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Offline EscapeVelocity

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Does anybody make a "bakelite" & ivory colored key cap set?
« on: Wed, 17 June 2015, 10:42:44 »
For that old timey look?

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Offline wlhlm

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Re: Does anybody make a "bakelite" & ivory colored key cap set?
« Reply #1 on: Wed, 17 June 2015, 10:45:46 »
Not sure why, but I always get a weird feeling reading the word "bakelite"...
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Offline Yoe

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Re: Does anybody make a &quot;bakelite&quot; & ivory colored key cap set?
« Reply #2 on: Wed, 17 June 2015, 13:02:49 »
Someone should make an entire keyboard out of actual bakelite.
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Offline Tiramisuu

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Re: Does anybody make a "bakelite" & ivory colored key cap set?
« Reply #3 on: Wed, 17 June 2015, 17:04:46 »
I have an amazing set of bakelite backgammon checkers that I had a custom board built around.

Absolutely wonderful plastic but environmentally bad.
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Offline Oobly

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Re: Does anybody make a "bakelite" & ivory colored key cap set?
« Reply #4 on: Thu, 18 June 2015, 05:08:58 »
Quote from: EscapeVelocity on Wed, 17 June 2015, 10:42:44
For that old timey look?

Yes: http://keypuller.com/high-profile-double-shot-by-filco/

And I've been planning a set in TAA/WCK with TAA mods and WCK alphas, but been too busy to get it designed and posted. Planning some VERY interesting novelties for it, too. Sigh, there's just not enough time in a day.
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Re: Does anybody make a "bakelite" & ivory colored key cap set?
« Reply #5 on: Thu, 18 June 2015, 07:23:25 »
Quote from: Oobly on Thu, 18 June 2015, 05:08:58
Quote from: EscapeVelocity on Wed, 17 June 2015, 10:42:44
For that old timey look?

Yes: http://keypuller.com/high-profile-double-shot-by-filco/

And I've been planning a set in TAA/WCK with TAA mods and WCK alphas, but been too busy to get it designed and posted. Planning some VERY interesting novelties for it, too. Sigh, there's just not enough time in a day.

Me too... I'd love to collaborate on something like that, like I did with Jukebox.
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Re: Does anybody make a "bakelite" & ivory colored key cap set?
« Reply #6 on: Thu, 18 June 2015, 18:13:09 »
The name sounds nice - like IBM's pearl and pebble.
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Offline BlueNalgene

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Re: Does anybody make a "bakelite" & ivory colored key cap set?
« Reply #7 on: Thu, 18 June 2015, 18:30:38 »
I would totally be interested in some spherical profile Bakelite caps.  Not imitation stuff, but actual Bakelite.  Some wood fiber melamine resin might be nice too.  I don't think it would be something the artisan community could handle though.  Lots of cancer risks there.
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