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Re: Post Your New Tools Of The Trade. [Re: Hobbit GDF] * 3
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Hobbit GDF said:
Does anyone make these anymore?

Agar punches

Please DM me if you got the hookup



I just made the silicone mold of my handle. I also got 2 types of metal tubing. Brass and aluminum (I figure aluminum will cool down faster than brass?) And I also got the resin to make the handles. Im all set. Ill post pics when they are done. I think I'm making 4 of them.

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Re: Post Your New Tools Of The Trade. [Re: Hobbit GDF]
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Probably a stupid question, but how does the resin hold up after several PC cycles?


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Re: Post Your New Tools Of The Trade. [Re: Churpee Choozle] * 1
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Why would I pressure cook it? Ive never pressure cooked any of my scalpels or other punch out tools.
Just spray with 70%iso and heat the tip before each use.

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Re: Post Your New Tools Of The Trade. [Re: Hobbit GDF]
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Ah, well I regularly throw all my utensils in the PC, because I can. Not everyone does that of course. Anyway, curious how they'll work out!


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Re: Post Your New Tools Of The Trade. [Re: Churpee Choozle]
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I mean its good practice I'm sure.

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Re: Post Your New Tools Of The Trade. [Re: Hobbit GDF] * 5
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Well this is how my 1st one turned out. I have enough material to make 3 more.

It's not perfect but it will work

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Re: Post Your New Tools Of The Trade. [Re: Hobbit GDF] * 1
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:noargument:
Nice work!
I enjoy making my own tools and equipment.


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Re: Post Your New Tools Of The Trade. [Re: Scemilope] * 1
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The aluminum melts under the torch flame. So I guess its brass ones only. Lesson learned.

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Re: Post Your New Tools Of The Trade. [Re: Hobbit GDF] * 4
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Ok here is the upgraded version.


Edited by Hobbit GDF (05/02/26 12:58 PM)

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Re: Post Your New Tools Of The Trade. [Re: Hobbit GDF] * 13
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I had to host in-laws for an extended period over the holidays, which meant relocating everything in the vegetable drawers that I didn't want to explain to an elderly midwestern catholic. Got a cheap walmart chest fridge.

It felt silly having a bunch of loose syringes rolling around an empty chest fridge, so I 3D printed this syringe rack, inspired by those old school metal filing cabinets with the little hooky folders that slot in and are suspended. It's made to the exact specs of the fridge, slides in very nice. It has handles that let you take it out like a lunchbox, and are tall enough that you can set other things on top of it without hitting the plunger handles. Or you can just take out a single rack, single syringe, etc. Lil rubber feet because some of the luer caps are taller than I planned for and I needed 3 more millimeters.

The rails are aluminum extrusions for making screen doors. 6 bucks for 8ft at home depot, easy to cut to size. Aluminum + white filament makes it feel a little less obviously home made / printed.

If I did it again, I'd make the pull tab parts less round, to hold tape/labels more naturally. The original idea was to print inserts in different colors so I can tell them apart, but I never actually stock colored filament.

STEP files (proton)

:havesomescience:

(Aside: walmart's website fully lied about the dimensions of this fridge, it's too wide by an inch to fit under my stairs, and has really fucked my shit right up, but I'm not buying another one, so that's life.)


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Edited by Rasmodius (05/05/26 08:04 PM)

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Re: Post Your New Tools Of The Trade. [Re: Rasmodius] * 7
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I like fruiting in ziplocs a-la Faht, but he uses a 16g needle to poke the FEA holes, and I have tons of 18g, no 16g. Not wanting to buy a whole box I made an equivalent in tool steel. I used the 18g before just put more holes, but I want to do it right. 1.60mm OD, 1.20mm hole





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Re: Post Your New Tools Of The Trade. [Re: bluescreen] * 1
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wait wait wait, is that lathed and hollowed from a bare steel rod? If so, huge props, that fucks hard.


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Re: Post Your New Tools Of The Trade. [Re: Rasmodius] * 4
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Rasmodius said:
wait wait wait, is that lathed and hollowed from a bare steel rod? If so, huge props, that fucks hard.


Thanks- that's large for what I usually make, haha. This is more like what pays the bills.



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Re: Post Your New Tools Of The Trade. [Re: Rasmodius]
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Rasmodius said:



Thatโ€™s an awesome design! Great work! did you happen to share that STL anywhere? Iโ€™ve stumbled across a few mycology-related project files that are pretty handy!

Peace to you, friend!


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Re: Post Your New Tools Of The Trade. [Re: flapping_bird] * 4
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Here is updated tool. I made with plunger. Kind of the prototype


The new ones are stainless steel outer tube and brass inner tube.

Update

Edited by Hobbit GDF (05/05/26 12:44 PM)

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Re: Post Your New Tools Of The Trade. [Re: flapping_bird] * 1
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Quote:
flapping_bird said: did you happen to share that STL anywhere?


Thanks!

Don't have STLs, but do have STEPs which should be just as good I hope. Link added to original post

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Re: Post Your New Tools Of The Trade. [Re: Rasmodius] * 1
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@Rasmodius - Awesome! Thank you!

I was able to download, import, & open in OnShape.

Very nice!  Thanks again! 

Hereโ€™s a very simple side clip (proton) that I made after seeing a similar project from another grower - pretty handy doodads for keeping dubtubbed 6L sterlite shoeboxes in-place.



I learned something from you here - thanks! Had not known about Proton mail/drive & now I do. Gracias!

Peace to you, friend!

Edited by flapping_bird (05/14/26 09:32 PM)

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Re: Post Your New Tools Of The Trade. [Re: flapping_bird] * 4
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Ok I'm done making these for now. I accomplished what i set out to do.

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Re: Post Your New Tools Of The Trade. [Re: Hobbit GDF]
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May make a decent sawdust spawn applicator as well. I assume this is for agar?

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Re: Post Your New Tools Of The Trade. [Re: Stipe-n Cap] * 2
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Yeah they are agar punches. A regular kind and a kind with a plunger.

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