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Offline wcass

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Re: Project: SSK revival
« Reply #150 on: Sun, 03 March 2013, 16:40:30 »
so what does the case look like? any pictures?
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Re: Project: SSK revival
« Reply #151 on: Sun, 03 March 2013, 16:50:21 »
boost's case? i think it shows up tomorrow
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Re: Re: Project: SSK revival
« Reply #152 on: Sun, 03 March 2013, 17:51:01 »
Quote from: mkawa on Sun, 03 March 2013, 16:50:21
boost's case? i think it shows up tomorrow

Yea. You're gettin it tomorrow
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Re: Project: SSK revival
« Reply #153 on: Tue, 05 March 2013, 08:36:08 »
If you're looking for any more testers, you can look right here, good sir.
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Re: Project: SSK revival
« Reply #154 on: Tue, 05 March 2013, 08:52:11 »
give me a bit to pull boost's board apart. i have a theory on what happened. if it's true, i've already corrected the issue in the built units i have sitting.
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Re: Project: SSK revival
« Reply #155 on: Tue, 05 March 2013, 09:02:21 »
Of course, no problem.

I would just like to say that I appreciate all of your effort on this project. I think it's great that the people in this community can make an effort to get things to people that were previously more rare than most other things. I do appreciate some things being hard to find or come by at times, but I can also appreciate things like this. Blabbering now, aren't I? I hope you see what I mean... Anyway, thanks!
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Re: Project: SSK revival
« Reply #156 on: Wed, 06 March 2013, 02:18:42 »
I am suddenly interested in Buckling Spring... and then i saw this. cool.
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Re: Project: SSK revival
« Reply #157 on: Wed, 06 March 2013, 07:07:04 »
any updates on this? :)
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Re: Re: Project: SSK revival
« Reply #158 on: Wed, 06 March 2013, 07:52:26 »
Quote from: llovro on Wed, 06 March 2013, 07:07:04
any updates on this? :)

Think mkawa figured it out but not 100% sure
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Re: Project: SSK revival
« Reply #159 on: Thu, 07 March 2013, 07:56:04 »
pretty sure i just built boost's board wrong

oops :X

fixed it and testing it today
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Re: Project: SSK revival
« Reply #160 on: Thu, 07 March 2013, 07:57:48 »
Shame.
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Re: Project: SSK revival
« Reply #161 on: Thu, 07 March 2013, 08:12:04 »
Quote from: mkawa on Thu, 07 March 2013, 07:56:04
pretty sure i just built boost's board wrong

oops :X

fixed it and testing it today


Don't feel right without the SSK!!
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Re: Project: SSK revival
« Reply #162 on: Thu, 07 March 2013, 08:28:02 »
Remember the old carpenter's motto:

"If you can't fix it with a hammer, it's an electrical problem."
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Re: Project: SSK revival
« Reply #163 on: Thu, 07 March 2013, 16:51:13 »
Quote from: mkawa on Thu, 07 March 2013, 07:56:04
pretty sure i just built boost's board wrong

oops :X

fixed it and testing it today

Make sure you document what happened so folks of lesser skills will know what to do when they come across this situation.
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Re: Project: SSK revival
« Reply #164 on: Thu, 07 March 2013, 20:43:02 »
i did in fact just undertorque boost's board, and it may have gotten even looser with usage on top of that. the offensive key works again, and the board generally feels "right" now. it's going to go back out to him tomorrow and then he's been instructed to smash it again to see if i need to go to even more extreme measures to keep the assemblies in spec.

the other two assemblies i have ready will go up this weekend.
« Last Edit: Thu, 07 March 2013, 20:45:06 by mkawa »
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Re: Project: SSK revival
« Reply #165 on: Thu, 07 March 2013, 20:58:36 »
So... where are the pics? :(
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Re: Project: SSK revival
« Reply #166 on: Thu, 07 March 2013, 21:09:26 »
to see boost's board, just imagine in your mind's eye an SSK covered with kpop stickers.
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Re: Project: SSK revival
« Reply #167 on: Thu, 07 March 2013, 21:11:18 »
Quote from: mkawa on Thu, 07 March 2013, 21:09:26
to see boost's board, just imagine in your mind's eye an SSK covered with kpop stickers.

mkawa, i just imagine that everything you touch is like that :P
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Re: Project: SSK revival
« Reply #168 on: Thu, 07 March 2013, 21:18:27 »
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Re: Project: SSK revival
« Reply #169 on: Sat, 09 March 2013, 01:53:08 »
things i discovered today: when boost's assembly is correctly torqued, a number of hammers are out of alignment (SIGH^10^n)

oh, i think i was supposed to show you guys this picture a while ago:

something we've been playing around with
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Re: Project: SSK revival
« Reply #170 on: Sat, 09 March 2013, 03:12:04 »
Awesome
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Re: Project: SSK revival
« Reply #171 on: Sat, 09 March 2013, 05:10:17 »
sweet! I'm looking forward to it!
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Re: Project: SSK revival
« Reply #172 on: Sat, 09 March 2013, 17:35:03 »
Quote from: mkawa on Sat, 09 March 2013, 01:53:08
things i discovered today: when boost's assembly is correctly torqued, a number of hammers are out of alignment (SIGH^10^n)

oh, i think i was supposed to show you guys this picture a while ago:
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something we've been playing around with

