Easy to make acrylic enclosure. If you can make it easier, remix it.
Tools and materials I have used:
For starting and ending dremel cuts:
- Cordless drill
- Drill bit 3.5 mm (4 mm maybe ok)
- 60 degree spot drill bit (for high precision drilling)
For marking:
- Milwaukee ultra fine marker
- Stainless steel ruler
For acrylic sheets cutting:
- Acrylic cutting knife (can be bought or made from a saw)
- Straight edge
- Two bar clamps
For smoothing acrylic sheets edges:
- File
- Two sacrificial wood planks (see: How To Cut Acrylic Sheet By Hand - YouTube)
- Sandpaper 100, 200, 400 grit
For door and round hole
- Dremel
- Dremel 678 (can be printed maybe)
- Dremel 561
Or find your local laser cutting service
Hardware:
- 3.6 mm thick acrylic sheets
- 100 mm corrugated ventilation pipe
- Air vent duct connector flange
- Clamp for air duct pipe
- 12x ultra thin flat head stainless steel socket screws m3x12 + wide washers & nuts (any m3 should be ok)
- 3 mm steel rod (for hinges)
Details to print:
- Four 3 way piramid angles
- Four 2 way piramid angles
- Four hinge parts
- 4x H-ka supports (brim, vase mode)
Build notes:
- Use low speed and low pressure for cutting and drilling acrylic sheet
- Wait until tools cool down
- Dremel 565 is not perfectly round! Always use same side for straight cut.
- Always use bar clamps
- If you find good looking small hinges - buy them, save time
- Use ear protection (headphones with good isolation - ok)
- Use eye protection
- Use lungs protection when sanding
What could be done better:
- Less sharp pyramid angles
- Triangular hinge design
Update:
- Added support element for the top plate (H-ka).
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