To house all the electronics, I needed a plastic shell. Actually, several plastic shells; one for the high voltage oil tank, one to hold an x-ray tube, one to hold aluminum filters, one to hold the high voltage oil tank, a handle to hold everything... it goes on!

To design these, I broke out my favorite CAD suite: Autodesk Inventor. I also broke out the caffeine, and spent some 14 days staring into inventor, to design the following *injection moldable :D* parts

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A model of my chosen x-ray tube:

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A shell to hold the tube, and a lead jacket around it:

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An oil tank, to hold the tube, the shell, and its wrapping:

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A lid for the oil tank, and a rubber chamber to allow for thermal expansion:

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Aluminum filters of different thicknesses, and a disk to hold them in place:

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A shell to hold the oil tank, and other parts:

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Sides, and a handle to allow for easy carrying.

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An LCD, and PCBs to hold components, buttons, and the voltage multiplier:

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And finally, a top shell and a rubber flippity-flap to cover the power receptacle:

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Then came the 3D printing, the long, torturous 3D printing.

Some people have trouble with parts peeling off, but often, I have the exact opposite problem. x_x