[Gta04-owner] Complete GTA04 phones

[Christoph Mair]

On Tue, Oct 11, 2011 at 10:20 AM, Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller
<hns at goldelico.com> wrote:
>
> Am 11.10.2011 um 09:47 schrieb Manuel Dejonghe:
>
>> On Tue, Oct 11, 2011 at 12:12 AM, Alexander Lehner
>> <lehner at edv-buero-lehner.de> wrote:
>>> There were discussions in the past about re-creating the cover, but this
>>> plastic stuff seems even more complex/expensive/unnecessary than making
>>> PCBs.
>>> Also, 3D-printing does not yet provide the required accuracy for the
>>> opensourced designs.
>>
>> Professional 3D-printing certainly has the required accuracy and is
>> not as expensive as many think.
>
> Do you have current pricing? Our research done last year revealed that it
> is still too expensive or does not have the required material quality. We have
> not updated that for a year, so the situation may have become better.
>
>> And the amateur/home 3D-printing is cheap enough to go through many
>> iterations to get it perfect :)
>>
>> I own one of those 3D-printers, I'd be happy to send around a print or
>> to adapt the files if I can get hold of a defunct electronics.
>
> That would be great if you could do some experiments!
>
> I think you don't even need defunct electronics, but the 3D CAD
> files. If you really need something I can send you a broken GTA02
> motherboard.
>
> Here they are (Pro/E is the original and the others are converted):
>
>        http://download.goldelico.com/gta04/CAD/
>
> I would suggest that you start trying to print an AUX or Power button.
> Or just the middle case part.

I think starting with the middle case part is a good idea. Maybe the
buttons can be attached to the case with a tiny "bridge"  so that they
can be pressed as usual but are not single parts anymore?

Best regards,
Christoph