Greetings, and welcome back to my group-buy. I'm arranging to have made (using Litster's .dxfs intended for 5mm acrylic) ergodox cases.
You can see my faulty camera revealing the results
here, which shows the spacers (dicussed in a moment) a couple of times, or there's some good pictures from the
first time I did this that had better lighting.
(tangentially related, non-GH links ahead)
Since they're
too thin by themselves, you'll need some sort of spacer. JDcarpe has drawn up a spacer, and that is what I reference in this group buy ... but there are
alternatives if you just want the metal case, now.
(/end tangent)
One of the major advantages of this case, is the plate: you can use plate mounted switches, and they '
snap' into place just like they're designed to. The disadvantage is you may find you've developed a
bit of a breeze. (oystein.krog's Round-one case; same as what you'll get in this round but he's used M3 nuts as spacers).
We've seen some ALPS .dxf designs, and I snagged the one that was spoken of as used-and-working. There's a bit of a programming charge for cutting in a different pattern, but if you know you want that instead, I'll tack on an extra $2, or if you want both plates I can do that too for an extra $10 in aluminum, or an extra $18 in stainless steel (almost positive on that front. If there's interest I'll verify with the shop).
Assumptions on the order form: That you want a case in 16 gauge (1.5mm / 1/16ths-inch). That you want both left and right hand, and of the same metal. That if you get the spacer kit, you want it to be of the same metal as your case. That you want eight layers to your spacer kit to go with the five of the case itself.
I'm flexible on most stuff I just need to know what to tell the machine shop to cut so if you know you want something else, put it in the comments. If you don't know what you want but think you want it, let's discuss it here.
Prices on the form include domestic paypal cut but not shipping. I'm going to use the flat-rate-medium for stainless, and for orders of two cases + spacers or three aluminum cases. Figuring in something for packaging that's $13, or potentially less if you're closer / buying less.
international buyers are warned about shipping weights: I don't know what exactly it will work out to, but if with-packaging crosses that magic 4 pound line, the flat-rate boxes tend to cost upwards of $65. There's some hoops I can jump through (flimsy envelope, packing peanuts) but postage has been the detail with the most devils on previous runs.
ORDER FORM LIVE and accepting your input now.
EDIT: some of you might want to see the prices before pretending to order, hmm?
I actually intended to include this last night ...
After paypal, but before shipping:
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| aluminum | stainless |
| $39 | $66.25 | (Classic case) |
| $15.20 | $29.20 | (Minimalist) |
| $22.50 | $43.75 | (Ext-minimal) |
| $38.25 | $76.15 | (8-layer spacer kit) |
| $42.75 | $72.75 | (Full hand case) |
| $16.60] | $32.50 | (FH minimalist) |
| $$24.50 | $48 | (Fullhand extended minimalist) |
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Historical content hidden. They've nearly doubled the price -- classic case, ten layers in aluminum will be $52, $105 in stainless -- again that's before shipping, which thankfully hasn't been spiked. Yes I know you've paid already but now they're altering the deal pray they dont alter it any further.
Ante up or back out? Since prices are changing I'd like an answer on this soon.
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So, since the cases seem to be languishing: What do you guys think about adding phantom ANSI-150 plates? Sixteen gauge stainless, probably $35 / ea + shipping. If all you're getting is a plate I'd have cheaper ways of shipping it to you.
