PrintedLabs – 3D printable optical experiment equipment

Related cool diy-ish optical stuff...<p>A friend sent me this simple design for a raman spectrometer [1].<p>And some 3D-printable cage optics for when alignment is really important [2].<p>[1]: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;hackteria.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;images&#x2F;a&#x2F;a0&#x2F;MobPhone_RamanSpec_2021.pdf" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;hackteria.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;images&#x2F;a&#x2F;a0&#x2F;MobPhone_RamanSpec_20...</a><p>[2]: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.sciencedirect.com&#x2F;science&#x2F;article&#x2F;pii&#x2F;S2468067217300421" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.sciencedirect.com&#x2F;science&#x2F;article&#x2F;pii&#x2F;S246806721...</a>

Tangentially related: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;openflexure.org&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;openflexure.org&#x2F;</a>

For those interested, there is also OpenUC2 on this niche: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;openUC2&#x2F;UC2-GIT" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;openUC2&#x2F;UC2-GIT</a> It would be interesting to see how the two systems compare.

what is the best plastic to print these lenses from? I&#x27;ve found over time all of the clear prints I&#x27;ve don&#x27;t suffer from UV degradation.