The cases can be compared to wood in terms of the weight, there is almost no flexibility when purposely bending it. It feels sturdy and I am not able to bend it permanently. The texture is more matte than I thought. Not glossy. Feels more sturdy than all the plastic cases I have used before. Definetily a great product that exceeded my expectations by A LOT.
Fantastic product for the price
Which one of these cases is most like the JTK purple?Your best best is the opaque violet, but you will most likely not get an exact color match, so it may be more advisable to go for something complimentary. That said, the violet should actually come pretty damn close if I do say so myself.
trying to pick a color (http://zippy.gfycat.com/CompleteAncientDromedary.webm)
Should i go for the light sky blue, or dark brown?
I will definetily pick up an RGB one.
Hey Trenz, If I wanted to change the color of the legs that I bought how would I go about doing this? Send in another form? or can you manually change it for me?
Hey Trenz, If I wanted to change the color of the legs that I bought how would I go about doing this? Send in another form? or can you manually change it for me?
DO NOT FILL another form. Just PM him here on Geekhack :)
How would coloured LEDs look in a, let's say red, translucent case? Would it be purple, or just look weird?
Ordered! :thumb:
Wasn't LeandreN proxy-ing the EU orders? i guess i forgot :D ... If thats the case (hah, case) would it be possible for shipping both his own and this GB in one package? @LeandreN? :D
Is there a way to smooth off the pattern on the top of the lip? These are really cool but the lattice pattern from the printing kills it for me.
Does anyone know if the case will fit the ALPS Party PCB and plate?
https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=75491.0
Does anyone know if the case will fit the ALPS Party PCB and plate?
https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=75491.0
After reading through that thread, I'd say probably... However, if you get it, and it doesn't work, then I'll try to remake it if you can determine what's not fitting.
So we have decided to start invoicing everyone early to get things moving with production. Many of you will be invoiced by Ziptyze, so that he can get together the money to start ordering new materials. If invoicing you this early is a problem, feel free to just not pay the invoice until you are ready. ORDERS ARE STILL OPEN, so don't think that you can't order anymore just because people are being invoiced.
So we have decided to start invoicing everyone early to get things moving with production. Many of you will be invoiced by Ziptyze, so that he can get together the money to start ordering new materials. If invoicing you this early is a problem, feel free to just not pay the invoice until you are ready. ORDERS ARE STILL OPEN, so don't think that you can't order anymore just because people are being invoiced.
Is there a way to smooth off the pattern on the top of the lip? These are really cool but the lattice pattern from the printing kills it for me.
Without me using other materials, it's tough. PLA doesn't post process as well as other 3d printed materials. You can't acetone smooth it, and if you try to sand it, it mostly just flakes away. Eventually, I'd like to use ABS, which is much easier to post process, but I haven't had good luck with it so far
Hmmm. Interested. What color would go well with Dolch?
Hmmm. Interested. What color would go well with Dolch?
I mean there's the obvious ones that are just the same colors, but I also think the light blue would probably look quite nice.
I think it might look cool in white with red feet... Just me though :)Hmmm. Interested. What color would go well with Dolch?
I mean there's the obvious ones that are just the same colors, but I also think the light blue would probably look quite nice.
I do like the blue... I'll have to see if I have any budget left :D
I think it might look cool in white with red feet... Just me though :)Hmmm. Interested. What color would go well with Dolch?
I mean there's the obvious ones that are just the same colors, but I also think the light blue would probably look quite nice.
I do like the blue... I'll have to see if I have any budget left :D
I mean PayPal fee is like $2 topsI think it might look cool in white with red feet... Just me though :)Hmmm. Interested. What color would go well with Dolch?
I mean there's the obvious ones that are just the same colors, but I also think the light blue would probably look quite nice.
