Alibro
Well-Known Member
I've been having issues with the connections in the two small electrical boxes as everything is crammed in pretty tight.
I'm still unsure how much will change over the months and years ahead so I'm reluctant to cut all cables to length and solder all the connections so have decided to replace the two small boxes with something a bit bigger. My first thought was to buy a box but there is nothing available with the dimensions I need so I tried 3D printing a box. This was going great as you can see but it was taking so long I had to turn off the printer at bedtime. This is normally not a problem as it should pick up again where it left off. Except this time it didn't!
This is about 2/3 the height I need.
So this is would have been half of the box as my printer is not large enough to print it all in one go. I was planning to print the two halves over several days and glue them together. It was going great right up to it wasn't.
So instead I've ordered some sheets of ABS which I plan to either cut and stick together or heat with a heat gun and bend into shape. https://amzn.to/3SJ2x3C If this proves too flexable I'll try acrylic but I find it is a bit brittle.
Any suggestions welcome, I need approx 400mm long by 115mm wide by 95mm high.
I'm still unsure how much will change over the months and years ahead so I'm reluctant to cut all cables to length and solder all the connections so have decided to replace the two small boxes with something a bit bigger. My first thought was to buy a box but there is nothing available with the dimensions I need so I tried 3D printing a box. This was going great as you can see but it was taking so long I had to turn off the printer at bedtime. This is normally not a problem as it should pick up again where it left off. Except this time it didn't!
This is about 2/3 the height I need.
So this is would have been half of the box as my printer is not large enough to print it all in one go. I was planning to print the two halves over several days and glue them together. It was going great right up to it wasn't.
So instead I've ordered some sheets of ABS which I plan to either cut and stick together or heat with a heat gun and bend into shape. https://amzn.to/3SJ2x3C If this proves too flexable I'll try acrylic but I find it is a bit brittle.
Any suggestions welcome, I need approx 400mm long by 115mm wide by 95mm high.