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Got my CaseCAD custom foam insert

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Spent a lot of time measuring everything to fit in my 1650 case - very happy with the quality of the product. I have a second insert for a 1520 case for my power accessories arriving on Monday.

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Looks great. Please can you let me know if the design is available or if I can buy these case inserts. Im in the UK though.

thanks,

Dave
UK
 
Dude, don't stick your new foam on the carpet. It looks like your dog peed there.

Nice foam design. ;-)

I always wonder why everyone designs their foam to have the viewfinder not mounted to the camera. Wouldn't it be nice with it on?
 
Mitch Gross said:
Dude, don't stick your new foam on the carpet. It looks like your dog peed there.
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My office-mate's desk is usually there, so I may have to bring this up with him... :detective2:

Mitch Gross said:
I always wonder why everyone designs their foam to have the viewfinder not mounted to the camera. Wouldn't it be nice with it on?
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I spent (waaayyyy too much) time thinking about all of that, and decided that in my experience the only "waste of time" that got on my nerves setting up my camera at the beginning of a shoot day was that whole top assembly. Anything else, I can see instances of not wanting to have the EVF and LCD both mounted. I actually would have kept the Arri baseplate attached to the bottom of the camera (hate holding the camera upside down, waiting for those screws to find their grooves,) but I'm already maxing out the vertical height of the case. (The top handle seats nice and snug against the egg crate in the Pelican lid.)

Anyone interested in making a case like this, go to http://www.casecad.com and download their program. It's pretty simple to figure out. Getting your own measurements right is the hard part - spent hours with measuring tape and a caliper going over every part. I ran their program on my mac using Parallels.

Dave at CaseCAD was helpful with a few recommendations about how to make my whole design work.
 
Beautiful.

I recently did things the hard way, cutting high density foam with very sharp knives. I'm happy with the end result, but I probably spent just as much as I would have doing things the Case-Cad way, while losing many hours and a little sanity (not even to mention the couple of trips I had to make down to filthy Canal St). I did, however, manage to keep the EVF attached (per Mitch's recommendation), and while it doesn't look quite as clean as the professional approach, I think it'll do just fine. Will post pics whenever I find a little more time (still picking up stray foam).

Great job, though, Cinewalt.
 
Okay, you just posted price during my post. Does the $515 include the pelican case?

I spent a great deal less on foam (about $150 all-told) plus roughly $200 for my Storm 2975 case. The many hours, however, are gone forever...
 
art.the.third said:
Okay, you just posted price during my post. Does the $515 include the pelican case?

I spent a great deal less on foam (about $150 all-told) plus roughly $200 for my Storm 2975 case. The many hours, however, are gone forever...
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No, already had the case. I think any custom foam manufacturer would be between $200 and $500, and I was willing to pay the top end of that to have the degree of control over measurements, etc. that their software allows.

After considering all the options, I really just wanted to get it right and have it over with.
 
daveb said:
Looks great. Please can you let me know if the design is available or if I can buy these case inserts. Im in the UK though.

thanks,

Dave
UK
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Hi Dave,

There's a company in the UK called Lemsford who will custom cut foam for any case (they've done a few different designs for various Red owners already so I guess they have most of the accessories dimensions stored). I'm not part of the company or anything - we've just been looking into getting some foam cut ourselves and they were recommended to us by a camera rental company. I think Lemsford are based in Welwyn Garden City:

http://www.lemsfordcases.co.uk/

Cheers,
 
Love the design!!! That is exactly what I need... I may need at least one lens in the same case but no for sure.

Are there any issues with the top handle??? Is the case deep enough for leaving the handle on??? I use the 1650s for all my gear and am trying to determine wether to go as you have or lay it on it's side???

What is your opinion???

Cheers,
Prio
 
The handle fits perfectly. Dave at CaseCAD has my permission to use my stored designs to help out anyone seeking to make their own case design. I only have a few minor adjustments I'll let him know about. (That EVF hole is a bit snug and compressing the eyepiece at the bottom tends to create a vacuum!)

While their software doesn't let you copy a hole from one case design to another, I imagine Dave can do this for you - so say you've got a 1610 instead of a 1650 and want to fit a few items from my design... he can set that up.

I'm attaching my case design file to this post... I recommend immediately doing a save-as - because it takes quite a while to learn how to modify and move things around - especially the complicated holes where you have to select each part of the hole before moving it.

**Apparently they do ship to Canada now.
 
davecw said:
Hi Dave,

There's a company in the UK called Lemsford who will custom cut foam for any case (they've done a few different designs for various Red owners already so I guess they have most of the accessories dimensions stored). I'm not part of the company or anything - we've just been looking into getting some foam cut ourselves and they were recommended to us by a camera rental company. I think Lemsford are based in Welwyn Garden City:

http://www.lemsfordcases.co.uk/

Cheers,
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Thanks for this Im on to it now....

Dave
UK
 
Mitch Gross said:
always wonder why everyone designs their foam to have the viewfinder not mounted to the camera. Wouldn't it be nice with it on?
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Space. It takes less space that way and you can cram in more stuff in your case. With ET mount it's just a click away anyway.

I guess it also feel safer for most of us having it off, don't know why.
 
Got my 1520 case foam for power accessories... This one was a little tight (the charger compresses the lid foam a bit when the case is closed - but I figured that would be okay as it's still got some padding all around and it's not going to be easily damaged by impact.)

I went with sticking the batteries in this way so that the power indicator shows.

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Does the cost you mention in the earlier post ($515) include the power accessory foam as well?
 
For any one outside the USA, Lemsford cases in the UK can custom cut foam. They have a number of templates of cases they have made to date. they can either cut foam for Peli or other cases and make their own Aluminium cases.

Thanks to Dave Wyatt for this suggestion.

Dave
UK
 
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