LED Chamber front could be thinner

[martinwoodward]

Nice work!! When I was experimenting with the octolamp found that a 0.8mm thickness of the front of the diffuser was enough to diffuse but also let quite a bit of light through without needing any infill support artifacts which always show up when lit.

Also, it's good to include a cut-out at the rear of the device for folks that want to have it on a table / shelf. I deliberately have a small flat spot at the bottom of the octolamp to support that scenario better too.

Happy to send a PR in with an updated f3d if you wanted to consider these changes, however you are a significantly better 3D CAD designer than me if you were just wanting to bring these in yourself.

Note that in my version, I've got rid of the hollow between the goggles to make mine closer to the modern Copilot icon, I don't use the capacitive button though so I haven't tested if the extra thickness of the goggles is too much despite the thinner front to the LED panel.

[chriswblake]

Hi Martin,
Thanks for the feedback. :) I'm happy to see you opened the CAD model and played around with it! :)

Regarding thickness, I also did a bunch of experimenting. Thickness and different infills to create different effects. Ultimately, I liked no infill, but a crosshatch look kinda gave a nice retro vibe. Let me give 0.8mm another check.

Thanks for the thoughts about self standing support. I've created a separate issue (#13) for this change. I'm actually kind of surprised I didn't think about that. Let me play around and see what I can come up with. I'm always open to PRs, but I do want to make sure I keep the faceplate easily modular.

Btw, I have started another issue for the brand compliance (#11). Thanks for sharing the correct png/svg files.

[ashleymcnamara]

I am just here to say thank you for this incredible and thoughtful design. We are super geeked about it!

[chriswblake]

Thanks @ashleymcnamara! Happy to have spread some smiles. :)