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King Icewind
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Project: High profile Aluminum CNC Milled case for the Planck
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Wed, 05 May 2021, 15:20:11 »
Spent a fair portion of the day today working on the prototype for a pretty hefty case for the Planck. It's CNC machined out of 1" thick aluminum and will be a nice high profile case. I'll post some more photos and videos soon.
Here's a short clip machining out the main pocket (first time running this CAM program, so it's a bit slow):
https://imgur.com/gallery/41AUNJ7/
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King Icewind
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Re: Project: High profile Aluminum CNC Milled case for the Planck
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Wed, 05 May 2021, 19:10:38 »
Main pocket is finished. Still have to finish chamfering and engraving on the top.
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King Icewind
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Re: Project: High profile Aluminum CNC Milled case for the Planck
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Thu, 06 May 2021, 21:40:49 »
The engraving turned out really nice!
I also finished the engraving for the top: on to finishing the front, back, and bottom. My apologies on the light not being too great on these two pictures.
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Timber Mech
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Re: Project: High profile Aluminum CNC Milled case for the Planck
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Wed, 12 May 2021, 20:24:23 »
Looking cool.
Going for standard tray mount or something custom?
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King Icewind
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Re: Project: High profile Aluminum CNC Milled case for the Planck
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Wed, 12 May 2021, 21:44:25 »
Thanks! It will mount the same as it does with the OLKB cases (screw through the bottom/thread into PCB). It will just be a direct swap, shouldn't even have to remove any keycaps or switches.
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King Icewind
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Re: Project: High profile Aluminum CNC Milled case for the Planck
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Thu, 13 May 2021, 07:09:40 »
Finished up the facing and engraving. Only a few ops left.
Short little video:
https://i.imgur.com/1Akv124.mp4
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King Icewind
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Re: Project: High profile Aluminum CNC Milled case for the Planck
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Sat, 15 May 2021, 08:22:56 »
It’s finally done! There’s a few adjustments to make but it looks great. Without the PCB, switches, and keycaps it weighs over 2lbs.
You can view more photos here.
A post in the GB subforum is pending.
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King Icewind
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Re: Project: High profile Aluminum CNC Milled case for the Planck
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Mon, 17 May 2021, 18:35:58 »
GB post:
https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=112815.0
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blondie
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Re: Project: High profile Aluminum CNC Milled case for the Planck
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Tue, 18 May 2021, 14:35:36 »
What is that knob? Looks really nice.
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King Icewind
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Tue, 18 May 2021, 16:14:32 »
That’s a 44mm knob for the Twokey. I may do a CNC milled enclosed case version rather than the plate kit in the upcoming few weeks.
https://www.keysofkings.com/shop/keyboards/macropad/twokey-v1/
The knob in the pictures on the site are one I CNC turned, the knob seen above is a purchased knob included with the kits.
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King Icewind
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Thu, 20 May 2021, 11:46:22 »
Here’s a video showcasing the Gallant case.
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MIGHTY CHICKEN
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Re: Project: High profile Aluminum CNC Milled case for the Planck
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Thu, 20 May 2021, 11:48:02 »
Those thicc bezels do look fine
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