Author Topic: Key Cap Creation (Topre Fn) (Read 57203 times)

Synjin · « **Reply #50 on:** Sun, 29 March 2015, 21:22:20 »

Mandolin will surprise you

daviswalkers · « **Reply #51 on:** Sun, 29 March 2015, 21:23:20 »

Quote from: Synjin on Sun, 29 March 2015, 21:22:20

Mandolin will surprise you

Yeah I thought it was him but wasn't sure, he's been on top of things lately so I'm sure.

Synjin · « **Reply #52 on:** Sun, 29 March 2015, 21:24:06 »

Yes he has. He has quite a busy schedule but do follow on his progress.

dustinhxc · « **Reply #53 on:** Sun, 29 March 2015, 22:01:30 »

Colored Spacebars! Holy ****... Yes!

ghostjuggernaut · « **Reply #54 on:** Sun, 29 March 2015, 22:08:16 »

Looking great man. Keep up the pink, I dig it.

Synjin · « **Reply #55 on:** Sun, 29 March 2015, 22:14:23 »

I thought the mold was done but it turns out it is OK. It appears that the space bar defect is coming from.my mold and not the resin or injector.

Red ish FN, space bar, and ESC key. I messed them up pretty good because I thought they were done curing but I guess they were still mushy soft. I also ruined them when I was polshishig which was a bad idea since they were mushy to begin with. Edges are weird now on the bottom..

Synjin · « **Reply #56 on:** Sun, 29 March 2015, 22:26:35 »

There... Finally got the image to work.
Edit:
They snap on and stay on. Here it is on my HHKB with a topre space bar.

I learned tonight that in order to get good results like the first cap I had made, patience must definitely be applied or you will get really bad results.

Shadovved · « **Reply #57 on:** Mon, 30 March 2015, 00:24:39 »

Any adventurous BS caps soon?

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dimmu · « **Reply #58 on:** Mon, 30 March 2015, 00:34:32 »

almost there, bro! keep us updated even with the failed caps, love watching progress posts like these.

dustinhxc · « **Reply #59 on:** Mon, 30 March 2015, 04:51:03 »

Quote from: Synjin on Sun, 29 March 2015, 22:26:35

There... Finally got the image to work.
Edit:
They snap on and stay on. Here it is on my HHKB with a topre space bar.
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I learned tonight that in order to get good results like the first cap I had made, patience must definitely be applied or you will get really bad results.

Oh ****, nice dude!

Sed8op8 · « **Reply #60 on:** Mon, 30 March 2015, 05:05:54 »

Quote from: Synjin on Sun, 29 March 2015, 22:26:35

There... Finally got the image to work.
Edit:
They snap on and stay on. Here it is on my HHKB with a topre space bar.
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I learned tonight that in order to get good results like the first cap I had made, patience must definitely be applied or you will get really bad results.

Man this is sweet. Really enjoying the documentation of some of your process. Also space bars

whaaaaat . Love it man and good luck .....

rowdy · « **Reply #61 on:** Mon, 30 March 2015, 05:14:31 »

I hadn't been following this, but what you have done is extremely impressive!

Well done, sir, very well done indeed!

FoC_Tow · « **Reply #62 on:** Mon, 30 March 2015, 05:29:20 »

Quote from: ghostjuggernaut on Sun, 29 March 2015, 22:08:16

Looking great man. Keep up the pink, I dig it.

Congratz on the thread Synjin and best of luck!

Also +1 definitely diggin the pink! =)

Synjin · « **Reply #63 on:** Mon, 30 March 2015, 06:59:24 »

Thanks guys. I'm kind of low on funds due to my recent purchases but once I recover, I will redo the molds since that is the most expensive part of it,until then, the defects will always be quite similar.

heedpantsnow · « **Reply #64 on:** Mon, 30 March 2015, 08:44:45 »

Wow man you're making crazy-fast progress! I'm excited to see that you're already putting out quality stuff (even though I don't use Topre).

