so this was my original plan.

the rounded pieces are the front and back of the audio console

the hinge lays over the top

the rectangular pieces snap into the sides of the rounded ones

they also were to join with the hinge on either side

here’s problem #1

because the top of the front is rounded, the teeth dont completely mesh together

this could be solved by omitting the top segment

here’s problem #2

somehow i didn’t notice that that prototyping library joiner has a couple different shaped teeth

these dont fit together

these do

these do

 

not the ones i want though

an easy fix to this would be to omit the joins altogether

like this, except 1 piece

 

the main concern i had was about how to measure the length of my paths in illustrator

there is no built-in function to do so, so i would need a plugin

unfortunately i cant install one on the oedk computers

i ended up just eyeballing the length of the hinge part

im allowed some leeway because the hinge stretches, but there was no way to be sure

interestingly enough, when i cut the pieces, they were the sizes that i needed

regardless, i was expecting this plan not to work so i designed a simpler solution

so i cut out a bunch of these and stacked them up

it achieves the same form and function, but requires way more material

adhesive can be used to hold the layers together

rods can be inserted through the holes to make sure they stay aligned

 

i might try to revise the first design and cut it again