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2014-12-22
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Can't wait man!!! 
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2014-12-22
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@ Holland
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Following the pretty pics also a more in depth update.
I am happy with the way the TOH-cover framing and PCB came out, I expect production and assembly of this part to go like a breeze.
The keyboard part is a lot more complex and trickier. Assembly now is still cumbersome and takes a lot of manual labour, which is a strong indication the design need some work in optimizing.
One of the last hurdles to take in the part is the framing around the keypad, it has some room to play and bend downward like this:
Glue could be an easy way to fix this, but this is absolutely not preferable. Glue will make assembly very sucky, parts need to dry etc and repairability goes down. Screws same story.
So, next experiment is to see if I can make a geometrical lock. Sounds very fancy, but just means making some shape that prevents motion in a direction. Currently this looks like this:
This way the bottom piece will use no glue or screws and will be able to be assembled and disassembled without any tools.
Hope this will work as intended. Updates about this in ~two/three weeks.
Also, some minor detail: in the corners around the magnet -where the pcb drops in- there is in about half of the prints some material pile-up that is not removed in the polishing process. Some extra room required to compensate:
Last edited by dirkvl; 2014-12-22 at 15:35.
I am happy with the way the TOH-cover framing and PCB came out, I expect production and assembly of this part to go like a breeze.
The keyboard part is a lot more complex and trickier. Assembly now is still cumbersome and takes a lot of manual labour, which is a strong indication the design need some work in optimizing.
One of the last hurdles to take in the part is the framing around the keypad, it has some room to play and bend downward like this:
Glue could be an easy way to fix this, but this is absolutely not preferable. Glue will make assembly very sucky, parts need to dry etc and repairability goes down. Screws same story.
So, next experiment is to see if I can make a geometrical lock. Sounds very fancy, but just means making some shape that prevents motion in a direction. Currently this looks like this:
This way the bottom piece will use no glue or screws and will be able to be assembled and disassembled without any tools.
Hope this will work as intended. Updates about this in ~two/three weeks.
Also, some minor detail: in the corners around the magnet -where the pcb drops in- there is in about half of the prints some material pile-up that is not removed in the polishing process. Some extra room required to compensate:
Last edited by dirkvl; 2014-12-22 at 15:35.
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2014-12-22
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All 1200 toh-casings are ordered, ordering rest of casing-pcbs tonight.
Magnets are here, HEAVY box
Magnets are here, HEAVY box
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2014-12-23
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Originally Posted by gsalone
Can't wait man!!!
If you really can't wait, please unorder, so you don't have to wait!
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2014-12-23
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@ Athens, GR
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Originally Posted by robnas
Highly unlikely to unorder
If you really can't wait, please unorder, so you don't have to wait!
This is probably THE absolute must have feature I miss in Jolla coming from N900!
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2014-12-23
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@ Bilbao (Basque Country [Spain])
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Originally Posted by gsalone
+10000000000000000000
this is probably the absolute must have feature i miss in jolla coming from n900!
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2014-12-24
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Solderstencil for TOH-cover PCB is here! Jolla for scale.
Used for applying solder past on PCB on exactly the right spot.
Used for applying solder past on PCB on exactly the right spot.
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2014-12-24
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@ Zagreb
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man, I envy you so much for all those toys........... I'm kind of sory that I don't live closer to help you with this. I would do that for my own pleasure........
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2014-12-25
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Originally Posted by dirkvl
Do you plan to have one PCB per stencil or are you going for a panelized version when you are for production?
Solderstencil for TOH-cover PCB is here! Jolla for scale.
Used for applying solder past on PCB on exactly the right spot.
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2014-12-25
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Originally Posted by dirkvl
Oh, the spirit of solders past!
Used for applying solder past on PCB on exactly the right spot.
(Sorry, couldn't resist. It is the right season, after all.)
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