Hi all,
Still in the design phase of a custom controller to pair up with my X1 Mk2 and investigating the possibility of 3D printing the case for it. At the moment, looking at roughly 300mmX250mmX80mm for the size (yes it's big, but the X1 Mk2 will sit in the middle of it), so will be a bit of a struggle for the smaller-sized printers available at the moment, unless I can chop it into two or more separate parts to put together, but would rather avoid that if possible. I'm looking at using selective laser sintering of ABS plastic for the process, mainly as it will be somewhat U-shaped and fused deposit modelling which is fairly common at the moment might not be suited to that, unless I break it up into about four segments or so, which I don't really want to have to do.
Just thought I'd ask if anyone else has had a go at making their own enclosure using this method and get some advice about it. I've estimated the required thickness to be 1mm, going off standard smaller enclosures for electronics and for mounting a USB 2.0 type B female connector to the back of it, though I might need to make some adjustments as research continues.
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