I’m getting a bit of a wiggle on with the conceptual stuff before I have to pack up for a bit, so here “for comment” is my proposal for a board mount inside the strut. Box shown fits a RAMBO and will be a little wider in the real deal, and has 30mm clearance inside (holes and vents ignored for reasons of laziness).
The benefits as I see them are that they will give a super tidy installation with everything nicely tucked away. They are repeatable and can be mounted anywhere along the length of the rail for mounting other stuff (power pack?)
The Cons:
Access is not so easy but once the initial setup is done that shouldn’t be a problem.
I worried about vibration until I realised that the board on my printer is mounted to the chassis.
I don’t think I’ve missed anything obvious, and my thoughts are that if ever I want to run a separate controller for say wifi or octo or whatever, I’d mount a second or even third box.
The mounts shouldn’t need any fixing, just clip/slide over the rails and stay well out of the way of the moving bits.
I wouldn’t mount them hard against the braces necessarily, but the diagram shows the relationship to the brace and struts.
I’m flying a little blind, don’t particularly like sharing “concepts” that aren’t fully sorted, and would rather have tested one before going public - but all comments will be GREATLY appreciated.
