Awesome! Let us know about your progress!
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On Thursday, February 21, 2002, at 02:36 PM, Josh Ormsby wrote:
> I watched that project with great interest, oh well.
>
> Now I work in a shop that has a CNC mill and I have been thinking of
> reviving the idea. I am an engineer and if I can draw a good model of
> the case parts, I can machine them ot of aluminum or polycarbonate.
>
> A couple of weeks ago I started a SolidWorks drawing of the top half of
> the case, but I have found some difficulty in matching the original
> curves. It won't be hard when I put some real effort into it.
>
> The interesting thing here is that there can be small changes to the
> design. The current packaging is hard to beat, but it might be possible
> to shave a couple of fractions of an inch off of the length and width.
> There are a few things that might work here: a smaller speaker, sheet
> metal cover, different stylus storage, different placement of
> serial/interconnect/IR ports, etc.
>
> Some small changes could make the overall shape fit better into a
> pocket.
>
> I need to get inside my Newt to see how everything fits together, and to
> create engineering drawings of the board mounting dimensions. There is
> one problem so far with this, I just received my spare from a friend,
> but I have not yet been able to back up my primary Newt to it. If anyone
> has just the parts of the case laying about I would really appreciate
> borrowing them for a bit of reverse engineering.
>
> Anyone else want to jump on this thread?
>
> Thanks,
> Josh
>
> PS. Titanium really isn't really an option, except for possibly the lid.
> Think anodized aluminum (any color).
>
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