3D printed hard case for Fairphone 2

[diziet]

I made my new phone a case, using our 3D printer.

Source code for the case is here:

https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/ucgi/~ianmdlvl/git?p=reprap-play.git;a=blob;f=fairphone-case.scad;h=5636d285cd83acc866289f21a581fb3b77e9d5a4;hb=00f6e6b886700261cade1e42b9c3e195be99f4d2
git://git.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~ianmdlvl/reprap-play.git

https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/ucgi/~ianmdlvl/git?p=reprap-diagrams.git;a=tree;f=fairphone-case;h=513bf1585ee20d8b9f8193c91d42e3cf19416c43;hb=refs/heads/master
git://git.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~ianmdlvl/reprap-diagrams.git

Thanks to ceb for the multi-print-job technique for multiple colours, which I used for the notification LED window.

Comments

[mtbc]

So, these *.scad file things look like a kind of PostScript for 3D? I need to fabricate a small simple object that I could describe geometrically so perhaps this is the way to go, probably there are places that will affordably take the resulting file submission and send me a Thing accordingly. It's not like I trust myself with a whittling knife. Thank you for sharing your code, it's an encouraging example.

[diziet]

The *.scad files are in a programming language called OpenSCAD which is my primary tool for 3D model design. It's much more of a user-facing language than PostScript. It's also maddening (both the language design, and the many many bugs in the implementation).

Yes, there are places which will 3D print things for you. I haven't used any so I can't recommend one. They're, generally, not particularly cheap. Or, you may find that there is someone near you who has a 3D printer. In Finland they have 3D printers in public libraries :-).

[mtbc]

Thank you. It sounds like I should moderate my expectations! Fortuantely I'd like to think that the thing I need is fairly simple.

[crazyscot]

Makespaces and hackspaces often have 3D printers. Would you believe it, there's one in Dundee, and it looks like their 3d printer is open to non-members.

Map of all known UK hack spaces.

[crazyscot]

Huh, there are other maps of maker spaces with a different set ... Looks like there's one in Perth too. http://perthshirecreates.co.uk/maker_space/

[mtbc]

Er, wow. One ten minutes' walk from my office, the other at my favored library branch. Maybe my reward for living for a year in a city named Providence.