[Lab] Making acrylic boxes on laser cutter

[janick at bergeron.com]

Found a ready-made enclosure for the BeagleBone:
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:82363/#files 

All I'll need to do is make it a tad taller to accomodate the cape board
and jacks... Gotta love open source! 

On 2014-08-10 15:53, Darcy Whyte wrote: 

> Why not do it all with screws and eliminate a whole item on the bill of materials? 
> 
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> Darcy Whyte 
> 
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> Contact: darcy at inventorArtist.com | 613-563-3634 by appointment (no text) 
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> On Sun, Aug 10, 2014 at 11:48 AM, <janick at bergeron.com> wrote:
> 
> It's for a BeagleBone-based project. Box will need to be worn on a waist belt. 
> 
> I plan to have rounted top/bottom plates with tongue-in-groove walls. All glued/welded, except cover which would be secured using machine screws like this: http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-Make-Anything-Using-Acrylic-and-Machine-Sc/ [3] 
> 
> On 2014-08-10 15:41, Darcy Whyte wrote: 
> Power depends on the acrylic thickness and type. You can figure that out on a small test piece in a few minutes. 
> 
> Use methylene chloride as weld (not glue). 
> 
> Get acrylic at cannus plastics. They and others listed here: http://inventorartist.com/resources/ [4] 
> 
> For tolerance it depends on what the box if for and how you will join the pieces. 
> 
> -- 
> Darcy Whyte 
> 
> Art+ inventorArtist.com [1] | Aviation rubber-power.com [2] 
> Contact: darcy at inventorArtist.com | 613-563-3634 [5] by appointment (no text) 
> 
> On Sun, Aug 10, 2014 at 11:34 AM, <janick at bergeron.com> wrote:
> 
> I need to make a box for a project. 
> 
> If one of you has experience (or can point me to the info), I'd like to know 
> 
> 1- Laser settings for cutting and engraving clear and black acrylic 
> 
> 2- Glue to use to join sides permanently 
> 
> 3- Tolerances for tongue-and-slots 
> 
> 4- Where to get 1/8" acrylic sheets 
> 
> Thanks 
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