave Hamric
Contributor: Theodore Gray
Acquired: 1 December, 2006
Text Updated: 14 January, 2007
Price: $8
Size: 0.75"
Purity: >99%
Sample Group: Coins
Nickel
Nickel More Ingots
3D3D
More Ingots.
Source: Flex-n-Gate, Inc
Contributor: Flex-n-Gate, Inc
Acquired: 30 September, 2007
Text Updated: 30 September, 2007
Price: $18/pound
Size: 1"
Purity: >99%
Nickel
Nickel Novamet Nickel Spheres
3D3D
Novamet Nickel Spheres.
Source: Ed Bertschy
Contributor: Ed Bertschy
Acquired: 19 February, 2008
Text Updated: 20 February, 2008
Price: Donated
Size: 1"
Purity: 85%
Nickel
Nickel Nickel flake conductive pigment
3D3D
Nickel flake conductive pigment.
Source: Ed Bertschy
Contributor: Ed Bertschy
Acquired: 8 March, 2008
Text Updated: 8 March, 2008
Price: Donated
Size: 0.5"
Purity: >90%
Nickel
Nickel Nickel plating electrode
3D3D
Nickel plating electrode.
Source: FDJ On Time
Contributor: Theodore Gray
Acquired: 14 June, 2008
Text Updated: 14 June, 2008
Price: $6
Size: 1"
Purity: >99%
Nickel
Nickel Zone refined nickel bar
3D3D
Zone refined nickel bar.
Source: Ethan Currens
Contributor: Theodore Gray
Acquired: 28 February, 2009
Text Updated: 1 March, 2009
Price: Anonymous
Size: 4"
Purity: 99.99%
Nickel
Nickel Beautiful nickel-plated miniature scale
3D3D
Beautiful nickel-plated miniature scale.
Source: eBay seller rto37
Contributor: Theodore Gray
Acquired: 28 February, 2009
Text Updated: 1 March, 2009
Price: $86
Size: 5"
Purity: 95%
Nickel
Nickel Nickel metal hydride battery
3D3D
Nickel metal hydride battery.
Source: Radio Shack
Contributor: Theodore Gray
Acquired: 11 March, 2009
Text Updated: 12 March, 2009
Price: $5
Size: 2"
Purity: <20%
Nickel
Nickel Gorgeous handcuffs
3D3D
Gorgeous handcuffs.
Source: eBay seller indianhead
Contributor: Theodore Gray
Acquired: 8 April, 2009
Text Updated: 9 April, 2009
Price: $42
Size: 7"
Purity: <1%
Nickel
Nickel Concorde stage 5 turbine stator
3D3D
Concorde stage 5 turbine stator.
Source: eBay seller afterburner713
Contributor: Theodore Gray
Acquired: 8 April, 2009
Text Updated: 9 April, 2009
Price: $25
Size: 4"
Purity: 54%
Nickel
Nickel Concorde stage 6 turbine rotor
3D3D
Concorde stage 6 turbine rotor.
Source: eBay seller afterburner713
Contributor: Theodore Gray
Acquired: 8 April, 2009
Text Updated: 9 April, 2009
Price: $25
Size: 4"
Purity: 54%
Nickel
Nickel Concorde stage 6 turbine stator
3D3D
Concorde stage 6 turbine stator.
Source: eBay seller afterburner713
Contributor: Theodore Gray
Acquired: 8 April, 2009
Text Updated: 9 April, 2009
Price: $25
Size: 4"
Purity: 54%
Nickel
Nickel Concorde stage 7 turbine stator
3D3D
Concorde stage 7 turbine stator.
Source: eBay seller afterburner713
Contributor: Theodore Gray
Acquired: 8 April, 2009
Text Updated: 9 April, 2009
Price: $25
Size: 4"
Purity: 54%
Nickel
Nickel Concorde Low Pressure Turbine Nozzle Guide Vane
3D3D
Concorde Low Pressure Turbine Nozzle Guide Vane.
Source: eBay seller afterburner713
Contributor: Theodore Gray
Acquired: 8 April, 2009
Text Updated: 25 April, 2009
Price: $75
Size: 12"
Purity: 60%
Nickel
Nickel Nichrome wire
3D3D
Nichrome wire.
Source: Theodore Gray
Contributor: Theodore Gray
Acquired: 31 October, 2009
Text Updated: 31 October, 2009
Price: Unknown
Size: 8"
Purity: >60%
Nickel
Nickel US Nickel coin
3D3D
US Nickel coin.
Source: Theodore Gray
Contributor: Theodore Gray
Acquired: 13 January, 2010
Text Updated: 13 January, 2010
Price: $0.05
Size: 0.8"
Purity: 25%
Nickel
Nickel Garnierite from Jensan Set
3D3D
Garnierite from Jensan Set.
Source: Jensan Scientifics
Contributor: Jensan Scientifics
Acquired: 17 March, 2003
Price: Donated
Size: 1"
Composition: (Ni,Mg)3Si2O5(OH)4
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