Nice job, I love the allowance for a fan (although I'd have put it on the side right behind the regulators personally but your position is fine).

I'm sure people would be interested in it. Do you have the cad files or STL so others can get it printed (or modify it if needed)?

That is all nice for people like us who have one or two or more EZBs. But, what about the NEW EZB board? D.J. may discontinue selling it. But, I know he will continue to support it. Just a thought.

@aameralis when is your birthday?

@bude what 3d software are you using? Also how did you learn to use it?

Starting from the top:

@Rich My idea for the fan on the top came with the idea of heat rising, my theory is that adding a fan would speed up the airflow that already is rising. And I liked the way it looked. Maybe the next version will incorperate the fan, that it wont sit on top, but it'll be inside the case, the will give a more smooth design.

@Aameralis I'll add the STL's at the end this post, but it will be the ones I used for the current version, I haven't changed them yet. When the EZ-B mini comes out, I can design a different case for that one, just need an EZ-B mini or a CAD model of it and some inspiration.

@Moviemaker Same answer as the last part for Aameralis, I can always design a new case. Designing, once I start, it's like an addiction for me. But I like to do it and I'm very good at it. Designing this case took me about 2 hours, but I had to messure the EZ-B and had to make a few assumptions based on what I've mesured. But it isn't hard for me to design cases, I've designed way more complex things than this case with dozens of parts(time to show off), I designed the 3D printer from This instructable at my internship and I'm currently working on V2.0 of the 3D-printer, the opensource consumer version, visual attractive and stuff. The initial design took about 60 hours, but it took way more time to optimize it so it could be build with the least amount of machining.

@Jstarne1 I used Autodesk Inventor 2013 for this design, I learned how to use it at school. I'm currently(well after summer holiday again) studying mechanical engineering where I learned how to design, calculate stuff and much more. I designed the top part of the case starting with a block, "sculpting" it by removing shapes. But it depends on what you are designing, I always generate a design plan in my head, where I plan what I'm going to add and remove and in what order. But it usually changes while I'm designing.

The files EZ-bcaseSTL.zip Note: that I haven't done anything to it yet.

@BudeIO well thought out! Thank you so much for the contribution....Do you know Niek..from the Netherlands who is currently in the EZ-B hive recieving some great job experiance!

@Irobot58 Thanks man, I'm doing my best and I have many more ideas which will slowly(a budget thing, maybe I should offer this for sale on the Shapeways website, but don't know the regulations with selling things on this forum) enter the forum. The case came on impulse, you should guess what would come if I thought about something for a long time

Well, I don't "know" Niek, but I've seen him on the forum, youtube, but I've never actually met him. I do keep track on the Niek EZ-robot experience, it's always fun to watch it.

That is fantastic! I love the creativity and the look. 3D Printers are the future, and this is a good way of showing off how it can be easy to design, and print off something very practical

Great job!

That design deserves some recognition Have you considered posting it on http://www.thingiverse.com ?

We have had others post on http://www.thingiverse.com/ with great success. Such as http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:114349 and others

That's an awesome enclosure dude

Nice! I'd do what DJ suggested and post it to thingiverse. I'm sure a lot of people would love to have the files for your enclosure

You need something for doing this, great job. Thanks for sharing. John

I'll add my voice to the "Yes we want it" crowd. And also my compliments on the great work.

One comment. I would leave the fan outside the case. That way if someone needs to save space but doesn't need the fan, they can just remove it. With it inside, that height will be used whether you install a fan or not. This design also makes the fan easier to replace.

Thanks guys for the complements, I'll eddit the current design, make a few changes here and there and I'll make a tutorial on how to make it like mine. Before that, I'll post the new design.

So V2.0...

Starting at the top left, I increased the thickness of the bottomplate, this gave (top right) the possibility to countersink the screws on the bottom. In the previous version you would need to add your own threads. Now on the bottom left, I increased the total hight of the top half of the case. By doing this I'm securing the fact that you can still use it with a bluetooth module or it would be a narrow fit. Continueing with the bottom right picture, I moved the square hole for the power supply 2mm to the left and I made a round cut-out in wall above where the connector of the bluetooth module would be. This cut-out would allow thicker cables going out of the case.

The EZ-Case V2.0

Files EZ-CaseV2.0.zip

Let me know what you guys think.

Wow! Keeps getting better. Totally dig it. We will print some!

Awesome, let me know how it works out and what you think of it.

I had some time left so I made a tutorial.

TheEZ-CaseTutorial.zip

I also made this: The EZ-Case order link For those who don't own a 3D-printer but still want an EZ-Case.

Thank You Guys so much. I looked on thingiverse but could not find it. Fortunately you posted the stl files and I downloaded them.

God Bless you guys. This is the Greatest forum in the whole world.

@MovieMaker- agreed!

+1 For this as well. I didn't even know it existed until now.

Oh woah, completely forgot I made this thread. Glad you all still like it

Will this work with the EZB 4? And: annyone in the community offering prints, or do I need to go through Shapeways?

Thanks!

The print files are for the version 3 EZB. There have been no new stl files created for a version 4 EZB.

The V4 comes in a case.

Also The V4 Case Stl Files Are Available On The EZ-robot WebsitE And In ARC.