Recent content by One Works

Cheers mate. Thinking I might do some sort of crowd funding at some point, never done that before though, so a bit at a loss as to how to do it all to give the best chance of success. I'm more about the designing and making, marketing is not where I shine 😅

Minor update. One positive. I got the small springs to trial in the power button to see if it fixes the issues I have with the feel of it. Drilled some holes in the back for them to sit in. Not overly straight, in my defense, it is a tiny part to hold on to... and I'm too used to the machine...

Yes yeeeees. Looks good with some additional ventilation 😎

I was actually looking at the back and thinking there's a good amount of space above the I/O to add some additional ventilation. Will add that in shortly. Thanks for the suggestion.

For everyone that has been commenting that the power supply should be internal. This update is for you. As mentioned earlier in the thread, rather than trying to please everyone with a single case design, I've designed a second version of the case. The height increases from 75mm to 100mm and...

It does have a bit of a grill look about it doesn't it 😂 But if it makes people think of bacon as it has for you, surely that's a good thing? Thanks for the kind words! Thanks! That's what I'm going for. Though it's impossible to compete with apple on size with off the shelf components. I wish...

Now that the mad rush that is the lead up to the Christmas break is over. I've found a bit of time to get back onto this project. Unfortunately in terms of the how it's made photos, there's not a lot to show. A lot of what I've done is the same process as the first prototype, with a slightly...

Yeah, didn't have much time to work on it for a while trying to get the business through all that's going on in the world at the moment. Very keen to get moving on it and hopefully have it as a revenue source going forward. Getting tired of making parts for other people and chasing them for...

Started machining the 2nd prototype over the weekend. This time I decided to be less wasteful and try keep the core of the billet. It was an interesting exercise in creating toolpaths and fixtures to do so, but at the end of the day, the extra time was not worth the value of material saved ...

That one wouldn't fit within the 200mm square design at all unfortunately. There appears to be some smaller options from Meanwell. But they're open frame, which I'm not a fan of, terrified of getting zapped ? Looks like I'd need to add 25mm to the height of the case to fit the HD Plex 200w...

Man, if I could get my hands on the HDPlex gear I'd give it a go. Been waiting since May for the HDPlex 200w DC-ATX. Having said that, I like the square form factor, 200 x 200. Difficult to fit brickless into that size, but it's worth having a look into. I believe Meanwell is another option for...

So, I've finally managed to get a break from the real work, aka the work that pays the bills. Time for an update then. Slap it in the vise upside down to take off the bottom. After removing the bulk of the material, I realised I was right, there was no longer enough material to support the...

Thanks for the comments guys! The positive feedback is always motivating.

Update time. I've gone ahead and machined up a new top panel based on the new design from the last post. Unfortunately I'm not sure I can make it work properly with the current case, but wanted to machine it to see if I liked it in real life vs an image on the computer. 1st operation was...

Wow, that's a cool little card. Didn't know about that one. May look into making a case to suit something like that down the line. I looked into staggering the holes earlier in the design process and preferred the option of them in line. I may look into reworking the hole design later to see...