After working on modular components for a few weeks, and spending some time typing on my chassis, it's time to implement a few core design improvements.

Little Things

• Removed the holes I placed in the center of each foot crevasse.
  • Bridging did not print properly with a hole.
• Added 4 new mounting holes on the front edge of the chassis

Using some chassis elements originally created to facilitate the injection molding process, I bulked them up a little and added some holes that go through the base. 

• This could be used to secure a wrist rest or a thumb-activated peripheral like a scroll-wheel or trackball.

The Cable Cutout

The original hole cut into the chassis was adequate for connecting a cable straight in, but if I want to do any cable management, and install an angled connector, I discovered that the rear of the chassis was far too bulky.

• I created an indented region in the back of the chassis that's between 1 and 2 mm thick.
• Indent is properly sized to rest a USB-C andle connector, and a connected USB-C Cable.
• Chassis Detailing had to be adjusted to make room as well, so I gave it some personal attention.
  • The indents were replaced with canted out-dents, to make sure there was room for cables.
  • I altered the height of the out-dents by subtracting the digits of pi from the net height of 11 mm.

Queueing the Print Job

Printing in Black Silk, because I hate it and this is a prototype.

I used custom supports to make sure I don't get filament stuck in the "foot holes"

And printing it at a skinny-ass layer height, because I'm running this overnight, and I have the time.

     .4mm layer height prints crazy fast out of a .6mm nozzle, but it takes a lot of sanding to get those layer lines gone..

Check out that delicious Hilbert Curve infill.

In the past few weeks I've also done some Proof-of-Concept testing with the docks and the wiring, and that did not go as well as planned. It was a very valuable experiment. That update will come soon!