Today I decided to take a definitive stab at the front panel. Everything is set up for success: I trimmed my wasteboard (for the first time ever) and the laser cutter finally cuts perfectly.
Milling the pockets and profiles went without hiccups. But off course the profile cut happened to intersect a fault in the wood. Luckily I could salvage it by using some wood putty and sanding it flush again. Pfew I was worried there for a second.
Next up: laser cutting the bend patterns. The front hole in my K40 case was very useful for this! I cut everything in 1 pass and all of them were all the way through. Yay!
Fast mockup to see the bends in action finally!
Final asembly will be for the next update, but I couldn’t resist doing a full mockup as well.
Looks great huh, but sadly it is only an empty shell atm.
This is what yet needs to beinstalled inside 🙂 :
last check: the pieces align almost perfectly. It’s actually better than I anticipated.
Hopefully I can start final assembly soon, but I’m still having an issue with the electronics.
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Hello,
What tablet PC use to command you Shapeoko?Does it recognize Arduino in his USB ports?
This is a Microcenter winbook TW700 7″ tablet, which is extremely inexpensive and has a FULL windows install, so not the ‘light’ version of windows which typically comes with tablets. As an added bonus it has an extra fullsize usb port next to a separate micro usb for charging. So yes it is perfect for controlling a shapeoko and will recognize an arduino just the same as any desktop pc. Keep in mind that the screen is small though, so pressing buttons can be a bit tricky. But they do have 8″ and 10″ versions so that might be worth a look.