Scanner Housing?

lamborgini8 · Nov 26, 2007

Does anyone have, or know where to get a fairly big metal box I can use to mount the parts of my laser scanner in? I currently have it in rather small plastic housing (10"l x 7.5"w x 3.5"h) but now I need to add more lasers... its not possible. I need a metal box thats around 15 inch length, 9.5 inch width and 4 inches height.

Is anyone selling something like this? Or know where exactly I can get something like it? I don't really want it to look horrible, I want it to look like it was originally made like it.

andy_con · Nov 26, 2007

maplin, or rapid

ill dig out some links in a min

lamborgini8 · Nov 26, 2007

andy_con said:
maplin, or rapid

ill dig out some links in a min

Thanks mate, maplin don't go any bigger than what I have now. Will check out Rapid.

andy_con · Nov 26, 2007

this is what i used

http://www.maplin.co.uk/module.aspx?ITAG=SPEC&ModuleNo=1734&doy=26m11#spec

http://s80.photobucket.com/albums/j185/andy_con/lasers/15k/?action=view&current=DSCN3259.flv

lamborgini8 · Nov 26, 2007

Hmm, looks perfect!

Have maplin gone mad with their measurements though? That looks big enough to fit two lasers in there including the parts I have and still have space left. Yet if I measure out their largest one in their specs thats not much bigger than what I have now which will just about fit 1 laser in there.

andy_con · Nov 26, 2007

no idea, just what i used.

only one thing with it, you need an aluminium base, cos the hosuing flexis

lamborgini8 · Nov 26, 2007

andy_con said:
no idea, just what i used.

only one thing with it, you need an aluminium base, cos the hosuing flexis

Hmm ok, so you have the large one on maplins site? and perhaps if I cut the side out of some old PC housing I have lying around I can put that in the bottom.

andy_con · Nov 26, 2007

i did use, not anymore.

you can get aluminium sheets off ebay cheap, they will do the job and act as a heat sink

lamborgini8 · Nov 26, 2007

andy_con said:
i did use, not anymore.

you can get aluminium sheets off ebay cheap, they will do the job and act as a heat sink

Ok then, thanks mate.

andy_con · Nov 26, 2007

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Aluminium-she...ryZ98641QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

lamborgini8 · Nov 26, 2007

andy_con said:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Aluminium-sheet-4-76mm-Model-Engineer-215mm-x-250mm_W0QQitemZ150184221529QQihZ005QQcategoryZ98641QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Thanks again

andy_con · Nov 27, 2007

no probs

the only reason i know these things, is cos i have made two scanners now. soon you will be advising people on building scanners

lamborgini8 · Nov 27, 2007

andy_con said:
no probs

the only reason i know these things, is cos i have made two scanners now. soon you will be advising people on building scanners

Well after this one is done and its a fully working RGY then I probably wont be making any more, I will buy ready built ones. Might try my hand at a bluray pointer though.

andy_con · Nov 27, 2007

its cheaper and better to make one than buy a pre built one

lamborgini8 · Nov 27, 2007

andy_con said:
its cheaper and better to make one than buy a pre built one

Cheaper to build a pointer yes, building a scanner no!

Its cost me over £150 to build my scanner and its no where near done yet.

andy_con · Nov 27, 2007

it is cheaper to build a scanner than buy.

alot of the 500mw scanners only have 15 or 20k scanners in them and thee about £2000

im up to £2000 on mine now :'(

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