Man that looks great....AND YOU INCLUDED MACHINING PORN!! My favorite! Thanks for posting all these pictures! I have a few questions:machining porn always gets you eh capt :D
Are those Costar Stabilizer holes?
What boards did you base your board on?
What switches do you plan on using in that?
How heavy is that case??Show Image(http://i.imgur.com/OFv4J7l.jpg)
Awww ****. Lube and chips everywhere :P
Looks really good. How much did it cost you total? My dad works the manual side in a machining shop andnim wondering if he could do something like thisi think for sure your dad can. the machining and material (6061 alu) is at $310, sandblasting and anodizing $23, powdercoating $9 and a few dollars on screws. i've given them in USD but i paid in MYR since i'm in Malaysia. just to give you the correct currency.
Aww yeah, looks very nice after anodising/powder coating. Happy to see this finished bro :thumb:thanks bro. honestly i got quite some oohhs and aahhs from the machining guys on your tek-80 when i showed pictures of it as basic ideas. ;D
@CPT
Holes are for Cherry PCB mount stabilisers, not costar.
machining porn always gets you eh capt :D
the board is kinda from a kmac2 and the tek-80, its 23mm thick at the front part, not very heavy at 2.5kgs and i plan on having stock cherry switches. they are just nice as it is i think.
Very nice! Any chance of GB production?
Looks freaking nice :thumb: . Please do a group buy when my wallet is ready :)) .well it crossed my mind a few times, maybe but no promises. :)
Ooh, ahh, thanks for the pics! :) you don't hear of many powder coated cases around here. How rough is the surface? Do skin cells get stuck on it, if you were to run your fingers/hand along the surface?the color/material i used has a smooth surface, it is not too sticky like acrylic but smudges do stay behind just a bit if you're sweaty. i would say much like some bicycle parts, you can barely see them and it wipes off easily.
eh, i forgot, mx clears. it does feel scratchy but i just like to enjoy how it was made to be. no disrespect to people tuning them though. ;Dmachining porn always gets you eh capt :D
the board is kinda from a kmac2 and the tek-80, its 23mm thick at the front part, not very heavy at 2.5kgs and i plan on having stock cherry switches. they are just nice as it is i think.
Cool! What stock Cherry switches?
And yes, I love machining porn, we need more of it on GeekHack :D.
Not to take this off topic too much, but RabRhee, when we gonna see some machining porn outta you?
What a nice looking case :thumb:well the powdercoating was meant to cover the problems from the anodizing at the first place. now that its done, i think powdercoating is very durable and nice and if there is any future boards im making, i would seriously consider powdercoating it instead.
If you had to do it again, would you go with anodization or powder-coating?
we have a fantastic powdercoater in iowa, if you want your finishing done right. your coater was right. it's much easier to remove powder paint (it's just a polyester copolymer melted evenly onto your part) than it is to remove an oxider layer.oh wow, nice job on the panavises. my current powdercoater is quite rough on his works, but shipping to and from the US on my side would sink everything in costing i guess. :))
check out the panavise group buy to see a sample of rainbow's work.
@Sifo it would be better if it was pink huh. :p
@Sifo it would be better if it was pink huh. :p
Well... yes :D
VERY nicely done!! Awesome work. :thumb:thanks sir. its not perfectly perfect, better qc should have make things better. but yeah, overall it is quite good for me at least. :)
Very jealous of how it turned out.
What size radius did you put in the corner of the square holes for the plate? They look pretty large and the tolerance on the mx swit chess pretty tiny comparativelyi'm not sure, the switch holes drawing were taken from some open-source drawings i got at kbdmania. i tried fitting some switches, it was tight but it fits OK.
