Haha, will leave it so! It would never have beaten his design anyway;
I'd only have been doing it for the rage and the lulz. My prototypes
tend to be dirty and barely functional. In contrast, Russell has a firm
history of awesome prototypes behind him. ;)
On 03/02/12 19:19, Patrik wrote:
> Russell already has a prototype for this - he was printing it when I
> visited his lab last week - so you may want to hold off on that a bit
> so as not to steal his thunder ;-)
>
> I told him he should submit it to the Tekla 3D printing DIYbio design
> competition, so I'm sure we'll be seeing it soon...
>
> On Feb 3, 7:03 am, Cathal Garvey <cathalgar...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Oh, that's cheeky. I'm pretty sure I could knock out a chuck-fitting
>> tube holder in an hour's printing. In fact, I'm fecking certain I could;
>> I'd make one in two parts that interlock beneath the tube and form a
>> shaft at the other end that is gripped by the chuck; should be pretty
>> secure once fitted, and will securely grip the tube lid together.
>>
>> Of course, you could also make a whole rack for holding tubes, but that
>> *would* be slightly more complicated to design without having it fall
>> apart under extreme hammer-action-ating.
>>
>> On 03/02/12 07:58, Patrik wrote:
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>>> If bead beating is what you need, I know Russell Neches at UC Davis is
>>> developing a 3D printed head for Zymo's portable Xpedition Sample
>>> Processor:
>>
>>> http://www.zymoresearch.com/devices-instruments/cell-disruptors/xpedi...
>>> http://vort.org/2011/09/30/spoon-bench-field-dna-processing-gadget-re...
>>
>>> It's essentially a modified Craftsman Hammerhead Auto Hammer, which
>>> you can buy for $72 from Sears. But they're selling them for $992 with
>>> a special adapter head to shake a 2ml tube with beads. So if you can
>>> print your own adapter head, you can just buy the Hammerhead and save
>>> yourself $900...
>>
>>> On Feb 2, 5:53 am, Cathal Garvey <cathalgar...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> Sorry!
>>>> Well, beyond what bead-maceration is, I can't offer opinions. I've never
>>>> used it, so I don't know how effective it will be. Depends on the
>>>> substrate I guess; plant leaf matter would probably respond really well,
>>>> for example, but meat probably not so much.
>>
>>>> On 02/02/12 13:14, Nathan McCorkle wrote:
>>
>>>>> Yeah I realized that
>>
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