Good point John. In addition to wood, I've watched some videos using wood working tools to cut plastic sheeting and use special adhesive to connect the parts.
-- John. On Fri, Feb 8, 2019, 8:09 AM John Graf <j...@grafs.us wrote: > Without actually pulling out my M100 to check, here’s an idea: I do some > woodworking around the house and my first thought was a wood cover is easy. > Either thin plywood or MDF, with a rail around the outer edge and across > the top of the keyboard to lift it from the keys. If I were making one for > me, I would probably break all the edges a bit with my router. Properly > sanded and stained, even plywood looks pretty nice sitting on the desk. > > More fancy would be an actual covered box, with box joint corners, that > you set the 100/102 into. The bottom of the box would reach up about 3/4 of > the way to the 100’s surface (below the keys) and the cover, tall enough to > sit on the bottom box sides, which keeps it from sliding side to side, and > tall enough to keep the cover's top surface from touching the keys. > > John > > > > On Feb 8, 2019, at 12:10 AM, Eric LK <tr...@lefauve.org> wrote: > > Eric wrote: > > Also after looking into Shapeways prices, we're looking at a cost of > at least $60/$80 each for a plastic piece of this size. > > > I found a "3d printing & Price Comparison Service" so I quickly made a > mock-up version of the cover (changing the size by 1 or two > millimeters shouldn't change the price much). > > I've gone for something covering the white part of the M100. We could > do smaller, but if you have windows, that would probably cause a > non-uniform yellowing of the non-covered parts which would look > terrible. > > The price is... well, it starts at $58 for ABS (That's what LEGO are > made of... so basically indestructible plastic) up to $9400 for > Titanium (you can print in nylon for a little less than $200, all > other material are either very expensive or impractical) > > I used a 3mm thickness (5mm for the top) because we wanted some > strength but while I was there, I tried a 1mm thickness version (I > never successfully printed anything less than 2mm thick but with a > $400,000 printer that may be possible). > Price "drops" from $50 for ABS to $2700 for titanium ($98 for Nylon). > > So my conclusion is... let's look into vacuum forming solutions :o) > > Eric > > >
