I'm probably a bit of a dunce and can't figure this out. If there is no downward pressure from the top on the plate, what keeps the plate vertically constrained preventing rattle against the pins & bottom?
Was trying to figure that out too. Wouldn't it rattle around when typing and/or transporting?
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the plate is designed to be very tight in terms of tolerance. the idea is that typing creates the downward pressure. Nylon shrinks slightly after machining so fits very snug, same with PP to a lesser degree. PC will be able to move up and down in transport but in my experience it doesn't bounce whilst typing. The reason I only am offering the plastic plates in this instance is to mitigate this, if you wanted to use a metal plate for example I think it would need some kind of gasket material as the vibration would carry across the whole plate in a way that it doesn't whilst typing with the plastic plates.
Will the plastic plates wear down over time allowing those tight tolerances to loosen? Can friction fit between plastic plate and alu case can loosen up over time/use? In either case I am 100% down for multiple to mess around with vibration isolation setups + plate styles + top variations.
This may be off topic but does anyone know of a source for flex-cut 60% pcb that might be able to be dropped in? (If I understand the board design correctly)
I have been using mine from the private round with a nylon plate daily for the last 6 months or so and not experienced any issue, again there isn't particularly any friction that should cause a problem but it's possible that in years it might be a problem.
https://imgur.com/a/D4IMiSv <- there's an image in here of the PCB that comes with the buy. I plan on open sourcing the PCB files somewhere down the line as well.
Any ALPS plate support?
probably not with the buy but I will be releasing files.
since there's no pressure from the top piece of the case on to the plate, wouldn't this lead to some amount of rattling between the plate and the top and bottom pieces of the case?
He went over this a bit back. Basically unless your a violent typer, the plastic plates will absorb most of the impact preventing it from rattling against the bottom. This is doubly true for the nylon build plate which should really never experience this. It should only rattle against the top during transport. If adding your own metallic plate you'll most likely want to compress it from the top with some kind of foam to prevent it from rattling during transport/typing. That said the case is primarily built for flexible plastic plates.
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I have personally used PC and Nylon plates and never experienced any rattle/unpleasant movement during typing. If you pick it up and shake it it will rattle with the PC as it stays pretty firm, the nylon fits tight to the pins in my experience.
