Jetson TK1 enclosures v2.0 for Array Fire

A few weeks back a fellow from Array Fire contacted me about having a couple of enclosures made for his company’s upcoming attendance at the GTC (GPU Technology Conference).  Notice the lovely logo that’s been etched on the top of the enclosure, a nice touch.  This is version 2.0, since Array Fire didn’t need access to the SATA (through the top) or the GPIOs.  After a protracted USPS 2-day priority delivery ordeal (closer to 6 days) the enclosures arrived, here are some pics +Shehzan shot. 

Jetson TK1 Dev Board Enclosure v2.5

Here's a new, improved version of the enclosure.  More insets and cut outs to allow access to ports and sockets (GPIOs, SATA, Molex for SATA, etc).

Jetson TK1 Dev Board Enclosure

Designed and laser cut an enclosure for the Jetson TK1 development board.  This design uses:

• 1/8" acrylic plastic
• 1/16" acrylic plastic 
• 4 x(3mm x 60mm bolts and nuts)
• 1/4" diameter (1/8" bore) acrylic tubing  

first three layers

two upper layers

1/4" outer diameter, 1/8" inner diameter

acrylic tubes

finished with 3mm x 60mm screws

 Alternate Orientation

Details

Laser cut Delrin tsuba

I never bothered to ask the internet whether you could cut Delrin (polyacetal plastic) with a laser cutter.  That is, until last night and the answer was YES, just be careful of the fumes.  I've been wanting to make a better looking tsuba (guard) for my bokken (wooden practice sword, in this case for Iaido).  Here are the results of my first test, I think there's an interesting future in making custom tsuba.

(a lovely customized tsuba)

(doesn't it look nice on my bokken)

(all I need is a darker stopper)

(original tsuba for comparison. Ugly, no?)

$#!t I've been working on

It's been a while since I last posted, aside from parenting I've been chipping away at stuff.  These parts are for a scale model of a sculpture that will pay off the laser cutter.

Thankfully, most of this piece is going to end up frosted (in this case roughed up with fine grit sand paper) since the bubbles in the glue job look annoyingly ugly.  The interior will be lit with RGB LEDs and controlled by some manner of Atmel chip.

I continue to attempt to create a block lifter that's properly aligned.  This is my first attempt at 3D printed parts, my thanks to fellow EnjiGo member Duane.  Much to my dismay I set the tolerances too tightly and the parts required a lot of filing and boring before I could install the hardware (which led to a misaligned linear bearing).

Last but not least, behold a laser cut glue-form for making bokken (wooden practice long sword).  I recently started practicing Iaido (which is awesome) and have become interested in creating my own special brand of bokken.

The many novel uses of a laser cutter...

In a mad rush to scrape together a gift for +Shane Wallace and his impending birthday (this all occurred a few weeks ago).  I decided to dig some images out of our collective past and turn them into wood engravings.  We're both Dungeons & Dragons fans so I selected some of my favorite illustrations from the Fiend Folio and throw them into a composition.  Here's the result (note, this was a test run on a smaller pieces of wood):  

(please note this work IS copyrighted, however both myself and the recipient of this gift own physical copies of book containing these images.  Also, no money has changed hands so an argument for fair use is pretty strong regarding this new composition. The original art work was all created by Russ Nicholson.)

It worked out well enough that I might try to make a few more (with public domain images) and see if they'll sell.  If anyone has a specific piece that won't violate copyright I'd be interested in talking about commissions.