roh, (I didn't get a conclusive answer on which list to post this to, so continue cross-posting for now)
I recently assembled my Milkymist One case and here's some feedback: ---1 I found a few small things to improve in the assembly documentation at http://projects.qi-hardware.com/index.php/p/m1/source/tree/master/cad/milkymist-assemble-howto.svg Is this the location of the original? Unless you tell me otherwise, I will make and commit improvements there. ---2 Part list says "8x screw (black)", but I noticed there seem to be 2 sets of 4 black screws, one a little shorter, and one a little longer. The shorter ones go to the bottom, the longer ones go to the top. Is that correct? ---3 For the next batch I order, can you glue the 3 buttons together on your side? The documentation doesn't say clearly that they need to be glued (it says "If necessary, assemble buttons"). I guess the "If necessary" is there because of plans to glue them on your end? There is no glue included, and finding a good glue is also not easy as the amount of glue needed is hard to get right, otherwise the button will become too thick, or excess glue will make it not fit through the button hole. Maybe we should find a 2-side adhesive film to glue the 3 plastic pieces together nicely? ---4 When removing the protective films from the acrylic, I have leftover in the enclosed part of a lot of characters that are engraved in the acrylic. All capital letters: stAnDBy, On, RenDeR, uSB, Out, vgA, viDeO, lAn, Dc, Dmx, miDi, Rx. A total of 18 characters. Maybe I can remove those leftover film pieces with a tweezer? I guess it's a result of the laser cutting through the acrylic and protective film on top of it. Do you have any ideas how to improve this? Do we need to manually clean this up with tweezers (I'm a little worried to scratch the acrylic with tweezers, maybe there is a better way?). ---5 The feet are nice, but I think it would be cool to have a few spare feet in case some are lost. If we add an extra 4 feet, that would also let people use the feet on both sides if they want to stack something. I understand the feet are expensive (18 EUR cents / piece?), can you give me the exact brand and model number? Should we try to source different feet? ---6 I am still wondering whether the top and bottom acrylic parts are interchangable, or whether you think one of them is the definitive bottom part, and the other one the definitive top part. The holes are not symmetric, and it seems there is a slight angle on the side of the cut (there is a difference between the top side where the laser cut into the acrylic, and the side that was at the bottom when it was lasered). That means when assembling the case, looking from the side you will see something like (1) \ / or something like (2) / \ depending on which part is top or bottom. Should we define one of them to be 'the right one'? I think I personally like (2) better, that's how I assembled mine... Other than those little things, the case is spectactular and I think this whole direction has huge merits for the future. THANKS FOR YOUR GREAT WORK! Cheers, Wolfgang _______________________________________________ Qi Hardware Discussion List Mail to list (members only): [email protected] Subscribe or Unsubscribe: http://lists.en.qi-hardware.com/mailman/listinfo/discussion
