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.