DIY cleanroom on a budget

March 8th, 2010 |

When Bill Morris from I Heart Robotics decided he wanted a cleanroom, he did what any self-respecting maker would do -- he built one from scratch. I asked him what you could use it for and he said:

...it would definitely make opening hard drives much safer. It could also be really useful for the diybio crowd. I need to use if for opening up laser scanners and cameras and avoid
contaminating the optics. I am also planning on using it for applying touch screen protectors without getting motes of dust caught between them and the screen.

First, he put together a budget lab bench/enclosure from heavy-duty MDF shelving.