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Title: Hammered QFR with Doubleshot & Zinc Keys
Post by: nowsharing on Thu, 14 August 2014, 14:58:11

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CM Storm QuickFire Rapid - Blue Cherry Switches
Doubleshot Cherry G80-8100H keycaps
Clear G80 Function keycaps
Zinc Esc & Arrow keys from geek_feng (http://www.ebay.com/usr/geek_feng)
Reflective Cherry Logo Sticker from geek_feng (http://www.ebay.com/usr/geek_feng)
Blank, tactile F & J keycaps from WASD Keyboards (http://www.wasdkeyboards.com/index.php/)
Case paint: Rustoleum Hammered Enamel 7215 Black (http://geekhack.org/www.amazon.com/Rust-Oleum-Hammered-Enamel-Spray-Paint/dp/B007ZIY0K6/): $5 at Home Depot.

Pre-Hammered photos here (http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=36860).

A huge thank-you to mkawa for the case! ;D

 

 

Title: Re: Hammered QFR with Doubleshot & Zinc Keys
Post by: jalaj on Thu, 14 August 2014, 15:05:24

This looks beautiful.
Love how you incorporated all the differently sourced parts and it comes together so well.
Thanks for sharing.

Title: Re: Hammered QFR with Doubleshot & Zinc Keys
Post by: nowsharing on Thu, 14 August 2014, 22:22:16

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Here it is with my ITAC Systems Mouse-Trak Industrial. I chose the hammered finish so they would match, and it came pretty close.

Title: Re: Hammered QFR with Doubleshot & Zinc Keys
Post by: terrpn on Fri, 15 August 2014, 17:07:30

your case looks pretty awesome.............good job!

Title: Re: Hammered QFR with Doubleshot & Zinc Keys
Post by: nowsharing on Fri, 22 August 2014, 13:37:03

Thanks guys. I love the feel of the cherry blue switches, and the zinc arrows keys are a joy to use.

Title: Re: Hammered QFR with Doubleshot & Zinc Keys
Post by: nowsharing on Tue, 24 November 2015, 00:18:01

I ended up refinishing the frame because the decal was starting to lift. I stripped it down and gave it several fresh coats of the same Rustoleum Hammered black, and then reapplied a new Cherry decal and clear coated over it. It looks a lot better now, and I shouldn't run in to any decal issues going forward.

I also installed an aluminum spacebar (thanks Armagedda!) after giving it a hand-polishing up to 12,000 with micro-mesh pads. The spacebar sounds pretty close to my Model F AT now, which I'm liking.

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Title: Re: Hammered QFR with Doubleshot & Zinc Keys
Post by: cryptokey on Tue, 24 November 2015, 00:28:10

That hammered finish looks beautiful!  Excellent photos as well, the leather goes perfectly with it as well as the zinc keys.  It's hard to believe that it was a can of spray paint from home depot...  ITAC Trackball too? Take my +1!!!!

Title: Re: Hammered QFR with Doubleshot & Zinc Keys
Post by: sintklaas73 on Fri, 04 December 2015, 15:44:32

great keycaps. where did you find 1.25 mods doubleshot from cherry?

Title: Re: Hammered QFR with Doubleshot & Zinc Keys
Post by: nowsharing on Sat, 05 December 2015, 20:34:08

Quote from: sintklaas73 on Fri, 04 December 2015, 15:44:32

great keycaps. where did you find 1.25 mods doubleshot from cherry?

Thanks, all of the doubleshots and crystal caps are from a G80-8113H.