I have been loving my Framework Laptop 13 now for about a 2.5 years and something I have wanted was a protective case, or at the very least something to protect the outer edge of my laptop from bumps, especially on the lid of the computer. I do have a vinyl skin to protect against scratching but that just felt not quite good enough. Since I couldn’t find anything out there, I bought a larger 3D printer and made my own protective bumper out of TPU 98A to get that finish I like but I think I’m going to revisit TPU 95A because I think I learned a few things. I am an IT manager for a couple of dairy processing plants and I will be making a bunch of these to protect the approximate 40 or so Framework Laptop 13s we have because I think these are a fantastic, long-term investment. I want to keep these things going as long as possible.
Let me know what you think. Is there any interest in this or is this just for me?
Thank you. I have deployed about 40 of these between the two sites I manage. The goal is to get as much life out of these machines as I can. I absolutely love the Framework Laptop!
I am curious. How do you test this without say, damaging a few laptops in the process.
I.e. see how big a drop damages a FW13.
Add protective bumper, see how much further it can drop without damage.
I can only estimate based on the material properties of the bumper. Also, keep in mind that the fall has to happen ON the bumper. I am mostly concerned about protecting the screen from bangs when I walk around the manufacturing plant with the laptop. I put them on corporate machines to give them just a bit of protection against roughness. I can say, anecdotally, the machines that have been damaged were without bumpers, but out of the approximately 40 machines, 4 have had to require repair due to rough handling. This is NOT a good sample size at all.
On a personal note, I know that my lid bumper has protected my laptop a few times since using it from striking a piece of machinery, so I am happy with it.
It is great what you are doing.
Even a very small amount of protection, spreading the impact over a slightly longer time, has a large difference on Fpeak of the impact.
