This video was made almost entirely using Manim, the software @3blue1brown uses to animate his videos. It took over a thousand lines of code and about a month of grinding on and off. I had to push past the limitations of Manim's video object support to make…

What started as a quick project to replace a cracked bezel turned into a complete re-creation of the IBM ThinkPad 701C laptop shell/case. I'll talk through how I why I decided to do it and ultimately figure out if it's actually worth it?

Tools Used:
CAD…