It's been a while since I've posted anything in here, but this is my latest project.
I've been wanting a stepped Control key for my HHKB for a while, not necessarily for utility's sake, but for aesthetics and ****s and giggles. I figured I might as well make a WASD cluster and Enter key while I was at it.
With a lot of patience, calipers, Autodesk 123D Design (http://www.123dapp.com/design), and 3DHub (PM me if you want a referral link that gets you a $10 discount for your first purchase), I cranked out these:Show Image(http://i.imgur.com/0WYm6zJ.jpg)Show Image(http://i.imgur.com/KAF5Yls.jpg)Show Image(http://i.imgur.com/wLSH4Fv.jpg)Show Image(http://i.imgur.com/y6LgNhu.jpg)
I had a couple of goals in mind when I made them. I wanted to make them as thick as possible, so they're almost twice as thick as standard caps and I wanted them to snap fit, which they do. It took them a fair bit of sanding and finishing to get them to where they are from the caps full of striation lines.
I still have to mold and cast them, but I'm stoked on how the masters came out.
It's been a while since I've posted anything in here, but this is my latest project.
I've been wanting a stepped Control key for my HHKB for a while, not necessarily for utility's sake, but for aesthetics and ****s and giggles. I figured I might as well make a WASD cluster and Enter key while I was at it.
With a lot of patience, calipers, Autodesk 123D Design (http://www.123dapp.com/design), and 3DHub (PM me if you want a referral link that gets you a $10 discount for your first purchase), I cranked out these:Show Image(http://i.imgur.com/0WYm6zJ.jpg)Show Image(http://i.imgur.com/KAF5Yls.jpg)Show Image(http://i.imgur.com/wLSH4Fv.jpg)Show Image(http://i.imgur.com/y6LgNhu.jpg)
I had a couple of goals in mind when I made them. I wanted to make them as thick as possible, so they're almost twice as thick as standard caps and I wanted them to snap fit, which they do. It took them a fair bit of sanding and finishing to get them to where they are from the caps full of striation lines.
I still have to mold and cast them, but I'm stoked on how the masters came out.
I'm assuming this is for those who don't (properly) use full-touch left Control. :-X
I've been wanting a stepped Control key for my HHKB for a while, not necessarily for utility's sake, but for aesthetics and ****s and giggles.
Stop it, you zealots.
I like this a lot.
How is the WASD profile compared to the stock caps?
I like this a lot.
How is the WASD profile compared to the stock caps?
It's pretty close, but the stems had a little too much play (they could twist a bit) on the cast, so I think I need to make some adjustments or use a different printer. They were done on a Form 1 and I'm not entirely sure the printer knew how to use it, especially since my first batch had some major warping issues.
I'll probably do a small stepped control/caps and enter sale soon, but I really want to do a control, enter, WASD, and USB blockers set. I've got a few small tweaks I want to do to make it "perfect" (like make the back of the control a hair shorter), but it's pretty solid as is right now.
I forgot you did USB blockers.
Are you saying you are going to cast that in resin with the same colors?
You actualy made a resin cast for that o.o
Wow, can't wait for more pictures. Keep up the good work. :) The Caps Lock original is 3D printed, right?
How is the WASD profile compared to the stock caps?
How long did it take you to make these, start to finish?
This is so awesome. Please tell me you will be doing them in your color palette.I forgot you did USB blockers.
Are you saying you are going to cast that in resin with the same colors?
You actualy made a resin cast for that o.o
The plan is to do matched sets. I'll probably put them out in small batches in phases as I still need to tweak the blockers.
It's certainly a step in the right direction!
Even though the Control isn't perfect (the cant is a little forward instead of back), would anyone want one in the current shape or do people want to wait for the more refined one to come out?How is the WASD profile compared to the stock caps?
Just eyeballed them again when I got home, it's almost identical. Same with the Enter key. The Control is a little off on the backside (a little too tall) and I need to adjust it a little to make it perfect. I tried to match the standard Topre profile as closely as possible and I got pretty damn close. It wasn't easy since I had to use calipers that are in millimeters/inches, but I have to convert any fraction of a mm from inches to mm.
The friction fit WASD caps don't have any wiggle issue, so I think I found my problem and how to fix it.How long did it take you to make these, start to finish?
I couldn't tell you since I have no clue how long the modeling took me. I know that the finishing took a couple of hours since I sanded down to 1500 grit (kind of unnecessary) to get nice and smooth and remove any lines. Then I hit them with several coats of matte finish. After that, I masked off rejects and experimented with different means of texturizing and how adding finish on top of the texture affected the look and feel. Then I finally did the first set of test casts.
This is so awesome. Please tell me you will be doing them in your color palette.
Great news! Do you have a picture of the underside of one of the wasd ones?
Can you cast some to match my HOs? ;)
Can you cast some to match my HOs? ;)
I can always try. I may need a HO for reference.
Anymore news on these nubs? I need some stepped control in my life :cool:
Anymore news on these nubs? I need some stepped control in my life :cool:
I took a break from GH. Looks like someone took the work I did and ran with it though. I do have a V2 I have to make a mold of, but I'm not sure if I'm going to move forward with it.