Project: High profile Aluminum CNC Milled case for the Planck

[King Icewind]

Spent a fair portion of the day today working on the prototype for a pretty hefty case for the Planck. It's CNC machined out of 1" thick aluminum and will be a nice high profile case. I'll post some more photos and videos soon.

Here's a short clip machining out the main pocket (first time running this CAM program, so it's a bit slow):

https://imgur.com/gallery/41AUNJ7/

[King Icewind]

Main pocket is finished. Still have to finish chamfering and engraving on the top.

[King Icewind]

The engraving turned out really nice!



I also finished the engraving for the top: on to finishing the front, back, and bottom. My apologies on the light not being too great on these two pictures.

[Timber Mech]

Looking cool.

Going for standard tray mount or something custom?

[King Icewind]

Thanks! It will mount the same as it does with the OLKB cases (screw through the bottom/thread into PCB). It will just be a direct swap, shouldn't even have to remove any keycaps or switches.

[King Icewind]

Finished up the facing and engraving. Only a few ops left.





Short little video: https://i.imgur.com/1Akv124.mp4

[King Icewind]

It’s finally done! There’s a few adjustments to make but it looks great. Without the PCB, switches, and keycaps it weighs over 2lbs. You can view more photos here. A post in the GB subforum is pending.

[King Icewind]

GB post: https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=112815.0

[blondie]

What is that knob? Looks really nice.

[King Icewind]

That’s a 44mm knob for the Twokey. I may do a CNC milled enclosed case version rather than the plate kit in the upcoming few weeks. https://www.keysofkings.com/shop/keyboards/macropad/twokey-v1/

The knob in the pictures on the site are one I CNC turned, the knob seen above is a purchased knob included with the kits.

[King Icewind]

Here’s a video showcasing the Gallant case.

[MIGHTY CHICKEN]

Those thicc bezels do look fine