Re: [DIYbio] DIY Centrifuge

On 02/08/2015 07:39 AM, Subin e k wrote:
> I think making the smaller model ill be the best thing before the bigger party :)

Very good.  Glad to hear.  Sorry if I said anything badly, because you *can* make a big one if
you want to enough and approach it well, and keep spinning mass to a minimum, and actually calculate
the worst case forces your containment needs to withstand in a worst case event.

Instead of concrete, maybe two layers of spun metal with plenty of ductility in it by annealing
would stop a projectile launched from 3 inches away at max speed, and then the whole thing can be lighter
and become an OSHW product design some day.

On 02/08/2015 07:41 AM, Subin e k wrote:> even if some water is spilled on the lab floor Department will kill me

You can use the above idea on a small one... A Thailand soup pot of spun aluminum with central chimney
can become a centrifuge containment enclosure.  It might tempt people to check if the soup is done though...