Are your eyes bleeding? You can always change your theme.
0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.
No idea but it will probably be more than Photekq's Tek-80. If I had to guess I would say ball park in the $500 range.
why does my samurai sound like Japanese Batman?
why am i the only one that doesn't understand.....if everything is one piece...how do you get the pcb inside the case?
Quote from: tbc on Sat, 27 September 2014, 19:45:40why am i the only one that doesn't understand.....if everything is one piece...how do you get the pcb inside the case?yeahthat might be an issue
Quote from: TacticalStache on Sat, 27 September 2014, 19:47:35Quote from: tbc on Sat, 27 September 2014, 19:45:40why am i the only one that doesn't understand.....if everything is one piece...how do you get the pcb inside the case?yeahthat might be an issueI'm guessing a bottom plate will allow access to the PCB.I don't see this being easy to solder in if I'm understanding what Melvang is proposing
I would be interested depending on price. Starting up soccer reffing (highschooler, finding jobs to keep up with the addiction is rough!) so hopefully I will be ready. I would also want to see some design pictures before jumping in, but I like the premise!
In case anyone is confused, my understanding is that this would be essentially an LZ board with the plate machined into the upper portion of the case. Unlike a kmac or similar where the case split is right on the side, the case would open on the back with a plate back there. I think this was cleared up above, but oh well.
Quote from: Elocutive on Sat, 27 September 2014, 20:17:11I would be interested depending on price. Starting up soccer reffing (highschooler, finding jobs to keep up with the addiction is rough!) so hopefully I will be ready. I would also want to see some design pictures before jumping in, but I like the premise!Not trying to scare you away from this but I can almost garuantee it will be over $500 for just a case with no anodizing. It will be a lot of machine time.
Quote from: Melvang on Sat, 27 September 2014, 20:19:21Quote from: Elocutive on Sat, 27 September 2014, 20:17:11I would be interested depending on price. Starting up soccer reffing (highschooler, finding jobs to keep up with the addiction is rough!) so hopefully I will be ready. I would also want to see some design pictures before jumping in, but I like the premise!Not trying to scare you away from this but I can almost garuantee it will be over $500 for just a case with no anodizing. It will be a lot of machine time. I understand. I think of it as an investment; if I ever lose interest, or need a lot of cash quick, then this is something I could sell for the same price I bought it at because of what you just stated; you pretty much CANNOT get this anywhere else, even if you wanted to custom machine in. It would simply be too expensive. Of course, this is all going off of your block of text. I would really need to see some mock ups before I make a decision.
Quote from: Elocutive on Sat, 27 September 2014, 20:32:17Quote from: Melvang on Sat, 27 September 2014, 20:19:21Quote from: Elocutive on Sat, 27 September 2014, 20:17:11I would be interested depending on price. Starting up soccer reffing (highschooler, finding jobs to keep up with the addiction is rough!) so hopefully I will be ready. I would also want to see some design pictures before jumping in, but I like the premise!Not trying to scare you away from this but I can almost garuantee it will be over $500 for just a case with no anodizing. It will be a lot of machine time. I understand. I think of it as an investment; if I ever lose interest, or need a lot of cash quick, then this is something I could sell for the same price I bought it at because of what you just stated; you pretty much CANNOT get this anywhere else, even if you wanted to custom machine in. It would simply be too expensive. Of course, this is all going off of your block of text. I would really need to see some mock ups before I make a decision.Sadly the idea you can always sell for what you paid doesn't usually pan out in reality unless their is a large desire for the item.
Quote from: HoffmanMyster on Sat, 27 September 2014, 20:24:26In case anyone is confused, my understanding is that this would be essentially an LZ board with the plate machined into the upper portion of the case. Unlike a kmac or similar where the case split is right on the side, the case would open on the back with a plate back there. I think this was cleared up above, but oh well. For the most part yes. Though in my original thoughts there wasn't going to be a plate on the bottom. Just the big hollow cavity. Though it wouldn't be hard to incorporate.
Quote from: Elocutive on Sat, 27 September 2014, 20:32:17 I understand. I think of it as an investment; if I ever lose interest, or need a lot of cash quick, then this is something I could sell for the same price I bought it at because of what you just stated; you pretty much CANNOT get this anywhere else, even if you wanted to custom machine in. It would simply be too expensive. Of course, this is all going off of your block of text. I would really need to see some mock ups before I make a decision.Sadly the idea you can always sell for what you paid doesn't usually pan out in reality unless their is a large desire for the item.
I understand. I think of it as an investment; if I ever lose interest, or need a lot of cash quick, then this is something I could sell for the same price I bought it at because of what you just stated; you pretty much CANNOT get this anywhere else, even if you wanted to custom machine in. It would simply be too expensive. Of course, this is all going off of your block of text. I would really need to see some mock ups before I make a decision.
What I am thinking of doing is a milled case like this but all one piece. Possibly a second piece as a plate just to add weight to the bottom.
Quote from: Elocutive on Sat, 27 September 2014, 20:17:11I would be interested depending on price. Starting up soccer reffing (highschooler, finding jobs to keep up with the addiction is rough!) so hopefully I will be ready. I would also want to see some design pictures before jumping in, but I like the premise!Totally makes sense: It's hard to envision.I wish I could see an artistic sketch.
Here is a quick animation showing the case concept. This is a very quick and dirty version. The switch holes are wrong from what I am wanting to do. Essentially I need to tweak the switch holes to allow milling them while maintaining corners with a tight enough radius as I really don't want to spend that much time filing each and every corner in the plate. I was also toying with the idea of having ridges both side to side and top to bottom to increase the stiffness of the "plate".
I still don't understand the consent. I need to see how PCB fits into this case.
Melvang: You might be interested in a H-shaped switch hole design that was discussed in this thread. It allows a switch to be opened from the top, while also allowing a larger edge radius (size of router bit) and keeping the number of cuts to a minimum. As long as the CNC routing has enough precision, it is as sturdy as other alternatives.
im loving it. 500 is a bit much though, when will it run in case of enough interest?