Box Trials
I built two more boxes and fitted them with magnets. Getting better and vizualizing the shapes of the puzzle pieces fitting together in 3D. Also getting better at glueing. Started off using too much glue which scuffed (read that as burned) the surface of the acrylic since this glue technically melts the teo pieces together. Even had a piece of my latex glove stuck on there once, nasty stuff.
But after all that I think I've gotten to a box that is easily openable from the top. I also made a second box i didnt take pictures of which had the box side magnets glued to the sides of the walls near a corner. Less force holding the lid down but that one was easier to build since theres not platform. We'll see on the fullscale model what the lid needs. For now i'm happy with the progress there.
I built two more boxes and fitted them with magnets. Getting better and vizualizing the shapes of the puzzle pieces fitting together in 3D. Also getting better at glueing. Started off using too much glue which scuffed (read that as burned) the surface of the acrylic since this glue technically melts the teo pieces together. Even had a piece of my latex glove stuck on there once, nasty stuff.
But after all that I think I've gotten to a box that is easily openable from the top. I also made a second box i didnt take pictures of which had the box side magnets glued to the sides of the walls near a corner. Less force holding the lid down but that one was easier to build since theres not platform. We'll see on the fullscale model what the lid needs. For now i'm happy with the progress there.
Graduating from boxes
It dawned on me that if I am building a fully servicable box with magnetically held lid and swapable parts that I need to model everything better. This made me realize that I'm not quite sure how I'm going to hold a lot of the things in the box. The screen, the buttons, etc. the fans i can glue to the box I guess, the n64 game slot is going to be screwed to the opening on the case but the main board I'm not sure about. Maybe I'll use use an epoxy thats easy to scrape or peel off in case I gotta replace something?
Well all that got me focused on the mechanics of the box a lot more again. Once i get a better idea of what the inside looks like I can build a pcb that houses all my wire jumpers and regulators.
So i designed a little holder for my keypad. Came out really nice as a pathfinder. Now I just gotta make a secon version thats a bit shorter (didnt realize one of the c buttons was so tiny), has slots for the buttons (buttons rotate freely if you dont make the hole slotted), close the holes a bit (made em too big out of fear of my measurments not being good enough), and try out a sturdier holder idea (one big piece all around as opposed to each corner.) Will keep updating...
It dawned on me that if I am building a fully servicable box with magnetically held lid and swapable parts that I need to model everything better. This made me realize that I'm not quite sure how I'm going to hold a lot of the things in the box. The screen, the buttons, etc. the fans i can glue to the box I guess, the n64 game slot is going to be screwed to the opening on the case but the main board I'm not sure about. Maybe I'll use use an epoxy thats easy to scrape or peel off in case I gotta replace something?
Well all that got me focused on the mechanics of the box a lot more again. Once i get a better idea of what the inside looks like I can build a pcb that houses all my wire jumpers and regulators.
So i designed a little holder for my keypad. Came out really nice as a pathfinder. Now I just gotta make a secon version thats a bit shorter (didnt realize one of the c buttons was so tiny), has slots for the buttons (buttons rotate freely if you dont make the hole slotted), close the holes a bit (made em too big out of fear of my measurments not being good enough), and try out a sturdier holder idea (one big piece all around as opposed to each corner.) Will keep updating...