For my final project, I decided to make a prop carrying case for my Casio. Not impressive, but it's a Casio.
- Our objectives were to use three machines in the Fab Lab; I chose the 3D Printer, Laser Cutter, and Vinyl Cutter, because the only machines were a CNC Router and Mill, both requiring Fusion 360.
- My plan is to make a plug receptacle and cable wrap-thing on the 3D Printer, a less eye-irritating shell on the Laser Cutter, and a logo on the Vinyl Cutter.
- Our objectives were to use three machines in the Fab Lab; I chose the 3D Printer, Laser Cutter, and Vinyl Cutter, because the only machines were a CNC Router and Mill, both requiring Fusion 360.
- My plan is to make a plug receptacle and cable wrap-thing on the 3D Printer, a less eye-irritating shell on the Laser Cutter, and a logo on the Vinyl Cutter.
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Just gonna plug this here.
- That was a dumb joke, but having something you can hold a plug in (and wrap a cable around) can be quite useful. - Rather than spending an hour in Inventor, I used Google/Trimble SketchUp to make both the plug receptacle and cable mount. Yielding a valid .stl file, I threw that into MakerBot's software and was done in a day. - You can see a weird blemish on the cable wrap, in the hole. How that happened, I have absolutely no clue. |
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Cardboard! The material used by boxers everywhere.
- This section requires the laser cutter, which itself requires Illustrator to make a bunch of shapes. After drawing a bunch of lines, I threw that onto the small laser's control PC and opened up it's UPC software. Adjust it, hit the green button, and you get nice shapes in your hands. - The left base panel comes first, the right panel second, and then all the sides in one go. - Did you know: Burnt Cardboard and a Subway sandwich smell almost the same? - Test fittings prove that it should look nice. Flash drive is provided for scale. |
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Sticking Around.
- I stuck the company's logo into Illustrator, flashed over to the Vinyl Cutter, opened up Cutting Master 2 on it's PC, and stood for five seconds. - Turns out, I never got a photo of the sticker on it's own. - Yeah, having a button on your camera that instantly deletes photos is Not a very good idea. |
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Final Assembly ends up being a bit problematic.
- The plug receptacle cannot actually fit a plug without damaging it's prongs. So...no point in including it, really. Dang it! - The case comes together fine, all it needed was hot glue. - The vinyl sticker goes on fine! Nice! - The kinda ugly orange keyboard goes in just fine! Except: - I can't plug it in, at least with it's normal PSU. The Very Straight barrel connector doesn't like the sole inch of space for flexibility. |
Final Thoughts!
It looks ironic. The Casio is supposed to be cheap, but I stuck it into a hot-glued cardboard box.
Luckily, Irony was kinda the goal. Hence the title 'Shame Container'.
Things I Wish I'd Known:
Remember to allow for plugs to cleanly slide into an outlet! Make the dang holes wider!
Make measurements of where things need to plug in! Don't just guess!
It looks ironic. The Casio is supposed to be cheap, but I stuck it into a hot-glued cardboard box.
Luckily, Irony was kinda the goal. Hence the title 'Shame Container'.
Things I Wish I'd Known:
Remember to allow for plugs to cleanly slide into an outlet! Make the dang holes wider!
Make measurements of where things need to plug in! Don't just guess!