Time to tackle mounting the enclosure…
I still use this trick, all the way from grade school art class. Rub a colored pencil over the edges to imprint the bottom of the enclosure onto a piece of paper. Throw the photo into CAD, calibrate, and boom, got ourselves a perfect fit design.
A couple iterations later and I’ve managed to nail down the variance in height between the Nanuk 905 feet and my mounting screws and the curve of the deck.
I assumed the little mold nub in the center of the enclosure bottom was perfectly centered… and drilled it out (foreshadowing)
As I plunge my drill bit through the enclosure, rendering it’s waterproof qualities moot, a thought occurs:
What if this nub is not centered. maybe i should measure. it’s probably centered.
Shocker, it was not centered… Future-me will have to plug that hole somehow.
Drilled out the board and countersunk with an imperial bit - close enough. No idea where to get a 90deg countersink bit at a brick and mortar. No going back now.
Very nice. Test fit is perrrrfect. M5x30 flatheads are just barely long enough.
The enclosure is now super stable and I love it. Getting close!
If that MakerX DV6 doesn’t staying cool enough inside the enclosure, I’ll replace this TPU spacer with an aluminum heatsink/mount plate and cut out the enclosure bottom.
@ShutterShock, I remember you talking about printed enclosure mounting standoffs. So here’s mine.
For anyone’s use:
Nanuk 905 Mounting Spacer v2.step (531.1 KB)
Nanuk 905 Mounting Spacer v2.stl (376.3 KB)