Pictured is my Kobo Clara 2e with a laser cut leather cover hand stitched to the 3D Printed Parts and replaceable arms. So far I have the Kobo Clara 2e, Kobo Nia and the Kobo Clara HD designed. I’ve also made the parts available on
Thingiverse: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:6340022
Printables: https://www.printables.com/model/662929
and the FreeCAD design files are on GitHub: https://github.com/the16bitgamer/16BitVirtualStudiosDesigns/tree/main/GLoA E-Reader Cases/6 inch
I opened this expecting to be disappointed, but this looks like a finished, real product.
I’m extremely impressed at the dedication and the quality of the work! AND you’re providing all your hard work in easy to access, and easy to update files.
You are good people.
Yeah, I am surprised that no-one ever bothered to do this before. I am hopeful that others find it and add their own e-readers to it, though I will be padding it out myself for what e-reader I have on hand.
I have for my Kobo Glo HD!
Although I haven’t shared anything since it works for me but is a bit rough.
Nice, how does yours hold up? So far my current iteration has held up around 2-4 months, last arm lasted 6 months before I swapped it out.
Also, the link to your store is broken.
Its etsy… Fun http://16bitstore.com
I keep typing https instead of http. Welcome to my ever increasing long list of things I need to do, to do.
I thought about doing it once but decided that PLA/PETG is probably not a good material for the case as I was expecting it to break too easily. TPU probably would work well but I’ve mever printed it and don’t have any. Also I don’t have enough experience working with leather for something like this.
The end result from me would have been a lot of spent time for a not very well made item
I thought the same too, that is why the arms are not the same color as the plastics, they are removable. Meaning when they break they can be replaced.
I’ve made arms out of both PETG and PLA, and while yes they broke, with the help of my SO, I refined the design so that they don’t break. Our longest lasting arms thus far is between 4-6 months. It’s taken a lot of refinement and subtle fillets and cuts to the model, but the arms hold up well, and the goal is for them to be better than a cheap case you get from Amazon, which I find breaks within 6 months to 1 year.
While I think TUP would be an ideal material for this, so far with the adjustments I’ve made to the e-reader arms they’ve been both reliable and if you are kind to your devices, will hold up well, with the worse case that you can reprint them if they do break.
Nice! I’ve got a somewhat non-standard sized ePaper tablet that I’ve been trying to find a keyboard case for.
Might just modify/size this and build one instead. Thanks for sharing your work!
If it’s a 7.8” I have a standard base for it too. Just need to do a bit of clean up on it first though. Though I’ve yet to make one for bigger since my print bed is only 200mmx200mm
Yeah mine is 7.8" so if you happen to publish that base it should fit. Thanks!
Here is the base frame for our 7.8" E-Reader case https://github.com/the16bitgamer/16BitVirtualStudiosDesigns/tree/main/GLoA E-Reader Cases/7.8 inch
If you need an example on how to make the arms the 6" is probably the better place to go, as it’s going to take a bit to clean up the cases.
Ok, now load up Diamond Age.
