A Beautiful Professional Aluminum Enclosure
- Simple to make, no bending necessary (machinery is required, though)
- No visible screws on front or back panels
- Parametric, can be easily customized for almost any size
- Sturdy, durable construction
- RF shielded, great for measurement devices
- Removable flat panels very easy to customize
Neccesary parameters in OpenSCAD file:
// outer dimensions of final enclosure
outerW = 300;
outerH = 60;
outerD = 150;
// sheet metal thickness of top, bottom, front & back panel
panelThickness = 2;
// thickness of sheet metal for sides
sideThickness = 6;
// plus: uncomment the screw/threads you want to use- Front- and backpanel: anodized sheet aluminum, 1.5mm – 2.5mm
- Top and bottom panel: regular sheet aluminum, 1.5 – 2.5mm
- Sides: thick sheet aluminum, 5 – 8mm
- 4 countersunk screws, usually M2 – M3, 12mm long
- for Top, Bottom, Front and Back panels:
- Precise (+/- 0.1mm) sheet metal cutting
- Drill press
- Countersink tool
- for Sides
- Precise cutting / milling for thick (5 – 8mm) sheet aluminum
- Drill press, drills and taps for chosen screw size (M2 – M3 usually)
- Milling machine with side & face milling cutter like this with the same with as the sheet metal you choose for front and back panels
- A regular milling cutter could be used, but it's slow and breaks easily
