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Bronwen "Ah ha! Let's also have some: Tyvek tape or 3M construction tape Kite line and swivels. Well illustrated andbook including different kinds of kite s..." | Read more » over 6 years ago
Bronwen "The Public Lab store has these back in stock as of 12/17! These can be challenging to get a hold of, but we buy them when we can from a place calle..." | Read more » over 6 years ago
warren "Here's one for $40 -- would it work? https://www.amazon.com/OMAX-Achromatic-Compound-Microscope-Objective/dp/B00FG8BC62/ Here's a 100x one for $25..." | Read more » over 6 years ago
kgradow1 "We haven't tested a wide range of objectives -- that would be a great next step for this project " | Read more » over 6 years ago
kgradow1 "We got ours from Amscope: http://www.amscope.com/4x-100x-four-achromatic-objective-lens-set.html#product_tabs_description_tabbed. 20mm RMS-thread..." | Read more » over 6 years ago
warren "@bmela @kgradow1 @wmacfarl is this already listed in the activities you posted? I just wanted a place to list links and prices and options. Thanks! " | Read more » over 6 years ago
warren "Great notes on choosing different copper pipes (apparently there's red copper and blue copper?) by @sara on this post: https://publiclab.org/notes..." | Read more » over 6 years ago
klie "Update: Talking it out actually just helped me think of better search terms, and I think I found one on alibaba.com. High five for team brainstor..." | Read more » over 7 years ago
klie "Thank you @sarasage! I'm going to check out both of these sites. What I'm looking for, though, is a button that's mechanical instead of electrica..." | Read more » over 7 years ago
sarasage "www.digikey.com sells all manner of switches, too. " | Read more » over 7 years ago
sarasage "Have you checked www.sciplus.com? Is this along the lines of what you're looking for? https://www.sciplus.com/p/SPST-PUSHBUTTON-SWITCH_55615 " | Read more » over 7 years ago
liz "Heard through @mathew (who was excited): "We made a kit that had a bunch of simple, DIY accessible material parts and that could be taken apart ea..." | Read more » about 9 years ago
mathew "I think @cfastie's point about raw materials being a problem for crafty objects is certainly true. The dividing line is fuzzy between repurposing ..." | Read more » over 9 years ago
cfastie "I agree with jwms that the two go together, and I don't quite understand the distinction between the two. Found objects rarely fit the need perfect..." | Read more » over 9 years ago
liz "Great to hear @jwms ! @Btbonval , thanks for these great points. " | Read more » over 9 years ago
jwms "Markdown I think that found object and crafty go together, or occupy much of the same space. If you can do one, the other is required to some exte..." | Read more » over 9 years ago
btbonval "Hrm, I'm not sure if there is a "best" for community engagement as a general subject. I think improvization might be key to the question of engage..." | Read more » over 9 years ago