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  1. @jasoncoon I redesigned the spreaders at the top of the LED cube. Now they run front to back, and they're a lot easier to insert the vertical PCBs into. It takes maybe 20% as long to assemble as my previous design where I had to drop the spreader over the ends of a row of sticks.

    This design is probably about ready to go up on Printables.

    🧵 17/N

    #PixelCube

  2. I've been sitting on this for a few days, because this thing is really hard to capture on video. But here's my LED cube with its new 3D printed frame and mirror acrylic panels. I like it.

    Thanks to @jasoncoon for the laser cutting.

    🧵 16/N

    #PixelCube #Blinky #3DPrinting

  3. I've been sitting on this for a few days, because this thing is really hard to capture on video. But here's my LED cube with its new 3D printed frame and mirror acrylic panels. I like it.

    Thanks to @jasoncoon for the laser cutting.

    🧵 16/N

    #PixelCube #Blinky #3DPrinting

  4. I've been sitting on this for a few days, because this thing is really hard to capture on video. But here's my LED cube with its new 3D printed frame and mirror acrylic panels. I like it.

    Thanks to @jasoncoon for the laser cutting.

    🧵 16/N

    #PixelCube #Blinky #3DPrinting

  5. I've been sitting on this for a few days, because this thing is really hard to capture on video. But here's my LED cube with its new 3D printed frame and mirror acrylic panels. I like it.

    Thanks to @jasoncoon for the laser cutting.

    🧵 16/N

    #PixelCube #Blinky #3DPrinting

  6. I've been sitting on this for a few days, because this thing is really hard to capture on video. But here's my LED cube with its new 3D printed frame and mirror acrylic panels. I like it.

    Thanks to @jasoncoon for the laser cutting.

    🧵 16/N

    #PixelCube #Blinky #3DPrinting

  7. And here it is. It fits. It can be assembled. It still works.

    I printed some placeholder panels in natural PLA. They're kind of a cool effect, though not what I intended. I'm planning to replace them with half-mirrored acrylic. Now that I know the dimensions are right, I can order acrylic panels.

    It's hard to see when they're backlit, but the top and side frame pieces are the same silk chrome PLA as the rails in the base (see 🧵 14).

    🧵 15/N

    #PixelCube #Blinky #3DPrinting

  8. And here it is. It fits. It can be assembled. It still works.

    I printed some placeholder panels in natural PLA. They're kind of a cool effect, though not what I intended. I'm planning to replace them with half-mirrored acrylic. Now that I know the dimensions are right, I can order acrylic panels.

    It's hard to see when they're backlit, but the top and side frame pieces are the same silk chrome PLA as the rails in the base (see 🧵 14).

    🧵 15/N

    #PixelCube #Blinky #3DPrinting

  9. And here it is. It fits. It can be assembled. It still works.

    I printed some placeholder panels in natural PLA. They're kind of a cool effect, though not what I intended. I'm planning to replace them with half-mirrored acrylic. Now that I know the dimensions are right, I can order acrylic panels.

    It's hard to see when they're backlit, but the top and side frame pieces are the same silk chrome PLA as the rails in the base (see 🧵 14).

    🧵 15/N

    #PixelCube #Blinky #3DPrinting

  10. And here it is. It fits. It can be assembled. It still works.

    I printed some placeholder panels in natural PLA. They're kind of a cool effect, though not what I intended. I'm planning to replace them with half-mirrored acrylic. Now that I know the dimensions are right, I can order acrylic panels.

    It's hard to see when they're backlit, but the top and side frame pieces are the same silk chrome PLA as the rails in the base (see 🧵 14).

    🧵 15/N

    #PixelCube #Blinky #3DPrinting

  11. And here it is. It fits. It can be assembled. It still works.

    I printed some placeholder panels in natural PLA. They're kind of a cool effect, though not what I intended. I'm planning to replace them with half-mirrored acrylic. Now that I know the dimensions are right, I can order acrylic panels.

    It's hard to see when they're backlit, but the top and side frame pieces are the same silk chrome PLA as the rails in the base (see 🧵 14).

    🧵 15/N

    #PixelCube #Blinky #3DPrinting

  12. The LED cube's base came out okay. The Pixelblaze fits snugly, and the back panel looks better than it needs to. The printer is still printing the rest of the parts.

    All glory to @jasoncoon for designing and manufacturing the LED cube. I'm just designing a new enclosure for it.

    🧵 14/N

    #PixelCube #Blinky #3DPrinting #Pixelblaze

  13. The LED cube's base came out okay. The Pixelblaze fits snugly, and the back panel looks better than it needs to. The printer is still printing the rest of the parts.

    All glory to @jasoncoon for designing and manufacturing the LED cube. I'm just designing a new enclosure for it.

    🧵 14/N

    #PixelCube #Blinky #3DPrinting #Pixelblaze

  14. The LED cube's base came out okay. The Pixelblaze fits snugly, and the back panel looks better than it needs to. The printer is still printing the rest of the parts.

