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Re: Vortex Aluminum Filco Case
« Reply #1 on: Tue, 27 November 2012, 22:56:48 »
Edit: Vortex apparently died... they had massive delays and never delivered what they promised for whatever reasons...  until now?
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Re: Vortex Aluminum Filco Case
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Re: Vortex Aluminum Filco Case
« Reply #3 on: Tue, 27 November 2012, 23:05:16 »
oh snap gg. Guess they are alive.
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Re: Vortex Aluminum Filco Case
« Reply #4 on: Tue, 27 November 2012, 23:07:51 »
yeah they did

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Re: Vortex Aluminum Filco Case
« Reply #5 on: Tue, 27 November 2012, 23:12:43 »
Where can I get one?
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Re: Vortex Aluminum Filco Case
« Reply #6 on: Wed, 28 November 2012, 07:45:48 »
Do want!
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Re: Vortex Aluminum Filco Case
« Reply #7 on: Wed, 28 November 2012, 07:52:59 »
I had a source to get one, but it was way too expensive... :( They didn't want any trades either... D:

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Re: Vortex Aluminum Filco Case
« Reply #8 on: Wed, 28 November 2012, 11:53:00 »
^ More than the MKC aluminum case?

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Re: Vortex Aluminum Filco Case
« Reply #9 on: Wed, 28 November 2012, 12:28:56 »
More than a cherry ESC keycap?
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Re: Vortex Aluminum Filco Case
« Reply #10 on: Wed, 28 November 2012, 12:43:59 »
~$250ish I believe.

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Re: Vortex Aluminum Filco Case
« Reply #12 on: Wed, 28 November 2012, 13:52:40 »
^Oh snap....uh oh.   My wallet belongs to ShakeR.
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Re: Vortex Aluminum Filco Case
« Reply #13 on: Wed, 28 November 2012, 13:55:26 »
Mine too. Just take all my money already!

Ordered. :D
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Re: Vortex Aluminum Filco Case
« Reply #14 on: Wed, 28 November 2012, 14:11:45 »
Mmmmmmmmm $148, very tempting but I'm wondering if they'll release other colors later  :P

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Re: Vortex Aluminum Filco Case
« Reply #15 on: Wed, 28 November 2012, 14:15:40 »
Does anyone know if QF's will fit?

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Re: Vortex Aluminum Filco Case
« Reply #16 on: Wed, 28 November 2012, 14:17:26 »
Since the Phantom will fit in a Filco case, it should fit in this case, right? If I ever get my ANSI150 plate for my Phantom, I will know for sure.
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Re: Vortex Aluminum Filco Case
« Reply #17 on: Wed, 28 November 2012, 14:18:46 »
Does anyone know if QF's will fit?

Doesn't the USB cable route in a different place on the QFR? I don't know, since I have no QFR.
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Re: Vortex Aluminum Filco Case
« Reply #18 on: Wed, 28 November 2012, 14:28:42 »
Looks really nice, but I haz no filcos
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Re: Vortex Aluminum Filco Case
« Reply #19 on: Wed, 28 November 2012, 14:29:16 »
Thanks for link!  I know what I'm getting for Christmas now!

Question:  If I change the switches, keycaps, plate, controller, and case on my my Filco is it the same keyboard?
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Re: Vortex Aluminum Filco Case
« Reply #20 on: Wed, 28 November 2012, 14:29:27 »
Looks really nice, but I haz no filcos

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Re: Re: Vortex Aluminum Filco Case
« Reply #21 on: Wed, 28 November 2012, 14:30:51 »
Thanks for link!  I know what I'm getting for Christmas now!

Question:  If I change the switches, keycaps, plate, controller, and case on my my Filco is it the same keyboard?

That's what I've done to mine but the pcb is still a Filco.
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Re: Vortex Aluminum Filco Case
« Reply #22 on: Wed, 28 November 2012, 14:32:39 »
Looks really nice, but I haz no filcos

phantom?

Nope, no custom boards I'm afraid -__-, just what's in my sig

But I'm working on finding one ^__^
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Re: Vortex Aluminum Filco Case
« Reply #23 on: Wed, 28 November 2012, 14:32:54 »
If the PCB says Filco, it's a Filco.
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Re: Vortex Aluminum Filco Case
« Reply #24 on: Wed, 28 November 2012, 14:32:57 »
I guess I'm giving up my detachable cable mod on one of my filcos. That's a little sad, but an aluminum filco case that actually exists and costs half of the MKC one, that's worth it.

