if you could do some sort of catch mechanism so it stayed shut even if turned upside down, and lined the inside with something soft that would honestly be a very decent deck box.
The friction honestly seems to do most the work for latching closed no problem. I do like the idea of lining this with some felt or so though o.0 great ideas
Your box is awesome, thanks from the present future. Just finished a print yesterday, and the hinge works flawlessly compared to the other split-box styles that dont separate smoothly. Only thing I'm gonna add is some chamfer to the edges so nobody pokes an eye out 👌
Glad you like it. I kept the edges sharp because I wanted the boxes to stack together perfectly flat on the shelf, but a chamfer will certainly make them more comfortable and safe for handling.
looks good... but i find it kinda wierd you went with a resin print and not a FDM print... designed my own deckbox that i printed on my prusha with a hole in the front so you couuld see the commander trough it and holes for small magnets...
To cure to the build plate the first few layers have increased exposure times. Then it slowly decreases the exposure time to the standard exposure time. This will make the top thicker. How did you print this without worrying about suction and the print sticking to the FEP? Did you have a drain hole I didn't see?
I never had the thicker layers with my Mars printer at the base, even with the higher exposure times, and with the Saturn it goes well beyond the bottom high exposure layers, it's almost an inch into the piece that is wider. And no holes, it sticks to the plate much better than the film, so it stays on the baseplate just fine. I've printed 12 of these right on the baseplate and none of them detached.
I'm only sanding the box because my printer is creating a wider base with visible layer lines. If you have your printer settings tuned correctly you shouldn't need to sand this print at all.
I think the printing issues you are getting are from the way you are positioning the box to print. I guess you might have figured it out. It might create a suction effect like putting a glass upside down into water. Maybe that is stretching and ripping the bottom layers. The issue dissapears ones you are over the angled part. Not sure if useful, but i wanted to share my thoughts.
@@pysokon7714 Yeah, tried a few different times, and it has a small effect, but even below the recommended base curing times for resins I still get a flair at the bottom of my prints.
