Sci Fi Your Pi: PiDesk - Project Update #9

10 Jun 2015

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

Hope you like the result so far!

{gallery} Ikea desk meets multitool
Desk & Multitool: The desk I picked for the project and the multitool I planned on using to carve out futuristic shapes with.
Sketch: Sketched where the different components like Pi, buttons and futuristic shape for LED strip would be.
Tape: Used tape to better visualise the shapes and serve as reference when cutting.
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.
Cutting: Cutting using the multitool was rather easy, but tricky at times where the blade was larger than the shape to cut out.
Done: Most of the cutting work done, waiting for the final dimensions of the screen before cutting out that part.
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.

{gallery} Ikea desk meets multitool

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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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mcb1 over 10 years ago

There isn't a lot in them is there....
OTOH it makes it really easy to do what you're doing.
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fvan over 10 years ago in reply to mcb1

There isn't, but it makes things so much easier (for my project). General structure doesn't seem to be affected too much either, so that's good also.
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mcb1 over 10 years ago in reply to fvan

Most internal doors are similar ...

There is a film the signwriters can apply to windows to give that sandblasted look.
You might want to see if that will disfuse enough ...although having a glass layer on top might stop your other cunning tricks..
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mcb1 over 10 years ago in reply to fvan

Most internal doors are similar ...

There is a film the signwriters can apply to windows to give that sandblasted look.
You might want to see if that will disfuse enough ...although having a glass layer on top might stop your other cunning tricks..
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