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Re: Fastest, Cleanest GB Screen Cutout (5 seconds)

Posted: Mon May 08, 2017 11:59 am
by fedplast
@hoolyhoo this template is a brilliant idea, thank you, u r a genius.

I actually own a sherline CNC, at work I work with a full size CNC router (8'x13'). I also have a laser glowforge pre-ordered (from the first backers), I after wasting some time with a super cheap 3d printer that never worked I just pledged on kickstarter for what seems to be a great printer:

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/pr ... =user_menu

it's in great britain, so @kite and other europeans should not have a problem pledging. still 6 days to go and looks like some early bird pledges cancelled, so you can get a big, open source printer for 270GBP.

Re: Fastest, Cleanest GB Screen Cutout (5 seconds)

Posted: Mon May 08, 2017 12:03 pm
by fedplast
kubino wrote:
Thu Apr 20, 2017 5:02 am
McGyver wrote:
Fri Mar 31, 2017 3:32 pm
What a good idea. I had another idea. Maybe someone owns an CNC millimg maschine: this persone could do us a milling service? Maybe I should link this to my facebook CNC group... I don't own one of these maschines...
What about Laser Burner? :


There is still room for improvement, but for 1st cut I think it's not bad.

laser cutting will not work, typical cases are ABS which will melt or burn. if you have an acrylic case it should work.

as per cutting it on a CNC: it's doable, but you need to invest the time in making a jig that will hold the case in place consistently. otherwise you will be spending too much time aligning them. so it is worth it if you plan to sell cases, not so much if you are just doing a few.
I actually cut mine on my sherline CNC, but in manual mode.

Re: Fastest, Cleanest GB Screen Cutout (5 seconds)

Posted: Mon May 08, 2017 12:51 pm
by kubino
fedplast wrote:
Mon May 08, 2017 12:03 pm
kubino wrote:
Thu Apr 20, 2017 5:02 am
McGyver wrote:
Fri Mar 31, 2017 3:32 pm
What a good idea. I had another idea. Maybe someone owns an CNC millimg maschine: this persone could do us a milling service? Maybe I should link this to my facebook CNC group... I don't own one of these maschines...
What about Laser Burner? :


There is still room for improvement, but for 1st cut I think it's not bad.

laser cutting will not work, typical cases are ABS which will melt or burn. if you have an acrylic case it should work.

as per cutting it on a CNC: it's doable, but you need to invest the time in making a jig that will hold the case in place consistently. otherwise you will be spending too much time aligning them. so it is worth it if you plan to sell cases, not so much if you are just doing a few.
I actually cut mine on my sherline CNC, but in manual mode.
Actualy mine was cuted by 2.5W laser. there was needed plenty of passes, but the result is OK I think. next case I will try by CNC router.

Re: Fastest, Cleanest GB Screen Cutout (5 seconds)

Posted: Tue May 09, 2017 8:53 am
by kubino
ok hope OP won't be upset for Hijacking the thread :roll: , but jig tool is done:
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Unfortunately don't have spare case for tests so I tried to clean the one I had:
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anybody have exact placements/dimensions for buttons?

Re: Fastest, Cleanest GB Screen Cutout (5 seconds)

Posted: Tue May 09, 2017 11:39 am
by fedplast
OMG @kubino , are you building a factory for GBZs?
correct me if I'm wrong, is this a (mostly) 3d printed cyclone PCB factory?
well done, my friend. well done.

as per the position of the buttons, it varies by PCB manufacturer, I don't believe there is a standard. and I might be wrong, but I believe that the popular cards here on site (helder, kite etc.) are not open source. but you seem to be comfortable with calipers, so...

Re: Fastest, Cleanest GB Screen Cutout (5 seconds)

Posted: Tue May 09, 2017 11:52 am
by kubino
correct it's PCB factory with some of my mods, e.g. direct drive leadscrew motors for x/y. I build this some time ago, but haven't much time to play with ...

What factory you means? just a few CNCs (laser burner, few 3d printers, CyclonePCB, H-300 CNC ;-))

I have already some measuring/drawing done, however better apporach is to wait for AIO board.

Re: Fastest, Cleanest GB Screen Cutout (5 seconds)

Posted: Tue May 09, 2017 12:20 pm
by HoolyHoo
fedplast wrote:
Tue May 09, 2017 11:39 am
OMG @kubino , are you building a factory for GBZs?
correct me if I'm wrong, is this a (mostly) 3d printed cyclone PCB factory?
well done, my friend. well done.

as per the position of the buttons, it varies by PCB manufacturer, I don't believe there is a standard. and I might be wrong, but I believe that the popular cards here on site (helder, kite etc.) are not open source. but you seem to be comfortable with calipers, so...
I think the button hole placement is public knowledge. In fact Kite, in his guide, discusses the exact measurement in relation to the A and B buttons. In there he also has a 1 to 1 image of his board that if printed at 100% is an exact duplicate. Helders hole placement are the same. ;)

Re: Fastest, Cleanest GB Screen Cutout (5 seconds)

Posted: Tue May 09, 2017 1:50 pm
by kubino
HoolyHoo wrote:
Tue May 09, 2017 12:20 pm
I think the button hole placement is public knowledge. In fact Kite, in his guide, discusses the exact measurement in relation to the A and B buttons. In there he also has a 1 to 1 image of his board that if printed at 100% is an exact duplicate. Helders hole placement are the same. ;)
thank you for pointing this. I remember I read that somewhere ;-)

Re: Fastest, Cleanest GB Screen Cutout (5 seconds)

Posted: Tue May 09, 2017 3:48 pm
by fedplast
HoolyHoo wrote:
Tue May 09, 2017 12:20 pm
fedplast wrote:
Tue May 09, 2017 11:39 am
OMG @kubino , are you building a factory for GBZs?
correct me if I'm wrong, is this a (mostly) 3d printed cyclone PCB factory?
well done, my friend. well done.

as per the position of the buttons, it varies by PCB manufacturer, I don't believe there is a standard. and I might be wrong, but I believe that the popular cards here on site (helder, kite etc.) are not open source. but you seem to be comfortable with calipers, so...
I think the button hole placement is public knowledge. In fact Kite, in his guide, discusses the exact measurement in relation to the A and B buttons. In there he also has a 1 to 1 image of his board that if printed at 100% is an exact duplicate. Helders hole placement are the same. ;)
sorry I was wrong: I just checked, I can confirm tho that Kite's IO, Helder aio2.2, Helder's PCB V1.3, as well as kitsch-bent control panel rev.1 all match. (keep in mind that Kite has 2 ways to drill the buttons). I seemed to recall that some cards had different button placement. maybe it was just an old version of of 1 of them.

of course in the guide it tells you where to drill the holes, it is 16mm between all holes, and holes are 11mm. but I assumed they don't give you the .gc file or .dxf file or whatever. and I'm not sure of the holes are a perfect square from eachother, or if they are more of a diamond set-up, if you understand what I mean.


but I might be wrong again!! :mrgreen:

Re: Fastest, Cleanest GB Screen Cutout (5 seconds)

Posted: Wed May 10, 2017 3:11 am
by kubino
ok X/Y routing completed :
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