This 3D printed rocker-style laboratory shaker was designed by Akshay Dhamankar, an engineer/maker from Buffalo, New York, USA who shared the design on Thingiverse.
We like the use of ball bearings, stepper motor driven by a stepper driver and Arduino and the simple potentiometer setup. This is very similar to our orbital shaker and means building this particular design or one similar to it can be done with what we have on hand.
We ultimately want to make something similar (but smaller) to the GE Wave Bioreactor System which is also a rocker-style laboratory shaker with heating and other options built in. So Akshay's rocker-style system gives us a good reference point for informing our design meaning we won't have to start from scratch.
This is the beauty of the online opensource 3D printing community. Everyone makes designs that inspire others and it all moves things forward. Together, we're all benefiting from lessons we learn with each design and implementation.
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