Looks beautiful! But I am unsure of how the mounting works
just a hunch, but maybe the o-ring seat shelf points are also the screwdown points for the silver inner case component to the blue outer case component? i dont see screws there in the render though but if so that's pretty clever!
Hello! Yes, the screw holes are on the mounting points of the inner case to achieve the two tone look. The PCB/Plate have cutouts so that you would have access to screw in the inner case once you are ready to install the board.
So if my guess was correct, does that mean you first screw in the silver piece, then insert the build as the final step?
You would first insert the PCB/Plate first into the inner piece, and then slots the inner piece down into the outer case and then insert the screws to lock the inner piece into the outer case. Hope this makes sense! I am expecting it to take a bit of finessing to install.
Glad to see more enthusiasts in the Philippines posting here in the IC forum. Will be watching this, GLWIC!
EDIT: Are you set in aluminum? What about Polycarbonate cases? or how about different materials for top and bottom?
We are open to other options depending on what people like. So far we are set on aluminum since it is easy to work with. I do imagine having a polycarb/aluminum build would be quite cool, but for ease of mind we are looking to just do an all aluminum keyboard.
i would agree with kk above that the ic needs some better explanation, i can'ot really see how it's put together also. questions i still have, and i think someone mentioned above too above moving the o ring to screw:
- if you put the build into the inner peice first, are you putting the build in from above or below?
- are there screw posts on the south side of the inner piece? they are visible on the north side, but we cant see if theyre in the bottom side too. if they are on the south side too, how exactly do you put the build into the inner piece, since there are blockers on top and then screw posts on bottom? the plate and pcb cutouts don't help with this because there will be an o-ring blocking, wouldnt there?
- if the build is successfully put into the inner piece, would the o ring be above or below the screw mounting points? it seems if the screw points coincide with the mounting areas, then there is no clear way to screw the innere piece into the outer piece, because there is an o ring in the way!
please respond to these points because I think this board is really good looking and am hoping it is possible!