[Arm-netbook] first prototype microdesktop casework

[Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton]

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[Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton]

On Sat, Apr 29, 2017 at 6:08 AM, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton

Post by Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton
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ok, ouch, onto the fourth revision of the corner-pieces already, and
some minor changes to the plywood are needed as well. this really
would have been awkward if someone else did it.

the anycubic 3d printer is holding up well. the higher-quality PLA
from the company i found on aliexpress seems reasonable so far (the
"standard" quality definitely isn't: it literally crumbles under
pressure).

i'm going to have to go with 2 bolts through the base to hold the PCB
(and the card rails) in place: one isn't enough. assembly's...
awkward. it's going to have to go out as a kit.

getting there.

l.

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[Lyberta]

Post by Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton
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That looks much worse than the photos on CrowdSupply.

[Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton]

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Post by Lyberta

Post by Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton
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That looks much worse than the photos on CrowdSupply.

they have professional camera equipment, a proper studio, and they
take very hi-res photos. i scale all the pictures that i publish down
to 1024x768 in order to save space on my server. and also tend to
take pictures under standard room lights.

l.

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[Jonathan Frederickson]

Well, design-wise it doesn't look as good either... I must say the
version on the Crowd Supply page looks amazing, and this one is
comparatively plain. But still much better than just a laser-cut box,
and if the layered design wasn't feasible at the scale it needed to
be, there's only so much you can do about that.

Plus this is much less wasteful of materials - this looks like
something you could cut on a 12"x12" sheet of plywood, whereas the
previous design required much more (because you couldn't really use
the leftover pieces from cutting the inner layers).

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[Jonathan Frederickson]

Actually heck, if the dimensions are roughly the same as the ones
posted on CS for the old case, you could probably even fit two per
12"x12" sheet. :) (Assuming I'm not utterly failing at math, heh.)

On Sat, Apr 29, 2017 at 3:01 PM, Jonathan Frederickson

Post by Jonathan Frederickson
Well, design-wise it doesn't look as good either... I must say the
version on the Crowd Supply page looks amazing, and this one is
comparatively plain. But still much better than just a laser-cut box,
and if the layered design wasn't feasible at the scale it needed to
be, there's only so much you can do about that.
Plus this is much less wasteful of materials - this looks like
something you could cut on a 12"x12" sheet of plywood, whereas the
previous design required much more (because you couldn't really use
the leftover pieces from cutting the inner layers).

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[Louis Pearson]

Post by Lyberta
That looks much worse than the photos on CrowdSupply.

I am going to have to disagree. I think it is as good as or better than the
case shown on crowd supply.

[Lars Kruse]

Hi,


Am Sat, 29 Apr 2017 14:39:54 -0500

I think it is as good as or better than the case shown on crowd supply.

same for me.
And I also like the resource-friendlyness of this design.

Keep on the good work!

Cheers,
Lars

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[Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton]

On Sat, Apr 29, 2017 at 8:01 PM, Jonathan Frederickson

Post by Jonathan Frederickson
Plus this is much less wasteful of materials - this looks like
something you could cut on a 12"x12" sheet of plywood, whereas the
previous design required much more (because you couldn't really use
the leftover pieces from cutting the inner layers).

yeahyeah, the previous version was c-shaped pieces, 3mm thick. this
is 20mm for top and bottom and 15mm for the sides, which are
rectangular. on 2 600x600mm pieces i managed to fit i think it was 6
each of the top/bottom pieces and... goodness knows how many of the
sides. 20 of each or something.

so yes it's a lot less wasteful.

l.

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On Sat, Apr 29, 2017 at 6:49 PM, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton

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Post by Lyberta

Post by Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton
http://rhombus-tech.net/community_ideas/micro_desktop/news/

That looks much worse than the photos on CrowdSupply.

they have professional camera equipment, a proper studio, and they
take very hi-res photos. i scale all the pictures that i publish down
to 1024x768 in order to save space on my server. and also tend to
take pictures under standard room lights.

... plus, also, i remembered: that's maple, and it's been
linseed-oiled. also, we didn't show close-ups but there are a lot of
gaps in the original, through which you can see into the interior.

l.

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