Which 3D-Printer /3D-Printer Service you use for your parts ? Cause what i dont understand is why you build so many sinlge parts and not simple print that full case Framse as 1-3 Parts ?
that's actually a very good question
I don't think I've extensively talked about the reasoning behind my system. Thanks for asking!
Consumer or anyway not-too-expensive 3d printers have a working area of around 200x200x200mm. Usually a little more, but they rarely reach 300mm on any side. I have a prusa i3 that can print approximately 250x210x190.
So first goal is to create a series of components that can be printed on any consumer grade 3d printer, ie: each piece should be max 200-230mm on any given side.
Secondly, printing a whole case in one shot (or 2 or 3) would take hours (possibly 10+ per piece) and if something goes wrong you'd have to throw away the whole piece and start over. With my system you can print each piece separately, or all pieces together, the printer could still mess up one item out of --say-- 10, but you'd have to re-print only that.
Last but not least, modularity. Once you have printed 8 corners you can reuse them for all your future projects. Say you want a longer GPU, just print the side frames compared to having to reprint everything.
It's a system that I find extremely versatile, I understand not everybody might like it and probably a print-the-whole-case thing would even look fancier, but I'm offering an alternative. If anyone finds it interesting, I'm glad I shared my work, otherwise, oh well... I'll be the only one using it
PS: also a system like this is faster to prototype, I only have to print one piece at the time to check if it works (20mins to 3hours per each piece).
