"exotic" lol. On Tue, Nov 7, 2017 at 1:58 PM, Brian White <[email protected]> wrote:
> The simplest way to make that cover is by just vacuum forming. > > You soften a sheet of plastic with heat, and suck it down to conform to he > mold with vacuum. It's a very doable diy kind of project. You have to build > a special box, but the parts are not expensive and the tech is low and > simple. People made all kinds of things that way in the 40s-80s before > everyone fell in love with these exotic 3d printers. > > On Tue, Nov 7, 2017 at 12:50 PM, Gregory McGill <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> unfortunately the build area of a 3d printer is still pretty small like >> 6x6in.. there's taller ones but the diameter is still pretty small, you'd >> have to glue the parts together to get much bigger >> >> Greg >> >> On Tue, Nov 7, 2017 at 9:44 AM, Frederick Whitaker <[email protected] >> > wrote: >> >>> I was looking at the 1992 copies of Portable 100, and in the Club100 ad >>> I saw a hard cover for the Model 100. I am always carrying mine to places >>> where I am concerned that I have to take special care to protect the >>> keyboard and screen. Does anyone know anything about this. I think that >>> with the new 3D printers it would be feasible to develop a pattern, or >>> someone with such a printer might volunteer to make a few of these covers. >>> I could use two of them if they ever become available. >>> >>> Fred Whitaker >>> >> >> >
