Replicator Front Panel by garyacrowellsr

Last crawled date: 3 years ago

REPLICATOR FRONT PANEL

I don't know anything about how you may have your Replicator situated, but mine is not at eye level. Whether I am sitting or standing, I'm always looking down at a bad angle to the LCD display, which is parked only a few inches above the tabletop. If I'm standing, I have to bend over and crane my neck sideways to read it. This just screams for a solution to angle it upwards for easier reading. Angling the display board without extensive modifications to the case means that the entire board must be moved forward, out of the case, into an add-on enclosure. This Thing presents my take on that enclosure.


Features:
Slanted LCD display and navigation button
Optional, 3-slot SD card holder
Optional, under-display tool storage bins
Included drill guide
Included cover for the old case SD card slot
Included cover for the inside of LCD panel
Included inside corner cover

The SD card holder slots are pretty handy, but there is a switch in the OpenSCAD file to delete them if you don't think so.


The storage bins are also pretty handy. Lots of things can fit in there loosely, but your Cricut Spatula is too long. For that, I added an optional slot in the lower bin that allows the blade of the spatula to stick out to the left. It looks clunky, but it works fine. You can delete this slot with a switch in OpenSCAD, and for that matter, the bins are optional as well.

Mounting the enclosure does require two additional holes to be drilled in your Replicator case, and the drill guide is an easy print that makes it a snap to place the new holes perfectly.


When the display/button board is moved, the SD card slot moves with it, so that now it is on the right side of the new enclosure. That leaves an ugly hole in your Replicator case that can be covered with the included printed cover.


A cover is also included for the holes for the LCD and button that are left inside the Replicator case. They have to be covered, or else you are going to collect all sorts of bits of plastic and whatever in the new enclosure. A corner plug is also included to cover the corner hole.