First workable clams
After a lot of trial and error with the hinge, I was able to create something usable!!!
Apparently I cannot upload the .stl file or .skp file to the blog directly for “Security Reasons”
I printed this one out of Makerbot ABS at 228 C (build plate 115 C), with 0.15 mm layer height slicing, 15 % infill, as one piece (the hinge was formed in place). The gap of the box can easily be adjusted in sketchup to accommodate different gasket stack heights. Right now, it’s a 2 mm gap.
Insertion and Clamping: In this video I put a 1 mm gasket in the clam, then a SEPCON+1 mm gasket on top of it, and close it. Pressing down firmly makes the device lock in place. The chip is not fractured.
Opening and Removal: In this video, I separate the clamshell with tweezers, applying force on the indentation in front, and remove the combined compressed gasket stack.
The sealing bump mechanism is fairly good, but there still is some variation in the fabrication of those bumps that I would prefer to remove. The hinge is solid when cool, but can deform if not carefully removed from the build plate. Any ideas for affixing gaskets inside the device (so we can remove the chip and not the entire stack)?
regarding separating the gasket stack it could be useful to add some short tags to the outside edges of the gaskets to aid stripping them apart to release the chip.