[Ben] needed a case for his Raspberry Pi. Instead of going the usual laser-cut plastic or 3D printed route, he took a path far more familiar to us here at Hackaday. His case is built out of aluminum found in his basement, providing a neat reuse for some old aluminum extrusion he had lying around.
Part one of [Ben]’s thoroughly documented build goes over the process of acquiring some of this very handy aluminum extrusion. Part two covers a very neat feature of [Ben]’s scrap of aluminum: because of a pair of internal chamfers, [Ben] was able to mount his Raspi and USB hub to a separate piece of PVC and slide the whole assembly in.
The final assembly included dremeling a piece of aluminum plate for the Raspi and USB hub ports and wiring the whole thing together.
Right now the newly enclosed Raspi is working happily as [Ben]’s home server. Not exactly the use case a rugged aluminum case would see the best use from, but it looks great all the same.
Note: the aluminum and sheet metal found in your basement is called “ductwork” and should not be re-used for making project enclosures.
Just gonna troll, or are you gonna tell us why?
I think the joke is that the ducting in your basement is already in use.
!SCHUTZSTAFFEL!
present perfect of “to cut” is “have cut” – not “have cutted”.
Looks like he split a piece of “80/20” down the middle. ME’s at work love that stuff & make all sorts of things from it.
Too much clicking… The project should be on ONE PAGE
I’m confused. Did he shorten a leg on his table just to make a case? Did he have a spare leg? How did he get a rectangular box from a square leg? What hardware store does he shop at that has such extrusions? Mine sure don’t.
I prefer my version, it’s a bit more compact;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_YTzP7wWDEw&feature=plcp
http://oliverjenkins.com/blog/changing-usb-socket-on-raspberrypi
When I read the title, I first imagined a raspi case made out of arduinos… Making it out of some aluminum extrusion that seems to actually be made for a somewhat similar use case is not really my definition of “hackaday fashion” ;)
I came here to say this, but you’ve beat me to it!
Sure, laser cutting plastic and 3d printing is the absolutely usual route.
Neat stuff.
Searching the internet for this kind of extrusion got me nothing.
What is it called and where would i find it?