Teenage Engineering OP-Z: slim case & lid

A very small, neat case for the love of your life, your Teenage Engineering OP-Z. Sliding removable lid, with spaces for optional magnets. Prints in PLA - no flexibility required.

I wanted something that barely increased the OP-Z size at all so I could still carry it in my inside pocket. Here's my attempt 🙃

Worth printing at a small layer height as the sliding lip mechanism is really thin and precise. (This design prioritises smallness over strength, but that was the right trade-off for me.)

You can totally use this without bothering with the magnets etc. Just print and go.

But for extra pizzazz, if you want to use the optional magnet system, you'll need

• superglue
• a small paperclip (look through and find the flattest one you can)
• up to three 8x3mm magnets like these (they're the standard ones people use for extruder visualisers etc)

To insert the bits, you'll need to either

• use the enclosed pre-sliced gcode (Prusament PLA, 0.1mm), or
• pause the printer manually, just as the printer reaches the top of the cavity in the lid and again as the printer reaches the top of the three circular magnet holes, or
• insert pauses in your slicer at those points. If this seems overly complex, I promise it isn't - I learned everything I needed to know from that linked Prusa blog post, and you'll suddenly have loads of fun new options available to you.

Then insert the paperclip with some superglue at pause number 1, and insert the magnets with some superglue at pause number 2. The glue is vital in both cases. Without it, the paperclip will get picked up by the nozzle, and the magnets will jump up and stick to the extruder. Give it 2 minutes to dry before you resume printing each time.

See the two photos for how the magnets and paperclip are inserted.

Hope you like it!