(Maybe) Building a new case for Bangle.js 2

It is here and it is awesome! Ordered last Sunday, reviewed and payed for on Monday, delivered Saturday using the second cheapest delivery option.

Some things I have discovered:

• The contact pads for the push pins lift of the board really easy when soldered to -> use very flexible wire and support with some epoxy or something after soldering
  
• Stranded wire from an ethernet cable is nowhere near flexible enough
  
• My fingers are very big in comparison to a watch case
  
• Stainless SLM is awesome, width should have been 40mm and actually was 40.15mm
  
• Tiny holes in the drawing get even tinier in the end result. Planned 0.8mm for the wrist band mounting pins, got about 0.3mm. Widening them with a 1mm drill is no fun...
  
• Do not forget to plan tolerances for wrist band mounting stuff
  
• 1mm wall thickness seems absolutely fine
  
  

Watch body is 316L SLM and bottom plate is just 0.8mm stainless sheet, cut with tin snips and filed to match the body.

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