You could make the smaller box work by adding a cutout in the bottom of the lower insert to push up on the camera. You'd probably want to make sure the insert is easier to remove if you go that route though.
As a former trainer in my company, I appreciate your method of instructions. Most RUclips instructors don't realize the majority of people viewing their videos need training at an 8th grade level to better grasp new learning.
I have a quite in depth question that for simple terms starts out at if you have like in your case the box not as a model how would you go about form fitting it then? And is there anyway you know to easily make again in your case the yellow part on a “box” strait from a factory??
Are you saying you have a pre-made box and just want to make it form fitted for something? You would need the inside dimensions of each side of the box. Create those in something like Tinkercad, then split your GoPro model (or whatever you're form fitting) and "subtract" each side of that from either side of the inside dimensions models. I don't know of a way to mass produce the yellow part from a factory. You'd have to share the design with a factory and they would give you options to choose from (from my understanding). If that is the route you would decide to take, having the factory design everything from top to bottom would probably be ideal.
It seems like you didn’t do anything to fix tolerances? Did it work because your yellow material was compressible? You mentioned it was TPU, so I figure that might be it
I can't remember exactly because of how long ago it was, but if I had adjusted anything for tolerance, I typically would upscale the model (the GoPro model in this case) by 0.20mm on all sides before 'subtracting' it from the parts that would be printed in TPU. Yep, TPU can be squishy, so it's very possible I didn't adjust here.
The only downside I see is the hinge, a better hinge would be to flip it back and forth from either side like a butterfly hinge, or do that but with a regular butterfly hinge with flush instead of snapping together you would drill wholes and insert a rod, that would make it more rigid on the hinge and stand up to drops better.
Agreed. I just printed something similar to that which didn’t require hardware and the lid easily falls off. Specially after smoothing the ABS print on acetone
@@carloso5599 I could see that after smoothing, did you try again with less tolerance on the hinge for shift of material after smoothing. Also one thing I’ve been trying is adhesion bed design that you can buy adhesion plates and they come with different designs, sometimes it’s hard to get it to stick to the plate though but looks cool
Good day. Great video. I know it's a bit long ago but how do you print it. Do you split the lid from the rest or do you print it in place. Thank you so much.
Great Idea and Great Video. I love making things with my 3D printer. I use tinker cad for everything. I tried learning 360 but it was way to hard and confusing.
lol just printed this exact box before watching the vid. printed with petg and when putting it together ... the closing clip snapped off and flew across the room. I guess the tolerances on my printed aren't that tolerant? Also, I guess PETG is not that elastic that is can just snap shut or smth? The hinge also comes off on the right side. The box itself is quite rugged indeed tho. Might try printing this on my other printer or try pla I guess. i guess you could also print the inserts with TPU perhaps, as a it of soft filling. Personally i would just go for foam probably like you said in the vid.
I believe I printed the top from PETG and the bottom from PLA. I can't remember my infill off hand, but mine surprisingly hasn't snapped off yet. I half expect it every time I open it 😅 Yep, my inserts are TPU. Foam is a great option especially if you can't find a model to form-fit the TPU.
So I tried to do this for my ps4 controller and when I went into tinker cad and combined the controller with the insert it made the cut outs for the triggers and the line work. It didn't cut it out like the way the gopro did. Any suggestions
Some interesting pointers and takeaways from this. Great video on the process, thanks for sharing!
You could make the smaller box work by adding a cutout in the bottom of the lower insert to push up on the camera. You'd probably want to make sure the insert is easier to remove if you go that route though.
As a former trainer in my company, I appreciate your method of instructions. Most RUclips instructors don't realize the majority of people viewing their videos need training at an 8th grade level to better grasp new learning.
I have a quite in depth question that for simple terms starts out at if you have like in your case the box not as a model how would you go about form fitting it then? And is there anyway you know to easily make again in your case the yellow part on a “box” strait from a factory??
Are you saying you have a pre-made box and just want to make it form fitted for something?
You would need the inside dimensions of each side of the box. Create those in something like Tinkercad, then split your GoPro model (or whatever you're form fitting) and "subtract" each side of that from either side of the inside dimensions models.
I don't know of a way to mass produce the yellow part from a factory. You'd have to share the design with a factory and they would give you options to choose from (from my understanding).
If that is the route you would decide to take, having the factory design everything from top to bottom would probably be ideal.
Excellent! Never would have thought to just add inserts into the box. Great Tut and looking forward to your exploration of Fusion 360!
Nice job. I like the idea of using TPU for the inserts. 🙂
It seems like you didn’t do anything to fix tolerances? Did it work because your yellow material was compressible? You mentioned it was TPU, so I figure that might be it
I can't remember exactly because of how long ago it was, but if I had adjusted anything for tolerance, I typically would upscale the model (the GoPro model in this case) by 0.20mm on all sides before 'subtracting' it from the parts that would be printed in TPU.
Yep, TPU can be squishy, so it's very possible I didn't adjust here.
Nice
The only downside I see is the hinge, a better hinge would be to flip it back and forth from either side like a butterfly hinge, or do that but with a regular butterfly hinge with flush instead of snapping together you would drill wholes and insert a rod, that would make it more rigid on the hinge and stand up to drops better.
Agreed. I just printed something similar to that which didn’t require hardware and the lid easily falls off. Specially after smoothing the ABS print on acetone
@@carloso5599 I could see that after smoothing, did you try again with less tolerance on the hinge for shift of material after smoothing. Also one thing I’ve been trying is adhesion bed design that you can buy adhesion plates and they come with different designs, sometimes it’s hard to get it to stick to the plate though but looks cool
Good day. Great video. I know it's a bit long ago but how do you print it. Do you split the lid from the rest or do you print it in place. Thank you so much.
I printed them separately. I believe the lid was PETG and the bottom was PLA. This was to get as much strength in the tab/latch.
Cool
Do you know if you used any tolerance for the box and insert. I feel like you'd need like .1 mm tolerance but I don't really know.
I can't remember exactly because of how long ago it was, but if I had adjusted anything for tolerance, I typically would do it by .20mm
@@Avel Well thanks for the video. I'll just try without tolerance and if it doesn't work I'll just have and extra box for something else. Thanks 👍.
Great Idea and Great Video. I love making things with my 3D printer. I use tinker cad for everything. I tried learning 360 but it was way to hard and confusing.
great explanation of the process, thanks!
lol just printed this exact box before watching the vid. printed with petg and when putting it together ... the closing clip snapped off and flew across the room. I guess the tolerances on my printed aren't that tolerant? Also, I guess PETG is not that elastic that is can just snap shut or smth? The hinge also comes off on the right side. The box itself is quite rugged indeed tho. Might try printing this on my other printer or try pla I guess.
i guess you could also print the inserts with TPU perhaps, as a it of soft filling. Personally i would just go for foam probably like you said in the vid.
I believe I printed the top from PETG and the bottom from PLA. I can't remember my infill off hand, but mine surprisingly hasn't snapped off yet. I half expect it every time I open it 😅
Yep, my inserts are TPU. Foam is a great option especially if you can't find a model to form-fit the TPU.
So I tried to do this for my ps4 controller and when I went into tinker cad and combined the controller with the insert it made the cut outs for the triggers and the line work. It didn't cut it out like the way the gopro did. Any suggestions
Sometimes this trick works.. Create a new design in Tinkercad, import the controller model. Export it as STL. Import that STL and try again.
When you were pressing the lid on, all i could think was "oh yeah baby gimmie that snap". Awesome work!
Thanks! Haha, funny enough, every time I close that case I still have that same thought 😂
Great work - thakns pal!