Bus Pirate V3 Enclosure – Alpha

Posted by Ril3y on November 19, 2009

This is my first attempt at creating a custom enclosure for the Buss Pirate V3. I think these plexi-glass cases are pretty awesome. They take very little resources to make and can be pumped out pretty quickly. On the opposite side (see below) I etched a “cheat sheet” on the bottom for quick commands.

I could not find my spray paint last night (due to re-organizing my workshop.. I guess a little too well ) so I used a magic marker. This provided ok results for the prototype but if you zoom in perhaps you can see that the letters “bled” a bit. I will fix this on the next version. I like the size of this enclosure but I am thinking that the top might benefit from 1 more 1/8 layer or possibly a 1/16 layer to cover the USB connector. I will post this on Thingiverse in the next few days.

–Ril3y

Tags: buss pirate, laser cut, plexi-glass

Comments (2)

obscurite

November 19th, 2009 09:02

Beautiful work as always. Would it be difficult to get the screws/posts to sit flush in the corners?

Ril3y

November 19th, 2009 09:12

If you mean for the screw to sit flush into the bottom then.. Kinda. You have to think about the width of the plexiglass. This is 1/8 plexiglass. So you would need the screw to be able to thread into the 1/8 enough so it wont fall off. Even on fine threaded screws this might not be possible. However and alternative option would be to bring a “footprint” so that there are no holes in the bottom at all and it will be glued (see weldon ) onto the top 1/8 part.

Weldon: http://www.delviesplastics.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Store_Code=DPI&Category_Code=Acrylic_Cement

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