Hello,

2017-03-30 21:36 GMT-04:00 Tor, the Marqueteur <Marqueteur@fineartmarquetry.com>:

This could be used in conjunction with a dado in the top and bottom
pieces and rabbeting the sides. This would keep the unmarked top and
bottom (with optional venting laser fretwork logos, etc.), and still
allow the sides to be held. This would require flipping the sides to
laser the kerfs for the bends, and alignment of PCB mounting dadoes (on
the second laser operation) might be tricky at best.

The other option would be to dado the top/bottom for the full thickness
of the sides and let the top/bottom extend past the sides.

If a pair of internal pieces are used for mounting the PCB/card, then
you're up to eight pieces, but still less than the 11 I recall being
mentioned, and probably at better material efficiency.

Tor

If I understand you, you mean something like this?

https://github.com/normandc/EOMA68/tree/master/Microdesktop/Images

Please note I didn't add the dadoes nor vents and kerfing for the curved sides.

There's really not a lot holding the PCB, about 0.6mm due to the PCMCIA Connector being so close to the edge on the right (as can be shown in images 06 & 07 which has the front plate hidden). Maybe pieces oriented sideways would be best as they could provide more support width.

Also, with the bottom plate exceeding by 3mm all around this may make it hard to insert/remove the SD card, the plate might need to be notched.

Normand