Turn your old mainboard into... a laptop

[Jieren_Zheng]

@Adrian_Joachim

The pinebook pro mainboard is quite a bit smaller than the framework mainboard but it could be possible, especially if you are cool with printing a custom bottom case or something. The pinebook pro is very thin.

Ah, I didn’t know that. Thanks. I remember there’s a project of someone trying to 3D print a chassis to make a rugged Thinkpad (keyboard and all).

Converting Framework 13 to a FrankenPad

Now that the AMD option is on the way I am thinking of buying the DIY version then 3d printing the top and bottom covers from something as close to glass fiber reinforced plastic using the design from Thinkpad T440. The wild part is that I want to integrate the external ThinkPad Compact Wired USB directly in the chassis and connect it internally to USB so that the Trackpoint works out of the box without the need for custom QMK. I understand that this will increase the thickness of the chassis s…

I think this might kinda work? I prefer if we could 3D print with fibre-reinforced filaments but I prefer thin and light for my use case.