Enclosure Prototype
With the help of my Father who was over from England last week, we put together the first prototype for the enclosure. I’m using a machine collective black faceplate, extra thick.
When we first put it together we used the full height of the side wood, so it was about 1.5″ higher than it needed to be. I just trimmed it down an inch, but it seems that with the height of the inside panel and the headers and idc cables I’ve not left enough room for it to fit.
So I’m left with two options. This weekend, I either cut a new box – which now we have the right tools and a first pass shouldn’t be too difficult, or I stop using the Unsped shield in it’s mounted format and try and find some connectors so I can have them side by side. I think I’d rather do that – it’s just a matter of finding an easy way to do the connections. If that fails I’ll cut and glue a new box, ready for spraying.
How thick is “extra thick”? Dya have a side view?
And the real test is does it help with the wobbly buttons? How does it feel?
Also– Looks nice! Put some black paint on the wood and a nice varnish and it’ll look even better!
I believe it’s 3mm extra, so I think the total side height of the clear and the black is 8mm. I’ll assume since I haven’t had any issues with wobbly that it doesn’t have that issue.
I’ll take some better photos (read: not with my iphone in bad light) this weekend.
My plan is to spray it matt black, to match as close as possible the macbook.
Additional note to my post above. I fixed my height issue, by sticking the base to the bottom of the outsides rather than the inside of them. I then plained the excess off and sanded it down.
Spraying starts tomorrow.