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geekhack Projects => Making Stuff Together! => Topic started by: karljs on Mon, 04 February 2013, 00:59:42

Title: Any experience with DIY infills?
Post by: karljs on Mon, 04 February 2013, 00:59:42

I've been thinking a lot about the inconvenience of group buys for getting nice-looking two-tone keycaps.  Has anybody tried getting engraved keycaps (from WASD, or wherever) and doing their own colored infill?

I'm sure I'm not the first to try this, but I couldn't find any old threads.  Any thoughts on the best material to use, or tips for keeping things neat would be greatly appreciated.

Title: Re: Any experience with DIY infills?
Post by: jeroplane on Mon, 04 February 2013, 01:24:56

Feng was selling some with a Cherry logo done by Chaos (http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=37154.0). Quite an interesting technique if you can get it right, although it seems like it would work best on thicker engraved keys.

Title: Re: Any experience with DIY infills?
Post by: karljs on Mon, 04 February 2013, 10:22:58

Thanks for that link.  I agree about the thicker engraving, too.  It looks like the really thin engraving makes getting smooth lines difficult.

Does anyone know what material Chaos used to fill those?