Posted by scott page |
May 08, 2013 @ 06:24 PM | 70,876 Views
I've seen lots of trays. Over the past few years I've taken pictures of every tray I saw and compiled a collection of what I likes, and didn't like so much. My wife bought me a wonderful tray that requires a harness to wear properly. It was expensive and effective, but the harness left alot to be desired and the tray had some features that bothered me a bit. One thing is I want my hands to rest in one place so that they are anchored to datum (as in surveying). Secondly I wanted to be able to reach all of the switches easily. I wanted the transmitter to hang level from the strap - and I wanted a strap - not a harness. It needed to be somewhat compact but also protect the transmitter. I don't know if I succeeded at making the perfect (for me) tray or not yet, but for now it seems to be working pretty good.
Its laser cut from OPTIX 18" z 24" .220 in. Acrylic Sheet. The spring on the bottom was made from LEXAN Polycarbonate Sheet that is .093 inches thick. Plastic materials were purchased from Home Depot. The T-nuts and hex cap screws are 3mm. Lexan bends very easily when heated with a heat gun - but easy not to get it too hot too fast or it will bubble and ruin your surface. Acrylic is even easier to bend because it is not so likely to bubble, but will if heated too fast.
I've included several photos of the final product and an zip file with two illustrator files for cutting.