[Arm-netbook] microdesktop casework as DXF files for laser-cutting

[Hendrik Boom]

On Fri, Mar 31, 2017 at 12:02:36AM +0200, Mark Van den Borre wrote:
> Hello Hendrik,
> 
> 2017-03-30 23:58 GMT+02:00 Hendrik Boom <hendrik at topoi.pooq.com>:
> 
> > On Thu, Mar 30, 2017 at 10:39:01AM -1000, Tor, the Marqueteur wrote:
> > >
> > > Thickness is where we lose all plywood moisture stability with the
> > > stacked option.  8 layers, 3mm thick = ~24mm thick, or a little less than
> > > 1".  As I posted earlier, between someone living in a desert, and someone
> > > living in a wet tropical area, the latter may have a case almost 1/16" or
> > > 1.5mm thicker than the desert person.
> >
> > Is there another material we could use that can be laser-cut but
> > doesn't have problems with dimensional stability?
> >
> Acrylic is the obvious answer to this question. Though I'm quite sure the
> plywood's potential z dimensional stability issues can be worked around...

That sounds a orders of magniture more practical than what I thought 
of -- Aluminum dioxide sinter ceramics.  That stuff can *only* be 
achined by laser.  And it's a great insulator.

-- hendrik