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geekhack Marketplace => Group Buys and Preorders => Topic started by: XMIT on Thu, 06 August 2015, 10:23:12
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This is an interest check for powder coating services. The interest check expires on Thursday, August 13, 2015 at midnight Texas time (UTC -0600 at the moment).
I'm in the process of restoring my F107 keyboard and decided that I would like to have it powder coated. The goal is to match the gray on my Industrial M. Some other folks have recommended RAL 7030 for this application.
The shop that I am using does not have this color in stock so I had to order it at my expense ($40). Plus, even though stripping and powder coating the shell of an F107 is about $40 of work, the shop minimum is $75. Their current lead time is three weeks.
Now I don't mind supporting local business and am prepared to eat this cost myself. However, the shop manger offered to do at least one extra keyboard frame at little to no additional charge.
The shop has many colors in stock but RAL 7030 is not one of them. So, if you want to powder coat something else (say a base plate) they may be able to do this as well.
So this is what I propose:
- mail your item to be powder coated to me. This could be an F62, F77, F107, or really anything that will take a powder coat.
- I will charge you your portion of the actual expenses. So, two ways, we're looking at about $57.50 a person. Three ways or more, probably like $45 a person since costs could increase.
I'm stealing one of rindorbrot's photos here to show what a powder coated Kishsaver in RAL 7030 Stone Gray looks like. See: http://deskthority.net/photos-f62/kishsaver-photothread-t7483.html#p148314 .
If this interest check fails: I will probably have some spare RAL 7030 powder coat that I will sell on the Classifieds if anyone is interested.
Thanks for reading!
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here are some photos of a RAL 7030 4704 that a customer of mine had me send off for powdercoating.
It's a good colour.
(https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8638/16855379845_ccbf179b13_o.jpg)
(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7638/16668469069_b6b8c149d4_o.jpg)
https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8689/16667021278_3140196727_o.jpg (https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8689/16667021278_3140196727_o.jpg)
https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7594/16647307917_6bb4f77722_o.jpg (https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7594/16647307917_6bb4f77722_o.jpg)
https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8579/16234648903_e8d78d08a7_o.jpg (https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8579/16234648903_e8d78d08a7_o.jpg)
https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7638/16668469069_b6b8c149d4_o.jpg (https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7638/16668469069_b6b8c149d4_o.jpg)
https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7639/16667786968_8ce1ea534d_o.jpg (https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7639/16667786968_8ce1ea534d_o.jpg)
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No takers? I had one person interested over on DT. It would be nice to have one more. Come on, get your Kishsaver and/or F107 and/or any other metal part powder coated! :)
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I'd be all over this if I had a Kishsaver ;)
Anyone selling one? ;D
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No takers?
Just saw this! I am potentially interested, but I think I've missed the deadline?
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Can you get your keyboard to Texas by Wednesday evening?
The powder coating shop gave me a call today and asked me to bring the keyboard in. I told them I could bring it in Wednesday or Thursday. pyrelink on DT is in on this as well and I'm waiting for his.
Shoot me a PM for a shipping address, and ship quickly!
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Can you get your keyboard to Texas by Wednesday evening?
The powder coating shop gave me a call today and asked me to bring the keyboard in. I told them I could bring it in Wednesday or Thursday. pyrelink on DT is in on this as well and I'm waiting for his.
Shoot me a PM for a shipping address, and ship quickly!
Wellp, missed this message. :| Sorry about that. If I'm not directly quoted (which gives me a tapatalk notification) I usually won't see a message immediately, given how I work through threads I've participated in.
Anyway, if there's still any way to get in I'd be interested but if not I understand. :thumb:
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Yep, sorry, you missed this round.
I may offer to do this again if there is interest, so long as it doesn't require me making another trip. Let's wait to see how these turn out. If they come out beautifully: I may try to work out a deal where you can mail your parts directly to the shop (with a UPS return label already in the box) and they do the painting for you.
The wait is long (2-3 weeks) but they seem to offer a 24 hour turnaround.
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Yep, sorry, you missed this round.
I may offer to do this again if there is interest, so long as it doesn't require me making another trip. Let's wait to see how these turn out. If they come out beautifully: I may try to work out a deal where you can mail your parts directly to the shop (with a UPS return label already in the box) and they do the painting for you.
The wait is long (2-3 weeks) but they seem to offer a 24 hour turnaround.
No worries. :thumb: I'm not in a huge rush anyway. Keep us updated on how it goes! :) If it helps get a batch going, I've got three boards myself that I wouldn't mind getting painted (50-key, 62-key, 107-key).
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I will definitely be in for the next run of this.
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It is done! I've posted one photo here:
https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=74831
I bought 2 lbs of paint and the front and back of these keyboards used 1.5 lbs of paint. I have enough paint for at least 6 more of these (the painter said "a bunch more", his exact words). The paint expires in a year.
I may post more photos, and may organize another group buy.