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A case design case study<\/strong>
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\nI’ve just written up a step-by-step tutorial<\/a> detailing the process of designing an electronics enclosure from concept to completion<\/a>. It covers circuit design and layout, laser-cut construction techniques, and little extras like accounting for kerf and dog-boning corners to reduce stress.<\/p>\n

Be sure to send any questions my way, and I’ll do my best to answer them on the forum.<\/p>\n

\n

Your Guide To Making Electronics Project Boxes<\/h2>\n

Here’s the everything you need to know guide to making electronics project boxes<\/a>.<\/p>\n

See the ultimate guide here<\/a><\/div>\n

For some awesome examples of this kinda thing, check out this blog post on custom, laser-cut enclosures created by Ponoko customers<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A case design case study<\/strong><\/p>\n

I’ve just written up a step-by-step tutorial detailing the process of designing an electronics enclosure from concept to completion. It covers circuit design and layout, laser-cut construction techniques, and little extras like accounting for kerf and dog-boning corners to reduce stress.<\/p>\n

Be sure to send any questions my way, and I’ll do my best to answer them on the forum.<\/p>\n

Your Guide To Making Electronics Project Boxes<\/p>\n

Here’s the everything you need to know guide to making electronics project boxes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":46,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28748","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ponoko"],"yoast_head":"\nTutorial: how to design a laser-cut enclosure for your DIY electronics<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ponoko.com\/blog\/ponoko\/tutorial-how-to-design-a-laser-cut-project-box\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Tutorial: how to design a laser-cut enclosure for your DIY electronics\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A case design case study I’ve just written up a step-by-step tutorial detailing the process of designing an electronics enclosure from concept to completion. 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