HOW TO - Assembly of the ALL WOOD Portfolio Case
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- Опубликовано: 1 окт 2024
- This video is about how to assemble a Portfolio Case. It is long but it's all there.
CNC Router plans For the Portfolio case available here - gumroad.com/l/...
CNC Router Plans for the Gamer Case is available here - gumroad.com/l/...
This case is made entirely from 5.2mm MDF yet it does not have one drop of glue nor any metal components or fasteners. It is designed with interlocking tabs that lock everything together with no chance this will ever come apart. Each tab has teeth that spring open to hold them in place. Both sides of the case open simultaneously with a geared mechanism on both ends. Also, as the sides open, support legs lever down to the table surface as the sides lay flat. These legs support the case so it will be steady and not wobble on the table as you unload your product. The sides of the case are designed to hold standard 11"x17" sized prints. There are support bars that can be inserted to help hold your product in place. There is also a center section inside the case that can be adjusted to hold your laptop, iPad, business cards, pens, pencils... you get the idea.
I chose MDF for this case mainly because it makes this case very easy to customize. It accepts paint, stain and even a clear coat. Staining this with a dark stain gives it a rich leather like appearance. Because of the material, this case obviously reads like it is made from wood, the impact however is in its 115 piece design and its presentation. The quality and design of the case is the focus, the construction material itself is your canvas to add your own personal touch.
I will be creating another video showing the assembly of the card case in case anyone is interested in buying the plans. This will need to be exclusively cut using a CNC because of the precision involved so it will be available only in DWG or DXF format. This CNC Project will be set up to use 5.2mm thick material.
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Great design! I am using the cut file for 1/4" material, birch ply in my case. I noticed the slots are all 0.25". This seems a little tight given that most materials vary in thickness. Should I make allowances of a couple thousandths or just sand tight fitting parts? I'm using Aspire v10. I copied the parts from your file and arranged them on 3 sheets that are 2' x 3' to fit my CNC (Lagacy Maverick 3x5 Gen II with ATC).
Yes board size here in metric land will be hard for us as well. We only have 3,4,6,9mm in the boards thickness available
Do not rely on the advertised thickness. A 3mm for example can vary from 2.5-3.5mm. Even materials like acrylic have that tolerance. Keep this in mind when shopping for material. Bring a caliper. :) It also depends who manufactured the material. If it is made for construction the thickness varies more then when material is made for furniture. A typical big store has whatever they can get for a good price, so no guarantees even between purchases.
Do you have your website up yet? Where can I purchase the plans or kits?
Sorry about that. The links to the plans are now in the video description. Both cases are available and both have instructions provided. This portfolio case is the only one that I made a video on how to assemble.
Awesome Thank you!
I’d just watched your video showing the cases off and was wondering about using wax in the moving joints, looks like you do use that.
But if the gamer case had wax and still squeaked, I’m wondering if adding graphite/pencil as well would solve the rest of it?
Here in Japan, MDF comes only at 4mm, 5.5mm and 7mm. Is it possible to scale from 5.2mm to 5.5mm? Or is this within the tolerance?
That would work perfectly. You might need to rearrange some of the parts, that's it. Even if the factory dimensions say 5.5mm, it is always best to measure the actual material with a set of calipers to make sure. If you cannot scale the drawing, I can do it for you.
I'd like to see how to make the game case, Please and thank you, and your awesome! :)
Thankyou for the video John it makes the whole assembly much easier to understand.
Thanks John, excellent design. I have the plans for the gamer case and do not see the cut lines for the back and front large pieces. I am working with a 24"X24" workspace so I need to cut down the sheet goods into smaller bits. A bit of help would be greatly appreciated.
Contact me at Johnhansen1957@yahoo.com with a screen shot of what you are missing. I can save it as another file type if that is what you need.
My CNC has a max cutting area of 400x700 mm. Is this big enough for the biggest plates (the doors)?
+Claus Anders The largest piece is 19.25” x 14.25” which is 489mm x 362mm.
OK, that would fit exactly. Thanks.
Now I have only to get the correct material.
Could you make this out of acrylic?
This has got to be the most ingenious use of a cnc i have ever seen. Color me green with envy. Being in the US where metric is a dirty word, 5.2mm mdf is harder to find than hens teeth. The cost for the plans is absolutely fair. I’m just not sure of my abilities to scale it using 1/4in mdf.
I am going to work on altering the file to use 1/4" thick material. I will add it to the downloadable file and I'll e-mail it to Everyone who has already bought the plans.
Hi John, what would you recommend as time to apply some coating: before cutting, before assembly or after everything is in place?
It depends on what you want to coat it with. If it is just a stain, I recommend staining the parts after cutting so the edges are also covered. I would follow the instructions on the specific product you are using. I have stained these in the past and then clear coated them after assembly - just be sure to apply wax where there are any points that rub together as you assemble it.
Yes, that's how I want to paint: first stain and then clear-coating (car spray).
low level audio, wish I could her this better
Sound is non existant !
Hi John. Great Video. I bought already the plans and what should I say: THEY ARE GREAT!
But I have some questions about the milling:
I scaled the plans to 6mm material. The final size is very good. The router bit should be max. 1.8mm in that case to fit in all the inside edges. Which router bit do you use? Type, Diameter, Spindle Speed, Feed Rate?
Alex
+Alexander Vogel - I use a 1/16” diameter 2 flute upcut bit, 20,000 rpm on the router and I move at 14 ipm. I found that running the machine without the vacuum on to suck up the dust will leave the dust wedged between the parts. This helps hold the parts from moving. There is a little more clean up at the end but it’s worth it because you are almost guaranteed all good parts.
Thank you very much. I calculated this with my scaling (and metric units :-)): Router bit diameter = 1.8mm, spindle speed = 20000rpm, feed rate = 400mm. Depending on my table size I have 5 sheets to cut. I'm afraid cutting in one path. I will try two or three paths. If anybody is interested in the results I can leave a comment here...
Shouldn't that be 1.6mm?
Yes, please tell me your results. I'm trying to do this, but I also want to run more than one path at a time.
What is the prices of the cases?
The files are available in the description if you own a CNC router or a Laser. If you don't have access to those, I can cut the parts for you and even ship this to you assembled or in pieces if you wish. They take 4-5 hours to cut and then they need sanding. I am getting some requests for these and I'm trying to keep up. I do work a day job at about 10 hour days so my time to work on these is almost limited to the weekends. So it might take a few weeks to get the package to you. If you are serious, please contact me at johnhansen1957@yahoo.com and we can work out the details.
No sound very faint
David Dorman turn up the volume
The video sound is very low, I do know how to turn the sound up,!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!