/challenges-projects/design-challenges/design-for-a-cause-2021/b/blog/posts/ace---blog-7---improving-the-device-constructionIn this post, I will provide some details about the case I built for the ACE wearable device Building the caseCompared to the first version I made, I created a new case from a plastic bottle. The resulting case has many qualitiesit&#39;s freeit&#39;s ma...en-USTelligent Community 12https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/design-challenges/design-for-a-cause-2021/b/blog/posts/ace---blog-7---improving-the-device-constructionSun, 23 May 2021 17:37:00 GMT93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:df091835-9455-492d-8b06-73b264c1f8c1DAB1<p>Nice improvised weather packaging.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>DAB</p><img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=11361&AppID=279&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/design-challenges/design-for-a-cause-2021/b/blog/posts/ace---blog-7---improving-the-device-constructionSun, 23 May 2021 10:24:57 GMT93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:df091835-9455-492d-8b06-73b264c1f8c1jduchniewicz0<p>Very good idea to reuse what you have handy! Keep the good work up <span>[View:/resized-image/__size/16x16/__key/commentfiles/f7d226abd59f475c9d224a79e3f0ec07-df091835-9455-492d-8b06-73b264c1f8c1/contentimage_5F00_1.png:16:16]</span></p><img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=11361&AppID=279&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/design-challenges/design-for-a-cause-2021/b/blog/posts/ace---blog-7---improving-the-device-constructionSat, 22 May 2021 12:57:20 GMT93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:df091835-9455-492d-8b06-73b264c1f8c114rhb1<p>The low-cost housing is a great idea, thanks for sharing.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I think PET bottles soften and melt at a temperature much lower than a typical hot-air gun, hence the scorching: maybe try a larger outer enclosure like bricks/old oven carcass/metal barrel to retain the heated air so you can keep the hot-air gun further away...would take longer but perhaps a more uniform shrink. A domestic oven would be nice but might leave a horrible taste on food cooked in there afterwards !</p><img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=11361&AppID=279&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">