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Acetone vapor post-processing is complete. This box blank is done! :clinto: EDIT: Please pardon the dust on the image. Apparently I have plenty of it around here 🤷‍♂️

Acetone vapor smoothing of ABS and ASA 3D prints hasn't been a science. However, I'm working on making it one since I'm not a fan of eyeballing stuff. I'd rather calculate parameters to get consistently good results. I'm experimenting with a process that consists of a warm acetone vapor bath...

I FINALLY got the mounting plate to print without warping. It seems Polymaker ASA may leave a residue on the print bed that affects adhesion, unlike the eSun ABS I use. I had to wash the bed with dish soap to solve the adhesion problem. The blank is functionally done! I have some...

I printed the box! It's my first time printing with ASA. Now I just need the mounting plate to stop warping... I'm thinking about acetone-smoothing it to reduce the visibility of the layer lines.

See my comments in green. Thank you for your insight :tank:

I think I've got it now. Those measurements for the stickers and fillets really helped, thank you @Crapgame :) This is a blank, so anyone who wants a box can drill their own mounting holes as well as holes for switches, buttons, whatever is desired! I do have pilot holes designed so that...

This is extremely helpful, thank you!

A friend of mine has a HMMWV he built with reproduction smoke grenade launchers on it, and he had a control box from which he gave me overall measurements. I think I have this pretty close now: Overall dimensions including mounting plate are 4.25" L x 2" W x 3.25" H. The bump-out for the...

The area I'm most concerned with are the screw slots on the mounting plate. Though the nice thing about slots and the ABS plastic that I plan to print this with is that it can be cut or sanded to size. I prefer to be as accurate as possible, but that's only possible when I have the actual part...

I completed a blank version of this box which can be seen here. Holes can be drilled into the blank to fit whichever switches, buttons, cannon plugs, etc. are desired. This was a request from a member here. This is a control box for a vehicle smoke grenade launcher. My references are only...