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I started designing the Qazimodo in February and just got the first aluminum case from the manufacturer a couple days ago. Very happy with how it turned out.

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[–] jkrtn@lemmy.ml 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

That's about the price I was expecting, really does need to be at least a group buy to make sense! Or a tax refund :)

Was there anything you have to do to translate the model from FDM plastic to the manufactured prototype? At $600 I'd be worried that I have snug plastic that becomes too loose or impossible to fit in a different material.

[–] cloffwrangler@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Oh I was very worried that something wouldn't fit right once I got the prototype; mostly the USB cutout. I did like 20 printed prototypes with little adjustments to the cutout until I was as confident as I could be, but I still wasn't positive it would fit because of differing tolerances but thankfully my printer was pretty much spot on with what I got from the manufacturer.

[–] jkrtn@lemmy.ml 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

A true leap of faith! Glad it worked out, the result is really beautiful.

[–] cloffwrangler@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago