[Ryan] just got his Raspberry Pi, and what better way to add a new toy to your workbench than by building a case for it? Using a laser cutter and 3D printer, [Ryan] managed to make a case that is sure to be the envy of all the other tinkerers at his hackerspace.
The build started off with a piece of dark red acrylic in a laser cutter. After cutting the Raspberry Pi logo out of this acrylic, [Ryan] cut the same logo – a little bit larger – out of plywood. Because he was very careful to measure the kerf (or the width of the laser beam/saw blade/what have you), the wooded version of the Raspi logo fit snugly inside the acrylic cut out.
The sides of the enclosure are a single piece of plywood with a kerf bend, making for a very attractive rounded case. Finally, the Raspberry Pi is mounted on a Pi plate printed on a Ultimaker.
For as many builds we see using a laser cutter here on Hackaday, there’s surprisingly little information on exploiting the true potential of these machines with marquetry, intarsia, or fretwork. Enclosures are always cool, so if you have a very elegant laser cut box, send it in and we’ll put it up.
SHOPPED!
The RaspPi is shopped into the excellent case build. I can tell by the pixels, and because they only made 7 RaspPis, and never shipped them to anyone.
I’m one of the eight?!!?!?!
…errr seven?!?!
I have one, so other 5 – speak up!
I have two of the seven. Three left to account for?
I got one too and I really want a case like that for it. That’s awesome.
I would want a bit of extra space for a usb hub and wifi dongle to fit in there too tho.
@Nes: you in Phoenix? Come and build one with me.
DHL called me yesterday to tell me that they were trying to drop mine off, but I wasn’t home to sign :-(.
They left a note, which I signed, so hopefully it’ll be there today!
I happen to know the guy who made these cases. I dont know if he has a raspberry pi, but I do know the cases were empty when he showed them to me.
7, 8? I am pretty sure at least the first shipment has arrived to the customers.
I hope you slapped a couple of heatsinks in there, cause from a previous post, there are a couple of spots on the board that get REAL HOT.
Also its a shame about the shitty SD compatibility.
It’s not that bad anymore with the most recent firmware. At least not in Debian.
woo-hoo I’m one of the 8! I just put mine in an Adafruit Pi Box this morning.
There are allot of great cases on Thingiverse.com (open source designs) I personally like the pi-box from Adafruit: http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:24461 Its also open source!
Those cases do look gorgeous. However the fact that they’re intended to house a Raspberry Pi seems almost incidental, since the case winds up being much larger than the Pi, and doesn’t seem to have any access ports for USB and other cables…
If you want a functional case, check out some of the many designs on Thingiverse:
http://www.thingiverse.com/tag:Raspberry_Pi