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Enclosure design – first look

Here’s a first look at the completed design for a sheet-metal enclosure. Kudos to my brother who obviously spent a lot of time working on this. We’ve sent the design to a local manufacturer and are waiting for them to come back to us with a quote.GS Assy_Shtmtl 100813PM

GS Assy_Shtmtl 100813PM_2UPDATE:

The manufacturer suggested we simplify the design into two shells (top and bottom) only. I’m expecting an example in a week or so. The enclosures should be available early in November 2013.

We’ll keep this design in case we ever want to do wooden end cheeks – classy!

UPDATE 2 (2023-10-05):

We’ve just received a sample enclosure from the manufacturer – it looks great! (Click to enlarge.)

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Black PCBs

The first batch of black PCBs have arrived and they sure are purdy!

2013-09-01 10.13.22I’m building one to make sure they’re retail ready. I was tempted to offer them for sale a bit early, but I don’t think it’s the best of ideas – best to wait until the Alpha firmware is feature complete and bug free, and the enclosures are available too. Not long now though!