David, the simple solution as I see it, would be to leave the front plate clear acrylic and use an opaque (Old oscilloscope grey?) acrylic or metal for the rest of the box. I like the view of the 'gubbins' at the front personally...
Just my 2 pennies.. Pharma Nick. On Thu, Jul 6, 2017 at 3:33 PM, David Forbes <[email protected]> wrote: > Funny you should ask that. I've been working on the package design of the > new scope clock this week. > > The problem is that the original design from 2001 used expensive bent > acrylic cases, which I would like to replace with laser-cut acrylic or > wood, now that I have access to a nice laser cutter. But the package design > has to change substantially to accommodate the limitations of laser-cut > sheets. Also, I want to replace the two pushbuttons with a rotary function > knob, which doesn't fit the original square face design. > > I have converted the circuit to use an Arduino, and even built a prototype > thast looks like a little oscilloscope, with the circuit board behind the > front panel. But the simple laser-cut box was too chunky for my taste. I > want it to look beautiful, and it wasn't there. > http://www.cathodecorner.com/scda/scda-plex-obl.jpg > > So I'm redoing the box to have rounded corners on the cover, using lattice > living hinges, and putting the PC board back on the bottom where it > belongs. My latest design looks like a tiny TV set from 1968. It even has > the little central protrusion in the rear for the CRT neck and socket. > > I'll post CAD models when I get them done. It's still in the paper sketch > stage. > > > On 7/6/2017 2:52 PM, 'orange_glow_fan' via neonixie-l wrote: > >> I wonder.... >> >> Will we ever see the next generation of the Forbes Oscilloscope Clock? >> >> Hope springs eternal...... >> >> > -- > David Forbes, Tucson, AZ > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "neonixie-l" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/ms > gid/neonixie-l/551a4fa3-88ed-b166-8734-1152114fcb76%40dakotacom.net. > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/CAOX%2BRHKXg0iC-9pvX-z2EHG6H7VhLt-c-ya3n%3DR26FM_QuQD7A%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