I do like the blue... I'll have to see if I have any budget left :D
See, it needs to be blue, gray, or black, as if it isn't, my ocd will take over and hate me because I have a black and blue setup... I also probably can't afford feet :( $46 USD = 61 CAD and that's without the PayPal fee as well :/
I mean PayPal fee is like $2 topsI think it might look cool in white with red feet... Just me though :)Hmmm. Interested. What color would go well with Dolch?
I mean there's the obvious ones that are just the same colors, but I also think the light blue would probably look quite nice.
I do like the blue... I'll have to see if I have any budget left :D
See, it needs to be blue, gray, or black, as if it isn't, my ocd will take over and hate me because I have a black and blue setup... I also probably can't afford feet :( $46 USD = 61 CAD and that's without the PayPal fee as well :/
Just curious since I see 3.5% PayPal fee being charged:
Has no one ever found out that you can send money for "friends and family"? This does not come with buyers protection but for most applications one doesn't need that anyway if you trust the recipient, and with that it only has 1% currency transfer fee (for me at least since $ is not my currency). Also the buyer pays that up front so the recipient gets the full amount selected.
Would that be any issue with you guys? Means you receive the exact amount (cases + shipping) and I take care of the fees myself beforehand.
Technically those " PayPal.me" links work that way until you check the box below that says something like this contains wares. LeandreN uses such a link, it should be familiar to most of you :D
We could do that, but it's kind of a pain in the ass to do organizationally because then we can't send exact invoices. The fees aren't above like $2 usually, but in the future I will be hosting groupbuys on my own platform without paypal, so there won't be any extra fees. If you have an issue with it this time, feel free to pm me and we can work something out.
As another update, we'll be invoicing all the europe orders so that we can get those ones moving. I know I said that things would be invoiced in the order that things were ordered, but because we're starting a bit early on the invoicing I'm taking the liberty of doing it this way to make things easier with the europe proxy. If anyone would like to be invoiced sooner or wait to be invoiced later, pm me just to let me know.
*is european and waits for invoice* :D
We could do that, but it's kind of a pain in the ass to do organizationally because then we can't send exact invoices. The fees aren't above like $2 usually, but in the future I will be hosting groupbuys on my own platform without paypal, so there won't be any extra fees. If you have an issue with it this time, feel free to pm me and we can work something out.
It's all fine, just wanted to know :thumb: Don't want to interrupt your order, maybe next time ;)QuoteAs another update, we'll be invoicing all the europe orders so that we can get those ones moving. I know I said that things would be invoiced in the order that things were ordered, but because we're starting a bit early on the invoicing I'm taking the liberty of doing it this way to make things easier with the europe proxy. If anyone would like to be invoiced sooner or wait to be invoiced later, pm me just to let me know.
*is european and waits for invoice* :D
After I get my daughter to bed the invoices (that I have) will start flying
After I get my daughter to bed the invoices (that I have) will start flying
... If all else fails ...MoreShow Image(http://www.daylol.com/images/2012/November/21/50ad5721cae51.gif)
/JK :D
EDIT: Paid! :thumb:
Seems most everybody is in Europe, its pretty much me, LeandreN and like 2 others to be invoiced...
Seems most everybody is in Europe, its pretty much me, LeandreN and like 2 others to be invoiced...
Seems most everybody is in Europe, its pretty much me, LeandreN and like 2 others to be invoiced...
No, we invoice some non-EU people as well
Printer is already going guys! Thankfully I have about half of the ordered colors already, so I've already started printing the orders that I can!
Thank you guys for everything, this whole buy is very exciting to me, and I'm so happy to be able to send my cases all over the world!!!!
ABS or PLA ?
Hmm, according to the sheet you still haven't got my payment. Just haven't updated it or is paypal a *****?
Hmm, according to the sheet you still haven't got my payment. Just haven't updated it or is paypal a *****?
I got it, but it's a process of me getting the payment, going on and updating the sheet, and then trenza updating the post... so we've got a fire bucket brigade situation going on here, your water will get there!