hi guys,
so i think most of us drool at those korean customs all the time, but being the guy that likes to tinker around, i tried making one of my own. things started since at the end of last year and was moving slowly as it was a personal side project that i had no intention to rush on. here are some pictures; :)
machining;Show Image(http://i.imgur.com/KBTG6A4.jpg)Show Image(http://i.imgur.com/OFv4J7l.jpg)Show Image(http://i.imgur.com/XQdf9hQ.jpg)Show Image(http://i.imgur.com/BdtNETu.jpg)Show Image(http://i.imgur.com/6vzOyrE.jpg)Show Image(http://i.imgur.com/eexbnDb.jpg)
after anodizing, plain black;Show Image(http://i.imgur.com/CMBn0rl.jpg)Show Image(http://i.imgur.com/QkrX49w.jpg)Show Image(http://i.imgur.com/Kb4kNoi.jpg)Show Image(http://i.imgur.com/DMlVSsk.jpg)Show Image(http://i.imgur.com/18xvuP9.jpg)
the people at the machining and anodizing place are nice and helpful, but sadly, their final handling of my stuff are left to be desired. there were scratches all over, even after anodizing. there were a few places at the edges where the anodizing actually chipped off. :-X
so i was not going to waste time arguing and such, and since this was something i looked forward to play around while making, i decided to powdercoat it.Show Image(http://i.imgur.com/ybDXsg0.jpg)Show Image(http://i.imgur.com/HltKIBT.jpg)Show Image(http://i.imgur.com/7s5gWAI.jpg)Show Image(http://i.imgur.com/RiuxduN.jpg)Show Image(http://i.imgur.com/pctaKze.jpg)
again, nothing is without its price. the powdercoating was not perfect too, there were marks left below the arrow cluster. but this time it was not a big deal, since powdercoating can be easily removed and redone compared to anodizing. not too sure about this though, it was what the powdercoating guy said. :)) the board is satin bronze black, it looks nice and overall, im pleased with everything.
for now, it is still unfinished as a complete keyboard, i'm waiting for the NerD tkl pcb from GON and when it arrives, assembly can start. the board was designed using the A87 pcb family dimensions and of course a few design tweaks of my own. :cool:
so i welcome any comments and questions from you guys. apologies for potato pictures and special thanks to Photekq for his comments and guides earlier on this build, your help was priceless! i name this keyboard, Aries. cheers!
thanks a lot for that kind Sir. :)hi guys,
so i think most of us drool at those korean customs all the time, but being the guy that likes to tinker around, i tried making one of my own. things started since at the end of last year and was moving slowly as it was a personal side project that i had no intention to rush on. here are some pictures; :)
machining;Show Image(http://i.imgur.com/KBTG6A4.jpg)Show Image(http://i.imgur.com/OFv4J7l.jpg)Show Image(http://i.imgur.com/XQdf9hQ.jpg)Show Image(http://i.imgur.com/BdtNETu.jpg)Show Image(http://i.imgur.com/6vzOyrE.jpg)Show Image(http://i.imgur.com/eexbnDb.jpg)
after anodizing, plain black;Show Image(http://i.imgur.com/CMBn0rl.jpg)Show Image(http://i.imgur.com/QkrX49w.jpg)Show Image(http://i.imgur.com/Kb4kNoi.jpg)Show Image(http://i.imgur.com/DMlVSsk.jpg)Show Image(http://i.imgur.com/18xvuP9.jpg)
the people at the machining and anodizing place are nice and helpful, but sadly, their final handling of my stuff are left to be desired. there were scratches all over, even after anodizing. there were a few places at the edges where the anodizing actually chipped off. :-X
so i was not going to waste time arguing and such, and since this was something i looked forward to play around while making, i decided to powdercoat it.Show Image(http://i.imgur.com/ybDXsg0.jpg)Show Image(http://i.imgur.com/HltKIBT.jpg)Show Image(http://i.imgur.com/7s5gWAI.jpg)Show Image(http://i.imgur.com/RiuxduN.jpg)Show Image(http://i.imgur.com/pctaKze.jpg)
again, nothing is without its price. the powdercoating was not perfect too, there were marks left below the arrow cluster. but this time it was not a big deal, since powdercoating can be easily removed and redone compared to anodizing. not too sure about this though, it was what the powdercoating guy said. :)) the board is satin bronze black, it looks nice and overall, im pleased with everything.
for now, it is still unfinished as a complete keyboard, i'm waiting for the NerD tkl pcb from GON and when it arrives, assembly can start. the board was designed using the A87 pcb family dimensions and of course a few design tweaks of my own. :cool:
so i welcome any comments and questions from you guys. apologies for potato pictures and special thanks to Photekq for his comments and guides earlier on this build, your help was priceless! i name this keyboard, Aries. cheers!
My hat off to you Sir. Badass :thumb:
I can't wait to see how this turns out when it's done. It's looking awesome so far. I really need to learn CAD.thanks nubs. i had some help with the cad files especially on making the angled bottom part. as of today, the board is at another powdercoating place, waiting for a quotation on a much much better powdercoating job for it. :)
nice job done! please roger when your groupbuy is ready :thumb:
Nice job Ai... Smexy keyboard.