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geekhack Projects => Making Stuff Together! => Topic started by: confusedtapeworm on Sat, 31 March 2018, 04:21:46
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I've been looking for a G80-1800 mounting plate, but the only one I could find that supports my layout is the 185x plate from this GH thread: https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=42063.0 (https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=42063.0).
I'd prefer to directly purchase the plate, but could also try to get it cut myself if I can get my hands on the CAD files. That might be a bit tough though, since both users who ran that GB seem to have been inactive for a while now.
What do?
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You could design your own and have it laser cut somewhere. That seems to be the best option.
Have you already modded the case?
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No I haven't done anything to the board other than some cleaning.
I could design my own, if I knew how. And this seems a rather intricate plate, so that option is very low on my list.
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Designing a plate is not hard thanks to swill.
All you need is to design your layout in the KLE (http://www.keyboard-layout-editor.com/) then import the raw data into swill's builder (http://builder.swillkb.com/) and download the design.
I assume your layout looks more or less like this (http://www.keyboard-layout-editor.com/##@@=Esc&_x:0.25%3B&=F1&=F2&=F3&=F4&_x:0.25%3B&=F5&=F6&=F7&=F8&_x:0.25%3B&=F9&=F10&=F11&=F12&_x:-0.15000000000000036&t=%23000000%0A%23005500&a:5&fa@:1%3B&d:true%3B&=Num%20Lock%0A%3Ci%20class%2F='fa%20fa-circle'%3E%3C%2F%2Fi%3E&_x:-0.5999999999999996&t=%23800000%0A%23005500&d:true%3B&=Caps%20Lock%0A%3Ci%20class%2F='fa%20fa-circle'%3E%3C%2F%2Fi%3E&_x:-0.5999999999999996&d:true%3B&=Scroll%20Lock%0A%3Ci%20class%2F='fa%20fa-circle'%3E%3C%2F%2Fi%3E&_x:0.09999999999999964&t=%23000000&a:4&f:3%3B&=Insert&_f:3%3B&=Home&_f:3%3B&=PgUp&_f:3%3B&=PrtSc%3B&@_x:15.5&f:3%3B&=Delete&_f:3%3B&=End&_f:3%3B&=PgDn&_f:3%3B&=Scroll%20Lock%3B&@_f:3%3B&=~%0A%60&_f:3%3B&=!%0A1&_f:3%3B&=%2F@%0A2&_f:3%3B&=%23%0A3&_f:3%3B&=$%0A4&_f:3%3B&=%25%0A5&_f:3%3B&=%5E%0A6&_f:3%3B&=%2F&%0A7&_f:3%3B&=*%0A8&_f:3%3B&=(%0A9&_f:3%3B&=)%0A0&_f:3%3B&=%2F_%0A-&_f:3%3B&=+%0A%2F=&_f:3&w:2%3B&=Backspace&_x:0.5&f:3%3B&=Num%20Lock&_f:3%3B&=%2F%2F&_f:3%3B&=*&_f:3%3B&=Pause%0ABreak%3B&@_f:3&w:1.5%3B&=Tab&_f:3%3B&=Q&_f:3%3B&=W&_f:3%3B&=E&_f:3%3B&=R&_f:3%3B&=T&_f:3%3B&=Y&_f:3%3B&=U&_f:3%3B&=I&_f:3%3B&=O&_f:3%3B&=P&_f:3%3B&=%7B%0A%5B&_f:3%3B&=%7D%0A%5D&_f:3&w:1.5%3B&=%7C%0A%5C&_x:0.5&f:3%3B&=7%0AHome&_f:3%3B&=8%0A%E2%86%91&_f:3%3B&=9%0APgUp&_f:3%3B&=-%3B&@_f:3&w:1.25&w2:1.75&l:true%3B&=Caps%20Lock&_x:0.5&f:3%3B&=A&_f:3%3B&=S&_f:3%3B&=D&_f:3%3B&=F&_f:3%3B&=G&_f:3%3B&=H&_f:3%3B&=J&_f:3%3B&=K&_f:3%3B&=L&_f:3%3B&=%2F:%0A%2F%3B&_f:3%3B&=%22%0A'&_f:3&w:2.25%3B&=Enter&_x:0.5&f:3%3B&=4%0A%E2%86%90&_f:3%3B&=5&_f:3%3B&=6%0A%E2%86%92&_f:3%3B&=+%3B&@_f:3&w:2.25%3B&=Shift&_f:3%3B&=Z&_f:3%3B&=X&_f:3%3B&=C&_f:3%3B&=V&_f:3%3B&=B&_f:3%3B&=N&_f:3%3B&=M&_f:3%3B&=%3C%0A,&_f:3%3B&=%3E%0A.&_f:3%3B&=%3F%0A%2F%2F&_f:3&w:1.75%3B&=Shift&_x:1.5&f:3%3B&=1%0AEnd&_f:3%3B&=2%0A%E2%86%93&_f:3%3B&=3%0APgDn&_f:3&h:2%3B&=Enter%3B&@_y:-0.75&x:14.25&f:3%3B&=%E2%86%91%3B&@_y:-0.25&f:3&w:1.5%3B&=Ctrl&_f:3&w:1.5%3B&=Alt&_a:7&w:7%3B&=&_a:4&f:3&w:1.5%3B&=Alt&_f:3&w:1.5%3B&=Ctrl&_x:3.5&f:3%3B&=0%0AIns&_f:3%3B&=.%0ADel%3B&@_y:-0.75&x:13.25&f:3%3B&=%E2%86%90&_f:3%3B&=%E2%86%93&_f:3%3B&=%E2%86%92).
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I've seen that tool, but that only gets me halfway. There need to be a whole bunch of cuts and wholes on the plate to fit the 1800 case, as you can see in the link I posted above.
I'll still keep that in mind though.
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See if TheKeyCompany (https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=94381.0) can help you out.