[Coco] New CoCo Cartridge CAD Preview

[jmlaw at iprimus.com.au]

Hey Joel,

Looks cool :) I had the same idea a while back but was looking at the Cube 
3D printer: http://cubify.com/cube/

Like SHF, I couldn't justify the cost after I found a site online who I 
could send the 3D files to and have it printed in various materials and 
colors (including metal and stone options) with far more intricate detail. 
Can't remember which site it was in particular, but there's many of them. 
That said, having my own 3D printer to play around with is still very high 
on my wish list. I'm with you in that if you already have one then heck 
yeah, use it :) I'm sure once you have your own too, you'd start to think if 
heaps more custom things to make with it. When they come down in price, I'll 
be getting one too no doubt.

Good luck with this project, sure to be a lot of fun :)

JasonL

-----Original Message----- 
>I posted a screen shot of a preview of the CoCo cartridge housing I'm
>designing in OpenSCAD on my blog:
>http://8littlebits.wordpress.com/2013/04/16/cartridge-housing-cad/

>It isn't quite finished, and I haven't printed it yet, but this should
>give an indication of the basic design.  I have it so that the depth of
>the cartridge is parameterized.  As depicted in the screen shot, it is
>the same size as a game cart.  (I'm using Quasar Commander as my
>model.)  But by changing one variable, I can make a longer cart.  At the
>moment, the longest one I can make will be just a little over 100mm,
>which is in between a game cart and the vacuum-formed cart they put the
>DS-69 video digitizer in, which is about 112mm long.  I intend to build
>a RepRap printer, which I believe has a bigger build platform, so I
>could probably make something as long as a FDC or an RS-232 Pak with
>that.  Given that I have printed a case for my Raspberry Pi, I might
>just be able to fit one in a housing printed on the Makerbot, but there
>probably wouldn't be room for a whole lot else.

>Next I just need to design cutouts for various connectors and whatnot.
>Then the housing could be customized for a wide variety of applications.

>If you're working on a project involving the CoCo's cartridge connector,
>what would you like to see in a 3D printed housing?

>JCE