If you are a process fan and like to see how a thing is made and what tools are used to make it, take a look at Michael klements showing his raspberry PI case design. His mobile phone case has many cool looking elements, combined with 3D printing, laser cutting and clear bending acrylic
[Michael]’s article (and the accompanying video, embedded below) is partly a review of his creacity 3D printer and partly a display of his raspberry PI chassis design (for this purpose, he sells design documents at Etsy stores for a small fee). But the most important part is to see the creation of each work in the final product. Not everyone is familiar with how these tools work or what they can create, so it’s nice to see people pay attention to this.
Blog posts and videos show the content of each part very well. The video starts with opening the package and setting up the 3D printer (if you are not interested, please skip to 4:58), then print the parts, laser cut the acrylic acid on the K40 laser cutting machine, use a small hand tool to bend the acrylic acid, and finally assemble all parts. For curious people, there are links to the exact parts and equipment he uses.
As we said, this part is the 3D printer review, and the part is the design display he sells, but I’m glad to see that each part is created, that tools are used, and that the results are gathered in the final product. Do you want to go in the opposite direction? Your raspberry PI one-piece minimalist case is just a 3D printer away.