Oh wow...an open air case.  Pretty awesome....I think my cats would enjoy that more than I would.  How does it sound compared to a normal model M or SSK?
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Re: Project: SSK revival
« Reply #173 on: Sat, 09 March 2013, 22:21:02 »
Is that what it's supposed to be?  I thought that was just the part that props up the end of the case that was cut off.
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Re: Project: SSK revival
« Reply #174 on: Sat, 09 March 2013, 22:28:43 »
the little tabs on the bottom are meant to fasten onto a solid, lasercut bottom plate made out of a stiffer denser material (alu, acrylic, etc.). similar bits could be stuck into the back and sides to enclose the case.
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Re: Project: SSK revival
« Reply #175 on: Sun, 10 March 2013, 09:28:05 »
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Re: Project: SSK revival
« Reply #176 on: Sat, 16 March 2013, 02:46:38 »
So, are there any updates on this?
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Project: SSK revival
« Reply #177 on: Sat, 16 March 2013, 09:32:05 »
Prototypes are being tested by fellow GH members as we speak :)
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Re: Project: SSK revival
« Reply #178 on: Sat, 16 March 2013, 12:20:26 »
someone even dropped one!
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Re: Re: Project: SSK revival
« Reply #179 on: Sat, 16 March 2013, 12:26:40 »
Quote from: mkawa on Sat, 16 March 2013, 12:20:26
someone even dropped one!
For science or on accident?
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Re: Project: SSK revival
« Reply #180 on: Sat, 16 March 2013, 12:28:51 »
Science sometimes comes from accidents! :D
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Re: Project: SSK revival
« Reply #181 on: Sat, 16 March 2013, 12:36:51 »
This is true. Like matches! They came from somebody trying to make a bomb, IIRC.
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Re: Project: SSK revival
« Reply #182 on: Sat, 16 March 2013, 12:55:16 »
is there a difference? :)
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Re: Re: Project: SSK revival
« Reply #183 on: Sat, 16 March 2013, 13:06:34 »
Quote from: mkawa on Sat, 16 March 2013, 12:55:16
is there a difference? :)
The match end compound burns too slowly in large quantities to make an effective bomb. So, yes, there is a difference, to an extent.
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Re: Project: SSK revival
« Reply #184 on: Sat, 16 March 2013, 16:41:55 »
What is the price going to look like for these?  Is Unicomp going to buy the rights and mass produce?
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Re: Project: SSK revival
« Reply #185 on: Sun, 17 March 2013, 00:46:48 »
Quote from: SmallFry on Sat, 16 March 2013, 13:06:34
Quote from: mkawa on Sat, 16 March 2013, 12:55:16
is there a difference? :)
The match end compound burns too slowly in large quantities to make an effective bomb. So, yes, there is a difference, to an extent.
sorry, that was in answer to "for science of by accident?"

anyway, i have no idea how much it's going to make these in medium quantities, and i have no insider knowledge of unicomp's plans regarding future products.
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Re: Project: SSK revival
« Reply #186 on: Wed, 24 April 2013, 13:27:01 »
I'm working on a custom case for my unicomp classic. Can you post (or PM) the CAD files you've been working with so far for the internal (or external) structure?  We may be able to compare notes. 
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Re: Project: SSK revival
« Reply #187 on: Thu, 02 May 2013, 09:31:51 »
please PM me
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Re: Project: SSK revival
« Reply #188 on: Sun, 09 June 2013, 11:07:36 »
i offer this without comment

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Re: Project: SSK revival
« Reply #189 on: Sun, 09 June 2013, 11:08:10 »
Link is broken for me :(
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Re: Project: SSK revival
« Reply #190 on: Sun, 09 June 2013, 11:10:07 »
fixed
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Re: Project: SSK revival
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Re: Project: SSK revival
« Reply #192 on: Sun, 09 June 2013, 11:28:05 »
i still don't know what that's supposed to mean. is it negative? the hell

nevermind, i just went to reactionface. that's kind of gross dude.
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Re: Project: SSK revival
« Reply #193 on: Sun, 09 June 2013, 13:22:18 »
Cool....looks like it's an open air case where everything above the plate is exposed (no surrounding lip).  Am I wrong in that assumption? What material are you thinking kawa....plastic, metal, etc?
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Re: Project: SSK revival
« Reply #194 on: Sun, 09 June 2013, 16:15:14 »
there's also a top designed, but it's optional. you can use the case without it if you want.

most likely the bottom and will be a piece of sheet metal bent in front and back. the sides will be all plastic. and will attach to the bottom/front/back via fasteners. the geometry allows any number of different material combinations though.
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Re: Project: SSK revival
« Reply #195 on: Sun, 09 June 2013, 16:28:21 »
Where will these cases get made?
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Re: Project: SSK revival
« Reply #196 on: Sun, 09 June 2013, 17:14:39 »
MY HOUSE

no seriously, i'm going to print the complex plastic stuff at home and probably do final assembly of everything. i'm currently the only one with the tools to do the assembly of the internals anyway (and even then only with an assist from rknize)
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Re: Project: SSK revival
« Reply #197 on: Sun, 09 June 2013, 17:25:43 »
Where all the magic happens...

The m in mkawa stands for magic

Confirmed.
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Re: Project: SSK revival
« Reply #198 on: Sun, 09 June 2013, 18:08:41 »
acetrak is responsible for this newest iteration of the case btw.
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Re: Project: SSK revival
« Reply #199 on: Sun, 09 June 2013, 18:25:04 »
Mkawa... all I can say is...

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