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14 OpenBeam htp://openbeamusa.com/ .
15 F or those of you that just built a RepRap following the instructions in Chapter 5 , you probably have a lot of M3-sized
components left over.
16 Open-source Optical Rail from OpenBeam—Magnetic Base htp://www.thingiverse.com/thing:30729 .
17 OpenBeam T Bracket htp://www.thingiverse.com/thing:30524 .
18 OpenBeam Optical Rail Simple Rod Holder htp://www.thingiverse.com/thing:31370 .
19 Open-source Optical Rail Mount for OpenBeam htp://www.thingiverse.com/thing:30491 .
20 Open-source magnetic optics base htp://www.thingiverse.com/thing:28133 .
21 S quare Filter Holder for Open-source Optics htp://www.thingiverse.com/thing:31483 .
22 Open-source round lens holder htp://www.thingiverse.com/thing:26752 .
23 K inematic mirror/lens mount htp://www.thingiverse.com/thing:30727 .
24 Open-source fiber optic holder htp://www.thingiverse.com/thing:28187 .
25 S creen holder for OpenBeam optical rail htp://www.thingiverse.com/thing:31403 .
26 S imple semiconductor sample holder v3 htp://www.thingiverse.com/thing:30688 .
27 Open-source lab jack htp://www.thingiverse.com/thing:28298 .
28 A utomated open-source automated filter wheel htp://www.thingiverse.com/thing:26553 .
29 Collection of 3D printable open-source optics equipment htp://www.thingiverse.com/jpearce/collections/open-
source-optics
30 Optical Mounts htp://www.thingiverse.com/thing:38062 .
31 Recyclebot controls htp://www.thingiverse.com/thing:54180 and mechanical system htp://www.thingiverse.com/
thing:12948
32 A it the time of this writing, it appears the United States may be joining this category as well. Regardless, I doubt there
are many working scientists that feel science is overfunded.
33 S ee, for example, our open-source solar-powered RepRap design htp://www.thingiverse.com/thing:74671 and pro-
ject page htp://www.appropedia.org/Mobile_Solar_Powered_3D_Printer_V2.0 .
34 P eter Jansen htp://www.tricorderproject.org/aboutpeter.html .
35 Commercial SLS systems can easily cost more than $500,000, so that still provides a lot of capital for a good laser
source and optics.
36 3 D-Printable Laser Cuter htp://www.thingiverse.com/thing:11653 .
37 B uildlog 2× Laser Cuter htp://www.buildlog.net/blog/2011/02/buildlog-net-2-x-laser/ .
38 Open-source laser polymer welding system htp://www.thingiverse.com/thing:28078 .
39 Open-source

laser polymer welding system wiki page htp://www.appropedia.org/Open-

source_laser_system_for_polymeric_welding .
40 Details in using Arduino's are in Chapter 4 . Everything you need is available htp://www.arduino.cc/
41 T 41These devices are not open source. Many times, even when developing open-source hardware for your laboratory,
until the OSH field is more mature, specialized closed components will need to be acquired and integrated into a solu-
tion. As the OSH community develops, this will become less necessary and the costs of these hybrid types of scientific
tools will be further reduced.
42 Hydra htp://sourceforge.net/projects/lasersystemforp/ .
43 P rocessing htp://processing.org/ .
44 I nkscape htp://inkscape.org/download/?lang=en .
45 GCodeTools for Inkscape htp://www.cnc-club.ru/forum/viewtopic.php?t=62#top1 .
46 T 46Template example htp://www.appropedia.org/File:MOST_laserweld_TEMPLATE.svg .
47 Y ou are, of course, unlikely to get a perfect weld the first time and you will need to do some trial and error investig-
ation into your hardware variables (e.g. laser optics, motor speed, time and intensity of laser power, etc.).
48 P rotocol page htp://www.appropedia.org/Laser_welding_protocol:_MOST