Hmm, according to the sheet you still haven't got my payment. Just haven't updated it or is paypal a *****?
I got it, but it's a process of me getting the payment, going on and updating the sheet, and then trenza updating the post... so we've got a fire bucket brigade situation going on here, your water will get there!
Oh yeah... let me give you editing rights to that... didn't even occur to me...
i can take SEPA payments if need Trenza! Let me know and i will send info.
Okey dokey.i can take SEPA payments if need Trenza! Let me know and i will send info.
We're all good I think, thanks though
Seems most everybody is in Europe, its pretty much me, LeandreN and like 2 others to be invoiced...
Paid... A few days ago :thumb:
Phew! I was just badly hinting :thumb:Paid... A few days ago :thumb:
Yeah your order is ****ed up because I invoiced you instead of ziptyze and I forgot to update it. Don't worry about it.
Also, it should be noted for everyone that the sheet will be updated tonight with new payments, so just because you're marked as not having payed right now doesn't mean you will necessarily be dropped.
Also, it should be noted for everyone that the sheet will be updated tonight with new payments, so just because you're marked as not having payed right now doesn't mean you will necessarily be dropped.
To add on that, I'm hoping to ship to leandren early next week with the Europe stuff, which accounts for about half of the order. Otherwise, like Trenza said, I'm going to try to roughly get stuff out in the order I received payment, but no one should be waiting too long. I'm almost half done with all of the cases, so I should be shipping some next week. Waiting on a few straggler filaments and some screws and inserts, but the printing is the really time consuming part. Thank you all again! Everyone at GH has been so welcoming and supportive!
To add on that, I'm hoping to ship to leandren early next week with the Europe stuff, which accounts for about half of the order. Otherwise, like Trenza said, I'm going to try to roughly get stuff out in the order I received payment, but no one should be waiting too long. I'm almost half done with all of the cases, so I should be shipping some next week. Waiting on a few straggler filaments and some screws and inserts, but the printing is the really time consuming part. Thank you all again! Everyone at GH has been so welcoming and supportive!
Unfortunately Ziptyze just notified me that he had a little problem with his printer, and so he will unfortunately be unable to print for a couple days, which will delay us by just a little bit. Please PM me and let me know if this is in any way a problem for you.
Unfortunately Ziptyze just notified me that he had a little problem with his printer, and so he will unfortunately be unable to print for a couple days, which will delay us by just a little bit. Please PM me and let me know if this is in any way a problem for you.
Unfortunately Ziptyze just notified me that he had a little problem with his printer, and so he will unfortunately be unable to print for a couple days, which will delay us by just a little bit. Please PM me and let me know if this is in any way a problem for you.
That sucks, I hope it gets all sorted out.
Unfortunately Ziptyze just notified me that he had a little problem with his printer, and so he will unfortunately be unable to print for a couple days, which will delay us by just a little bit. Please PM me and let me know if this is in any way a problem for you.
That sucks, I hope it gets all sorted out.
No worries, hope it's nothing major
Euro cases are going to Leandre tomorrow. US, Canada, and other international start shipping next week. Thank you all for your patience!
Euro cases are going to Leandre tomorrow. US, Canada, and other international start shipping next week. Thank you all for your patience!
Euro cases are going to Leandre tomorrow. US, Canada, and other international start shipping next week. Thank you all for your patience!
I'll probably have to change my Shipping Address for CONUS as i'll be heading back to college on the 9th. Who should I pm for the change?
All the EU orders except for those who wanted to ship with my GB is shipped!
Have the int'l orders shipped?
Have the int'l orders shipped?
They will very shortly. I've had a couple of last minute printer issues that have been hogging up a couple orders, but nearly everything is packed and ready to go.
Ok, I'm confused. Shouldn't my order be "shipped to proxy" by now if I live in Sweden? Or have I misunderstood something?
new to 60%'s, can anyone confirm if the atomic pcb plays nice w/ z-cases?
new to 60%'s, can anyone confirm if the atomic pcb plays nice w/ z-cases?
