I metal plate for G80-3000 ;D
I have been receiving some local offers on plate laser cutting for the current prototype:
1 plate: 90-200 euros for stainless steel, over that for aluminum.
20ish plates: 40-80 euros for stainless steel. Aluminum around the same.
Still waiting for more accurate offers from a few places.
A wooden prototype I could make happen at around 30-40 euros per plate, which is a hit I can easily take.
I also found a local laser cutting lab which allows cutting for just material costs but that one is limited to plastics only. Acrylic or ABS a bad choice? Also, this would mean more manual work for me.
Shipping from Finland with good packaging can cost 40 euros per shipment. Going to do checking on shipping services that make it easier to ship smaller packages.
you need to look elsewhere those prices are too high from my experience.
Have you thought of adding a pcb to that? From what i have heard the pcb in the g80 keyboards is very low quality. I just want to make sure that this project ends up clean for me without any unexpected frustration.
From what I've searched and learned you would need to kinda redo the insides the of the case fit both a PCB and a plate in a "normal" setupWith the current design, you actually need to clip off all clamping bits of the top half to fit a plate, regardless of the PCB, because the plate has to stay on a higher level (5mm if I recall) than the PCB.
From what I've searched and learned you would need to kinda redo the insides the of the case fit both a PCB and a plate in a "normal" setupWith the current design, you actually need to clip off all clamping bits of the top half to fit a plate, regardless of the PCB, because the plate has to stay on a higher level (5mm if I recall) than the PCB.
The image should explain better.Show Image(https://geekhack.org/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=71550.0;attach=99163;image)
I would have to find a way to make an offset plate that fits an unmodded case.You simply can't because the G80/G81 cases are made to accomodate PCBs alone, yet, you can cut slots in your plate to minimize the case modding.
I would have to find a way to make an offset plate that fits an unmodded case.You simply can't because the G80/G81 cases are made to accomodate PCBs alone, yet, you can cut slots in your plate to minimize the case modding.
Universal layout is surely the way to go. Also, removable numpad bit could work since many seem to be after TKLs.
Universal layout is surely the way to go. Also, removable numpad bit could work since many seem to be after TKLs.
just allow it to be cut off easily and i think it's a good compromiseThat's what I meant by removable.
just allow it to be cut off easily and i think it's a good compromiseThat's what I meant by removable.
dang, if this could somehow be ISO compatible I'd probably buy multiple. Crossing my fingers for R2 :)