# A box a box, my kingdom for a box **URL:** \ **Category:** General\ **Created:** [1 May 2024 16:18 UTC](https://openflexure.discourse.group/t/a-box-a-box-my-kingdom-for-a-box/1570 "2024-05-01T16:18:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 24
**Author:** ![j.stirling](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/openflexure.discourse.group/j.stirling/32/3_2.png) [@j.stirling](https://openflexure.discourse.group/u/j.stirling)\ **Post date:** [11 October 2024 10:13 UTC](https://openflexure.discourse.group/t/a-box-a-box-my-kingdom-for-a-box/1570/24 "2024-10-11T10:13:08Z")
This is the pelicase insert thread > [@Transport Case for Mobile Microscope](https://openflexure.discourse.group/t/transport-case-for-mobile-microscope/426): > > I am thinking about a mobile case for the Openflexure for some time now. The basic Idea is, that due to it’s size/weight/cost it is an ideal microscope for field operation and other tasks where you have to bring a microscope along. That would require a rugged, watertight case with: Microscope Damping/Foam Batteries/Powerbanks Screen Controller Additional Storage for Sample Prep Equipment etc. I found some time this week to test a case and to design a first rough version of a base-platform. … For transport I worry about anything hard transferring the energy of every bump. I have always used foam inserts because it is softer and better at absorbing and knocks. You can easily make it from layers of this “cuttable” foam: [https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/404815266488?\_ul=GB](https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/404815266488?_ul=GB) It may also be possible to use something like shadow foam, but I think the foam above is better as it is softer. Once we have more of a box I think shadow foam might be the best way forward. If it is just to keep dust off, but not for transport, there is also this printable dust cover: > [@OpenFlexure Microscope v7 Protective Cover](https://openflexure.discourse.group/t/openflexure-microscope-v7-protective-cover/1544): > > Hi all my microscope was getting dusty and I wanted to protect it as well as from being knocked about so I quickly drew up this cover. I’ve linked to the .stl and .step files here if you want to print it or modify it. No assembly, just slides into places and locks on the stepper motor mount bolts. [https://www.printables.com/model/848310-openflexure-microscope-v7-protective-cover](https://www.printables.com/model/848310-openflexure-microscope-v7-protective-cover) It is not at all optimized and won’t fit over the [condenser lid](https://build.openflexure.org/openflexure-microscope/v7.0.0-beta1/low_cost_microscope/printing.html) as far as I can tell, I do not have the lid on my mi… --- _[View the full topic](https://openflexure.discourse.group/t/a-box-a-box-my-kingdom-for-a-box/1570)._