3D-printed Desmids - an update

blepharopsis · Post by **blepharopsis** » Mon Jan 05, 2015 1:17 pm

Greetings! Few weeks ago I was musing about the possibility of creating museum quality replicas of desmids using confocal stacks as an input for the 3D printer. Here is my original post: http://www.photomacrography.net/forum/v ... hp?t=25892

Below - first 3 prototypes. I am really satisfied with the job the printer has done; the texture is preserved to a large degree - elevated bumps of Micrasterias truncata and pores of Euastrum oblongum are quite well visible, as are the spikes forming 4-point rosettes on the tips of M. Americana's 'arms'. Next step - printing chloroplasts to the same scale, followed by buffing the heck out of them and creating negative molds out of silica.

By the way, I started dumping 3D rotated views of Desmids on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQVZaM ... v5IX9UuanA
More will follow (other things than Desmids too).

escocat · Post by **escocat** » Mon Jan 05, 2015 1:32 pm

It's amazing what we can do in the modern age

flyer2o12 · Post by **flyer2o12** » Mon Jan 05, 2015 1:42 pm

Wow - these are fantastic!! Even more beautiful they will be when painted.

carlos.uruguay · Post by **carlos.uruguay** » Mon Jan 05, 2015 2:07 pm

Fantastic!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Jacek · Post by **Jacek** » Mon Jan 05, 2015 2:45 pm

A good job

arturoag75 · Post by **arturoag75** » Mon Jan 05, 2015 3:04 pm

Amazing

JH · Post by JH » Mon Jan 05, 2015 4:05 pm

Innovative and interesting. I like it a lot.

Charles Krebs · Post by **Charles Krebs** » Mon Jan 05, 2015 4:25 pm

This is great!

GemBro · Post by **GemBro** » Mon Jan 05, 2015 7:02 pm

Blooming heck

... brilliant ... and impressive ... not done on a MakerBot I take it? ...

discomorphella · Post by **discomorphella** » Mon Jan 05, 2015 10:42 pm

Great looking desmids. Have you tried derivatizing the diatoms yet?

David

Marek Mis · Post by **Marek Mis** » Tue Jan 06, 2015 12:15 am

Amazing work !. Today technological possibilities are simply unlimited.
Fantastic models ! I am waiting for your next step with chloroplasts.

Marek

RogelioMoreno · Post by **RogelioMoreno** » Tue Jan 06, 2015 1:28 am

Wow, amazing job!

Rogelio

vasselle · Post by **vasselle** » Tue Jan 06, 2015 1:07 pm

Super travail
Car ça permet de les voir sur un nouveau angle
En tout cas travail remarquable.
Cordialement seb

myriophyllum · Post by **myriophyllum** » Tue Jan 06, 2015 1:47 pm

Hi blepharopsis,

these 3D prints are really excellent

Would it be possible to create such using a series
of images made by a non LSM microscope?

Greetings and gratulations

Jens

blepharopsis · Post by **blepharopsis** » Tue Jan 06, 2015 1:58 pm

myriophyllum wrote: Would it be possible to create such using a series
of images made by a non LSM microscope?
Jens

Thank you, Jens!
I guess it would be possible as long as you can find enough contrast in at least one channel in your stack to threshold it and convert to binary.

Those folks are using X-ray tomography data set to create the .obj or .stl files that can be fed to a 3D printer: http://talesofa3dprinter.blogspot.com/2 ... -file.html

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3D-printed Desmids - an update

3D-printed Desmids - an update

Excellent!

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