With the excellent result achieved with the improvised spin coater, it becamse sacrilegous to leave it at that, dangling wires and crappy mounting.
Thus, I set myself on the task of building a nice enclosure. First I quickly modelled everything in Fusion:
![](https://cdn.hackaday.io/images/7542991533545678149.jpg)
A thick base was added, so it's weight could act as vibration dampening. It would have a recess for the vacuum pump, as it was 8mm thicker than the power supply, and also a hole for the vacuum adapter for the motor to fit in. Resuming, I wanted the thinnest possible unit.
![](https://cdn.hackaday.io/images/7845891533546187052.jpg)
With that, I set up workshop to machine, cut and weld everything.
First, pump recess machining:
![](https://cdn.hackaday.io/images/3086451533546324548.jpg)
Halfway there:
![](https://cdn.hackaday.io/images/2035701533546372575.jpg)
The acuum adapter connector was changed to a slimmer one, and thus, the shape of it's recess was also changed on the fly:
![](https://cdn.hackaday.io/images/1810971533546498745.jpg)
Top side:
![](https://cdn.hackaday.io/images/5113491533546555708.jpg)
Pump clearance with the power supply:
![](https://cdn.hackaday.io/images/3336501533546701797.jpg)
I also added suction cups.
![](https://cdn.hackaday.io/images/7816871533546783155.jpg)
With that done, a stainless case began to take shape:
![](https://cdn.hackaday.io/images/7353131533546882121.jpg)
Spot welded:
![](https://cdn.hackaday.io/images/3089261533546932450.jpg)
Fully welded and blended:
![](https://cdn.hackaday.io/images/6135921533547110769.jpg)
At this point, since I didn't had neither AC connectors nor panel mount buttons, I decided to leave the case like that, and just attach the controller to the outside with double sided tape (over kapton for easy removal) and wait the components.
![](https://cdn.hackaday.io/images/3838301533547254853.jpg)
working placement:
![](https://cdn.hackaday.io/images/8769451533547377328.jpg)
I hope the rest of the pieces arrive soon. ^^
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