    All glory to @jasoncoon for designing and manufacturing the LED cube. I'm just designing a new enclosure for it.

    🧵 14/N

    #PixelCube #Blinky #3DPrinting #Pixelblaze

  15. The LED cube's base came out okay. The Pixelblaze fits snugly, and the back panel looks better than it needs to. The printer is still printing the rest of the parts.

    All glory to @jasoncoon for designing and manufacturing the LED cube. I'm just designing a new enclosure for it.

    🧵 14/N

    #PixelCube #Blinky #3DPrinting #Pixelblaze

  16. The LED cube's base came out okay. The Pixelblaze fits snugly, and the back panel looks better than it needs to. The printer is still printing the rest of the parts.

    All glory to @jasoncoon for designing and manufacturing the LED cube. I'm just designing a new enclosure for it.

    🧵 14/N

    #PixelCube #Blinky #3DPrinting #Pixelblaze

  17. I've reached that point in the project where I'm pretty sure it will come together. I'm on the second iteration of the plastic parts. The first iteration gave me a good idea of how it would look and _almost_ fit. Now I just wait for the printer...

    🧵 13/N

    #PixelCube #Blinky #3DPrinting

  18. I've reached that point in the project where I'm pretty sure it will come together. I'm on the second iteration of the plastic parts. The first iteration gave me a good idea of how it would look and _almost_ fit. Now I just wait for the printer...

    🧵 13/N

    #PixelCube #Blinky #3DPrinting

  19. I've reached that point in the project where I'm pretty sure it will come together. I'm on the second iteration of the plastic parts. The first iteration gave me a good idea of how it would look and _almost_ fit. Now I just wait for the printer...

    🧵 13/N

    #PixelCube #Blinky #3DPrinting

  20. I've reached that point in the project where I'm pretty sure it will come together. I'm on the second iteration of the plastic parts. The first iteration gave me a good idea of how it would look and _almost_ fit. Now I just wait for the printer...

    🧵 13/N

    #PixelCube #Blinky #3DPrinting

  21. I've reached that point in the project where I'm pretty sure it will come together. I'm on the second iteration of the plastic parts. The first iteration gave me a good idea of how it would look and _almost_ fit. Now I just wait for the printer...

    🧵 13/N

    #PixelCube #Blinky #3DPrinting

  22. @jasoncoon Oops! These spreaders were designed to print upside down, but I forgot to flip them in the slicer. Printer didn't care.

    🧵 12/N

    #PixelCube #Blinky #3DPrinting

  23. @jasoncoon Oops! These spreaders were designed to print upside down, but I forgot to flip them in the slicer. Printer didn't care.

    🧵 12/N

    #PixelCube #Blinky #3DPrinting

  24. @jasoncoon Oops! These spreaders were designed to print upside down, but I forgot to flip them in the slicer. Printer didn't care.

    🧵 12/N

    #PixelCube #Blinky #3DPrinting

  25. @jasoncoon Oops! These spreaders were designed to print upside down, but I forgot to flip them in the slicer. Printer didn't care.

    🧵 12/N

    #PixelCube #Blinky #3DPrinting

  26. @jasoncoon Oops! These spreaders were designed to print upside down, but I forgot to flip them in the slicer. Printer didn't care.

    🧵 12/N

    #PixelCube #Blinky #3DPrinting

  27. @jasoncoon This is designed for 3mm acrylic panels. If I could find the right acrylic (half-mirrored or two-way mirrored silver) in 1mm, the edges would be a lot slimmer and probably a little harder to print.

    🧵 11/N

    #PixelCube #Blinky

  28. @jasoncoon This is designed for 3mm acrylic panels. If I could find the right acrylic (half-mirrored or two-way mirrored silver) in 1mm, the edges would be a lot slimmer and probably a little harder to print.

    🧵 11/N

    #PixelCube #Blinky

  29. @jasoncoon This is designed for 3mm acrylic panels. If I could find the right acrylic (half-mirrored or two-way mirrored silver) in 1mm, the edges would be a lot slimmer and probably a little harder to print.

    🧵 11/N

    #PixelCube #Blinky

  30. @jasoncoon This is designed for 3mm acrylic panels. If I could find the right acrylic (half-mirrored or two-way mirrored silver) in 1mm, the edges would be a lot slimmer and probably a little harder to print.

    🧵 11/N

    #PixelCube #Blinky

  31. @jasoncoon This is designed for 3mm acrylic panels. If I could find the right acrylic (half-mirrored or two-way mirrored silver) in 1mm, the edges would be a lot slimmer and probably a little harder to print.

    🧵 11/N

    #PixelCube #Blinky

  32. @jasoncoon This is what I'm thinking for the new LED cube case. The acrylic panels are plain rectangles, no tabs, slots or other complications.

    I think it's time to start melting plastic, just as soon as I can decide what colors to use. (Any suggestions?)

    🧵 10/N

    #PixelCube #Blinky #Fusion360

  33. @jasoncoon This is what I'm thinking for the new LED cube case. The acrylic panels are plain rectangles, no tabs, slots or other complications.

