01-16-2018, 06:24 PM
I can most certainly see your point on being able to screw the case to the port, however, I do have a different view of a case design that uses pins. I don't care for any case that uses pins, as any repeated opening and closing of such a case will result in eventually breaking a pin thereby rendering the case useless as it won't be able to stay closed.
This is why I use heatsets in all my designs. They provide superior fastening that allow the user to open and close the case any number of times. Furthermore, you don't have to pry the case apart like you do with many pin style designs. Remove the screws and it's open!
In your Commodore Wimodem board, I liked how you laid out the board with a couple holes through the circuit board. It allowed the board to be securely fastened to the case while still allowing the case to remain slim. This WiModem232 however I was disappointed that no provisions were put in the board for mounting holes, even though there was room for it. As a result, in order to utilize this type of superior fastening hardware, I had to get creative.
I can most certainly adjust the design and come up with another that would plug in and allow the user to screw in the case while still using heatsets and screws if there was any call for it. This is however the first I have heard of this complaint.
Thomas
COREi64
This is why I use heatsets in all my designs. They provide superior fastening that allow the user to open and close the case any number of times. Furthermore, you don't have to pry the case apart like you do with many pin style designs. Remove the screws and it's open!
In your Commodore Wimodem board, I liked how you laid out the board with a couple holes through the circuit board. It allowed the board to be securely fastened to the case while still allowing the case to remain slim. This WiModem232 however I was disappointed that no provisions were put in the board for mounting holes, even though there was room for it. As a result, in order to utilize this type of superior fastening hardware, I had to get creative.
I can most certainly adjust the design and come up with another that would plug in and allow the user to screw in the case while still using heatsets and screws if there was any call for it. This is however the first I have heard of this complaint.
Thomas
COREi64
(01-16-2018, 04:59 PM)admin Wrote: One of the problems reported to me with your case is that there is no way to run screws through the connector to attach it permanently to a RS-232 port or cable. This is why I used pins in my design, which makes it so you can take it apart to do an emergency reset, but that requires very tiny pins that don't 3D print so well.