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Hi, guys, I would like to introduce myself and my aspirations!
My name is Arek, I’m an ex-aerospace engineer with a fairly wide range of experience having worked for several high profile UK engineering firms, on jobs ranging from the automotive to the oil industry.
I have my own youtube channel
https://www.youtube.com/user/NUDEcnc
(https://www.youtube.com/user/NUDEcnc)
My ethos is to build, from the ground up, a brand synonymous with quality.
I originally joined Geekhack back in 2014 to get access to the wealth of knowledge and opinion that we share here.
Several projects (some of which you may have seen) later, and thanks to our great moderation team I have just been given a ‘Vendor’ status.
Some projects I was involved on this forum:
https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=71985.0 (https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=71985.0)
https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=65905.0 (https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=65905.0)
https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=78551.0 (https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=78551.0) - first version only ;)
I’ve been working on this project for a while and am now looking to canvass the opinion of enthusiasts and experts like yourselves!
So, I’m happy to introduce to you, the most recent and elegant evolution of my aluminium 60% (Poker II, GH60) keyboard CASE.
Ideas behind the project:
1. Case MUST fit standard GH60 / Pocker II plate:
(http://i.imgur.com/MsxmvEg.png)
2. Most cases have “sharp” shapes and straight lines. I wanted to create a keyboard that would break with this trend and implement smooth transitions, soft edges for both visual effects and comfort of use,
(http://i.imgur.com/PmCSUgk.jpg)
3. Low profile – I wanted to make it as low as possible
(http://i.imgur.com/9OmcBDE.jpg)
4. Main case chassis as one block
(http://i.imgur.com/BzUTMuX.jpg)
4. Case chassis is mounted to key plate (not PCB) for minimal key flexion
https://youtu.be/rNwgkppqd4E (https://youtu.be/rNwgkppqd4E)
5. I have used only high-quality materials like aluminium and carbon fibre, stainless steel
(http://i.imgur.com/tpB2bD4.jpg)
6. Stepless tilt angle adjustment
7. Implemented “Negative slope keyboard support “ concept
http://ergo.human.cornell.edu/ahtutorials/typingposture.html (http://ergo.human.cornell.edu/ahtutorials/typingposture.html)
(http://i.imgur.com/wiNgg41.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/Gldb52q.jpg)
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I wanted to share this project with you and gain your opinion. Please, let me know ALL YOUR THOUGHTS! I would like to know what do you love, like, and hate about it, please advice what can I improve. Would you be interested in buying one?
and of course,
Happy New Year to you all !!!
It's been a while since you posted, good to see you've been involved behind the scenes :)
I really like the curves with contrasting anodising on this, don't suppose you've mastered orange? A matching numberpad would be great too.
Great idea :) Which PCB can you recommend for the numberpad?
There isn't a standard that I know of... If regack's 4x5 GHPad (https://github.com/regack/4x6/tree/4x5) looks like the below that would work? Hopefully you can open gerbers...
More
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The only thing I'm not keen on is the notch which is visible when the board is angled - could there be an option for standard or negative tilt so there isn't one?
Yes I have similar impression :p I think that 2 options would be easy to offer. :rolleyes:
Good answer :thumb:
Another thought was a case mounted plate would be ideal for handwiring but with those dip-switches poking through the bottom it looks like there isn't much room for a controller - can you confirm? I guess it would work if the bottom was removed...
Again can you point pcb which could be used in this option? I can make option for bottom cover with cutout option if needed.
Great place for a typo! Handwiring would be just soldering wire and diodes without a PCB so there would have to be a Teensy or similar in there somewhere. Your pics definitely look too slim for this unless the Teensy went under the spacebar, so will have to be an all out build with a custom PCB if it's to house a strange layout with a split spacebar as I was thinkng. The case deserves it anyway!
You neglected the most important question though - is orange an option? :))