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Hi Ed,

For the second time, I've broken the two cases for my OpenPandora, because I squeezed them too much in tense situations when playing games.  Also, I'm a rough boy and pretty much damage stuff around me if they are not made tough enough.  So due to the fragile nature of the plastic cases, would it be possible I could place a special order from you to make a silver aluminum case?.  I mean the real METAL silver case.  Please let me know.  I'll sell my house and my car to buy it  :D
 
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REALY STRONG case I meant to say  :D    I'm sure tons of people interested not just myself.

Which real metal case?  I'm not aware that anyone's ever made one.

Might be cheaper to buy a USB gamepad you can destroy instead.
Ah!  this will defeat the portability of the Pandora...  Looks a little clumsy on the bus
 
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This won't happen, with only ~5000 (wild guess) people having a Pandora and only a small fraction that would be interested in buying one, this would be a hughe loss.

Maybe some mod could move this into the Ask Ed section ?
 
I think it adds too much to the cost and also break the internal wifi(even more).

For this to make sense you need a high volume of people to upgrade to the aluminium cases otherwise the price will be insane.
 
Aluminium cases will need a steel mould and a company that is willing to "print" these moulds.

You're probably looking at $200k.

So to answer your question.. Unless you pay the $200k the answer is nope :p
 
Aluminium cases will need a steel mould and a company that is willing to "print" these moulds.

You're probably looking at $200k.

So to answer your question.. Unless you pay the $200k the answer is nope :p
$200k for a single case?  Don't know much about 3d printing but would this be possible on a 3d printer and would it be cheaper there?
 
3d printing a steel mold :lol:

with a tachyon fusion laser, probably.
 
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For a one-off metal case you're probably best getting a CNC machinist to mill out the parts from solid chunks. Something the size of the Pandora case would probably run about $800 at a guess.
 
on a side note the alu case will probably kill the onboard wifi for good.
 
This won't happen, with only ~5000 (wild guess) people having a Pandora and only a small fraction that would be interested in buying one, this would be a hughe loss.

Maybe some mod could move this into the Ask Ed section ?
on a side note the alu case will probably kill the onboard wifi for good.
Who cares.  The internal wifi sucks anyway.
 
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That RPi case is more than twice the price of the RPi itself..
 
Who cares.  The internal wifi sucks anyway.
Maybe these guys are the way to go, they offer a lot of different materials.
You would still need the 3D-Model though
I'm interested, but where can I get the 3d Model?  I'm sure this 3d model is Ed's and OPT's bread-and-butter.  So the only viable solution is for ED to go to this website and upload this 3d-model and see if they can make it.  But I'm sure if Ed's NOT willing to help out in this case though  :D
 
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Afaik, the design is property of Davec, so Ed wouldn't have the rigth to upload it anywhere unless he has the approval of the designer..
 
Man!  I could imagine how awesome the Pandora would be in a stainless steel case!  It would just be a different class!   :D
 
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