I thought this was an interesting look inside all the supports required to print these two piece trackside cabinets for the ultrasonic sensor boards. About 25% of the material I used for the printing is used for supports!
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John, it looks like you are well ahead of the learning curve. Seems I was just reading about your purchase of the printer. Those come out nice.
I purchased a scale sink for a building interior which isn”t that big. Seems there was as much throw away as product.
Well, this is Rod Stewart's design, I just did a few tweaks on it. I have the ultrasonic boards so I though I'd make some cabinets. I'm printing them with silver silk, it really looks like metal.
I'm creating a base to locate them now. You screw this down, set the PCB on it, and feed the wires through the two holes. That way the cabinet isn't going to wander around and you can lift it off to get to the innards.
Nice work John; they are looking good! 
@Rod Stewart posted:Nice work John; they are looking good!
Thanks,
I decided that it would be handy to have a base under these so they have a place to be positioned. I attached the 3D file to this post. It has 3mm holes for mounting to the platform and larger holes for the wires at each end of the board.
That base looks good John. Just curious about the inside dimensions? If you are using your final R1.4 pcb design they should fit fine of course, being only 38 x 51 mm (1.5 x 2"). The boards I have used exclusively so far are my own layout; 76 x 43 mm. Just wondering if they will fit inside the raised perimeter of that base?
Rod
Very nice John.
@Rod Stewart posted:That base looks good John. Just curious about the inside dimensions? If you are using your final R1.4 pcb design they should fit fine of course, being only 38 x 51 mm (1.5 x 2"). The boards I have used exclusively so far are my own layout; 76 x 43 mm. Just wondering if they will fit inside the raised perimeter of that base?
The older boards may not fit, but I only have the later R1.4 boards here, so they'll work fine. I ordered a big batch of the R1.4 boards from JLCPCB, so I built for that form-factor.
The internal size inside the rim is 42mm x 77mm, so your boards wouldn't quite fit inside the rim.
It looks like if you flipped the bottom part over when you print the supports would not be needed.
@gunrunnerjohn will you share your tweaked base where the top set down in the little indention.
@Darrell posted:It looks like if you flipped the bottom part over when you print the supports would not be needed.
Nope, the depression in the top gets screwed up when I print it upside down.
@Shawn_Chronister posted:@gunrunnerjohn will you share your tweaked base where the top set down in the little indention.
Sure, here it is.
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