Difference between revisions of "DeltaFlightcase"
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===Challenges:=== | ===Challenges:=== | ||
| − | * <s>Find ways to keep weight limited so it can still be carried by a single person.</s> | + | * <s>Find ways to keep weight limited so it can still be carried by a single person.</s> Used 9mm plywood. Strong and light. |
* Determine how to best design inside of case to accommodate the different variations of the cerberus. | * Determine how to best design inside of case to accommodate the different variations of the cerberus. | ||
| − | * Find some way to cut foam into arbitrary shapes | + | * <s>Find some way to cut foam into arbitrary shapes</s> A sharp knife works wonders; No need for a hot wire cutter at all. |
| − | * <s>Find affordable sources for support foam and 'hang en sluitwerk' plus wheels.</s> | + | * <s>Find affordable sources for support foam and 'hang en sluitwerk' plus wheels.</s> Ordered at zelfbouwcase.nl, very happy with 'em. |
Due date: no later than December 19th, 2014 | Due date: no later than December 19th, 2014 | ||
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* Cheap non-birch 9 mm plywood; good compromise between price, sturdyness and weight. | * Cheap non-birch 9 mm plywood; good compromise between price, sturdyness and weight. | ||
* Found wheels and butterfly-lock-thingies in my attic. | * Found wheels and butterfly-lock-thingies in my attic. | ||
| − | * Ordered pre-cut 'hard foam' at | + | * <s>Ordered pre-cut 'hard foam' at zelfbouwcase.nl, so possibly avoided cutting it myself.</s> Make calculation mistakes so had to cut it. But it's easy. |
| − | * Protection will basically be just a tight fit inside between 20mm hard foam plates | + | * Protection will basically be just a tight fit inside between 20mm hard foam plates and some strategically placed additional hard-foam buffer blocks. |
===Progress:=== | ===Progress:=== | ||
| − | * All materials ordered and received, just need to move foam plates to TI by bike. | + | * <s>All materials ordered and received, just need to move foam plates to TI by bike.</s> |
| − | * Bottom half of case made, glued. Next up is painting. Only after painting can wheels etc be mounted. | + | * <s>Bottom half of case made, glued. Next up is painting. Only after painting can wheels etc be mounted.</s> |
| − | * Top half is under way. It bends a bit too much, so it may need slight redoing or adjustment. | + | * <s>Top half is under way. It bends a bit too much, so it may need slight redoing or adjustment.</s> |
| − | * Bought/ordered a pneumatic rivet gun; mounting 80x 5mm rivets with the cheapest possible Gamma manual rivet gun is quite hard and painful work... | + | * <s>Bought/ordered a pneumatic rivet gun; mounting 80x 5mm rivets with the cheapest possible Gamma manual rivet gun is quite hard and painful work...</s> |
===Lessons learned:=== | ===Lessons learned:=== | ||
Revision as of 03:35, 18 December 2014
| Projects | |
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| Participants | Ultratux |
| Skills | Woodworking, measurements, painting |
| Status | Finished |
| Niche | Mechanics |
| Purpose | Use in other project |
Building a proper flightcase for a Cerberus-derived delta 3D printer. It ought to be flexible enough to house both the newer -printed- model and the original model in ways that even rough treatment will likely be survived gloriously.
Challenges:
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Find ways to keep weight limited so it can still be carried by a single person.Used 9mm plywood. Strong and light. - Determine how to best design inside of case to accommodate the different variations of the cerberus.
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Find some way to cut foam into arbitrary shapesA sharp knife works wonders; No need for a hot wire cutter at all. -
Find affordable sources for support foam and 'hang en sluitwerk' plus wheels.Ordered at zelfbouwcase.nl, very happy with 'em.
Due date: no later than December 19th, 2014
Challenges met:
- Cheap non-birch 9 mm plywood; good compromise between price, sturdyness and weight.
- Found wheels and butterfly-lock-thingies in my attic.
-
Ordered pre-cut 'hard foam' at zelfbouwcase.nl, so possibly avoided cutting it myself.Make calculation mistakes so had to cut it. But it's easy. - Protection will basically be just a tight fit inside between 20mm hard foam plates and some strategically placed additional hard-foam buffer blocks.
Progress:
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All materials ordered and received, just need to move foam plates to TI by bike. -
Bottom half of case made, glued. Next up is painting. Only after painting can wheels etc be mounted. -
Top half is under way. It bends a bit too much, so it may need slight redoing or adjustment. -
Bought/ordered a pneumatic rivet gun; mounting 80x 5mm rivets with the cheapest possible Gamma manual rivet gun is quite hard and painful work...
Lessons learned:
- If you need to mount metal corners and wheels, NEVER mount the wheels first; they'll end up in the spot where the corners needed to go!
- Never glue the hard foam on the inside before drilling all the necessary holes for the rivets; the drill might catch on the foam, even if unlikely.
- A pneumatic rivet gun is AWESOME! If not for the ease of work, then just for the sound it makes while using it <3
- Hard foam is completely different from soft foam; the former is actually VERY easy to cut with a sharp knife. Contrary to popular belief.
