From OpenSPIM
OpenSPIM was published in Nature Methods, back to back with a paper on a similar project - the OpenSpinMicroscopy.
For more details see also our much longer pre-print on arXiv.
After you build an OpenSPIM and do something cool with it please remember to cite us!
Pitrone P. G., Schindelin J., Stuyvenberg L., Preibisch S., Weber M.; Eliceiri K. W., Huisken J., Tomancak P. (2013) OpenSPIM: an open access light sheet microscopy platform Nat. Methods in press PDF Supplement