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Offline iMav

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Blue LEDS on a Unicomp Customizer
« Reply #50 on: Fri, 27 March 2009, 02:28:41 »
I just wanted to chime in and say...GREAT JOB!!  That keyboard is freakin' awesome looking.  

What type of label did you use??  My blue Cherry tenkeyless Filco came with green LEDs...which I don't like nearly as much as the blues (which my cherry brown tenkeyless had)  So may be modding mine as well.

**EDIT**
So, what size do you resize that .xcf file to (it's native size is HUGE).  :)

Offline kliclak

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Blue LEDS on a Unicomp Customizer
« Reply #51 on: Fri, 03 April 2009, 22:24:45 »
Quote from: iMav;25694
I just wanted to chime in and say...GREAT JOB!!  That keyboard is freakin' awesome looking.  

What type of label did you use??  My blue Cherry tenkeyless Filco came with green LEDs...which I don't like nearly as much as the blues (which my cherry brown tenkeyless had)  So may be modding mine as well.

**EDIT**
So, what size do you resize that .xcf file to (it's native size is HUGE).  :)


Thanks for the kind words.  As far as which label I used, it was just a standard Avery clear label for laser printers.  I used a clear one so the light would shine through the "windows" I drew in it.  

To make the lettering show up white, I some small peices of this white vinyl sheet stuff they use in RC hobbies called Monocoat on the sticky side of the label where the lettering shows through.  I guess a few small, strategically placed bits of paper would do the same thing.

Of course you could probably just use some white labels and cut out the windows where the LEDs are with an exacto knife or something.

To resize the label (I drew it actual size in Gimp), if you are using Gimp, when you go to print it, click the Image Settings tab in the Print dialog box, and there you can dial in the exact size (in millimeters) that you want to print the label out.

This is my primary keyboard now.  It looks so cool on my desk I don't want to use anything else.  The only thing I noticed is an all black keyboard with the light texture finish on the plastic that this one has really shows the dust.  A small price to pay though...

Offline patrickgeekhack

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Blue LEDS on a Unicomp Customizer
« Reply #52 on: Wed, 28 October 2009, 12:24:45 »
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Ok, will do.

I just took a couple other photos to post.  It really looks better than the photos show.  

Unicomp really needs to market these aggressively.  The funny thing is, I would never have even searched out Unicomp (or even found out about the model M) if the Das Keyboard website had not praised the model M so highly.  They say their keyboard "compares" with the model M.  This one "compares" somewhat more faithfully though...the EXACT same key mechanism to be precise.    

I just may make an all black Endurapro (with a bit of grease to quiet it down for use at work) my next project.

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Is the grease injected directly into the "switch" ?

Offline itlnstln

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Blue LEDS on a Unicomp Customizer
« Reply #53 on: Wed, 28 October 2009, 12:32:50 »
It's applied directly to the spring.


Offline patrickgeekhack

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« Reply #54 on: Wed, 28 October 2009, 12:40:51 »
Thanks. I will try that and also the washer trick from Wellington.

Offline patrickgeekhack

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Blue LEDS on a Unicomp Customizer
« Reply #55 on: Wed, 28 October 2009, 15:12:30 »
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I never did the washer one.  Couldn't find the right size.


That the most difficult part.