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Title: Acrylic Case for Poker
Post by: JC_III on Mon, 05 December 2011, 12:38:15

So after seeing a aluminum case for the Poker. I wanted to know if it can be done in Acrylic. I went to a place does everything acrylic. They said they it would be about 130-150. The owner said it could be done but some things would be modified. Does anyone know the exact specs of the aluminum alloy cases that were done?

Title: Acrylic Case for Poker
Post by: whiskerBox on Mon, 05 December 2011, 13:20:53

Thats not a bad price to have something like that made. Do they have a website?

Title: Acrylic Case for Poker
Post by: litster on Mon, 05 December 2011, 13:25:01

It should be pretty easy to do, as you just need a tub, no cut out like a regular tenkeyless.  I could make one if I had a Poker.  Is there any chip under the PCB?  That is what is giving me a hard time redesigning the Phantom acrylic case.

Title: Acrylic Case for Poker
Post by: demik on Mon, 05 December 2011, 14:15:12

Litster, I can give you my poker shell if you want. Im getting an aluminum shell from imsto so I won't need the stock one. Wil that work for measurements?

Title: Acrylic Case for Poker
Post by: litster on Mon, 05 December 2011, 14:31:20

That would work.  Before you send it could you take a picture of it so I can see what's on the case?

Title: Acrylic Case for Poker
Post by: demik on Mon, 05 December 2011, 16:25:35

Bottom part?

Title: Acrylic Case for Poker
Post by: JC_III on Mon, 05 December 2011, 16:29:13

They are called Acrylic Design Works. It's about 4 miles away from my house in Chicago. He said materials are cheap but its expensive because of the labor.

Title: Acrylic Case for Poker
Post by: litster on Mon, 05 December 2011, 16:30:49

The inside of the tub to see what kind of support is needed to secure the PCB.

Title: Acrylic Case for Poker
Post by: demik on Mon, 05 December 2011, 16:43:10

http://deskthority.net/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=178&hilit=poker

webwit disassembled his, pictures right there. but if you still need me to take pics, i shall.

Title: Acrylic Case for Poker
Post by: litster on Mon, 05 December 2011, 16:59:28

Thanks demik.  Those are good pictures.  There are 5 posts on the case to screw down the PCB, and ribs on the case bottom to support the PCB to minimize PCB flex.  Same as the Filco, the PCB is tilted at an angle, which is what is giving me trouble with the Filco case.  When I find more time, I will be redesigning a new case for Filco, and if that works I could apply that to a Poker case later.

Title: Acrylic Case for Poker
Post by: demik on Mon, 05 December 2011, 18:08:11

let me know your address in PM so i can send you poker case when my other case arrives, if you still want it.

Title: Acrylic Case for Poker
Post by: dorkvader on Mon, 05 December 2011, 20:06:56

Quote from: JC_III;464727

They are called Acrylic Design Works. It's about 4 miles away from my house in Chicago. He said materials are cheap but its expensive because of the labor.

S PRETTY MUCH TRUE> Did you ask them about quantity? Maybe the labour will be cheaper if there is enough interest.

Title: Acrylic Case for Poker
Post by: litster on Mon, 05 December 2011, 23:28:16

Quote from: demik;464787

let me know your address in PM so i can send you poker case when my other case arrives, if you still want it.

Let's wait on that.  I am still tweaking the Phantom case.  I won't have time to do a Poker case for a while.  And the new tricks I am applying to the Phantom case may benefit Poker in the future.

Title: Acrylic Case for Poker
Post by: Clickey on Tue, 06 December 2011, 03:55:18

Is it not possible to just make a mold using a filco case and copy it?

Title: Acrylic Case for Poker
Post by: litster on Tue, 06 December 2011, 04:01:20

Quote from: Clickey;465087

Is it not possible to just make a mold using a filco case and copy it?

Do you know how to do it?

Title: Acrylic Case for Poker
Post by: kaiserreich on Tue, 06 December 2011, 04:05:44

http://ysymidi.blog.me/10122411969?Redirect=Log
Alternative Poker acrylic casing

(http://i.imgur.com/8jitc.jpg)

Title: Acrylic Case for Poker
Post by: JC_III on Tue, 06 December 2011, 09:25:46

Quote from: kaiserreich;465092

http://ysymidi.blog.me/10122411969?Redirect=Log
Alternative Poker acrylic casing

Show Image

(http://i.imgur.com/8jitc.jpg)

See now that case looks good. Looks durable.

Title: Acrylic Case for Poker
Post by: JC_III on Tue, 06 December 2011, 10:34:13

Quote from: litster;464617

It should be pretty easy to do, as you just need a tub, no cut out like a regular tenkeyless.  I could make one if I had a Poker.  Is there any chip under the PCB?  That is what is giving me a hard time redesigning the Phantom acrylic case.

Would you like me to take measurements of the poker case Lister?

Title: Acrylic Case for Poker
Post by: litster on Tue, 06 December 2011, 10:47:43

No thanks.  I realize that measurements alone is not enough for me.  I am not an expert :-).  I need to have the keyboard in front of me to design an acrylic case.

Title: Acrylic Case for Poker
Post by: GeorgeStorm on Tue, 06 December 2011, 10:52:00

Really like the look of that poker!

If you could get that straight off (with brown keys) then I'd snap one up

Title: Acrylic Case for Poker
Post by: JC_III on Tue, 06 December 2011, 10:52:38

Quote from: litster;465200

No thanks.  I realize that measurements alone is not enough for me.  I am not an expert :-).  I need to have the keyboard in front of me to design an acrylic case.

That is true Lister. So today I am going to go back to the Acrylic place to see if I can get a nice chunk Acrylic material and start my own prototype design. Maybe if it works out I can take it back to them and they can refine the prototype and maybe do some batches.

Title: Acrylic Case for Poker
Post by: JC_III on Tue, 06 December 2011, 10:56:28

Or I can do the case in layers.... Hmmm I feel a project coming on.

Title: Acrylic Case for Poker
Post by: whiskerBox on Sat, 03 March 2012, 01:11:51

[ATTACH=CONFIG]42522[/ATTACH]

Title: Acrylic Case for Poker
Post by: IvanIvanovich on Sat, 03 March 2012, 01:50:50

Thats slick looking.

Title: Acrylic Case for Poker
Post by: pitashen on Sat, 03 March 2012, 02:00:14

korean score once again while the rest of the world drools....

Title: Acrylic Case for Poker
Post by: litster on Sat, 03 March 2012, 02:09:47

Beside poker, are there any other PCB-mount keyboards that is in tenkeyless format?

Title: Acrylic Case for Poker
Post by: IvanIvanovich on Sat, 03 March 2012, 02:19:42

Only one I've seen is the Neo Zelia that is PCB mount tenkeyless.

Title: Acrylic Case for Poker
Post by: mkawa on Sat, 03 March 2012, 02:27:11

Quote from: whiskerBox;533738

(Attachment) 42522[/ATTACH]

huh, interesting.

Title: Acrylic Case for Poker
Post by: Human on Sat, 03 March 2012, 08:51:22

Quote from: whiskerBox;533738

(Attachment) 42522[/ATTACH]

I am somehow more interested in the casing above the "poker" one.
90% keyboard(poker + F-keys + numpad)?