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Title: hand made palm rests. (and jp
Post by: lam47 on Fri, 20 February 2009, 17:03:29: Hey.
I have made the first prototype ;) of a wood and leather palm rest for the HH or any keyboard.
The cuts on this one are slightly more basic than the retail one as I wanted to keep it quite simple to try a few things out.
If people are interested I might be able to make them to order in any size you need.

The wood here is mahogany. The leather is real and about 2mm thick.
I have only done a quick finish on this one so a sealer coat of shellac and about 8 coats of hand brushed water borne lacquer.

What I normally do when I finish wood is fill the grain with lacquer and get a glass finish with rubbing compounds.

Anyway here are a few pictures.
I have not picked what to use as the feet yet either.
Bellow the rest are some joysticks I have made.

I hit enter by mistake which is why the thread title says and jp, not only did I miss the o in joysticks I hit enter going for BS.

:)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v331/laurie47/DSC00272-3.jpg)
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Title: hand made palm rests. (and jp
Post by: wheel83 on Fri, 20 February 2009, 23:00:00: excellent work as always.

btw i see nipple !
Title: hand made palm rests. (and jp
Post by: FKSSR on Fri, 20 February 2009, 23:54:07: Wow! Those are incredible! I don't play fighters, but I need to try and find something I can contract you to build. :)
Title: hand made palm rests. (and jp
Post by: xsphat on Sat, 21 February 2009, 00:01:04: Nice. Good looking stuff.

Where did you get the art for the joysticks from? The dinner party scene is my fav, btw.
Title: hand made palm rests. (and jp
Post by: lowpoly on Sat, 21 February 2009, 04:11:49: Quote from: lam47;22287
I hit enter by mistake which is why the thread title says and jp, not only did I miss the o in joysticks I hit enter going for BS.
Lol, Happy Hacking? The first time that happened to me was when I was commenting on an ebay transaction. :D That was when I decided I prefer the traditional backspace layout.

The joysticks are beautiful. I think the first one is my favorite. The black one is :cool:.

Love the wrist rest. What is it what you want to try out? Personally, I'd prefer a matte finish, I think. I hope I have some money left when I'm back from my vacation because I want one. :)
Title: hand made palm rests. (and jp
Post by: lam47 on Sat, 21 February 2009, 04:55:27: thanks all.
The art is normally a character from one place then the backgrounds I make or find on the internet.
The ginger girl (who has been censored with a light effect) I drew for a customer.
I like to draw as much as I can but some people already have the art they want.

Like the one with the big Japanese sun he just asked to have ryu on it the do what I liked. So I went for a very bold design and made the sun in photoshop and illustraitor.

With the rests I want to try a different glue and make sure this one holds well.
Also I think the retail one has a another cut into the front.
I would need to see it from the top to be sure.

I can do a mat finish if that's what you like no problem.
a silk finish feels nice too.

Thanks for all the comments.
Title: hand made palm rests. (and jp
Post by: itlnstln on Sat, 21 February 2009, 08:41:26: Very strong work. Those are fantastic.
Title: hand made palm rests. (and jp
Post by: dw_junon on Sat, 21 February 2009, 16:07:51: Wow, these are superb. With the admittedly limited scrutiny of my intense staring they continue to appear to absolutely top notch. Honestly yeah; wow! Amazing work.

I hope to require some enclosures for electronics sooner rather than later (still just ideas right now, I must admit), so when I have some specifics worked out I'd be delighted to send you details if you'd be interested.
Title: hand made palm rests. (and jp
Post by: lam47 on Sat, 21 February 2009, 16:25:44: Sure I would be up for making some different things for sure.
The only issue is acquiring the right wood for the job.
I can do more with plexi too if need be.
Just enjoy making things in general!
Title: hand made palm rests. (and jp
Post by: wellington1869 on Sat, 21 February 2009, 16:36:07: very pretty stuff lammy :)
Title: hand made palm rests. (and jp
Post by: Eclairz on Sat, 21 February 2009, 17:42:23: I just got Street Fighter 4 for my Xbox >_< how much can you do a couple of these for?
Title: hand made palm rests. (and jp
Post by: Eclairz on Sat, 21 February 2009, 17:52:08: also ever considered combining the xbox keyboard
http://www.xbox.com/en-US/hardware/x/xbox360messengerkit/
And building a keyboard onto the arcade stick using lots of cherry MX keyswitches? to create the ultimate wireless keyboard/arcade combo with whatever layout you want ;-).

Although to complete it add a kensington expertmouse and nice cushions under it for complete wireless experience
Title: hand made palm rests. (and jp
Post by: D-EJ915 on Sat, 21 February 2009, 20:43:54: those controllers look awesome
Title: hand made palm rests. (and jp
Post by: lam47 on Mon, 23 February 2009, 09:02:04: Ok I have been using this thing for a few days now and think it could do with a slope towards the front.
Any input on that?
Sandy or iMav you guys are first what do you think?

Laurie.