They have made a number of sets of back plates for me as I have tweaked the specs or done them in different colors. There seems to be enough variation in the depth of the countersinking that I suspect they’re done by hand. There are a few areas where the screw heads are not PERFECTLY flush, but as they say, “don’t let the perfect be the enemy of the good.”
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I’d love to see photos of all the different colors if you care to share!
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The first two were just anodized black like others have had done. On the first set I had chamfered the screw holes too deep and had the plates milled, so the screws were a little recessed and the edges of the plates stuck out just a teeny bit too much. The second set used their stock sheet metal and fit the chassis much better.
The third set was a complete replacement of the chassis and plates using natural aluminum.
Here are some photos:
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@jbmorley tysm for providing the step files! Ordered from jlcnc and am happy with the results, thermals and wifi stability got better and the milled new top plate looks pretty great
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FYI for anyone who wants to have chassis parts made, the bottom enclosure screw threads technical drawing as it is in the repository is missing a couple markers indicating which holes should be threaded. This affects the battery brackets and one of the attachments for the bottom plate:
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So beautiful. Thank you for sharing!
I ordered @jbmorley’s heatsink/cover from JLCNC, in boring black, fit perfectly, and WOW, external cover temperature went from hot to the touch with the i.m8mwhatever processor, to mere slight warm with the A311D. I waited to do both at once; I didn’t check logs or measure, since at this point its well documented.
A copper logo sticker would be great!
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We now released the stp file of the backplate and the dxf of the laser engraved logo that we used to order at JLCPCB / JLCCNC.
https://github.com/FesixGermany/mnt_pocket_reform_backplate
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