    I think it's time to start melting plastic, just as soon as I can decide what colors to use. (Any suggestions?)

    🧵 10/N

    #PixelCube #Blinky #Fusion360

  34. @jasoncoon This is what I'm thinking for the new LED cube case. The acrylic panels are plain rectangles, no tabs, slots or other complications.

    I think it's time to start melting plastic, just as soon as I can decide what colors to use. (Any suggestions?)

    🧵 10/N

    #PixelCube #Blinky #Fusion360

  35. @jasoncoon This is what I'm thinking for the new LED cube case. The acrylic panels are plain rectangles, no tabs, slots or other complications.

    I think it's time to start melting plastic, just as soon as I can decide what colors to use. (Any suggestions?)

    🧵 10/N

    #PixelCube #Blinky #Fusion360

  36. @jasoncoon This is what I'm thinking for the new LED cube case. The acrylic panels are plain rectangles, no tabs, slots or other complications.

    I think it's time to start melting plastic, just as soon as I can decide what colors to use. (Any suggestions?)

    🧵 10/N

    #PixelCube #Blinky #Fusion360

  37. @jasoncoon A little 3D modeling update. I like the way the back panel is coming. It has a mass produced look, at least in the render. (I may apply fuzzy skin when I print it and keep the texture nubbly.)

    (Yeah, I'm back in Fusion 360. This is way out of reach for me in FreeCAD.)

    🧵 9/N

    #PixelCube #Blinky

  38. @jasoncoon A little 3D modeling update. I like the way the back panel is coming. It has a mass produced look, at least in the render. (I may apply fuzzy skin when I print it and keep the texture nubbly.)

    (Yeah, I'm back in Fusion 360. This is way out of reach for me in FreeCAD.)

    🧵 9/N

    #PixelCube #Blinky

  39. @jasoncoon A little 3D modeling update. I like the way the back panel is coming. It has a mass produced look, at least in the render. (I may apply fuzzy skin when I print it and keep the texture nubbly.)

    (Yeah, I'm back in Fusion 360. This is way out of reach for me in FreeCAD.)

    🧵 9/N

    #PixelCube #Blinky

  40. @jasoncoon A little 3D modeling update. I like the way the back panel is coming. It has a mass produced look, at least in the render. (I may apply fuzzy skin when I print it and keep the texture nubbly.)

    (Yeah, I'm back in Fusion 360. This is way out of reach for me in FreeCAD.)

    🧵 9/N

    #PixelCube #Blinky

  41. @jasoncoon A little 3D modeling update. I like the way the back panel is coming. It has a mass produced look, at least in the render. (I may apply fuzzy skin when I print it and keep the texture nubbly.)

    (Yeah, I'm back in Fusion 360. This is way out of reach for me in FreeCAD.)

    🧵 9/N

    #PixelCube #Blinky

  42. @jasoncoon It's always surprising when a 3D model fits perfectly on the first try. This is a little tray to hold a Pixelblaze and its sensor board. I've decided to try 3D printing a housing for my LED cube, and this is a test of the dimensions for the Pixelblaze shelf. Looks good; time to build the rest of the housing around it.

    🧵 8/N

    #PixelCube #Blinky

  43. @jasoncoon It's always surprising when a 3D model fits perfectly on the first try. This is a little tray to hold a Pixelblaze and its sensor board. I've decided to try 3D printing a housing for my LED cube, and this is a test of the dimensions for the Pixelblaze shelf. Looks good; time to build the rest of the housing around it.

    🧵 8/N

    #PixelCube #Blinky

  44. @jasoncoon It's always surprising when a 3D model fits perfectly on the first try. This is a little tray to hold a Pixelblaze and its sensor board. I've decided to try 3D printing a housing for my LED cube, and this is a test of the dimensions for the Pixelblaze shelf. Looks good; time to build the rest of the housing around it.

    🧵 8/N

    #PixelCube #Blinky

  45. @jasoncoon It's always surprising when a 3D model fits perfectly on the first try. This is a little tray to hold a Pixelblaze and its sensor board. I've decided to try 3D printing a housing for my LED cube, and this is a test of the dimensions for the Pixelblaze shelf. Looks good; time to build the rest of the housing around it.

    🧵 8/N

    #PixelCube #Blinky

  46. @jasoncoon It's always surprising when a 3D model fits perfectly on the first try. This is a little tray to hold a Pixelblaze and its sensor board. I've decided to try 3D printing a housing for my LED cube, and this is a test of the dimensions for the Pixelblaze shelf. Looks good; time to build the rest of the housing around it.

    🧵 8/N

    #PixelCube #Blinky

  47. I'm not good at any visual arts, but I've always liked pixel art and thought it would be the most accessible for someone like me.
    A few years ago i started doing small pieces to try and teach myself, i've not practiced in a while but these are some I did back then, hoping I'll get the time and disposition to start doing it semi-regularly again.

    #pixelart #pixelcube