plastic enclosures

NewBee

Does any know where I can get a plastic enclosure complete with a selector switch, push puttons and LCD display?· I'm thinking about getting a sprinkler controller and gutting that.· If anyone has any suggestions I would appreciate them.

Thanks,

Bob

Franklin

You probably will have to make your own setup from off the shelf parts or pay big bucks to have something custom made.

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- Stephen

NewBee

Yeah, I kinda figured that.... I bought a Toro sprinkler system controller 24 bucks. It'll do for prototyping.

Spiral_72

Radio Shack sells some in various sizes. The price is cheap enough I guess $3+ depending on size obviously. The online companies sell them too.

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"puff"...... Smile, there went another one.

WBA Consulting

With the right tools and about $25, you can do this easily by yourself. Here's my arsenal:

Step drill bits $10
Handheld Nibbler $7
Needle File Set $3
Hobby knife set with different shape blades $3

With this basic set of tools, you can make some pretty nice cases for your projects. The two boxes attached were done with only the above tools. I try to stay away from the Dremel tool, because I end up doing a lot of damage with 30,000 RPM on plastic (or in flesh as displayed in my left thumb currently).

There are several ways to get nice cheap boxes:

An actual manufacturer: Polycase(my personal favorite), Serpac, Pactec, Bud Industries, Hammond Mfg, Twin Industries, and Jameco Valupro

Or, like you said, harvest an enclosure from something else. I have an old case from an external USB DVD-Drive that is in my pile for a propeller project. The nice thing about it, is that it has a 120V input, 12v/5v output power supply built into it. It has a very sleek/smooth design and since it housed a DVD drive, the front has a rectangular cutout that I can use desktop PC drive opening covers to make front panels.

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Andrew Williams
WBA Consulting
WBA-TH1M Sensirion SHT11 Module
My Prop projects: Reverse Geo-Cache Box, Custom Metronome, Micro Plunge Logger

LilDi

This is a good place for plastic enclosures.

http://www.pactecenclosures.com/