Pas Home / Sensor case

RE: Pas Home / Sensor case

verrverr — Sat, 13 Sep 2014 01:09:39 GMT

I do only one attempts. For next i will try put more detail or make a video.

RE: Pas Home / Sensor case

mcb1 — Fri, 12 Sep 2014 07:28:49 GMT

Nice job.

I'm faced with a similar issue making a holder for these.

I have a couple of ideas but whatever we do it's certainly tricky given their small size.

Having cut quite a bit of acrylic, you may find the cutting wheel creates too much friction.

I found a narrow (ie short between the cutting edge and rear) blade wood cutting blade in a variable speed jigsaw works best.

For straight lines a clamped guide helps, and use it on slow speed to stop the heat buildup as the blade rubs the cut material. (hence the narrow blade)

Masking Tape (used by painters) on the acrylic gives a good line and protects it from scratches.

Some jigsaws have 'slop' and the blade holder is able to rotate which does make it much harder.

To bend it, the commercial companies use a heated wire in a U section.

The piece is laid above the wire until it goes soft, then bent and held while it sets.

The heat gun will work but be aware it will also heat a wider area.

You can see the material go clear when it reaches the right temperature, and as you've found it's easy to get bubbles in it from too much heat.

Mark

RE: Pas Home / Sensor case

fvan — Fri, 12 Sep 2014 06:03:11 GMT

Very nice job on the case. How many attempts did it require ?

I'm interested to see the curtain motor bracket [View:/resized-image/__size/16x16/__key/commentfiles/f7d226abd59f475c9d224a79e3f0ec07-0134f4c8-63ba-441c-906f-9b83c2a3441d/contentimage_5F00_1.png:16:16]

Frederick

RE: Pas Home / Sensor case

ipv1 — Fri, 12 Sep 2014 04:48:10 GMT

Detailed steps on the job would be nice. Good work