Raspberry Pi interview: Eben Upton reveals all (Linux User)

Posted Mar 8, 2012 22:12 UTC (Thu) by bronson (subscriber, #4806)
In reply to: Raspberry Pi interview: Eben Upton reveals all (Linux User) by neilbrown
Parent article: Raspberry Pi interview: Eben Upton reveals all (Linux User)

Now THAT is customization. I love the idea of tweaking a cadfile and printing my own case on Shapeways. Suck it iPhone laser engraving! :)

In my experience, 3D printing is stout where the walls are thick enough but thin stuff like clip tabs and flanges just break off. Most prototypes I've played with have been rather heavy and screwed together.

Any idea on how these cases will stand up in the real world?

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Raspberry Pi interview: Eben Upton reveals all (Linux User)

Posted Mar 9, 2012 20:21 UTC (Fri) by neilbrown (subscriber, #359) [Link]

I have no personal experience, but apparently if you choose the right material you can get quite good results.

See: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ybT9kdhmurM

All the case pieces were "printed" by shapeways.