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Sci Fi Your Pi: PiDesk - Project Update #9

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Project Update

 

Ikea desk meets multitool. There's not much more to say about it, enjoy the picture gallery and be sure to check the description image

 

Hope you like the result so far!

 

{gallery} Ikea desk meets multitool

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Desk & Multitool: The desk I picked for the project and the multitool I planned on using to carve out futuristic shapes with.

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Sketch: Sketched where the different components like Pi, buttons and futuristic shape for LED strip would be.

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Tape: Used tape to better visualise the shapes and serve as reference when cutting.

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Internals: That's what the inside of a cheap Ikea desk looks like. A block in each corner to screw the legs to and a cardboard mesh for the rest.

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Cutting: Cutting using the multitool was rather easy, but tricky at times where the blade was larger than the shape to cut out.


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Done: Most of the cutting work done, waiting for the final dimensions of the screen before cutting out that part.

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Test: A quick test to fit the Pi and LED strip and have a look at the result. Once the final LED strip arrives, it can be installed. In the mean time, I'll be testing various diffusors.

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  • in reply to mcb1

    I'll try to avoid trips to Ikea for a while now ... Goal of the challenge is not to get traumatised (do we get badges for that ?).

     

    Have been thinking of adding some reflective material in the slots as well, ensuring maximum lights os reflected to the surface of the desk.

    Would aluminium foil do the trick ? It would be easy to manipulate in the correct shapes ...

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