Screws go in much different spots
new to 60%'s, can anyone confirm if the atomic pcb plays nice w/ z-cases?
Screws go in much different spots
pity, that's the only 60% pcb i'm aware of that supports not wasting 6u+ on the spacebar. Thanks.
I took most of the remainder of the cases to the post office this morning. I guess you can't use priority tape on stuff that's not going priority... Oh well. I'm going to hunting down some opaque tape cause I need to cover it up, and they'll go out Monday. I have a couple people I need to contact with some special circumstances though.
I took most of the remainder of the cases to the post office this morning. I guess you can't use priority tape on stuff that's not going priority... Oh well. I'm going to hunting down some opaque tape cause I need to cover it up, and they'll go out Monday. I have a couple people I need to contact with some special circumstances though.
Does that mean you can't use non-priority tape on a priority box? :P thanks for the GB!
I took most of the remainder of the cases to the post office this morning. I guess you can't use priority tape on stuff that's not going priority... Oh well. I'm going to hunting down some opaque tape cause I need to cover it up, and they'll go out Monday. I have a couple people I need to contact with some special circumstances though.
Does that mean you can't use non-priority tape on a priority box? :P thanks for the GB!
Last time I took a box with priority tape on it I had to pay for priority or else they were going to make me take it all off. Such a pita :mad:
I'll try this the next time, but I think the fact that I'm being a smart ass will be lost on the post office employees
I took most of the remainder of the cases to the post office this morning. I guess you can't use priority tape on stuff that's not going priority... Oh well. I'm going to hunting down some opaque tape cause I need to cover it up, and they'll go out Monday. I have a couple people I need to contact with some special circumstances though.
Does that mean you can't use non-priority tape on a priority box? :P thanks for the GB!
Last time I took a box with priority tape on it I had to pay for priority or else they were going to make me take it all off. Such a pita :mad:
I'll try this the next time, but I think the fact that I'm being a smart ass will be lost on the post office employees
I took most of the remainder of the cases to the post office this morning. I guess you can't use priority tape on stuff that's not going priority... Oh well. I'm going to hunting down some opaque tape cause I need to cover it up, and they'll go out Monday. I have a couple people I need to contact with some special circumstances though.
Does that mean you can't use non-priority tape on a priority box? :P thanks for the GB!
I took most of the remainder of the cases to the post office this morning. I guess you can't use priority tape on stuff that's not going priority... Oh well. I'm going to hunting down some opaque tape cause I need to cover it up, and they'll go out Monday. I have a couple people I need to contact with some special circumstances though.
Does that mean you can't use non-priority tape on a priority box? :P thanks for the GB!
They give you Priority tape and flat rate boxes for free but only because you're only allowed to use them on Priority shipping.
Any chance of getting one of these cases or is it too late?
got mine in today! feels alot smoother then i had expected! overall a very sturdy case!Show Image(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Y6h2HFlUM5k/VqJPiEJKA1I/AAAAAAAAANQ/7VKNleWYPSg/w1153-h865-no/16%2B-%2B1)Show Image(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-wsWIbE0DHFA/VqJPoP6GGrI/AAAAAAAAANY/BHRLPJD_lt0/w1153-h865-no/16%2B-%2B1)
I still haven't got my case, have I misunderstood something or wasn't all EU orders shipped from LeandreN a while ago? (I have since got other stuff from LeandreN, so I don't think it's the normal postal delay if so).
I still haven't got my case, have I misunderstood something or wasn't all EU orders shipped from LeandreN a while ago? (I have since got other stuff from LeandreN, so I don't think it's the normal postal delay if so).
Somehow I missed sending yours to Leandre... but I sent it directly last week, should come shortly
Mine arrived safe-and-sound today. I'll try and take pictures later in the week, but it's a great looking case.
