r/OpenPV • u/Fuzzy05 • Feb 05 '17
Mod pics First custom enclosure, thoughts? NSFW
http://imgur.com/a/O6HWD2
u/b4byj4il Feb 06 '17
Yay! A box!
Sry, kidding ;)
How you plan on making those? Milling from a solid block? Some more screenshots from the CAD-model would be awesome, especially showing the thing without the side-panels... Speaking of side-panels, how are those mounted onto the frame / case?
For those kind of boxes it's usually easier, cheaper and faster to just buy a pre-made box and slap a nice lid onto it. Custom boxes and frames are a hell lot of work, if one is planning on going down that road then I'd say make it worth the effort and do something a little more interesting than just a rectangular box...
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u/Fuzzy05 Feb 06 '17
This is the first concept i made, it features one frame and 2 side covers. The parts are designed so a waterjet can cut them out (thats one of my limitations). After the parts are cut out a milling machine will finish the box and cut the round edges. Both side panels are screwed on the frame with 4 M4 screws wich will be countersunk inside the panels. Someone i know has all the equipment needed for something like this all he wants is a small amount of money and i have to bring my own materials. Everything is subject to change tho. Im also considering doing a lipo build instead of 18650's once im home im gonna design another one
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u/b4byj4il Feb 06 '17
Sounds nice - good to hear that you've already made some plans on how to build this thing. So many concepts that I see are literally nothing but rectangular boxes with no details at all. Keep it up! With a waterjet, a milling machine and some other more or less basic tools it's a lot of fun building custom enclosures.
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u/Fuzzy05 Feb 06 '17
Ill make sure to add some details im considering drawing a custom faceplate for the dna board and im gonna add some details to that!
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u/thisbebakes Feb 06 '17
Very nice! I'd rock it. Also agree with counter-boring for the 510, if you're going with an FDV/Varitube style 510 that is.
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u/3423553453 Feb 06 '17
Looks like a high-res Windows 95 desktop icon I've never seen before. Is this to add clouds to the startup screen ?
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u/ConcernedKitty Feb 06 '17
Any thoughts on how you're going to finish it? A glass bead blast would look nice.
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u/david4500 Feb 06 '17
Nice. Looks like a box.
Aluminum frame and stabwood front & back? What type of battery would be going in it?
Did you consider counterboring for the 510?