I never got a reply to this message, and seeing you ready to send the microdesktop PCB to production, I thought I ought to make sure you saw it, Luke.
On 30/04/17 18:36, Tor, the Marqueteur wrote: > On 30/04/17 17:47, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote: >> i was just thinking, if you had the appropriate cutters (like a router >> / plane with different width bits) it would be possible to just run >> the parts through some sort of jig. > > This is definitely possible. With the corner design on my screen > (apparently the blue ones in the photos), all the different levels and > widths of cutout make it something I'd not want to think about doing that > way. > > Still, it looks like it could be simplified a bit. You seem to have the > PCB slot both top and bottom, which is nice for interchangeability, but > could be dispensed with. I'm thinking about other possibilities, but I > can't yet visualise fully what the tolerances are relative to the > populated PCB. > > I know revisions of the PCB are generally hard (at least if they involve > rerouting traces), but I have to ask what the implications of adding a > sixteenth to each side edge of the PCB for mounting would be. The length > front to back would remain the same. If that could be done and would > allow the full rectangle of the corner piece to be used, then there are > only two operations that would need to be done on the individual corner > piece, namely the stopped dado for the PCB (only one per corner, two > different corners) and the hole for assembly bolt. > > Tor > >> >> l. > > -- Tor Chantara http://www.fineartmarquetry.com/ 808-828-1107 GPG Key: 2BE1 426E 34EA D253 D583 9DE4 B866 0375 134B 48FB *Be wary of unsigned emails* Stop spying: http://www.resetthenet.org/ _______________________________________________ arm-netbook mailing list [email protected] http://lists.phcomp.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/arm-netbook Send large attachments to [email protected]
