As I designed the parts for the cube I didn't had in mind that I will need to get inside the cube sometimes to uplaod new games or maybe repair something. So I redesigned the top a bit to make it removable.Thats how I made it :First I cut a big hole...
I just received word yesterday that ColorChord made it into the top 20 for the HCI challenge. Wow, I never thought it would go that direction and I was just about to scrap it for the parts to use on other projects. Guess not :-DNow I need to dust it...
With the frame built it's time to add the top panel. First I modeled the panel in Fusion 360. Notice that I don't have a cutout for the keyboard yet because I don't have the keyboard yet. I have added integrated support "beams" to the underside....
I had temporarily put a piece of scrap plywood in place as a table top for my drill press. I basically never drill metal so having a nice large flat top is more important than having lots of nifty hold down clamps. I had a top from harbor...
04/21/2019 Well I tried various side mounting schemes and after a lot of fussing decided that top mounting (like here) is really the way to go with such a small box. The problem is that the PMMA window designed to mount over the VL53L0 ranging sensor...