Howsit everyone,
So the new board itch returned a few weeks back and it was time to start working on a new case - this time the goal was to keep things easy to produce, unlike the last case which kinda kicked my ass. I did a bit of browsing through some of the open-sourced boards out there and ended up settling on the Sofle v2. After a few days of playing around with different forms in CAD, I stumbled onto something that I think works and just went with it. Here it is, a pair of pantofles for your sofles
Just a few crappy renders for basic visualisation.
I always start with plates and try get them out the way, they are by far the easiest part to manufacture (ty vacuum workholding)
A pair of cases fresh off the machine and ready for bead blasting.
I need to get a coarser glass bead that doesn't take so long to work out machine marks.
Currently, the cases are in a semi-finished state and the only thing that needs to be updated is the little windows which sit above the OLEDs - I didn't account for the additional height that socketing take up but it should be a pretty simple fix.
Once I have a pair of cases with the updated geometry (hopefully by the end of the weekend), I'm going to try my hand at dyeing them.
Please let me know what you think, I'd really appreciate the feedback?
Also just want to say a huge thank you to the Keyn discord homies who have been a great help, supplying me with ideas as well as letting me borrow some of their toys to get the job done.
Ty Cujo for lending me your board and PlainOldCheese for the gem of a name. Maybe I am going a bit overboard but I honestly don't think that a more fitting name even exists for a Sofle case.