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Thanks a lot for the sub

Thanks, hopefully youll get acess to one someday, I love em since the possibilities are endless.

D'OH!!!

Thank you Leandro


See you soon with another update, just need to sort out the pics.

 

Today I fabricated some mountingpieces for the RJ45, Audio and Mic connectors. There is still some soldering to do obviously, but I think you get the idea.

Since I don't have any pcb to fasten the connectors to I need to fabricate some sort of fastening. The plan with this one is that it will house the RJ45 while pushing the audio,mic connectors tight against the I/Opanel plate. Therefore I Will only need one screw at max to hold all three connectors, and hopefully they will stay in place.



Wohoo.. looks kind of messy.


That piece to the right will be the "lock" of the whole thing.





The connectors are pushed in place. I deliberatly made the groves for the 3,5mm connectors sligtly smaller to achieve a snugg fit. I wasn't shure how well this would work but it turn out way better than expected. The slight softness of the plastic allows for a realy tight fit, even the RJ45 connector snapped right into place with a click. Yay

The small pocket behind the 3,5mm connectors are to add a little bit of distance to the 3,5mm pluggs incase they would happen to be inserted too long.





Here you can see the "lock" in its upper position. Tecnically it doesnt lock anything but the plan is to hav it pushed down to fill out the gap. There is a hole in the "lock" that is not perfectly aligned with a threaded hole in the connector part. This missalignment of the holes will try to push the pieces apart when a screw is inserted. That will hopefully make the whole piece wedge itself to the walls and not fall out. Atleast thats the theory. I might have to countersunk the hole to make it work.


Turns out this fit was really tight aswell and the whole piece is wedged pretty good only by pushing the lock piece down. I might not even need the screw.

 

The attention to detail and precision of your work is simply amazing.

 

Pure modding pr0n, this.

 

Hehe, thanks just don't get to exited





EDIT* I updated the previus update with a more explaining text.

 

Wow GNU they are some intricate awesome pieces, you really know how to use a mill, pure excellence & it's awesome when you get something so right that you find it doesn't need bolting down . +rep

 

Thanks for your constant support Waynio. I still have a lot to learn when it comes to milling but I learn something new for every piece. Yeah, push fittings are really nice..

 

+1 +rep

The attention to details are amazing!

 

Those are just tiny! Amazing work.

 

I can only say the same about you, master of cnc. Thank you

Thanks, yeah they are pretty small and for the last milling operation I had almost no good clamping surface left to secure the part to. I was pretty shure the whole piece would get loose and ripped apart by the cuttingforces but thankfully it survived.

 

Those small parts really are brilliant gnu. Great machining. And thinking.

 

I'm really enjoying this build so much.

 

I came....hard...

 

what did you make the 4 tiny holes next to the ethernet for?

 

Just beautiful metal art work

 

That is amazing. Very clean and precise

 

Simply amazing. Those connectors are really sweet!

 

Thanks a lot atilla.

Thank you, I enjoy your builds aswell

well......thanks

Im glad you asked. They are for the satus LEDs, Power, hdd, network, and maybe bluetooth.

Thank you verry much

Thanks, but sometimes I think I might spend a little too much time making things precise.

And thanks to you too

 

Simply incredible! Very professional looking. I really enjoy following this project - I look forward to the next update...

 

Awesome, but I'm holding my enthusiasm back until you manage the coming wire snarl.