Projector Case by Edison (USA version)

[MisterWilling]

Edison did a group-buy for projector case almost a year ago, they turned out very well and there was good feedback on the design. I was working on designing my own case but have decided to team up with Edison and use his design. You can find information about the case in the original thread here: http://www.photonlexicon.com/forums/...light=groupbuy (Some of the information used in the thread is copied from there)

The original group buy sold the cases for $325 (250 Euro). I will be offering my group buy at $280. Since I am going to be doing 100% of the manufacturing I'm going to try and keep the cost down for everyone.

Shipping is not included in the price. I will get some quotes for shipping to US and Europe in the next few days. Just to note, I will only charge exact shipping on anything, no mark ups on my cost.

All I need to get the groupbuy started is about 3 sold (THE GROUPBUY IS A GO). I will also be ordering some of Stanwax's Breakout boards in the next week if anyone wants to save on shipping and order together with me. They are $55 and info can be found here http://shop.stanwaxlaser.co.uk/ilda-...board-55-p.asp

Some info about the case:

The case is 400mm wide , 300mm deep and 180 mm high
(15.75") (11.8") (7.09")

It is sold in kit form and must be assembled.
The baseplate will be cast aluminum plate and anodized black.
The outer panels will be powder coated matte black (except the corner pieces).

The package that you ordered will contains the following items.

1 base-plate 10mm (.4")
2 side panels 5mm (.196") with ventilation gaps
1 front plate 3mm (.118")
1 back plate with connector holes, ilda port in and out 3mm (.118")
1 top plate 3mm (.118")
1 bottom plate for mounting 3 ventilators of 92mm. 3mm
1 bracket to hang up the projector. 5mm
4 strips of aluminum to mount the top panel.
bolts nuts etc to assemble the projector provided.
WEIGHT : below 10kg

(*edison has posted some pics below*)

I will also be offering a deal for those who want brass flex mounts (for dichros and front surface mirrors). 3 mounts for $35 with the purchase of a case!


"THE LIST"

Mophead
RayTracer
Phredy1 x 2
Massivesound x 2
joopy 1 (maybe two)
blowfly
dnar (Aus shipping)
Laser_freak
Daguin
Drlava
Rfourt x 2

NOTE: I will most likely enlarge the case a little bit. I have some rather larger homemade laser modules and I want to make sure they will all fit easily in the case. I want this case to be as versatile as possible and be able to fit most laser modules. I'm still waiting to go over the drawings and determine how much bigger I want it.

Projected Completion date is the end of Feb.

[edison]

I offered the drawings to help him and PL members to a good case. I needed barrels to fit in my quad systems and Mr willing offered me to make these in return for the drawings.
So it will help me, him and others that need a case. I didn,t need one but maybe i will buy one too. Here are some pictures from the case to give an idea what it will look like:

[kl79]

Have you got an idea about shipping one or two pieces to France ?

[mophead]

I'd be in for one for sure.

[polishedball]

What is the max clearance for powersupplies and drivers on the bottom side opposite optics?

[edison]

The clearance between the bottomplate and the baseplate in the lower section is 8 cm. The clearance in the upper section is 9 cm. The baseplate should be 10mm in thickness.
Hobbybob has a few of these cases and he is very satisfied with it. Also Ledpaint, blowfly and lorenzo have these cases

[hobbybob]

What Edison said is right, i have now 3 assembled cases, his first prototype (being 400x280mm) and the later "production" models being 400x300mm.
What i did is mount the 3 fans on the bottom on the OUTSIDE of the case to save space on the inside (my drivers (especially the kvant and laserwave) were too high to fit the fans on the inside. If you use rubber feet to lift the projector like 4 cm or so you can easily fit the fans on the outside on the bottom.

I am very satisfied, although i am thinking about re-using the parts and make my "main rgb" maybe wider to fit a 445 next to the blue 473 i have.
So maybe i will modify a case to be 500x300mm.
But that's future, first i will build a fourth case for my second RGB. I have all the parts ready, now i need TIME !

It's great to see MrWilling stepped in to give the people on the other side of the pond also the opportunity to have a nice case for a reasonable price.

Well done Edison and Mr Willing !

[dnar]

Hi Edison, I am interested in one depending on freight costs to Australia. Can you please advise?

[hobbybob]

Hi Edison, I am interested in one depending on freight costs to Australia. Can you please advise?

I think you better can ask Mr Willing, since he is making this batch of cases.

[Phredy1]

Any news on the cases availability? I need 2.

