Machining an Iphone 5 from Aluminium

[Andy_con]

Many hours drawing in cad, a few hours writing the code for the cnc and maybe two hours of actual machining

Buy I now have the cad design and the coding for the cnc

 

[Andy_con]

looks like im not the first

 

[Tunst]

Lol that's almost an insult!!

Its a start :rasp:

 

[Andy_con]

lol is it???

probably wouldn't let it go for less than £50, that may seem steep but may hour have been spent making it. it was never meant to be sold, just a bit of fun

 

[Thrust-Rated]

50 seems reasonable to be honest. It's unique

 

[Andy_con]

Anyone got any thoughts on what they think the radius on the corners of an iphone5

Not owning an iPhone makes this project a pain in the ass

 

[Jaff.]

7-8mm maybe less

 

[Andy_con]

I think bigger than 10mm

 

[Jaff.]

I'll check at work tomorrow

 

[Andy_con]

cheers

 

[rctempire]

Looks really really cool that does. HTC one next please.

 

[Andy_con]

haha cant you send me your phone so I can get all the info I need?

wait till you see the back of the iphone tomorrow, you will love it. I did something a little special

 

[Andy_con]

im very pleased with how the black engraving has come out

 

[sn00p]

We've still to turn on our milling machine!

 

[Andy_con]

haha wasted

look at the fun pointless things you can do!

 

[mace¬]

So now you've done the drawing and code, could you knock a few of these out a day?

I wonder what Apples legal team will have to say lol.

 

[Lal B3N]

Put it on ebay, some stupid Apple fan boy will probably pay silly money.

 

[Andy_con]

I could but as I work during the day its not going to happen.

lol im sure they would love it

 

[The Chubby Pirate]

That would attract a lot of attention on ebay.

I think thats amazing!

 

[Andy_con]

its finished, not mega happy with around the icons on the screen, but the area is just to small to wet n dry properly

 

[Jaff.]

Radius is about 5mm btw mate

 

[MarcB]

its finished, not mega happy with around the icons on the screen, but the area is just to small to wet n dry properly

I want this !!
Its amazing the craftsmanship thats gone into this

 

[Andy_con]

got my hands on an iphone 5 tonight and as I thought mines slight different.

ive done a 5mm radius but its not enough

 

[Thrust-Rated]

I still think this is brilliant!

 

[zeta]

You can get the official dimensions here

https://developer.apple.com/resources/cases/Case-Design-Guidelines.pdf#page17

 

[Andy_con]

Perfect thanks

You can get the official dimensions here

https://developer.apple.com/resources/cases/Case-Design-Guidelines.pdf#page17

 

[Andy_con]

there we go, lets see how good/bad it does

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/281262248062?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1586.l2649

 

[Thrust-Rated]

What's the reserve?!

 

[Andy_con]

only £50, I didn't want it to got for 99p or something if there was no interest

 

[Thrust-Rated]

I put a sensible bid in too just....

 

[Andy_con]

I said it would be a one off but I've done another one as a present for a friend. It's going to get anodized next