I'm sure it would be amazing, based on your prior stuff.
I'll buy one from you. I would love to have a wooden cased keyboard. Especially one with a top cover for WKL or HHKB.
I would buy one for a Phantom, also.
Hard. Wood.(http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lt8uehGC5p1qju9ado1_500.gif)
Well when I was designing my metal GH60 case, I kept wood working in mind. So would there be interest in a wood GH60 case in this same design?
http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=39787.0 (http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=39787.0)
Well when I was designing my metal GH60 case, I kept wood working in mind. So would there be interest in a wood GH60 case in this same design?
http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=39787.0 (http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=39787.0)
Yes, wood is nice but it's an organic material needing much love and care (oiling and moisturizing) like skin to keep it's material in a pristine state (not shrinking or expanding) in all types of weather/conditions.
A far better solution would be to use "Recycled Plastic" it's almost bomb-proof and heavy as hell. Only problem it'll chew up cutting implement's like cheese. But it can be machined by super hard cutting steel.
I've only ever seen this material used as outdoor furniture because it can withstand the Sun for decades. Hence it'll last on anyone's desk for hundreds of years. 8)
Inside and outside are 2 entirely different beast in terms of wood care and how it's finished. If wood is treated and finished properly, wood does just fine outdoors with maintenance every 5 or so years. And since this isn't an outdoor keyboard, I don't think I'll need to worry about that. The finish I use and the way my wood is prep should be just fine for indoor use
I'm straight up confused by the overall meaning of your post ???
I'd love this, can you offer it in lignum vitae?
I'm not sure what I'd pay for it though. I'm really interested in more minimalistic designs, like the one guilleguillaume posted.
I've been after a wood case since I saw long time ago when I joined GH this awesome work:
*snip*
I guess you have seen this already. In case you didn't I have the whole set with the pictures with the different pieces of the wood case.
Treble318 said once he could offer a Poker wood case but in the end it didn't happened.
Meanwhile Gothic860 was doing his Filco cases but some people annoyed him and he decided not to make them and I was one of the few who was going to buy two of them. This pissed me off :rolleyes:
If you need some inspiration take a look at this:
Wood work at Deskthority by jeff (http://deskthority.net/workshop-f7/following-the-wood-fashion-t5380.html)
Wood work at Deskthority by gmjhowe (http://deskthority.net/workshop-f7/laser-cut-wooden-plate-experiments-t5383.html)
As you can read I got myself some laser cut stuff and it's just amazing. It also smells really well :D I can take some pictures if you're interested but they're not from keyboard cases though.
Going to the point...I would buy at least one for sure ;D
If you don't want to do something too complicated you could just make some cases like the Duck Poker case without top part what would help you to save work, time and money.
I can't find Gothic860's pictures because he removed all of them but his work was outstanding and with a lot of different wood style.
So going of jd suggestion. How many people would buy a GH60 case for $200-$250 with woods like soft maple, hard maple, cherry and walnut?
So going of jd suggestion. How many people would buy a GH60 case for $200-$250 with woods like soft maple, hard maple, cherry and walnut?
It'd be tough to decide between one of these and an orange aluminum one, especially since I don't plan on getting more than one GH60. I'll have to think about it.
Cheers,
So going of jd suggestion. How many people would buy a GH60 case for $200-$250 with woods like soft maple, hard maple, cherry and walnut?
It'd be tough to decide between one of these and an orange aluminum one, especially since I don't plan on getting more than one GH60. I'll have to think about it.
Cheers,
So no orange GH60 cases, easy peasy :P
I was going to focus on 4 or 5 colors, but if you don't mind paying a premium then I would do any color. This is mostly due to with more common colors, you have more orders for that color and can fit more on a rack. A rack with 3 cases will be 1/3 than a single case on a rack.
So going of jd suggestion. How many people would buy a GH60 case for $200-$250 with woods like soft maple, hard maple, cherry and walnut?
Which is why I would pay $200-250 for The_Beast's artisan skills. Not for the wood. :D
Two words: purple heartwood
So going of jd suggestion. How many people would buy a GH60 case for $200-$250 with woods like soft maple, hard maple, cherry and walnut?
It'd be tough to decide between one of these and an orange aluminum one, especially since I don't plan on getting more than one GH60. I'll have to think about it.
Cheers,
So no orange GH60 cases, easy peasy :P
I was going to focus on 4 or 5 colors, but if you don't mind paying a premium then I would do any color. This is mostly due to with more common colors, you have more orders for that color and can fit more on a rack. A rack with 3 cases will be 1/3 than a single case on a rack.
But..I have to have orange! I mean if you have a lacquer that will encourage an orange color to the wood, then I would be interested in that if orange anodizing doesn't happen. Maybe you should poll?
Cheers,
A real wood like mahogany (american not african)
maybe with a gloss finish :eek:
So going of jd suggestion. How many people would buy a GH60 case for $200-$250 with woods like soft maple, hard maple, cherry and walnut?
It'd be tough to decide between one of these and an orange aluminum one, especially since I don't plan on getting more than one GH60. I'll have to think about it.