Synjin · « **Reply #65 on:** Mon, 30 March 2015, 08:51:21 »

I can make MX as well but I don't have the materials for the mold currently. I was thinking of making an MX esc wasd combo

FoC_Tow · « **Reply #66 on:** Mon, 30 March 2015, 12:23:55 »

Quote from: Synjin on Sun, 29 March 2015, 22:14:23

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hjc1710 · « **Reply #67 on:** Thu, 02 April 2015, 00:30:58 »

Quote from: Synjin on Sun, 29 March 2015, 21:04:42

http://imgur.com/a/FgqOw

My cast tonight. I was casting in peace carefully loading the resins into the injector when the damn resin started boiling up and curing. It sucks when you ruin your injector because you didn't know that one of the filler compoundsbyou use ends up accelerating cure time from 30 minutes to 2 minutes...

Injector got ruined and I had to rush the process so here are the pics of the partially cured material that was squeezing through.

Holy ****ing **** that teal... Wow... Just wow. That's an amazing colorway.

I have no Thorpie

. When you make MX, consider me already a customer

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Synjin · « **Reply #68 on:** Thu, 02 April 2015, 09:53:49 »

Made some deep purple set. Looks blue due to crappy phone pics and yellow roof lighting.

heedpantsnow · « **Reply #69 on:** Thu, 02 April 2015, 14:24:06 »

Quote from: Synjin on Thu, 02 April 2015, 09:53:49

Made some deep purple set. Looks blue due to crappy phone pics and yellow roof lighting.
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What's the story with the power text? That purple looks amazing!

sethk_ · « **Reply #70 on:** Thu, 02 April 2015, 14:51:29 »

Quote from: heedpantsnow on Thu, 02 April 2015, 14:24:06

Quote from: Synjin on Thu, 02 April 2015, 09:53:49
Made some deep purple set. Looks blue due to crappy phone pics and yellow roof lighting.
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What's the story with the power text? That purple looks amazing!

I think thats from the HHKB, there is a cap that has Power on the side.

Synjin · « **Reply #71 on:** Thu, 02 April 2015, 14:53:00 »

Indeed. I tried to get the legends on it bit it is harder

VivaGardner · « **Reply #72 on:** Sat, 04 April 2015, 18:38:25 »

looking good! I only have cherry mx right now though

nubbinator · « **Reply #73 on:** Sat, 04 April 2015, 18:40:53 »

Quote from: Synjin on Thu, 02 April 2015, 14:53:00

Indeed. I tried to get the legends on it bit it is harder

Yup. That's why I didn't make more Topre FNs than I did. I hated the look of the legend showing up on the FN. That's changing though.

Synjin · « **Reply #74 on:** Sat, 04 April 2015, 18:51:08 »

I have made the TORPEEE Fns without the text successfully. I just keep having some issues on flashing but otherwise they look smegma, I meant decent. I will be posting some pics later or tomorrow. Is it best to post Ina reply or by updating the OP?

byker · « **Reply #75 on:** Sat, 04 April 2015, 18:56:22 »

I think either work. Or you could do both.

If you do edit the OP, make sure to post so that we know it has been updated!

dustinhxc · « **Reply #76 on:** Sun, 05 April 2015, 14:12:26 »

Quote from: Synjin on Sat, 04 April 2015, 18:51:08

I have made the TORPEEE Fns without the text successfully. I just keep having some issues on flashing but otherwise they look smegma, I meant decent. I will be posting some pics later or tomorrow. Is it best to post Ina reply or by updating the OP?

Awesome dude!

Sed8op8 · « **Reply #77 on:** Sun, 05 April 2015, 14:16:24 »

Quote from: Synjin on Sat, 04 April 2015, 18:51:08

I have made the TORPEEE Fns without the text successfully. I just keep having some issues on flashing but otherwise they look smegma, I meant decent. I will be posting some pics later or tomorrow. Is it best to post Ina reply or by updating the OP?

Quote from: Synjin on Sat, 04 April 2015, 18:51:08

I have made the TORPEEE Fns without the text successfully. I just keep having some issues on flashing but otherwise they look smegma, I meant decent. I will be posting some pics later or tomorrow. Is it best to post Ina reply or by updating the OP?

