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Offline rantenki

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Cherry MX keycaps on thingiverse
« on: Sat, 07 April 2012, 11:07:38 »
Hey all, just thought I would drop a heads up that thingiverse has a keycap library that I am working on. You can take a (very early) peek here:

http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:20953

There will eventually be a full set of parametrically generated keys, I just need to get a script together that actually generates them from a spreadsheet rather than having to manually set the design parameters. It's in solidworks, btw.



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p.s. The flash really added a sheen. The key doesn't stand out at all from the other keys (other than being cleaner) in person.

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« Reply #1 on: Sat, 07 April 2012, 14:23:58 »
Fantastic!

What are you using to print the key?  Also, since I do not own solidworks, can you tell me what the volume of material (in c^3) needed for the keys?

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« Reply #2 on: Sat, 07 April 2012, 14:45:52 »
There is nearly no material, maybe a couple meters of filament tops. I am using a PLA plastic in a reprap, specifically this one:

[video=youtube_share;OuQZ-TEaSpg]http://youtu.be/OuQZ-TEaSpg[/video]

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« Reply #3 on: Sat, 07 April 2012, 14:59:20 »
Thank you for proving the concept!

Awesome shizzle.
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