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gigatron cases?
Posted: 14 Dec 2020, 20:20
by markboston
is anyone making gigatron cases? doesn't have to be the original wooden one.
Re: gigatron cases?
Posted: 19 Dec 2020, 08:36
by jtompuri
I would be also interested to get a case for my Gigatron. I think that a laser-cut clear acrylic case with top and bottom plastic sheets and standoffs could be really easy and nice solution. There are online services where you can design and order laser-cut acrylic plastics. Perhaps someone has already made a design for a acrylic case? I googled a bit and found this service online for designing and ordering laser-cut stuff:
https://www.ponoko.com/
Re: gigatron cases?
Posted: 20 Jul 2022, 18:28
by djones1960
I am late to the party building a Gigatron and didn't get a case either. So I decided to design one that could be 3d printed. It is still a little bit of a work in progress. But was wondering if anyone else would be interested in the design? I could put it up on Thingiverse.com.
Re: gigatron cases?
Posted: 25 Jul 2022, 19:25
by wbushby
I would be interested in your 3d printed case
Re: gigatron cases?
Posted: 30 Jul 2022, 19:04
by djones1960
Ok. I have cleaned things up some and published what I have now.
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:5445044
Re: gigatron cases?
Posted: 31 Jul 2022, 16:51
by walter
I thought, why is the logo on the back? But I see it's also on the front
Maybe you can use the official font to generate the logo.
Re: gigatron cases?
Posted: 31 Jul 2022, 18:26
by djones1960
Thanks. I never even thought about doing that with the font
I'll see about adding that to the design and will let everyone know when it's updated. Any other suggested changes?
Dave
Re: gigatron cases?
Posted: 31 Jul 2022, 19:50
by djones1960
Well I just did an initial try using that font and something doesn't look right. There are those funny "f" like areas that are not in the text I put in Openscad. Here is the Openscad command for that "text("Gigatron TTL", font = "gigatron", size=6);"
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Re: gigatron cases?
Posted: 31 Jul 2022, 20:13
by walter
The font only contains the characters g, i, a, t, r, o, n. That means you can't use the capital G, just use a lower case G at the beginning. The "TTL" part needs to be in a regular font.
Something like combining
text("gigatron", font = "gigatron", size=6);
with
text("TTL", font = "Helvetica Neue", size=6);
Re: gigatron cases?
Posted: 02 Aug 2022, 02:39
by djones1960
It's been updated to use that font. Take a look and see what everyone thinks.