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Title: I may have an addiction
Post by: mrbishop on Tue, 03 November 2015, 13:21:20

Must stop making.....cant...
Haven't a tally finished anything yet but my 60% is coming along nicely 
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Title: Re: I may have an addiction
Post by: SpAmRaY on Tue, 03 November 2015, 13:22:45

I like that side profile. Always neat seeing wooden cases.

Title: Re: I may have an addiction
Post by: 1swt2gs on Tue, 03 November 2015, 13:26:19

Thats pretty awesome! Can't wait to see the finished project.

Did you make sure to cut a hole for the dip switches and USB port?

Title: Re: I may have an addiction
Post by: mrbishop on Tue, 03 November 2015, 13:40:09

Kinda on the fly with this one. Still figuring out where to put the electronics. But I'll find a spot;)

Title: Re: I may have an addiction
Post by: pyrolovesmoney on Tue, 03 November 2015, 13:40:57

What kind of wood is that? It looks fantastic.

Title: Re: I may have an addiction
Post by: mrbishop on Tue, 03 November 2015, 13:41:31

Poplar and pine. With a light stain and polyurethane

Title: Re: I may have an addiction
Post by: suicidal_orange on Wed, 04 November 2015, 13:20:52

A slab of wood, a cutter and a bit of stain - such a simple design yet so pretty, and I bet it's as solid as any steel plated board.  Probably quieter too!  Do you have some caps lined up for it?

Title: Re: I may have an addiction
Post by: trenzafeeds on Wed, 04 November 2015, 13:26:51

Oh wow, this is really beautiful! I'm glad you have an addiction, it's creating some awesome products!  :thumb: I'll be very interested to see how typing sounds with that wood plate and case.

Title: Re: I may have an addiction
Post by: jbondeson on Wed, 04 November 2015, 13:29:10

Looking good! 

I was just talking about trying an all-wood plate with resin-stabilized wood, but it looks like you got around the stiffness issue with just using a much thicker plate.

Title: Re: I may have an addiction
Post by: yowaffle on Wed, 04 November 2015, 13:31:47

I am very jealous of your addiction and hope to one day be able to join you

Title: Re: I may have an addiction
Post by: mrbishop on Wed, 04 November 2015, 13:49:11

Well not to promote but I'm hoping to finalize a design I can market. It's a lot of R&D going on at the moment

Title: Re: I may have an addiction
Post by: Joey Quinn on Wed, 04 November 2015, 14:07:39

This is so sick, it gives me ideas for all the 40%s I need to build.

Title: Re: I may have an addiction
Post by: mrbishop on Wed, 04 November 2015, 14:09:32

(http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/11/04/11ea2198e031d2b63026f09806776e88.jpg)

Kinda like this little guy

I'm also working on a cover design to protect the keys similar to the one datamancer did for the poker case that was on Massdrop.com

Title: Re: I may have an addiction
Post by: jb1830 on Wed, 04 November 2015, 14:52:00

Love the one piece look. How thick is the plate section?

Title: Re: I may have an addiction
Post by: mrbishop on Wed, 04 November 2015, 14:52:30

5mm I think.

Title: Re: I may have an addiction
Post by: jb1830 on Wed, 04 November 2015, 19:28:22

Quote from: mrbishop on Wed, 04 November 2015, 14:52:30

5mm I think.

Cool, thanks! I'm always curious as I'm thinking of making something similar and yours is a nice inspiration.

Title: Re: I may have an addiction
Post by: mrbishop on Wed, 04 November 2015, 19:32:23

No problem I'm glad I could help

Title: Re: I may have an addiction
Post by: Bucake on Thu, 05 November 2015, 00:18:31

damnnn, jealous. looks very pretty, that!

Title: Re: I may have an addiction
Post by: mrbishop on Sat, 07 November 2015, 17:06:31

Thanks

Title: Re: I may have an addiction
Post by: hashbaz on Sat, 07 November 2015, 17:08:25

Very nice work. I love one-off boards like this. :D

Title: Re: I may have an addiction
Post by: Pemdas on Sat, 07 November 2015, 19:36:53

That looks really great! What kind of wood did you use for it?

Title: Re: I may have an addiction
Post by: mrbishop on Sat, 07 November 2015, 19:41:24

Poplar as a test. I want to do one in aromatic cedar 

Title: Re: I may have an addiction
Post by: mrbishop on Mon, 09 November 2015, 10:31:36

Thanks again everyone for the kind words. I will hopefully get off my but and finish this build this week. 

Title: Re: I may have an addiction
Post by: mrbishop on Tue, 08 December 2015, 22:09:29

Newest project.

(http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/12/08/95845a2731f7e7f3d381951a48ea2b84.jpg)(http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/12/08/d7914a5103fcbb3816c63b677b78db2c.jpg)

Title: Re: I may have an addiction
Post by: Charger on Tue, 08 December 2015, 22:47:01

Looks nice I really like the idea of using all wood like that.


that reminds me I really need to buy a trim router to try to rig up on my diy cnc plasma cutter. Any recommendations on trim routers? I was thinking a Makita but I'm assuming you are using a dewalt because its on an inventables machine which tends to have dewalt router mounts available from what I have seen.

Title: Re: I may have an addiction
Post by: mrbishop on Tue, 08 December 2015, 22:48:38

I'm using the makita. I designed and had machined a mount for it it's a 701c

Title: Re: I may have an addiction
Post by: Charger on Wed, 09 December 2015, 08:49:25

Quote from: mrbishop on Tue, 08 December 2015, 22:48:38

I'm using the makita. I designed and had machined a mount for it it's a 701c

That is what I have been thinking about picking up. How is it working for you?

Title: Re: I may have an addiction
Post by: mrbishop on Wed, 09 December 2015, 09:39:18

Quote from: Charger on Wed, 09 December 2015, 08:49:25

Quote from: mrbishop on Tue, 08 December 2015, 22:48:38

I'm using the makita. I designed and had machined a mount for it it's a 701c

That is what I have been thinking about picking up. How is it working for you?

working great. hogs through stuff like a beast. you'll need a custom mount for it. I'm using one i designed and a buddy sells. if you want one i can get you his info.

Title: Re: I may have an addiction
Post by: drewba on Wed, 09 December 2015, 09:44:38

Great work mrbishop, these look amazing!

Title: Re: I may have an addiction
Post by: Charger on Wed, 09 December 2015, 09:50:06

Quote from: mrbishop on Wed, 09 December 2015, 09:39:18

working great. hogs through stuff like a beast. you'll need a custom mount for it. I'm using one i designed and a buddy sells. if you want one i can get you his info.

Good to hear. I think I will just make the mount myself on my manual mill it shouldn't be that hard to make.

Title: Re: I may have an addiction
Post by: mrbishop on Wed, 09 December 2015, 09:56:16

(http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/12/09/384a2013a58294caec929e6c8e49cef5.jpg)

Looks even better stained black