Ahhhhh no smegma lol I'm sure there is no smegma on the caps or we might have to evaluate how you make these things lol

looking sooo good

cooldiscretion · « **Reply #78 on:** Tue, 07 April 2015, 14:14:00 »

Nice work, Synjin! Somehow, I missed this for a while, but it looks like you're making some very interesting stuff.

Hopefully, there will be more to come soon.

Synjin · « **Reply #79 on:** Tue, 07 April 2015, 14:16:50 »

Quote from: cooldiscretion on Tue, 07 April 2015, 14:14:00

Nice work, Synjin! Somehow, I missed this for a while, but it looks like you're making some very interesting stuff.

Hopefully, there will be more to come soon.

Thanks dude. I've got some better ones now but I still haven't uploaded the images of the ones I made recently. I'm actually trying to make a set that would match one of the clacks I have in the mail but Idk how difficult it would be matching it with someone else's colors especially if I am basing it off a photo and not irl true color representation.

cooldiscretion · « **Reply #80 on:** Tue, 07 April 2015, 14:26:49 »

Quote from: Synjin on Tue, 07 April 2015, 14:16:50

Quote from: cooldiscretion on Tue, 07 April 2015, 14:14:00
Nice work, Synjin! Somehow, I missed this for a while, but it looks like you're making some very interesting stuff.

Hopefully, there will be more to come soon.
Thanks dude. I've got some better ones now but I still haven't uploaded the images of the ones I made recently. I'm actually trying to make a set that would match one of the clacks I have in the mail but Idk how difficult it would be matching it with someone else's colors especially if I am basing it off a photo and not irl true color representation.

Oh cool, clacks in the mail is music to the ears. Although, clacks on the doorstep is even better. I think I read yesterday you saying you had an OG on the way?

EDIT: If so, you'll have to update your signature. "Eventually I shall obtain an OG Clack"

Let me know when you start selling some of your homebrew creations, I'll definitely toss some bones your way to support you.

Synjin · « **Reply #81 on:** Tue, 07 April 2015, 14:30:29 »

Quote from: cooldiscretion on Tue, 07 April 2015, 14:26:49

Quote from: Synjin on Tue, 07 April 2015, 14:16:50
Quote from: cooldiscretion on Tue, 07 April 2015, 14:14:00
Nice work, Synjin! Somehow, I missed this for a while, but it looks like you're making some very interesting stuff.

Hopefully, there will be more to come soon.
Thanks dude. I've got some better ones now but I still haven't uploaded the images of the ones I made recently. I'm actually trying to make a set that would match one of the clacks I have in the mail but Idk how difficult it would be matching it with someone else's colors especially if I am basing it off a photo and not irl true color representation.

Oh cool, clacks in the mail is music to the ears. Although, clacks on the doorstep is even better. I think I read yesterday you saying you had an OG on the way?

EDIT: If so, you'll have to update your signature. "Eventually I shall obtain an OG Clack"

Let me know when you start selling some of your homebrew creations, I'll definitely toss some bones your way to support you.

I'll let you know for sure. This arrived yesterday but there is another one coming.

cooldiscretion · « **Reply #82 on:** Tue, 07 April 2015, 14:32:19 »

Wowzers. Very nice.

Synjin · « **Reply #83 on:** Tue, 07 April 2015, 16:02:14 »

Here are some of what I've made so far. Progress is slow since I am waiting for my materials to arrive and can't really do anything until then. Some of them are a bit wonky because I removed them when they were soft. F2 clack is courtesy of the guy who sold me my ruby red

ghostjuggernaut · « **Reply #84 on:** Tue, 07 April 2015, 16:06:56 »

Quote from: Synjin on Tue, 07 April 2015, 16:02:14

Here are some of what I've made so far. Progress is slow since I am waiting for my materials to arrive and can't really do anything until then. Some of them are a bit wonky because I removed them when they were soft. F2 clack is courtesy of the guy who sold me my ruby red

Amazing work Synjin. You are making some really fast progress. Can't wait to see where this goes.

Synjin · « **Reply #85 on:** Tue, 07 April 2015, 16:08:06 »

Those greens are all the same color which is dark green inspired by one of my incoming items. The lighting makes it look different but its because he light shines on the FNs differently.

