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tom_toe:

--- Quote from: ylothar on Sat, 27 November 2021, 10:49:00 ---Great job guys!

If you want you can also post on KEEB.it (in Italian language).

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Sicuro fratm!

ylothar:
Hi guys and thank you for posting on KEEB.it, we will have the opportunity to talk about your beautiful project there too  :p

Have you evaluated something similar to SALVATION as a mounting system? The idea teases me a lot and using the cork could come up with an interesting thing ...  :cool:

tom_toe:
Ok, so we're back to the drawing board for a little bit. The suggestion from ylothar
--- Quote from: ylothar on Tue, 30 November 2021, 15:17:46 ---
Have you evaluated something similar to SALVATION as a mounting system?

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put a bug in our mind, so we are looking to experiment a little with it.

In order to have the keyboard assembly float on cork we have to reconsider some choices we've made on the design.



The main problem lies in the jointery between the base and the sides. Right now we have a tongue and groove (1.0) that gives us very little flexibilty about the position of the pcb: if we want to lower it into the base we'd have to make the sides taller, resulting in a unbalanced design. The same stands if we want to make the keyboard assembly float onto the cork: we don't have enough space, and making the base wider results in having too much space between the backplate and the sides, not pleasant to look at.

So, for the next revisions, in order to test a floating design, we want to change jointery to something similar to revision B, which gives us quite a bit more room around the pcb, without impacting the stability of the joints (1.1). This design is quite harder to make (without a cnc), compared to the first one, which was designed to be easily made with our tools. We'll try the upcoming week to make a prototype to see how it goes. It'll be a little weaker compared to the first one, but I don't see that as a problem right now, as we can stand on top of the prototypes we've made so far without them braking or cracking. It's just a matter of making a prototype and see what works and what doesn't.

Also, we would like to experiment with pcbs with a jst connection to a daughterboard, so that if we go for a floating design, the movement of the pcb and kb assembly won't impact the usb connector. We're thinking of getting a Bakeneko60 PCB from cannonkeys, but we would also like to try a 65% layout (it seems just better imo), so if you guys have any suggestions on available 65% pcbs with a daughterboard, we'd love your input!

This following week we'll also experiment a bit more on processing cork, we've order some leather hole punch tools to see how they work with it.

We'll keep you updated!

ylothar:

--- Quote from: tom_toe on Fri, 03 December 2021, 10:35:21 ---The suggestion from ylothar

--- Quote from: ylothar on Tue, 30 November 2021, 15:17:46 ---Have you evaluated something similar to SALVATION as a mounting system?

--- End quote ---

put a bug in our mind, so we are looking to experiment a little with it.

--- End quote ---

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