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Title: Casting a case would work?
Post by: ineph on Wed, 29 March 2017, 09:57:42

I'm recently interested on casting keycaps and this thought came to me... It's actually possible/practicable to make a CM storm case with a resin from a mold? With which resin?

Title: Re: Casting a case would work?
Post by: kmba on Wed, 29 March 2017, 10:39:05

Possible. Here's an IC for resin 60% cases.

Title: Re: Casting a case would work?
Post by: ineph on Wed, 29 March 2017, 12:04:26

thanks for the information :thumb:

Title: Re: Casting a case would work?
Post by: kmba on Wed, 29 March 2017, 15:27:32

I think I forgot to post the link. Or it's invisible. https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=88062.0

Title: Re: Casting a case would work?
Post by: ineph on Wed, 29 March 2017, 18:58:22

I just googled  "IC resin 60% cases geekhack" and it's the firs link, thanks man

Title: Re: Casting a case would work?
Post by: xtrafrood on Fri, 31 March 2017, 19:45:35

Anything larger than 60% would probably need some crazy dense resin and a giant pressure pot. Just my two cents.

Title: Re: Casting a case would work?
Post by: KACHAKEYS on Mon, 26 June 2017, 18:48:19

The cost of production would far exceed the value of the boards, unless you had the materials and preorders fully paid before starting.

that is if you want a case that looks decent.

Title: Re: Casting a case would work?
Post by: Tiramisuu on Tue, 27 June 2017, 19:09:40

Could cast in aluminum.