nanu wrote:It's always nice to see DIY cases! I take it you used a jigsaw to make a donut and glued it to a base? Seems an order of magnitude less difficult than routing a bowl.
By lining it, is it for dampening?
What do you think about construction using joinery (versus routing/carving less pieces)? Is it a tradeoff between bulk waste and prepwork any way you go about it?
I cut the two board to roughly the same size on the table saw and trimmed them thinner (a planer would have made my life so much easier) then cut out the cutout with a scrollsaw and glued and clamped the two halves. After that, I cleaned up the sides with a belt sander and drilled pilot holes for the standoffs. I finished drilling and filing a hole for the USB Mini B connector just recently, epoxied the standoffs in place, and am currently finishing it before gluing the lining in place.
The lining is more of an aesthetic thing I wanted to play with, though it may have some noise dampening effect. I also think I'll probably make a backplate for the PCB to stabilize it some more.
In either case, you'll have a bunch of waste. The advantage of routing or milling is that you can start with a thinner piece of wood so you'll have a shorter overall case. The advantage of joining two pieces is that it's a little easier in the long run.
Mikelittoris wrote:nanu wrote:... I take it you used a jigsaw to make a donut and glued it to a base? Seems an order of magnitude less difficult than routing a bowl....
Wow that's really smart. Been thinking of doing something similar once my GH60 arrives. What are you using as stand offs?
I just bought some brass standoffs, attached them to my PCB, then epoxied them in place.
Jmneuv wrote:You can save yourself some trouble by desoldering the dip-switch (for poker/pure) and just bridging your options... those options aren't exactly something you change all the time.
With the standoffs, I actually have enough room between the PCB and case that I don't have to worry about desoldering the dip switch. The USB connector is actually taller than the dip switch.