As I grew more and more fond of this clock I decided a nice looking enclosure is in order. Unlike quite some numiton and nixie projects I decided to go with a more modern looking enclosure, simply made from 2 pieces of aluminium.

I designed the enclosure using frontpanel designer from Schaeffer. A small note, there are 2 versions, the one from Schaeffer AG and the one from front panel express. They are identical but when you want to order the front panel the Schaeffer one can be used to order them in Europe and the Front panel express one can only be used for US orders.

I ordered a set of top and bottom parts for the enclosure and a week later I received them, looking absolutely perfect as always.

Some assembling later and we arrived at this:

I would say that makes a fine looking clock, some more pictures will be uploaded in the galley. The design files for the enclosure will also be made available. The downside is that the enclosure made of aluminium is not the cheapest option. Just a single enclosure is around 35 euro's including shipping, while a similar made enclosure made from Plexiglas would be less then half the price.

The design files should also be usable for laser cutting services as front panel designer can also export DXF and SVG files.

With this project finished and looking quite nicely I was wondering if there would be interest in selling kits of this project on Tindie, I'd love to hear some thoughs about that :)