yrabbit,
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A fully soldered board, three dozen wires later, worked from the first launch.
Not very surprising - I’m usually precise and methodical :) But I won’t show the other side, it’s very difficult to neatly solder all these wires.

Fully soldered player board plays C.C.Catch disc on CDROM drive

yrabbit,
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What's next? firmware? No!
Next I will design and print the enclosure for this thing. Well, because I haven’t printed in a while and because the last thing I want is to touch and damage one of this pile of wires🙃

yrabbit,
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Enclosure will be simple, but I'll try something new: I've never used heat inserts before🙃
I just need to figure out what diameter the holes should be.

aeberbach,
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@yrabbit if that is a M3 insert I think you will need 4.6mm dia hole, 6.5mm deep.

yrabbit,
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@aeberbach
Yes, you're right, it's an M3. Thanks, I'll try to design holes like this👍

yrabbit,
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@aeberbach
It turned out well!
Yes, I understand that usually these inserts are made on the other side, but I don’t really trust them yet, and in this way the mechanical strength increases many times over.

I'll have to sort out this drawing around the edges - apparently Linear Advance is playing pranks.

Top view of the bottom of the player box, with a screw stuck in one of the holes

aeberbach,
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@yrabbit great! I often insert them from the opposite side so they pull through, they will pull out fairly easily with the force of a screw.

yrabbit,
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@aeberbach
The upper half of the player enclosure.
A disgrace, although readable.
I can't smudge the PLA well on the first layer (let's say a line width of 0.6) because then the letters become unreadable.
It's probably worth doing such things on the last layer.
Or change the nozzle to a smaller diameter.

The top half of the box with inscriptions. Lots of shortcomings.

aeberbach,
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@yrabbit I always find letters difficult (unless huge!)

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