{"id":42651,"key":"Open-source_chopper_wheel","title":"Open-source chopper wheel","latest":{"id":1206317,"timestamp":"2025-11-27T19:55:09Z"},"content_model":"wikitext","license":{"url":"https://www.appropedia.org/Appropedia:Copyrights","title":"CC-BY-SA-4.0"},"source":"[[File:Chopper-wheel.JPG|thumb]]\n\n{{Project data\n| authors = Zhang C, Anzalone NC, Faria RP, User:J.M.Pearce\n| status = Designed, Prototyped, Verified\n| verified-by = MOST\n| location = Michigan, USA\n}}\n\n{{Device data}}\n\n{{MOST}}\n\nThis project is part of a collection on [[open source optics]] meant to radically reduce the cost of experimental optical equipment.\n\nThis is a parametric chopper wheel - so you can choose how many holes, their sizes, and the overall size of the wheel to customize them for your own optical experiments.\n\nThe default code has an m3 nut cage to firmly affix the wheel to a spinning shaft.\n\nThe OpenSCAD and STL files of some examples are here: http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:28121\n\nSee: Zhang C, Anzalone NC, Faria RP, Pearce JM (2013) [[Open-Source 3D-Printable Optics Equipment]]. ''PLoS ONE'' 8(3): e59840. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0059840 [http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0059840 open access]\n\n{{Page data\n| license = CC-BY-SA-3.0\n| keywords = osat, open source optics, 3d printing, open source hardware, chopper wheel\n| sdg = SDG09 Industry innovation and infrastructure\n| authors = User:J.M.Pearce\n| published = 2012\n| organizations = MOST, MTU\n}}\n\n[[Category:Open source hardware]]\n[[Category:Open source optics]]\n[[Category:OSAT 3D-Printable Designs]]\n[[Category:3d printing]]"}