Any ideas for 3D print case/cover for metal chassis

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t34vn
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Any ideas for 3D print case/cover for metal chassis

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Hi friends,

I'm new here and know the forum when searching & reading one article from Rad regarding radio programing :))) (yes, he's again!)

Then I found this forum quite interesting since I have my own SLA & FDM printers. Recently, I have to deal with more and more metal chassis tanks. One thing I guess we would prefer to do is to prevent the short circuit when setting up the control board with all wonderful electrical & wire components. The minute these components touch the metal chassis, our expensive control board can become a smoke board (I'm sure we will smell it quite nicely).

I did a quick search on the internet and found holder/case for some tank control board (Clark, Beier, IBU2U, Elmod...). However, it's only cover the control board, not give us a good (and clean) looking and completely protect other components from hitting the metal chassis. While waiting for a more permanent solution to cover the whole chassis, I used tape to cover most high-risk areas (attached). It doesn't look nice but cheap, simple and easy to remove. Just want to share here with you guys and maybe you have a better ideas on a 3D shell that can help to protect electric short circuit against the metal chassis.
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Re: Any ideas for 3D print case/cover for metal chassis

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Its the sort of thing that could be easily done if measured up well and then made to order
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