Mum, I 3D printed a gel comb ! How I used a 3D printer to print an electrophoresis gel comb

1. Mum,
I 3d printed
a gel comb !
Pierre Lindenbaum (@yokofakun), Pierre-François Busson (@_b_l_k_) & Simon Lecointe (@slecointe44).
Inserm U1087 – Institut-du-Thorax – 44000 Nantes / France

3. http://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.1002086

4. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Agarose_Gel,_with_Comb_inserted,_in_a_Gel_Tray_%28Front,_angled_view%29_-_SketchUp.png

5. http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:35844

6. http://www.fabbers.com/tech/STL_Format

7. solid Gel Comb rev 4 cut to 1 mm
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outer loop
vertex 2.504893e+000 7.500000e-001 -1.493128e+000
vertex 8.450489e+001 7.500000e-001 -1.493128e+000
vertex 8.450489e+001 1.250000e+000 -1.493128e+000
endloop
endfacet
facet normal 0.000000e+000 0.000000e+000 1.000000e+000
outer loop
vertex 2.504893e+000 7.500000e-001 -1.493128e+000
vertex 8.450489e+001 1.250000e+000 -1.493128e+000
vertex 2.504893e+000 1.250000e+000 -1.493128e+000
endloop
endfacet
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outer loop
vertex 2.504893e+000 1.250000e+000 -1.149313e+001
vertex 8.450489e+001 1.250000e+000 -1.149313e+001
vertex 8.450489e+001 -2.500000e-001 -1.149313e+001
endloop
endfacet
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outer loop
vertex 2.504893e+000 1.250000e+000 -1.149313e+001
vertex 8.450489e+001 -2.500000e-001 -1.149313e+001
vertex 8.444622e+001 -2.500000e-001 -1.149313e+001
endloop
endfacet

8. http://www.fabbers.com/tech/STL_Format

10. https://github.com/lindenb/combio3D/blob/master/comb01.stl

15. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MR81esYYVJw&feature=youtu.be

20. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jK30Qr5Cdno&feature=youtu.be

22. That's all folks!