Like I said in the Title but more elaborative. I have been experimenting with designing a 3D case for the Librem 5 that will come in two parts: the 1st being the soft flexible material that wraps around the phone and the second hard shell that locks the soft material in place thus creating a hard shock proof casing, light yet so strong while still have full access to the buttons, switches and even the sim/sd card tray.
I have already built one for myself and would like to experiment with different kinds of casings for everyone to use for free (although, would like to provide a donation link of sorts, no pressure though)
I would love to share with you all what I have so far (will be looking into where I shall make my cases downloadable from), but I would like to know if sharing these things is okay to do within these forums.
I just would like to know that I am not doing anything stupid and the likes.
You probably can’t tell at first glance, but I’ve added a bar above the gap for the switches and sim/sd card tray access to make sure that it holds the inner soft material as well as give this area a hard shell too
There are a few tweaks I want to make before sharing the file. I have already printed mine out, so I will share pictures of my device once I get the chance.
Measure first? I wouldn’t redesign if the thermals are OK - with the disclaimer that your pattern of usage may differ from someone else’s. For example, if someone else is doing convergence then the Librem 5 may be running harder than for someone just doing casual phone usage.
I would think a few well-placed open gaps here and there, on the sides and back would be enough. I’m no expert on that, but that’s how other forum-members were doing it. (Search for “case for librem 5” to see examples.)
The case itself looks pretty good.
If you don’t mind please share photos of final product (with phone) as well.
I’m assuming you will be sharing 3D printable files ?
Yeah, that is the plan. It would be awesome for myself to finally add some contribution towards something useful for others.
Here are some of the pictures of the one that I have printed out. I think I will edit and raise the brim/edges around the screen, particularly the left and right sides to make sure the screen itself is well protected.
As for the pictures I have just taken, I some a bulk of them here.
BTW, the hardshell part was printed using Poly carbonate (PC), and for some reason it causes the some lack of details on the printed objects; in case anyone notices why the details are missing from the 3D screengrabs I’ve shared earlier.
I have just checked the details in the mobile settings comparing the heating of the CPU, graphics etc with and without the protective casing (even with the software bump material and without the PC hardshell) and I haven’t noticed any changes in the temperatures, but I haven’t tried it with say Convergence, for example.
But I’ll look into adding some holes just so I can play it safe.
The phone case I’ve designed? Well, I haven’t provided a link as of yet to download the said items for 3d printing for free (I may start a donation pool, no pressure) however if you meant buying the physical printed item, I haven’t even considered going to that stage.
Besides, I still need to make certain tweaks to the model before releasing it to the public.
