monome enclosure "kisslick" design

A low-cost 40h monome enclosure

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Corner assembly:


Assembly steps:


Parts & tools needed list:

• The laser cut parts pictured above
  
• 6mm M3 metric bolts - 21 bolts
• 30mm M3 metric bolts - 8 bolts
• super glue or acrylic glue
• rubber feet
• screwdriver

Options:

• The four pieces of material that are laser cut can be any combination of colors from http://www.ponoko.com/make-and-sell/materials#9, however:
• faceplate must be at most 4.5mm/0.18" thick but can be thinner; note: thinner faceplate means keys will stick out more
  
• lower faceplate must be 3mm/0.12" thick
• walls must be 6mm/0.24" thick
• bottom plate can be anything but the 6mm bolts will work best with a 3mm thickness, you can buy different length bolts for different thickness materials
• Can engrave designs on faceplate and walls.

monome enclosure design v4 - "companion low profile"

A low-cost, light-diy monome enclosure, named "companion low profile".

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Parts:


Changes from previous design:

• Uses 4.5mm faceplate, and 3mm spacers directly under the faceplate to give a 7.5mm depth so the keys stick out only 1.5mm and lay flush with the surface when depressed. Bolt length changes because of this space.
  

Parts & tools needed list:

• The laser cut parts pictured above
  
• 6mm 10mm M3 metric bolts - 17 of these
• 35mm M3 metric bolts - 8 of these
  
• 7/64" drill bit
• drill
• screwdriver
• rubber feet
  

Steps:

1. Drill 17 holes on the crosses to a depth of 3mm with a 7/64" drill bit.
2. Bolt the Grid PCB to the faceplate, bolt the Logic PCB to the bottom plate.
3. Connect ribbon cables between PCBs and test that the unit works before assembly. Connect pieces and bolt the whole enclosure together from the bottom. Apply rubber feet.
   

Options:

• The three pieces that make up the faceplate, walls, and bottom plate can be any combination of colors from http://www.ponoko.com/make-and-sell/materials#9, however walls must be 6mm/0.24" deep, faceplate must be deeper than around 5mm but no more than around 7.5m faceplate must be 4.5mm deep, bottom plate must be 3mm/0.12" deep.
• Can use countersunk 35mm bolts if you want them to be flush with the underside, length and drill depth remain be the same.
• Can engrave designs on the faces of the materials, however, this means the crosses for the drill points cannot be laser engraved on the underside, you must measure and mark the points yourself.

monome enclosure design v3 - "companion"

A low-cost, light-diy monome enclosure, second attempt named "companion".

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Steps:


Faceplate design example (ivory faceplate and bottom plate, black walls):


Faceplate design example #2:


Parts & tools needed list:

• The laser cut parts pictured above
  
• 6mm M3 metric bolts - 33 of these 17 of these
• 35mm M3 metric bolts - 8 of these
  
• 7/64" drill bit
• drill
• screwdriver
• rubber feet
  

Steps:

1. Drill 33 17 holes on the crosses to a depth of 3mm with a 7/64" drill bit.
2. Bolt the Grid PCB to the faceplate, bolt the wall-to-corner connector pieces to the wall pieces, bolt the Logic PCB to the bottom plate.
3. Connect ribbon cables between PCBs and test that the unit works before assembly. Connect pieces and bolt the whole enclosure together from the bottom. Apply rubber feet.
   

Options:

• The three pieces that make up the faceplate, walls, and bottom plate can be any combination of colors from http://www.ponoko.com/make-and-sell/materials#9, however faceplate and walls must be 6mm/0.24" deep, faceplate must be deeper than around 5mm but no more than around 7.5mm, bottom plate must be 3mm/0.12" deep.
• Can use countersunk 35mm bolts if you want them to be flush with the underside, length and drill depth remain be the same.
• Can engrave designs on the faces of the materials (faceplate raster engraved design example shown above), see materials link above for photos of what engravings look like on different acrylic materials.

monome enclosure design v2

A low-cost, light-diy monome enclosure.

Assembled:


Exploded:


Parts:


Steps (detailed below):


Parts & tools needed list:

• The laser cut parts pictured above
  
• 6mm M3 metric bolts - 33 of these
• 35mm M3 metric bolts - 8 of these
  
• 7/64" drill bit
• drill
• screwdriver
• rubber feet
  

Steps:

1. Drill 33 holes on the crosses to a depth of 3mm with a 7/64" drill bit.
2. Bolt the Grid PCB to the faceplate, bolt the wall-to-corner connector pieces to the wall pieces, bolt the Logic PCB to the bottom plate.
3. Connect ribbon cables between PCBs and test that the unit works before assembly. Connect pieces and bolt the whole enclosure together from the bottom. Apply rubber feet.
   

Options:

• The three pieces that make up the faceplate, walls, and bottom plate can be any combination of colors from http://www.ponoko.com/make-and-sell/materials#9, however faceplate and walls must be 6mm/0.24" deep, bottom plate must be 3mm/0.12" deep.
• Can use countersunk 35mm bolts if you want them to be flush with the underside, length and drill depth remain be the same.
• Can engrave designs on the faces of the materials, see materials link above for photos of what engravings look like on different acrylic materials.