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Project Day! Vinyl Wrapped Filco, Detachable cable mod!

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emptythecache:
This is what I did to my keyboard today. I would post this in the mods forum, but that doesn't seem to exist anymore.





It was actually really easy, I just bought a couple of these, snipped it, stripped the internal wires, and did the same to an extra cable I had from an old filco. I chose to solder the same colored wires together, but you could probably get away with just twisting them. I shaved the plastic off the female end so it would fit into the opening of the case (which i also had to shave a tiny bit off), and hot glued it in. I decided to do the vinyl wrap while I had my case apart. I think it looks pretty good, but with some practice, I probably could have done better on the corners. Either way, it's going to look ****ing awesome when my red alert set shows up early next week. If anyone has an questions about my process, I'll do my best to answer them. Sorry I was too lazy to take more pictures while working on it.

Sifo:
Really nice job on the wrap, that looks sick!

damorgue:
I concur. Mind showing some pics of the mentioned corners? Is it tinted a bit blue or is it just something with the image?

emptythecache:
crappy pictures of crappy corners: http://imgur.com/a/EI4tY


I'm not sure what you are asking about the blue tint, but yes? the vinyl wrap is blue carbon fiber: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005M4L116/ref=oh_details_o06_s00_i00

overture1928:
That looks awesome man

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