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Re: Vortex Aluminum Filco Case
« Reply #25 on: Wed, 28 November 2012, 14:34:40 »
Woah! Cool! Thanks for the link!

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Re: Vortex Aluminum Filco Case
« Reply #26 on: Wed, 28 November 2012, 14:38:10 »
Would it be possible to re-anodize this to give it a Titanium or Purple look?
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Re: Vortex Aluminum Filco Case
« Reply #27 on: Wed, 28 November 2012, 14:40:21 »
Phantom may NOT fit since measurements were taken off a Filco.  There's no clear picture of the interior bottom where the Phantom controller needs to go.

QFR will NOT fit intact and may not fit at all. There are 2 standoffs that are different from the Filco and there's the daughterboard for the USB connector.  You could forgo the daughterboard and make up a permanent cable with the appropriate connector (same as in a Filco).
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Re: Vortex Aluminum Filco Case
« Reply #28 on: Wed, 28 November 2012, 14:42:23 »
Would it be possible to re-anodize this to give it a Titanium or Purple look?

I don't think he will, but I'm sure you could have it done yourself (you send it to someone or if your so inclined, anodize it yourself)
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Re: Vortex Aluminum Filco Case
« Reply #29 on: Wed, 28 November 2012, 14:44:20 »
Please, someone do a review about this case.
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Re: Vortex Aluminum Filco Case
« Reply #30 on: Wed, 28 November 2012, 14:44:38 »
Would it be possible to re-anodize this to give it a Titanium or Purple look?

I asked them on facebook they said they'll release more colors later but it could take a while.  So you couldddddddd do it if you're impatient  :P

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Re: Vortex Aluminum Filco Case
« Reply #31 on: Wed, 28 November 2012, 14:45:17 »
I'd buy now. They'll never release it...

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Re: Vortex Aluminum Filco Case
« Reply #32 on: Wed, 28 November 2012, 14:47:31 »
If "soon" took this long, "a while" ain't never gonna happen.

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Re: Vortex Aluminum Filco Case
« Reply #33 on: Wed, 28 November 2012, 14:51:08 »
LOL I guess it's true, and the first person who gets this need to write a review.

Cuz seems like price and availability wise this at the moment kills KMAC, TypeNow Solid, and the MKC Filco case.  Though the latter looks like it might have higher quality finish.

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Re: Vortex Aluminum Filco Case
« Reply #34 on: Wed, 28 November 2012, 14:53:01 »
I'm considering it.  I was going to have my Filco professionally painted but this would also be nice.  I wouldn't count on it matching the quality of those boards you mentioned, though.  Let's be honest: it's vortex.

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Re: Vortex Aluminum Filco Case
« Reply #35 on: Wed, 28 November 2012, 14:55:29 »
I ordered one. If mine is the first to show up, I can review it, and provide some potato-y pics.

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Re: Vortex Aluminum Filco Case
« Reply #36 on: Wed, 28 November 2012, 15:04:43 »
Whoa this is pretty neat. Wish there are more colors though.

Can't buy at the moment, but along with the recent plate GB, I'm looking forward to some reviews and more pictures of potential Filco customs!

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Re: Vortex Aluminum Filco Case
« Reply #37 on: Wed, 28 November 2012, 15:17:07 »
Whoa this is pretty neat. Wish there are more colors though.

Can't buy at the moment, but along with the recent plate GB, I'm looking forward to some reviews and more pictures of potential Filco customs!

Don't forget about the programmable controller from bpiphany! Throw in some lubed and stickered switches with custom springs, and you have a rival to the KMAC.

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Re: Vortex Aluminum Filco Case
« Reply #38 on: Wed, 28 November 2012, 15:35:42 »
Man o man o man.. I wish the aluminum cases for the RealForces weren't more expensive than the board itself.

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Re: Vortex Aluminum Filco Case
« Reply #39 on: Wed, 28 November 2012, 15:39:37 »
Realforces are already solid as hell.

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Re: Vortex Aluminum Filco Case
« Reply #40 on: Wed, 28 November 2012, 16:02:26 »
Oh absolutely. But I want at least one of mine to be METAL. I might just save up for one of those exorbitantly expensive ones on eBay.

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Re: Vortex Aluminum Filco Case
« Reply #41 on: Wed, 28 November 2012, 16:28:31 »
Does anyone know if QF's will fit?
They fit. You probably want to pick up a spare Filco cable and use that instead of the mini USB PCB thinger. Few other boards fit in it since it has no protruding screw mounts in the bottom. You can't screw the board down into the case. They kinda just sandwich between the case. The case has center cable exit instead of the offset exit now. The case top is shallower than the Filco, so the LED will protrude, as well as giving the tall keycap look.

