Total time: 5 hours
May 22th:
I got started brainstorming and designing the project. I took alot of my insporation from the cyberdeck design of BenMakesEverything but felt it was lacking in a couple ways.
I think that the best way begin this is to set some goals for the f1laptop: - Create a case with a trackball, framework motherboard, battery, micro-controller and apple keyboard (for size) - Hinge mechanism wighted so that it can hold the full screen and controller chip elevated. - PCB to connect everything.
Ive been waiting for an oppurtunity to create one of these but especially including the framework motherboard my project goes overbudget so I will be spending a significant amount of my own money.
Time today: 2 hours
May 23th:
I imported the bottom design files of the BenMakesEverything case and traced the body and screw holes to get the base.
Model Progress:
Then I brainstormed a hinge mechnism and came up with this: