Anyone have a recommendation on where I can have these printed and then shipped to me here in the US?
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I think I have a few extra. Let me check. My brother printed them for me.
That would be awesome and I would be grateful!
They look great - count me in.I love this switch guard idea, and give all credit to @chrsbe.
@Stu_Barnes and I started communicating with him in early March about using his design to produce something that might become available more widely via the forum store. He generously blessed the idea and we tossed ideas back and forth for a while. Real life caused a few delays so here we are in May and I am just now showing off progress.
My goals were different from @chrsbe's original criteria, since I set about designing these for controlled manufacturing instead of posting the STL for anyone to make. The main change I sought was to reduce cost and complexity by pursuing a single piece design that could be snapped into place instead of using screws. This was tricky for lots of reasons (as the original inventor encountered as he refined his own design). The only chance of success comes because we would have control of material and printing parameters, so I can implement some details that would probably not work without control of the manufacturing process.
After numerous prototypes, the 1-piece design below emerged:
I am printing in PETG-CF on a textured build plate, so I get very good bed adhesion and do not have any problems with the angled print orientation shown above. Again, not something I would trust to work for most people if this design was provided as an STL. This angled layer orientation also gives robust strength to the snap-on and click features where they bend, and also allows for nice surface finish over the entire 'handle' end of the part.
I really like the way the original 2-piece design operates, especially the satisfying 'click' into both the closed and open position. I worked for a while to accomplish a similar feel and sound with the attached 1-piece design. The following images show the original 2-piece above and the 1-piece design below:
If there is sufficient interest, @Stu_Barnes has indicated willingness to produce and ship these via the Forum Store. Let's hear it.
Again, thanks for the inspiration @chrsbe !
I love this switch guard idea, and give all credit to @chrsbe.
@Stu_Barnes and I started communicating with him in early March about using his design to produce something that might become available more widely via the forum store. He generously blessed the idea and we tossed ideas back and forth for a while. Real life caused a few delays so here we are in May and I am just now showing off progress.
My goals were different from @chrsbe's original criteria, since I set about designing these for controlled manufacturing instead of posting the STL for anyone to make. The main change I sought was to reduce cost and complexity by pursuing a single piece design that could be snapped into place instead of using screws. This was tricky for lots of reasons (as the original inventor encountered as he refined his own design). The only chance of success comes because we would have control of material and printing parameters, so I can implement some details that would probably not work without control of the manufacturing process.
After numerous prototypes, the 1-piece design below emerged:
I am printing in PETG-CF on a textured build plate, so I get very good bed adhesion and do not have any problems with the angled print orientation shown above. Again, not something I would trust to work for most people if this design was provided as an STL. This angled layer orientation also gives robust strength to the snap-on and click features where they bend, and also allows for nice surface finish over the entire 'handle' end of the part.
I really like the way the original 2-piece design operates, especially the satisfying 'click' into both the closed and open position. I worked for a while to accomplish a similar feel and sound with the attached 1-piece design. The following images show the original 2-piece above and the 1-piece design below:
If there is sufficient interest, @Stu_Barnes has indicated willingness to produce and ship these via the Forum Store. Let's hear it.
Again, thanks for the inspiration @chrsbe !
The one-piece version has been installed in my vehicle for about 4 months. I'm happy with it. It's simple and it works.
That would be awesome!!
Sounds good - happy to pay postage (to Australia) and other costs for supplies etc. and of course, will review as requested.
I'm in and it's a daily driver for me.
Am I missing something? Does this lock in place? If he's flicking things, why not just flick it open, then flick the switch.
I'm still clueless. It doesn't lock out access, and nothing is launching missiles or activating something that's creates an irreversible or dangerous scenario. It's like someone saw toggle switch covers and wants the look.
My wife likes to wear big hats as sun protection. More than once she has climbed into my car and bumped a switch on without me realizing it. Front aux lights (not street legal) and rear work lights (also not OK) have been left on for many many miles before I caught it.
Is she Britteny Griner dressing like the Arch Bishop of Canterbury? I'm 6'4" and wear a wide brimmed straw hat to keep my bald head from being cancer baked, and I don't come close. Besides, they are guarded on the approach angle.
Because his autistic brain doesn't think that way. To him the mode of operation is flip the switch. Not move piece down and flip switch. For example, he wants to charge his iPad. He will plug in the iPad but doesn't plug the plug into the wall. For him charge iPad means put plug in iPad. This same kid who is 6 years old and doing simple algebra or can read at an 7th grade level.