Sed8op8 · « **Reply #86 on:** Tue, 07 April 2015, 16:11:48 »

Quote from: Synjin on Tue, 07 April 2015, 16:08:06

Those greens are all the same color which is dark green inspired by one of my incoming items. The lighting makes it look different but its because he light shines on the FNs differently.

dam you have been busy stacking caps

Very sexy syn

Synjin · « **Reply #87 on:** Tue, 07 April 2015, 16:12:32 »

Hehe. Thought I'd show some since my type s just arrived today

FoC_Tow · « **Reply #88 on:** Tue, 07 April 2015, 16:13:30 »

Quote from: Synjin on Tue, 07 April 2015, 16:02:14

Here are some of what I've made so far. Progress is slow since I am waiting for my materials to arrive and can't really do anything until then. Some of them are a bit wonky because I removed them when they were soft. F2 clack is courtesy of the guy who sold me my ruby red

Looking great Sir!
The quality, especially of the green and blue ones looks amazing!

That profile mixing tho... xD

Synjin · « **Reply #89 on:** Tue, 07 April 2015, 16:14:34 »

Haha. I only have so many places to put the FNs. Do you guys think these wold be of decent quality to have a sale in the future?

dustinhxc · « **Reply #90 on:** Tue, 07 April 2015, 16:36:46 »

Wow, some great work so far man! Stoked to see more Topre colors!

Orange and Purple hopefully!

Nice OG too!

Synjin · « **Reply #91 on:** Tue, 07 April 2015, 16:37:41 »

Thanks. I'll be making some orange soon.

FoC_Tow · « **Reply #92 on:** Tue, 07 April 2015, 16:42:43 »

Quote from: Synjin on Tue, 07 April 2015, 16:12:32

Hehe. Thought I'd show some since my type s just arrived today

Congratz on your Type S man!

Quote from: Synjin on Tue, 07 April 2015, 16:14:34

Haha. I only have so many places to put the FNs. Do you guys think these wold be of decent quality to have a sale in the future?

Yesh pls Synjin!
The quality looks amazing on the latest pics except for very few random surface spots here and there!

Would be awesome if you could do stuff like arrow key sets, or since your already doing space bars, maybe control keys or Shift plus FN set.
Shift plus Fn would make for a full modifier row for example...

Also the FNs are shift row profile tho I guess, so you could use them as blanks on the lowest alpha row, right? xD

Synjin · « **Reply #93 on:** Tue, 07 April 2015, 16:44:04 »

Yeah. I will do more but I don't have enough materials right now.

btctopre · « **Reply #94 on:** Tue, 07 April 2015, 17:29:05 »

Quote from: Synjin on Tue, 07 April 2015, 16:14:34

Do you guys think these wold be of decent quality to have a sale in the future?

Yep. Your caps are looking great so you should have no problem selling out

Synjin · « **Reply #95 on:** Tue, 07 April 2015, 17:33:28 »

You think there would be enough interest if I was to do a giveaway?

Joey Quinn · « **Reply #96 on:** Tue, 07 April 2015, 17:38:30 »

Definitely. Getting your caps out so people can comment on the quality is probably the best way to increase interest/ build hype for a sale.

Synjin · « **Reply #97 on:** Tue, 07 April 2015, 17:44:42 »

I wanted to do a giveaway but thought of maybe having the winners do an honest review if the cap they get.

dustinhxc · « **Reply #98 on:** Tue, 07 April 2015, 17:54:00 »

Quote from: Synjin on Tue, 07 April 2015, 16:37:41

Thanks. I'll be making some orange soon.

Joey Quinn · « **Reply #99 on:** Tue, 07 April 2015, 17:58:32 »

Quote from: Synjin on Tue, 07 April 2015, 17:44:42

I wanted to do a giveaway but thought of maybe having the winners do an honest review if the cap they get.

I know other makers have asked owners to point out any flaws with caps so they can improve future casts.

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Author Topic: Key Cap Creation (Topre Fn) (Read 57203 times)