There are a wide variety of remixes and custom Einsy cases (including my own) available… so why do we need another? I've looked in detail at a few different designs, and learned from my mistakes:
- Having an enclosure that opens outward may seem convenient at first, but becomes unusable once you have an enclosure.
- Many case designs result in motor wires having to cross over the Einsy board. This results in a mess.
- Large cases take a long time to print and use excessive material; without significantly improving the wiring.
- Unnecessarily restrictive licensing such as CC BY-NC-ND.
These considerations led me back to the stock Prusa Einsy box, but it has a number of shortcomings:
- The cover gets in the way as soon as you open it.
- There are several holes where the wall gets too thin.
- The captive square nuts are a nuisance.
This design is a revision of the original OpenSCAD source code that significantly cleans up Prusa's design. It has a number of improvements:
- Revised lid design that can be easily removed
- Option to use heatset inserts instead of captive square nuts
- Option to use self-tapping screws instead of hex nuts to mount the board
- Made the case thickness more uniform to avoid holes and thin wall artifacts
- Cleaned up code to make future modifications easier
The cable clips and hinges are identical to stock, and the lid is backwards-compatible. If you only want to replace the lid, all you need is a second small hinge (provided as an STL here for convenience).