4 - Case Assembly

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Next another layer of 1x long wide strip with 3mm holes and 2x short wide strips with 3mm holes:

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Then a layer of narrow strips:



Followed by another wide:

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Yes it's more narrow strips!



Followed by another layer of wide strips:



And a final layer of narrow strips. The bolts will be almost covered by now.

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The next part is built up on the underside of the lid. Starting with the paxolin lid, put the 6x blind hex nuts through the outer holes and turn upside down. Ignore the nut in the centre, it's just to allow the camera to focus.

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Build a layer of narrow strips with 1x long narrow and 2x short narrow, with 5.5mm holes:

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Followed by a layer of wide strips with 1x long wide and 2x short wide, with 5.5mm holes:

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Repeat for another narrow and wide layer. You'll have 4 layers at this point, with the last just over the nuts.





You'll probably want to tack them in place with hot melt glue or foam pads.

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Line up the base and lid sections so the short and long strips overlap as shown:



Drop the lid onto the base and start fighting to get the 3mm bolts into the blind nuts before it falls apart. It'll need a bit of wriggling but you should feel them drop into place. Tighten each a couple of turns to prevent it falling out then check nothing has dropped out of place. If it's OK, tighten the bolts up but not too much or it will distort the lid.



The stack of strips should look like this: