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Re: [IC] Universal 104/108 Plate
« Reply #100 on: Wed, 16 April 2014, 09:50:37 »
I don't qualify for the test tour but I offer any assistance I can provide.

I have pics of my Shine 2 PCB and plate when I modded it.

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Re: [IC] Universal 104/108 Plate
« Reply #101 on: Wed, 16 April 2014, 09:57:52 »
will probably get a couple of pieces of this.
then hope it can fit the wasd code.


I now have a CODE I can test the plate with. That was the purpose of the test plate, to try and fit it to as many real world keyboards as possible before we make a final design and move to production. Any fitment issues can be addressed now, during the design and testing phase.

that's wonderful.
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Re: [IC] Universal 104/108 Plate
« Reply #102 on: Wed, 16 April 2014, 12:39:53 »
I don't qualify for the test tour but I offer any assistance I can provide.

I have pics of my Shine 2 PCB and plate when I modded it.

I'd like to see those pics. I can compare them to my G2 to see if the holes look the same. I have a feeling they are the same though. I think the shine and G2 PCBs are the same except that the G2 does not have the LED related items installed.
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Re: [IC] Universal 104/108 Plate
« Reply #103 on: Wed, 16 April 2014, 20:52:57 »
I don't qualify for the test tour but I offer any assistance I can provide.

I have pics of my Shine 2 PCB and plate when I modded it.

I'd like to see those pics. I can compare them to my G2 to see if the holes look the same. I have a feeling they are the same though. I think the shine and G2 PCBs are the same except that the G2 does not have the LED related items installed.

Here's the pics:

PCB-front:
61164-0

PCB-rear:
61166-1

Plate:
61168-2

Since the keyboard has been assembled, I can only take additional pictures of the PCB rear, plate with switches, and the inside of the case if needed.

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Re: [IC] Universal 104/108 Plate
« Reply #104 on: Wed, 16 April 2014, 21:35:42 »
Thanks for those pics infiniti. I just compared my 9008G2 plate and PCB to your pics, and the mounting holes appear to be identical for both.

Pics of plate on Rosewill RK-9000: http://imgur.com/a/k3MxJ

I don't see any reason this would not fit if you actually cut the top right portion off, which this design easily allows for. I didn't want to cut this sample plate yet.

Potential issue: You can see the solid area of the red stock plate will rest on that standoff to the left of the up arrow and help support the plate. Our universal design does not have any support in this area and when you press on the plate there it flexes quite a bit. Possible solution: Make that cutout area user-removable just like the top right corner. Then you would have support here, but you could cut out that area if you needed to mount this plate on a board that has a controller there.


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Re: [IC] Universal 104/108 Plate
« Reply #105 on: Wed, 16 April 2014, 22:10:38 »
Thanks for those pics infiniti. I just compared my 9008G2 plate and PCB to your pics, and the mounting holes appear to be identical for both.

Pics of plate on Rosewill RK-9000: http://imgur.com/a/k3MxJ

I don't see any reason this would not fit if you actually cut the top right portion off, which this design easily allows for. I didn't want to cut this sample plate yet.

Potential issue: You can see the solid area of the red stock plate will rest on that standoff to the left of the up arrow and help support the plate. Our universal design does not have any support in this area and when you press on the plate there it flexes quite a bit. Possible solution: Make that cutout area user-removable just like the top right corner. Then you would have support here, but you could cut out that area if you needed to mount this plate on a board that has a controller there.

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I see.  Good idea on a possible fix solution.
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Re: [IC] Universal 104/108 Plate
« Reply #106 on: Wed, 16 April 2014, 22:13:57 »
I really think it would be OK without, but it could make things feel a little more solid
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Re: [IC] Universal 104/108 Plate
« Reply #107 on: Wed, 16 April 2014, 22:25:46 »
I really think it would be OK without, but it could make things feel a little more solid

Yeah I don't think I would use it if there was any flex or movement.
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Re: [IC] Universal 104/108 Plate
« Reply #108 on: Wed, 16 April 2014, 23:00:36 »
Thanks for those pics infiniti. I just compared my 9008G2 plate and PCB to your pics, and the mounting holes appear to be identical for both.

You're welcome!  Cool that it fits. :thumb:

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Re: [IC] Universal 104/108 Plate
« Reply #109 on: Thu, 17 April 2014, 16:27:55 »
interested in 3-4 tkl and a 104

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Re: [IC] Universal 104/108 Plate
« Reply #110 on: Thu, 17 April 2014, 23:55:52 »
is there a fully customizable PCB that is full sized? anything along the lines of say a phantom or an a87 that can pair up nicely with this plate?
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Re: [IC] Universal 104/108 Plate
« Reply #111 on: Fri, 18 April 2014, 00:03:57 »
I think it may fit the NerD 108

Edit: No idea what case you would put it in though. I think GON made that to only fit a case where the top layer is the plate. I don't see any mounting holes in the pic on his website.
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Re: [IC] Universal 104/108 Plate
« Reply #112 on: Sat, 03 May 2014, 03:57:11 »
Any new info on this ?
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Re: [IC] Universal 104/108 Plate
« Reply #113 on: Sat, 03 May 2014, 07:58:08 »
I have the plate at the moment, and I will be test fitting it to a few keyboards this weekend. Once I have the final changes made to the design, this should be ready to go forward very soon.
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Re: [IC] Universal 104/108 Plate
« Reply #114 on: Sat, 03 May 2014, 08:16:25 »
I have the plate at the moment, and I will be test fitting it to a few keyboards this weekend. Once I have the final changes made to the design, this should be ready to go forward very soon.

Are you going to open up the CODE to see if it is compatible?

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Re: [IC] Universal 104/108 Plate
« Reply #115 on: Sat, 03 May 2014, 10:47:38 »
I have the plate at the moment, and I will be test fitting it to a few keyboards this weekend. Once I have the final changes made to the design, this should be ready to go forward very soon.

Cool.  Thanks JD.
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Re: [IC] Universal 104/108 Plate
« Reply #116 on: Sun, 11 May 2014, 06:32:40 »
I'll definitely be getting at least one of these. :cool:
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Re: [IC] Universal 104/108 Plate
« Reply #117 on: Wed, 28 May 2014, 15:30:28 »
I'll order one
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Re: [IC] Universal 104/108 Plate
« Reply #118 on: Wed, 28 May 2014, 18:01:29 »
Interested in a plate or two !

Thanks for those pics infiniti. I just compared my 9008G2 plate and PCB to your pics, and the mounting holes appear to be identical for both.

Pics of plate on Rosewill RK-9000: http://imgur.com/a/k3MxJ

I don't see any reason this would not fit if you actually cut the top right portion off, which this design easily allows for. I didn't want to cut this sample plate yet.

Potential issue: You can see the solid area of the red stock plate will rest on that standoff to the left of the up arrow and help support the plate. Our universal design does not have any support in this area and when you press on the plate there it flexes quite a bit. Possible solution: Make that cutout area user-removable just like the top right corner. Then you would have support here, but you could cut out that area if you needed to mount this plate on a board that has a controller there.

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I have to double check this, but isn't the RK-9000 plate/PCB assembly hold in the case by resting on the folded-over edges of the original plate ? If so, wouldn't the assembly w/ the replacement plate rattle around in the case ? The QFR/S and QFXT (and even the demo tester ;)) are build exactly the same BTW..
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Re: [IC] Universal 104/108 Plate
« Reply #119 on: Wed, 28 May 2014, 21:07:20 »
Interested in a plate or two !

Thanks for those pics infiniti. I just compared my 9008G2 plate and PCB to your pics, and the mounting holes appear to be identical for both.

Pics of plate on Rosewill RK-9000: http://imgur.com/a/k3MxJ

I don't see any reason this would not fit if you actually cut the top right portion off, which this design easily allows for. I didn't want to cut this sample plate yet.

Potential issue: You can see the solid area of the red stock plate will rest on that standoff to the left of the up arrow and help support the plate. Our universal design does not have any support in this area and when you press on the plate there it flexes quite a bit. Possible solution: Make that cutout area user-removable just like the top right corner. Then you would have support here, but you could cut out that area if you needed to mount this plate on a board that has a controller there.

Show Image

I have to double check this, but isn't the RK-9000 plate/PCB assembly hold in the case by resting on the folded-over edges of the original plate ? If so, wouldn't the assembly w/ the replacement plate rattle around in the case ? The QFR/S and QFXT (and even the demo tester ;)) are build exactly the same BTW..

Well, you're right, the stock plate does rest on the edges on those models. However, there are also some standoffs the the plate rests on, and the case tops pushes down on the flat surfaces of the plate also to hold it in place. Universal plates like this without folded edges work just fine in a QFR case. I know, there is one sitting in front of me. I don't think it is going to be an issue with the RK-9000 either.

I couldn't fully test this prototype with a RK-9000 because I didn't want to remove the upper right corner of the plate yet on this protoype. That portion is designed to be user removable using a Dremel or other cutting tool so that it works for more types of boards. jdcarpe has the protoype plate right now, and he is test fitting it with some more boards, then he is going to send it back to me. At that point, what I may do is go ahead and remove that portion of the plate and then fully install the plate in my RK-9000 to alleviate all concerns that it will work. I don't think it will be an issue though.

jdcarpe has also already fixed the design flaw which prevented the plate from being installed on a Ducky. There was a hole that was just a little off for one of the case supports to go through. Once jd sends the plate back to me and I confirm that it will fit a RK-9000 after the removable portion of the plate is removed, this will be ready to go to group buy. I'm getting them cut by a shop that is local to me. I haven't figured out what the exact group price will have to be to cover all of the costs, but I think everyone will be pleased with the price point. The estimate they gave me was pretty good with a MOQ of 40 units. I don't think hitting 40 units will be a problem.
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Re: [IC] Universal 104/108 Plate
« Reply #120 on: Thu, 29 May 2014, 00:52:45 »
Roger that, thanks for the effort !! 8)
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Re: [IC] Universal 104/108 Plate
« Reply #121 on: Thu, 12 June 2014, 08:40:07 »
Wow this plate is shaping up to be amazing. I'm interested in a couple.

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Re: [IC] Universal 104/108 Plate
« Reply #122 on: Thu, 12 June 2014, 09:29:06 »

 they gave me was pretty good with a MOQ of 40 units. I don't think hitting 40 units will be a problem.

NOT hitting 40 units would be the problem.

The only disappointment to me would be inability to fit Deck Legends.

I am tempted to tell Margo not to start modding, and to wait until the universal plate is produced. But I think that's gonna take too long....
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Re: [IC] Universal 104/108 Plate
« Reply #123 on: Thu, 12 June 2014, 09:48:05 »

 they gave me was pretty good with a MOQ of 40 units. I don't think hitting 40 units will be a problem.

NOT hitting 40 units would be the problem.

The only disappointment to me would be inability to fit Deck Legends.

I am tempted to tell Margo not to start modding, and to wait until the universal plate is produced. But I think that's gonna take too long....

I just looked up pics of that board, and I don't think it will fit the Deck Legend because of the non-standard bottom row. I believe that one limitation of this plate is that the board will have to have a standard ANSI bottom row (1.25-1.25-1.25-6.25-1.25-1.25-1.25-1.25)

And what I mean was that, with all of the interest people have expressed, I don't think we'll have difficulty getting enough orders.
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Re: [IC] Universal 104/108 Plate
« Reply #124 on: Thu, 12 June 2014, 11:20:33 »

 they gave me was pretty good with a MOQ of 40 units. I don't think hitting 40 units will be a problem.

NOT hitting 40 units would be the problem.

The only disappointment to me would be inability to fit Deck Legends.

I am tempted to tell Margo not to start modding, and to wait until the universal plate is produced. But I think that's gonna take too long....

I just look up pics of that board, and I don't think it will fit the Deck Legend because of the non-standard bottom row. I believe that one limitation of this plate is that the board will have to have a standard ANSI bottom row (1.25-1.25-1.25-6.25-1.25-1.25-1.25-1.25)

And what I mean was that, with all of the interest people have expressed, I don't think we'll have difficulty getting enough orders.

I wonder if we can ever get plates for corsairs and Decks thanks to the non-standard layouts. I guess we're limited to sawing away manually?
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Re: [IC] Universal 104/108 Plate
« Reply #125 on: Thu, 12 June 2014, 11:35:37 »

 they gave me was pretty good with a MOQ of 40 units. I don't think hitting 40 units will be a problem.

NOT hitting 40 units would be the problem.

The only disappointment to me would be inability to fit Deck Legends.

I am tempted to tell Margo not to start modding, and to wait until the universal plate is produced. But I think that's gonna take too long....

I just look up pics of that board, and I don't think it will fit the Deck Legend because of the non-standard bottom row. I believe that one limitation of this plate is that the board will have to have a standard ANSI bottom row (1.25-1.25-1.25-6.25-1.25-1.25-1.25-1.25)

And what I mean was that, with all of the interest people have expressed, I don't think we'll have difficulty getting enough orders.

I wonder if we can ever get plates for corsairs and Decks thanks to the non-standard layouts. I guess we're limited to sawing away manually?

That's why no one should ever buy a keyboard with non-standard keycap sizes. :eek:
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Re: [IC] Universal 104/108 Plate
« Reply #126 on: Thu, 12 June 2014, 21:10:05 »
JD, you know how they get away with it?

Corsair - awesome design and casing
Deck - best keycaps in the business

If not for these reasons, nobody on geekhack would buy their keyboards.

I'm just waiting for someone on geekhack to clue in (hint: YOU) and offer a corsair-like casing, double shot PBT backlit keycaps, AND a switch moddable plate. It sucks that most group buys are never comprehensive so no one can get a Keyboard that Rules All and stop buying.
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Re: [IC] Universal 104/108 Plate
« Reply #127 on: Thu, 12 June 2014, 22:14:58 »
We will never stop buying. I keep telling myself that I will but it hasn't happened yet
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Re: [IC] Universal 104/108 Plate
« Reply #128 on: Thu, 12 June 2014, 22:25:58 »
Been looking forward to this for my full size MJ2's. 

As long as they plate won't wiggle or slide I will be in  :thumb:
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Re: [IC] Universal 104/108 Plate
« Reply #129 on: Mon, 16 June 2014, 02:12:27 »
+1 from me for this awesome idea ;)

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Re: [IC] Universal 104/108 Plate
« Reply #130 on: Mon, 23 June 2014, 05:23:56 »
Really considering to buy one. How would this plate be in weight and stability compared to the standard filco plate?

Will this fit a MJ1? I don't know if there's even a difference between the MJ1 and MJ2 regarding the plate.

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Re: [IC] Universal 104/108 Plate
« Reply #131 on: Wed, 23 July 2014, 23:36:37 »
Just checking in to see how this is going.

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Re: [IC] Universal 104/108 Plate
« Reply #132 on: Thu, 24 July 2014, 05:28:41 »
For those who are buying the plate but only need the 104 part (ie you plan to discard the 4x1 extra part), may I humbly ask for the plate (4x1 platelet)? I have some projects that could use a tiny plate on a hand wired array.
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Re: [IC] Universal 104/108 Plate
« Reply #133 on: Thu, 24 July 2014, 06:06:17 »
Berserkfan, what is making these plates incompatible with the Déck Legend? Just the 1x Fn, Alt Gr, Win and menu keys on the bottom right?
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Offline berserkfan

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Re: [IC] Universal 104/108 Plate
« Reply #134 on: Thu, 24 July 2014, 14:13:10 »
Berserkfan, what is making these plates incompatible with the Déck Legend? Just the 1x Fn, Alt Gr, Win and menu keys on the bottom right?

UM, very important, don't be fooled. Actually the gaps between the main, and the tenkey, and the numpad areas are all slightly wider for the Deck Legend. About 2mm each leading to 4mm total dif. A Deck owner would have to mod a heck lot to make it work.

The problem does not seem to exist for newer Decks though.
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Offline JaccoW

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Re: [IC] Universal 104/108 Plate
« Reply #135 on: Thu, 24 July 2014, 14:36:57 »
It would mean cutting the plate in several pieces you mean. Not a pretty mod to do and probably not worth the effort.
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Offline Igthorn

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Re: [IC] Universal 104/108 Plate
« Reply #136 on: Sat, 26 July 2014, 18:41:41 »
What about putting a switch opener tool in the space where the controller cutout is?  Seems like a good use of discarded metal.

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Re: [IC] Universal 104/108 Plate
« Reply #137 on: Sat, 26 July 2014, 19:41:29 »
What about putting a switch opener tool in the space where the controller cutout is?  Seems like a good use of discarded metal.

Switch tools are labor intensive. They require bending and grinding to get a finished product. I'm not sure we want to go down that road.
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Offline Igthorn

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Re: [IC] Universal 104/108 Plate
« Reply #138 on: Sat, 26 July 2014, 19:52:47 »
I mean just the rough shape of it and we could grind it down ourselves.  We'd just cut it away from the plate and then we're free to use or not use it.

Offline ninjadoc

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Re: [IC] Universal 104/108 Plate
« Reply #139 on: Sun, 27 July 2014, 16:02:08 »
If  this is still a possibility I could use one or two of them.

Offline whiskytango

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Re: [IC] Universal 104/108 Plate
« Reply #140 on: Sun, 27 July 2014, 18:33:53 »
Yes the buy is still gonna happen. Going to try to get it going soon.
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Offline ImBZppl

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Re: [IC] Universal 104/108 Plate
« Reply #141 on: Sat, 16 August 2014, 02:33:07 »
Has anybody tested this with a ducky shine 3 yet?

Offline ccc24

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Re: [IC] Universal 104/108 Plate
« Reply #142 on: Sun, 17 August 2014, 12:33:29 »
Does the plate fit a ducky zero shine?

Offline quene

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Re: [IC] Universal 104/108 Plate
« Reply #143 on: Mon, 25 August 2014, 14:25:11 »
I would consider getting this!

Offline Arcoril

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Re: [IC] Universal 104/108 Plate
« Reply #144 on: Mon, 08 September 2014, 14:10:50 »
I just wanted to see how this was coming along. I'd be super interested in picking a few of these up since I have a number of RK-9000s and QFRs that I'd love to convert to Cherry stabs.

Offline chzel

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Re: [IC] Universal 104/108 Plate
« Reply #145 on: Wed, 17 September 2014, 14:58:19 »
Funds permitting, I am really interested in 2 plates!
Let's get this rolling!

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Re: [IC] Universal 104/108 Plate
« Reply #146 on: Fri, 10 October 2014, 20:46:53 »
Any updates on this?
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Re: [IC] Universal 104/108 Plate
« Reply #147 on: Tue, 21 October 2014, 16:28:27 »
Hey guys, sorry for lack of updates on my end. Last time I talked to jd about it, he was tweaking the plate design I believe.

I have been kinda busy with real life for a while, first getting ready for baby, and then dealing with him actually coming. Our first child, a boy, was born October 8th, and between that and work I have been swamped. He was three weeks early, but all is well. When things settle down for me, I still intend to do a run of these from my local cutter.
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Re: [IC] Universal 104/108 Plate
« Reply #148 on: Tue, 21 October 2014, 16:34:00 »
Congrats on the kid! As crazy as my two are I wouldn't know what to do without them.

Still looking forward to this happening but it is good to make sure things are right and you have the time.

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Re: [IC] Universal 104/108 Plate
« Reply #149 on: Tue, 21 October 2014, 16:52:47 »
I would take one here please.
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