Yes, Marc mentioned there was custom tooling available, which I think would be awesome for simplicity and definitely in terms of community building as you point out. Casting would be more of a longterm mass production thing to cut out tool wear (although molds are tools too...as is casting sand...anyways we'll kick the can down the road on casting), and he had mentioned that some of the pro ones are formed with little individual cups for each well, minimizing material. We could probably chuck their shaping bit up in the CNC router at sudo room and get a nice array of holes! I've been mostly lurking RE the bio stuff but hope to help out with the PCR on the mechanical and heat transfer side over the course of the fall, maybe get some help on algae and greywater processors later on. Also, can I get added to the counter culture labs group? cheers, hol Aug 21, 2013 01:58:57 PM, patrikd(a)gmail.com wrote: Hi Hol, how do the theoretical specs of our unit differ from this one?  I was thinking about how to cast that aluminum heatsink/well array last night... Aug 20, 2013 11:30:49 PM, patrikd(a)gmail.com wrote: Excellent! >Here's the "Build my Lab" contest on Instructables: >http://www.instructables.com/contest/buildmylab/ Prizes include:   a HiTorque mini mill   a DSO nano oscilloscope   a Dremel kit   an Open Source PCR kita RepRap Huxley 3D printeran Ultimate Arduino microcontroller pack   a desktop spectrometer kit   a Raspberry Pi motherboard Lots of nice swag! Swag is good. :-) >Patrik >On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 10:03 PM, Ryan Bethencourt ryan.bethencourt(a)gmail.com> wrote: >Dear All, >Lina from Tekla labs has reached out and would love to have some entries for the DIY lab equipment contest from CCL and Sudo Room. If you're interested please sign up :) >"Tekla Labs is about to launch a DIY Lab equipment contest, hosted by the maker site Instructables. We'll go live this August (ie any day, as soon as the final t's are crossed). There'll be a Lab Equipment category, as well as a Lab Hacks option for quick and clever hardware solutions in the lab. We'd love to get some help getting word out about the competition and maybe see some Bay Area folks (and beyond) applying for the $5000 in prizes.  >Even more immediately though, you and your DIY network could really help us out by simply helping us create some site activity by joining our member network (which only takes a minute! I promise! And there's no spam) http://www.teklalabs.org/members/ >Of course, it'd be awesome if you or others submit designs (more soon) or get involved in the competition itself in some other capacity, but this quick 1 minute favor would really help our group of fellow science enthusiasts! Please help spread the word! Thanks,  Lina" >-- >Ryan Bethencourt >Tel: (415) 825 2705 Conf Call: (650) 741 5013 ryan.bethencourt(a)gmail.com >http://www.litmususa.com/http://berkeleybiolabs.com/ >www.bamh1.com >www.linkedin.com/in/bethencourt >www.logos-press.com/books/biotechnology_business_development.php -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Counter Culture Labs" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to counterculturelabs+unsubscribe(a)googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >_______________________________________________ >sudo-discuss mailing list >sudo-discuss(a)lists.sudoroom.org >http://lists.sudoroom.org/listinfo/sudo-discuss