BTW: did you print this on glass? The bottom is so smooth!
Mine arrived safe-and-sound today. I'll try and take pictures later in the week, but it's a great looking case.
BTW: did you print this on glass? The bottom is so smooth!
Yup! Printed on glass
Mine arrived safe-and-sound today. I'll try and take pictures later in the week, but it's a great looking case.
BTW: did you print this on glass? The bottom is so smooth!
Yup! Printed on glass
How did you insert the threaded posts into the case?
Mine arrived safe-and-sound today. I'll try and take pictures later in the week, but it's a great looking case.
BTW: did you print this on glass? The bottom is so smooth!
Yup! Printed on glass
How did you insert the threaded posts into the case?
With a soldering iron. It was pretty nerve racking at first, that I was going to melt something or screw up the holes... but after 100 some cases, I've got it down fairly well
Mine arrived safe-and-sound today. I'll try and take pictures later in the week, but it's a great looking case.
BTW: did you print this on glass? The bottom is so smooth!
Yup! Printed on glass
How did you insert the threaded posts into the case?
With a soldering iron. It was pretty nerve racking at first, that I was going to melt something or screw up the holes... but after 100 some cases, I've got it down fairly well
I read clothing iron at first and thought that you must really be good at using a clothing iron if you could do it with such precision. Then I read the reply again and realized my mistake, boooooring.
Back in college I'd make grilled cheeses with cut open coke cans, and a clothing iron.... does that count for anything???oh wow so edgy :p
Got my case today, looks awesome. Now I just need to decide if I'm to use your case or Dulphin's frosted acrylic for my current build (leaning towards your, as it's a little darker and would fit my planned keycaps set better...)
Anyway, some feedback from using this case with a b.face (from LeandreN's group buy).
Your screw posts are ~0.8mm in diameter (which you probably know =P), but the b.face only seem to have ~0.6-0.7 clearance around the center of the mounting points (meaning the clearance is even less if the case and PCB would differ vertically, which fortunately only happens on the bottom post which has no components near).
There is mainly two places where this is an issue. The first is on the top right post, if a ISO enter stabilizer is used (this is where I first noticed it, as the PCB would not stay in place in the case at first). The second place is the top left where there are components very close to the PCB mounting hole. I've solved this by using a hobby knife on the affected posts (and a little on the others for good measure), but if it's possible to shrink some of the posts (at least the two top ones) I think the compatibility with b.face would be better.
So a thank you again to ziptyze for a nice case, and trenza for doing this GB =)
EDIT: ziptyze: If you want/need pictures of the issues I described just send a PM and I'll take some and send some to you.
I had no problem fitting my b.face in there, did I oversee something important, or may tolerances do their magic here and for some it fits, for some it doesn't?
I had no problem fitting my b.face in there, did I oversee something important, or may tolerances do their magic here and for some it fits, for some it doesn't?
I think he was saying its a problem specifically with the stabs for an ISO enter... Which I hadn't tried yet. Probably about the only thing...
I had no problem fitting my b.face in there, did I oversee something important, or may tolerances do their magic here and for some it fits, for some it doesn't?
I think he was saying its a problem specifically with the stabs for an ISO enter... Which I hadn't tried yet. Probably about the only thing...
I do have an ISO layout, too, and I hadn't any problem *confused* :D
Just got my Z-Case today. I'm impressed! I never imagined being able to get a custom color 60% case for less than $50. And even having said that, it's surprisingly sturdy. Thanks to all who made this happen. I'm finally able to use my second Alps 60% again.
still waiting for mine :))
still waiting for mine :))
It's on it's way. I probably shouldn't have labeled it "plastic keyboard case, not drugs" on the customs form
I know we already spoke on reddit, but goddamn i need 1 or 2 cases, possibly 10+ if im going to be completely honest. Hope the next GB will be soon!!
Absolutely!
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