West Coast Products Swerve X Gear Box Display Cover with Acrylic

Team 4160's Swerve Drive Covers for Swerve X.  We <3 West Coast Products, and even though we aren't a WCP sponsored team, they've always been there for us.  A hearty “Arrgh" from us to WCP. 

The cover has a slot for a encoder ribbon cable to exit, and is designed as a “Captive” acrylic print.  Recommend printing at 0.3 mm layer height.  Set a color change or M600 a Z=5. Spray the Acrylic with hairspray, then Insert the Acrylic during the layer change.

Print this with the top down.  If you want to use a different layer height, you may need to adjust the layer at which the change is done.  0.3 layers change at 5mm, and a coat of hairspray has worked well for us printing PETg on i3mk3 and other generic printers.  Photos in the model show where I use “Paint on Supports”, and one showing the “Color Change” at 5mm.

For the Model, .3mf, f3d and step files provided as well. 

Included are .dxf files to laser cut the acrylic,  We include Our 4160 Robuc logo (love it if you honor us by choosing that one), West Coast Products, and a blank one you can customize.

If you make this and make a custom one, I humbly request that you post a make here on Printables.  We love to see your mods and work.

0.1 in thick clear acrylic can be laser cut and engraved for this, or you can CNC and engrave it.  You can use 0.855 in (2.15mm) acrylic in a pinch, but it will be a bit messier laying down the first layer over the Plexi.  Heartily recommend a generous spray of Hairspray on the Acrylic, especcialy if you use the thinner stuff.

Some programs may not like the fusion 360 exported .dxf files.  Some laser cutters and 3D printers are not as accurate as what we use (Prusa & Universal Laser Systems).  I have included a .svg that is 1mm smaller, and blank (and one with the WCP Logo).  This is confirmed to work with a glowforge, and a sloppy printer like the ender.. To be clear you dont need to scale either of the 2 .svg files down, and if you have an accurate printer, you can scale up the laser cut by 0.5% (to 100.5%) for a tighter fit. YMMV, depends on kerf, etc..