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geekhack Projects => Making Stuff Together! => Topic started by: sv650touring on Thu, 14 November 2019, 22:17:34
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Am I missing something? I'm looking for a 65% plate with stabilizer mounts, but can't find one for sale by itself.
The plate needs to fit 16u width x 5u height.
Google image search produces lots of pictures of 65% plates with plate-mount stabilizers, but I can't find any for sale. It seems like my best option is to buy a cheap keyboard to gut it for the plate.
I'm probably overlooking something.
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Most of plates for plate mounted stabs usually are custom created by its owners. Same for almost any layout with platemount stabs
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That certainly would explain it. There are many pictures of 65% plate with stabilizer holes on the Internet. I just can't find any for sale right now, except as part of a kit or complete keyboard.
Is there any option cheaper than buying a cheap 65% keyboard just to cannibalize the plate? :llama:
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Go to: http://www.keyboard-layout-editor.com/ to draft your layout
use "Raw data" from above page and paste here: http://builder.swillkb.com/ to get your plate file. (you have options for Cherry and/or Costar stab)
find a place to manufacture your plate (usually laser-cut acrylic is cheap)
if you want to use Cherry (plate-mount) stab: you need 1.5mm plate or it won't fit.
in the past I have done hand-wiring with 2mm acrylic plate, I have to use “mini hand drill machine” to…ehh… mill the stab area on the plate down to desired thickness.
Costar stab: it's less common than Cherry and it also require 1.5mm but you can just glue it to the stab holes on the plate. (no need to mill the plate down).
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You've been lucky. https://kprepublic.com/products/60-aluminum-glass-fiber-plate-with-plate-mounted-stabilizerfor-gk64-gk64s-xd64-xd60
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Go to: http://www.keyboard-layout-editor.com/ to draft your layout
use "Raw data" from above page and paste here: http://builder.swillkb.com/ to get your plate file. (you have options for Cherry and/or Costar stab)
find a place to manufacture your plate (usually laser-cut acrylic is cheap)
if you want to use Cherry (plate-mount) stab: you need 1.5mm plate or it won't fit.
in the past I have done hand-wiring with 2mm acrylic plate, I have to use “mini hand drill machine” to…ehh… mill the stab area on the plate down to desired thickness.
Costar stab: it's less common than Cherry and it also require 1.5mm but you can just glue it to the stab holes on the plate. (no need to mill the plate down).
I was trying to avoid custom plates, mainly because of the cost. Thanks for this info about stab differences.
You've been lucky. https://kprepublic.com/products/60-aluminum-glass-fiber-plate-with-plate-mounted-stabilizerfor-gk64-gk64s-xd64-xd60
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That is actually a 60% board (15u width), and what I need is one key unit wider.
I emailed KBDfans, and he let me order just the plate from the TADA68 kit. It costs almost as much as the entire cheapo 65% keyboard from Taobao, but it's still the lowest cost option I could find. Now I just hope that the wide caps lock cutout will play nice with SMK switches.