It is not teflon. It is just white acrylic. I personally like the black color better. But since it is not glued now, I can make another black case with *red* middle layers, and I can swap them back and forth for 4 different combos: black/red, black/blue, white/red, white/blue.
Some things I have noticed, and general info:
- I am typing on it now. It feels very solid. It feels heavier than Filco with its original case. But I need to weight them to verify.
- The screws are very nice. And since my hands and fingers don't touch them when typing, they don't bother me at all. They look pretty baller to me. I don't have to cut these screws. They fit almost perfectly. The back, longer ones are perfect length. The front could be a tad longer, but they are fine.
- The keyboard PCB (actually, the switches' contacts
) is sitting on the 4th layer. This is the first prototype I have made without to posts glued to the 4th layer to support the metal plate. So it is a simpler design and has better support IMO.
- The cut edges are a little rough because I have not flame polish them. Laser cutting has a little of a flame polish effect, unlike cutting with a saw.
- Acrylic, after cut, bends a little. They are straighten out when you screw them together though.
- The top layer cut out fits perfectly with two other Filcos I opened up and tried the case with. But this last one suffers from off-center arrow keys and Esc key, just like other Filco and Leopold keyboards
.
- The height works great for me. But I don't use the flip up legs in any keyboard I use. If you use the flip up legs, It would require thicker rubber feet at the back.