[edison]

Thanks hobbybob,

Yes Mr willing is organising this groupbuy. I will provide the drawings to make the cases.
But if anyone has questions about the case, i,m happy to help

[blowfly]

Overall I like this case a lot. It's compact and lightweight and provides just enough space for a 3 module system. There is an electronics side and an optical side. The electronics side was about 1cm too short for me in order to fit the fans on top of the laser drivers. So if I did it over again I would drill the sides for a different height. Also the neutrik holes were slightly too close together for the neutrik connectors I had, not sure what caused this. I ended up making some panels to fit inside the neutrik slots and using them for other purposed like e-stop, lights, start button, etc. I ended up widening the aperture hole for the DT-40 wides to get the full beam width. With smaller mirror mounts this might not be necessary but I needed to do this with the laserwave optics.

Overall this case is great!

Mike

[hobbybob]

Hi mike, excellent post.
As i am also considering buying a pair of DT40W, and also own 4 edison cases how far is the front of your galvoblock from the front panel (distance between scanner block and frontpanel) and how big is your aperture window now ? Is it rectangular or square ?

[blowfly]

how far is the front of your galvoblock from the front panel (distance between scanner block and frontpanel) and how big is your aperture window now ? Is it rectangular or square ?

The galvoblock is mounted 3cm from the aperture window. I would have like to get closer, but the laserwave dicro mirror mounts i'm using needed the extra room for the adjustment knobs. It would probably make sense to get some smaller dicro mounts.

I can't remember the dimensions of the aperature window. It's rectangular. I know I cut 3cm off each side and left the height the same. This gives me close to the full width angle with the DT40 wide.

Later on i will post some pics and measure the window.

Mike

[blowfly]

I can't remember the dimensions of the aperature window. It's rectangular. I know I cut 3cm off each side and left the height the same. This gives me close to the full width angle with the DT40 wide.

My aperture window is 11.5cm by 5cm. I'll try to get some pics together soon. The aperture glass silicon is vulcanizing as I type.

Mike

[jooopy]

Yes I'm very interested in at least 1 maybe 2. Please add me to the list. Thanks and it looks great in edison's pics.-jimmy

[hobbybob]

Thanks mike for the dimensions, that's a lot wider than i expected. Those widemoves are really WIDE moves....

[matratzki]

Hi, I am also interested in this case!!
How much would be the shipping to Germany??

Best regards
matze

[edison]

Mr willing has finished my retainers and so in exchange i have send them the drawings so he should be able to start with fabricating so get on this boat guys if you want to have a proffesional case

[daction]

Hi I am keen. Freight to new zealand?

[dnar]

Freight to Perth Australia?

[MisterWilling]

Yes I'm very interested in at least 1 maybe 2. Please add me to the list. Thanks and it looks great in edison's pics.-jimmy

Added to the list! You are Welcome to come pick it up if you want to save on shipping.

My aperture window is 11.5cm by 5cm. I'll try to get some pics together soon.

Thanks mike for the dimensions, that's a lot wider than i expected. Those widemoves are really WIDE moves....

I will be putting DT 40-Wides in my projector so I will need to figure out how they fit. I think using the tiny brass flex mounts I can get them close enough to the Window that I will be able to use a regular sized window. I will keep you updated on that, just in-case anyone else is using DT-40 wides.

Hi, I am also interested in this case!!
How much would be the shipping to Germany??

Hi I am keen. Freight to new zealand?

Freight to Perth Australia?

Thanks for your interest in the case! I'm not very experienced with shipping larger packages so if anyone has any advice on shipping let me know. I did a few quotes for USPS and UPS and USPS gave me the best price. International shipping is around $120-$140 depending on your location but the quoted prices were very similar.

I'm not sure of my best shipping solution for internal or domestic so again I'm open to advice from anyone, looking to get the cheapest yes still dependable solution.

***Update***
I have the drawings and have been reviewing them. I need to get some more info from Edison to help get the materials list in order. I will have the final size of the projector by the weekend, most likely I will just increase the length by a few inches to incorporate larger modules or 4 colors if needed. I will ask for final commitments in about 2 weeks and begin production.

Thanks!

[jooopy]

Great news and time frame. Switch me to just one one for this run. Slightly bigger than Edison's works fine for me . Got the DT40wides here too. Funny I'll be in Dallas next week but you won't be done yet.

[edison]

Hello guys

Here, a picture of my case with the scanners on top. They are on top because they give the heat away to the basplate.DT40 fit also of course. Blue lasers are small and
my case was designed for 3 normal size lasers in my opinion no need to make it bigger i think.

[jooopy]

Hello guys

Here, a picture of my case with the scanners on top. They are on top because they give the heat away to the basplate.DT40 fit also of course. Blue lasers are small and
my case was designed for 3 normal size lasers in my opinion no need to make it bigger i think.

Yes Edison blue is small but I want to fit your 8 diode in red here too as well. Does this seem possible with an normal green and small blue?~jimmy