Just wanted to document my latest enclosure that is entirely 3d printed. I tried the two box and connecting wires but it looked awful and the boxes were too big so a lot of space wasn’t used. I started working on a 3d printed enclosure, the first verision snapped even though it was ABS. My board is relatively flexible. I would guess the top and bottom layers are bamboo with some maple/oak on the inside, because it has some give with my weight on it but not as much as a known full bamboo board does. As I was designing version 2 I thought of ways to alleviate the flexing stress so I created a joint that sort of “pivots” when weight is applied.
CAD design of the flexing joint:
Full Board:
Me with no weight on the board:
With weight (notice flexing at joint):
Used T nuts, not a fan because I am going to re apply clear griptape and they are kind of ugly, however they dont strip out like brass inserts.
Still going to attach a hinged door for access to charging port
I was very shocked of how small I was able to get it definitely one of the smallest enclosures I’ve seen that isn’t cut into the deck. It holds a VESC, 2 3S 5000mah zippy batteries, a receiver, and appropriate wiring. Drove around the neighborhood and still no cracking (crossing fingers). Will be interesting going back to school were the roads are much worse.