Lately, i've been working on the final piece in the puzzle for this project, which is the housing that will hold all the panels, electronics and power supply. I initially was going to make it out of plastic but I went back to a material that is the backbone of simpit construction, wonderful MDF. It's such a versatile material and i have found it very easy to work with in the past.
I've been racking my brain trying to work out the best way for it all to come together and i decided on a housing made up of 3 MDF spars with aluminium rod holding the pieces upright.
It's amazing how many problems can be solved when designing usingwith a computer. When constructing the front spar in CAD I failed to notice the very tight clearance of the warning indicator, and after pieceing it all together in Sketchup, I noticed i had to go back to the drawing board. There was no way it was going to fit. I think I have solved it now but if this was a couple of years ago I probably would have only found that out AFTER cutting the wood.
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