I heard a vendor ordered a small batch of these. I should have guessed it was Tiger Imports.

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Re: Vortex Aluminum Filco Case
« Reply #42 on: Wed, 28 November 2012, 17:02:53 »
You can't screw the board down into the case. They kinda just sandwich between the case.

Ewwwww.  A solid base is the most important thing for me. :(

The case top is shallower than the Filco, so the LED will protrude, as well as giving the tall keycap look.

That could cause problems fitting the bliphany controller in there...

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Re: Vortex Aluminum Filco Case
« Reply #43 on: Wed, 28 November 2012, 17:11:12 »
I'm considering it.  I was going to have my Filco professionally painted but this would also be nice.  I wouldn't count on it matching the quality of those boards you mentioned, though.  Let's be honest: it's vortex.

What do you have against Vortex's quality? Considering they use the same factories as Costar.

Is bpiphany's controller taller than the stock controller?
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Re: Vortex Aluminum Filco Case
« Reply #44 on: Wed, 28 November 2012, 17:21:32 »
What do you have against Vortex's quality? Considering they use the same factories as Costar.

Poker, Pure, and Race.  Never heard of anyone having to unplug their Filco to get the esc key to work, or reporting that the coating is chipping off.

Is bpiphany's controller taller than the stock controller?

I don't have one, but I seem to remember reports that it was a bit of a squeeze to get it into the stock case.

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Re: Vortex Aluminum Filco Case
« Reply #45 on: Wed, 28 November 2012, 17:24:50 »
bp's controller isn't particularly taller, the outline is slightly different but can be sanded down without loss of function if you are careful and have the right tools.
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Re: Vortex Aluminum Filco Case
« Reply #46 on: Wed, 28 November 2012, 17:58:37 »
Poker, Pure, and Race.  Never heard of anyone having to unplug their Filco to get the esc key to work, or reporting that the coating is chipping off.
Ducky cap coating's have chipped too. Since caps comes out of the same factory. Backlit coating suck on all boards. Paint on the painted Filcos does come off too. I bash Vortex 100x than you do, but this is not specifically their problem. Plug thing is not a manufacturing problem but a design one. Who in their right mind uses miniUSB connector for keyboards? You see the same problem in QFR and RK9000. So you used these to generalize Vortex sucks. Not that I have a problem with it since I don't like them too, but the reasons are kinda weak. There are so many other real reasons to bash Vortex. Incomprehensible designs. Bad firmware. Over promising, under delivering. Shrewd business practice...

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Re: Vortex Aluminum Filco Case
« Reply #47 on: Wed, 28 November 2012, 18:09:57 »
Hmm, those Korean boards use the same USB connector.
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Re: Vortex Aluminum Filco Case
« Reply #48 on: Wed, 28 November 2012, 18:38:53 »
laffindude, can you post internal shots of this case? You said the PCB and plate are clamped between the two shells, but I'm having a hard time visualizing how this is actually implemented. KMAC has the plate clamped between the two shells too, but that's because it has tabs on the plate, and even then, the plate is still screwed down. Filco or CM does not have these tabs protruding out, so how is the PCB and plate held up without any standoffs?

If what you said is true and the case is more shallow than the stock Filco case, then a phantom PCB won't fit because it has a teensy controller requires a good amount of height clearance on the bottom PCB.

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Re: Vortex Aluminum Filco Case
« Reply #49 on: Wed, 28 November 2012, 18:51:11 »
http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.317727758294941.70267.241720585895659&type=3 Vortex already have posted pix of interior.

The plate's edge sits on a groove on the case, as it is so in the Filco/CM Storm case. It is just Filco and CM Storm have extra protruding screw thingers it also rests on. They primarily sit on the ledge on the edge. The height of the plate on the edge is same height as edge of the bottom aluminum case (see here). The the top case just screw down into it, sandwiching it all together.

Edit, on the shallower thing, you miss the part where I said top. The top case doesn't bow downward like a Filco case, so it should have enough clearance for a bpiphany controller. Function row keys stick out more than in a Filco case. Case interior is shallower too. It is angled ~.3cm to ~1cm in bottom clearance. Not sure Phantom will fit though, given the talks in the next page.
Just a quicky picture since I am waiting for some parts. I just stuck it in there and took a picture.
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