Hi William,
On Thursday, 21 April 2016 17:58:39 UTC+2, William Beeson wrote:
-- Actually I try to avoid the use of 3D printers as much as possible. We have a wide range of DIY 3D printers here in the Fablab Amsterdam (same place as the Open Wetlab), but none is plug and play. Under/over extrusion, wrapping, not sticking to the bed, wacky support structures, holes that are just a little too big or too small, taking hours to get big pieces, etc, etc, countless hours wasted with those machines. So whenever I make something, I ask myself: can I cut it, mill it or mold/cast it? If yes, go for that. Only in case I believe there is no other way, I'd go for 3D printing.
The only part in the biohack academy kit that is 3D printed is the rotor of the centrifuge
Picture by Waag Society (CC-BY-SA 4.0)
But than last time Ali from the biohack group in Tehran proved my wrong by milling that part too:
Picture by Ali Amirali - BioHack Academy Tehran (CC-BY-NC 4.0)
And when it comes to the housing of the devices, I am actually looking into using general purpose boxes. Because every time I lasercut a box I kind of feel stupid. There are already so many boxes out there :)
On Thursday, 21 April 2016 17:58:39 UTC+2, William Beeson wrote:
Hey Pieter,That looks awesome. Great work. Any thoughts that instead of using the cut pieces for all the instrument housing that we could come up with 3d printed substitutes? 3d printers are becoming so much cheaper and more mainstream.
Overall the quality and branding in the picture are really excellent.
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