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Offline klaushouse

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Keycap Sculpting Holder??
« on: Tue, 08 August 2017, 19:53:01 »
Hey all,

I hope it doesn't become annoying when I post my questions, hoping this will all end in some cool work.

It's my birthday today though, which is great because my family doesn't know what to get me so I get money, which means I am going to be investing in some mold/resin stuff as well as either a vacuum chamber or pressure tank. Going to do some research tomorrow downtown.

Today's actual question is.. I've seen a lot of videos and pictures of people working on keycaps to be using this weird little square pronged device holding the keycap. This seems to be incredibly useful because I find that when I actually hold my pieces, my fingers seemed to be compressing things. Hard to focus on so many things at once!

Anywho, am I crazy? Is this all the same person and a custom device? Is it something that only you smart folks in the know how know? Would love some details.

I've added a picture I spent a lot of time drawing to help illustrate the situation. Let me know if you need more photos.

Offline klaushouse

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Re: Keycap Sculpting Holder??
« Reply #1 on: Tue, 08 August 2017, 19:53:42 »
Adding the photo would've been a great way to finish this post.

Offline kustom3

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Re: Keycap Sculpting Holder??
« Reply #2 on: Tue, 08 August 2017, 20:11:33 »
It's called the :~$ynth.

More about it here, and you can order one here.

Offline klaushouse

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Re: Keycap Sculpting Holder??
« Reply #3 on: Tue, 08 August 2017, 20:27:12 »
Thanks so much I really appreciate it, I feel stupid now.

Offline kustom3

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Re: Keycap Sculpting Holder??
« Reply #4 on: Tue, 08 August 2017, 20:30:09 »
Thanks so much I really appreciate it, I feel stupid now.

No one should feel stupid for asking a question, quite the opposite. :thumb:

Offline klaushouse

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Re: Keycap Sculpting Holder??
« Reply #5 on: Wed, 09 August 2017, 00:24:08 »
It's refreshing to be welcomed so nicely to a community. I think I got too used to the reddit mentality of gatekeeping. I guess I forgot how nice more niche communities were. :)

All ordered, look forward to receiving it!!