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Offline emptythecache

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Project Day! Vinyl Wrapped Filco, Detachable cable mod!
« on: Sat, 11 August 2012, 18:01:38 »
This is what I did to my keyboard today. I would post this in the mods forum, but that doesn't seem to exist anymore.





It was actually really easy, I just bought a couple of these, snipped it, stripped the internal wires, and did the same to an extra cable I had from an old filco. I chose to solder the same colored wires together, but you could probably get away with just twisting them. I shaved the plastic off the female end so it would fit into the opening of the case (which i also had to shave a tiny bit off), and hot glued it in. I decided to do the vinyl wrap while I had my case apart. I think it looks pretty good, but with some practice, I probably could have done better on the corners. Either way, it's going to look ****ing awesome when my red alert set shows up early next week. If anyone has an questions about my process, I'll do my best to answer them. Sorry I was too lazy to take more pictures while working on it.

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Re: Project Day! Vinyl Wrapped Filco, Detachable cable mod!
« Reply #1 on: Sat, 11 August 2012, 18:25:59 »
Really nice job on the wrap, that looks sick!
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Re: Project Day! Vinyl Wrapped Filco, Detachable cable mod!
« Reply #2 on: Sat, 11 August 2012, 18:42:39 »
I concur. Mind showing some pics of the mentioned corners? Is it tinted a bit blue or is it just something with the image?

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Re: Project Day! Vinyl Wrapped Filco, Detachable cable mod!
« Reply #3 on: Sat, 11 August 2012, 18:53:06 »
crappy pictures of crappy corners: http://imgur.com/a/EI4tY


I'm not sure what you are asking about the blue tint, but yes? the vinyl wrap is blue carbon fiber: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005M4L116/ref=oh_details_o06_s00_i00

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Re: Project Day! Vinyl Wrapped Filco, Detachable cable mod!
« Reply #4 on: Sun, 12 August 2012, 15:10:32 »
That looks awesome man

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Re: Project Day! Vinyl Wrapped Filco, Detachable cable mod!
« Reply #5 on: Tue, 21 August 2012, 16:59:01 »
This looks great... now I'm thinking I might try this on my Quickfire Rapid. Did you attempt heating the vinyl at all for the edges?

edit: also wondering what the approximate thickness of the wrap is, and what is the adhesive like? Would it be a ***** to remove this stuff? I've never worked with vinyl wrap before.
« Last Edit: Tue, 21 August 2012, 20:53:11 by peachesenregalia »
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Re: Project Day! Vinyl Wrapped Filco, Detachable cable mod!
« Reply #6 on: Fri, 31 August 2012, 07:30:00 »
Sorry to answer like ten days later. I'm not sure how to describe the thickness of the vinyl, it's pretty similar to any vinyl stickers you've seen.  the adhesive is strong, but doesn't really leave a residue. I DID heat the corners, but probably could've done a better job. I got annoyed with the wrinkles on the corners after a while and did take the vinyl off. I may put some back on at some point, but at the moment I'm really happy with the look of my RA set on black body.

Offline JonDBurnett

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Re: Project Day! Vinyl Wrapped Filco, Detachable cable mod!
« Reply #7 on: Sun, 30 September 2012, 04:43:19 »
hey i have a couple of alot questions about actually modding the Filco itself.
how did you do it? like would you mind walking me through it or something? :p  because i would love to have a detachable cable, but i really dont want to break the keyboard :p
would you mind taking as picture or the inside or something?   pretty please?
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« Reply #8 on: Fri, 12 October 2012, 10:55:07 »
hey i have a couple of alot questions about actually modding the Filco itself.
how did you do it? like would you mind walking me through it or something? :p  because i would love to have a detachable cable, but i really dont want to break the keyboard :p
would you mind taking as picture or the inside or something?   pretty please?

I'd like a detailed guide also. Would be good to know for that new cable thread. (http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=36065.0)