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It was refreshing to see an off-the-shelf project box on the parts list rather than 3d printing it. I'm in the middle of a multi-day printing spree for a projec
by robertclaus 3y ago
It was refreshing to see an off-the-shelf project box on the parts list rather than 3d printing it. I'm in the middle of a multi-day printing spree for a project and am learning to appreciate that not every generic box needs to be 3d printed.
- HeyLaughingBoy 3y agoIf I could give you a thousand upvotes... Yeah. I've gotten tired of replying to the myriad "how can I 3D print an enclosure for my project?" questions that electronic enclosures are a mature product category and there are literally hundreds of thousands of varieties available off the shelf at prices your 3D printer can't touch. Need something with weird custom shapes that likely no one else has ever needed? Go ahead and 3D print. Need a generic box-like thing, with or without a clear cover, made from a wide selection of materials, with or without ingress-protection ratings and/or hand held, wrist-mounted, rack-mounted, desktop or wall mounted, or clipped to a belt strap in enough variations and sizes to make your head spin? Buy it off the shelf. I'm willing to bet that 9 times out of 10, for a hobbyist product, a Hammond-1551 variant will do just fine.