DIYbio:Notebook/Open Gel Box 2.0/Materials and Costs

The box

Acrylic - $20

Free at public lab in Boston

Electrode

• Monel wire - $0.10 (http://www.shopwiki.com/detail/d=20Lb_14%22_Monel_Wire_(30pc_per_tube)/jumpToFirst=t/)
• Platinum electrodes - $10

($100 worth to make 10-15 boxes) http://www.a-msystems.com/electronics/wire/platinum.aspx

• Silver or nickel?
• Copper turns gels blue

Cap/plug connectors for supersafe lid- $5?

Plugs: Banana -> thread (to penetrate acrylic into gel chamber)http://www.newark.com/johnson-emerson/108-0750-001/banana-jack/dp/39F888 Cost ~1.25 ea @ 2 per box = $2.50

Power supply cables/leads (Plug to socket)= $12.00 ea.

Glue - $1?

Power supply - $150?

Light filter system

Tiffen Glass 4"x4" - $125

Colored acrylic?

Cellophane?

In Box Casting

Cutting Gasket Groove

Groove Cutting in 1/4" Acrylic, Image under Creative Commons BY-SA 3.0 License

Time and Labor

Time to cut ~15 acrylic parts: 1 hr Time to cut specialty parts (tray groove Time to sand/drill/glue together parts: 2 hrs Time to solder leads: 30 min