I decided to use a laser cut plywood enclosure. This looked nice enough to be on display, could have logos and images etched onto it and have all the holes and bolt fittings cut out precisely for easy fitting together.

The box was designed initially using boxmaker from Rahulbotics. I used this as the basic dimensions. I also wanted the box to be re-openable, so I decided to use t-nut holder notches. I saw this on Make, so not quite sure who to credit that design to. So the .dxf pattern is a mixture of slots and t-nut holders.

The problem in making this enclosure is access to a laser cutter. Please try (and support) your local hackspace, which might have access to a laser cutter. My local hackspace is Nottingham Hackspace in the UK. Thanks go to Dominic, 'cause he bought the laser cutter at Nottingham hackspace.

You could also put all the components into any enclosure you like, just cut appropriate holes in the sides (I would use holes saw and 'fir tree' hole cutters). You could also just screw all the parts down onto a piece of wood. But I wanted it to look pretty darn good.

The enclosure is held together using nut holders and notches. This works really well. I think I saw it first in an issue of Make magazine.

The .dxf file is attached here. Please feel free to use, adapt, modify it to your needs.

You might need to countersink the holde on the base of the unit. This means that, using counter sunk head machine screws, there will be nothing pertruding from the back.