Cheers,
So no orange GH60 cases, easy peasy :P
I was going to focus on 4 or 5 colors, but if you don't mind paying a premium then I would do any color. This is mostly due to with more common colors, you have more orders for that color and can fit more on a rack. A rack with 3 cases will be 1/3 than a single case on a rack.
But..I have to have orange! I mean if you have a lacquer that will encourage an orange color to the wood, then I would be interested in that if orange anodizing doesn't happen. Maybe you should poll?
Cheers,
A poll for what exactly? BTW, I can dye wood. I only have blue dye right now, I liked how it turned out. But when it got to Sifo, it was warped/twisted. I don't know if it was the dye, wetting the wood to pre-raise the grain, a problem with the shipment....A real wood like mahogany (american not african)
maybe with a gloss finish :eek:
Gloss, uhmmm yea..... (I'm not a fan of glossy finishes at all)
Looking at everything I need to order, I don't think I'll have time for everything to get to me. And looking all the the tooling I would need again, setup is going to be at least $150 (2 kinds of taps, specialty drill bits, counter sinks, shallow cut pattern bits, bushings, upcut spiral bits). He might have some of this stuff, so instead of ordering, I might as well see if he has some of those tools. So during my break, I'll do some wrist rest and maybe practice tapping wood, turning feet and pattern making while I'm in the shop.
glossy like a violin not a grand piano gloss
You said you wanted to focus on a few colors. There are more than a few in that thread. However I'm driving you off topic. Swy! You know it's all love <3. Hey man, if you're going to do wrist rests, how about my req for that eDox one? <3
Cheers,
You give him money, he gives you wood.
Hand rubbed oil finish
Hand rubbed oil finish
Beast, could you dye a case in stripes of different colors? They wouldn't be thing or a lot of stripes. Maybe two thick stripes in different colors?
How hard would the wood be... ;)Beast hates oak. He may make one for you, but grudgingly at that.
Is oak workable for this? How about mahogany
I think I'd be in for a walnut case in the $200-250 range. I assume these would have a top piece like your aluminum design? Thinks like the poker trays never were very exciting to me because you can't see much of the case from the top.
How hard would the wood be... ;)
Is oak workable for this? How about mahogany
How hard would the wood be... ;)Beast hates oak. He may make one for you, but grudgingly at that.
Is oak workable for this? How about mahogany
You have to make the plate from wood also
I'd actually love a wood plate. sounds interesting.
Wood plate? Thickness?
0.060" ideally
I'd be aiming for around .125"
I'd be aiming for around .125"
So Costar stabilizers would be out. Would Cherry plate mount work at that thickness, or only PCB mount?
You give him money, he gives you wood.YES!
Of course the wood case's plates will be different, they're going to be made of wood!
I'd be in for one for around $200-250 if you could do one in Mahogany?
To me, this is my dream colour: http://gauravnawani.byethost7.com/tutorials/wood2/img-13-tilable-mohogany-wood.jpg
That dark reddish maroonish brownish mix together is too perfect =D
I'd be in for one for around $200-250 if you could do one in Mahogany?
To me, this is my dream colour: http://gauravnawani.byethost7.com/tutorials/wood2/img-13-tilable-mohogany-wood.jpg
That dark reddish maroonish brownish mix together is too perfect =D
Maybe, I'd like to stick with maple, oak, walnut and cherry for now. I don't even know how much my guy charges for mahogany
You might want to look at cherry. It tends to darken with age/exposure to sun but it's not quite red. It's more of a light pink tho
I'd be in for one for around $200-250 if you could do one in Mahogany?
To me, this is my dream colour: http://gauravnawani.byethost7.com/tutorials/wood2/img-13-tilable-mohogany-wood.jpg
That dark reddish maroonish brownish mix together is too perfect =D
Maybe, I'd like to stick with maple, oak, walnut and cherry for now. I don't even know how much my guy charges for mahogany
You might want to look at cherry. It tends to darken with age/exposure to sun but it's not quite red. It's more of a light pink tho
Oh true haha.
To be honest, I would still probably buy one anyway if this goes through :)
If you have time, could you maybe post some samples of the colours?
I google it, and end up with such a wide spectrum haha :P
I'd be in for one for around $200-250 if you could do one in Mahogany?
To me, this is my dream colour: http://gauravnawani.byethost7.com/tutorials/wood2/img-13-tilable-mohogany-wood.jpg
That dark reddish maroonish brownish mix together is too perfect =D
Maybe, I'd like to stick with maple, oak, walnut and cherry for now. I don't even know how much my guy charges for mahogany
You might want to look at cherry. It tends to darken with age/exposure to sun but it's not quite red. It's more of a light pink tho
Oh true haha.
To be honest, I would still probably buy one anyway if this goes through :)
If you have time, could you maybe post some samples of the colours?
I google it, and end up with such a wide spectrum haha :P
Yea I know, the best place would be here since I've worked with all the woods mentioned above except oak:
http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=33017.0