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Old 04-17-2025, 03:55 PM
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Originally Posted by Goosesdad View Post
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Did a bunch of test pieces with some of the test prints of the switch panels to figure out how to cut the holes for the switches very accurately. Have no choice but to cut out the carbon by hand so really need to keep the plastic edge clean and unbothered by the epoxy resin, so it can but used as a guide for filing the edge straight.

Seems crazy but the process was to back it with masking tape (yellow), brush multiple coats of mold release (green) over the tape and let it get on the super thin edge of the plastic opening. Then fill the void with hot glue so the carbon had something to rest on so it would stay flat and not sag into the hole.
You could have printed a insert to fill the button holes from the back and made the clearance tight enough that you could have used clay or way to fill the gap so your edges stayed crisp.

I don't know how you'd do it in your software, but in fusion you can build a box around the part and combine using your part as the cutting tool to get a new body.

https://youtu.be/ICh4lK_CfdE?si=2xrMMQOxb4EYLia4

I have the X1C also, I'm ordering the H2D in a few months I think. I want the first few batches to get the bugs worked out first.
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