Homebrew PCBs

greenseller wrote:
> Does anyone know of a good way to build/buy/scrounge/anything
> enclosures for circuits?  I've started making my own boards, but I
> hate to spend a lot of money on those plastic boxes from radio shack.
>  Does anyone have any ideas for cheap enclosures?
> 

http://electronicsusa.com/miniboxes.html

http://electronicsusa.com/miniboxphotos.html

   This is one of the cheaper places to buy, especially in 1000's 
quantity for the small box.

   Also for slope front, Radio Shack used to have a small (6" or so 
wide) metal box that was very simple for how good it looked. 
Rectangular bottom, two sides folded up from the same piece.  The sides 
extend a little forward of the bottom and a little to the rear, and 
folded up to make the slope front shape.  Top was one piece a bit wider 
than the sides, wrapped around the sides as support, then a little 
longer at front and back and had tabs (actually just corners cut out to 
not interfere with the sides that made the leading and trailing edges 
long tabs) that went in over the bottom.  It basically snapped together 
when you wrapped it around the sides with the tabs tucked in.  Then also 
had 4 screws on the bottom for feet that went through the bottom and the 
tabs for extra holding.  Relatively easy to copy for a home made slope 
front box.  Doing this you could make a large slope front box for a 
small fraction of the normal selling price if wanted.

   Also look around, there is someone from Japan with a site on how to 
bend sheet plastic into boxes, not that it's too hard to figure out really..

Alan