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Offline tehtacolord

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CAD files for printing/ milling a 60% case
« on: Mon, 29 August 2016, 07:22:55 »
Hello everyone,

I'm relatively new to mechanical keyboards and bought my pok3r just 2 months ago.
I also bought a KC60 in a group buy but do NOT like the plastic case which led me to the idea of building a case on my own.

I like the pok3r case 's design so it would be nice to copy that one.
Does anyone have CAD-data/CAD-files to get the exact measurements of a 60% case?

I'd really appreciate a link or some data of the measurements.

Thanks in advance.
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Offline duynguyenle

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Re: CAD files for printing/ milling a 60% case
« Reply #1 on: Mon, 29 August 2016, 07:30:46 »
Quote from: tehtacolord on Mon, 29 August 2016, 07:22:55
Hello everyone,

I'm relatively new to mechanical keyboards and bought my pok3r just 2 months ago.
I also bought a KC60 in a group buy but do NOT like the plastic case which led me to the idea of building a case on my own.

I like the pok3r case 's design so it would be nice to copy that one.
Does anyone have CAD-data/CAD-files to get the exact measurements of a 60% case?

I'd really appreciate a link or some data of the measurements.

Thanks in advance.

It's almost certainly cheaper to get a 60% aluminium case off AliExpress, I think they usually go for about $70 or so. Unless you have access to your own CNC.
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Offline tehtacolord

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Re: CAD files for printing/ milling a 60% case
« Reply #2 on: Mon, 29 August 2016, 23:59:05 »
Money doesn't matter. I want to create a custom case based on the hole distances / general measurements of a 60% keyboard case.
Thanks for your advice anyway !
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Re: CAD files for printing/ milling a 60% case
« Reply #3 on: Tue, 30 August 2016, 06:17:49 »
Quote from: tehtacolord on Mon, 29 August 2016, 23:59:05
Money doesn't matter. I want to create a custom case based on the hole distances / general measurements of a 60% keyboard case.
Thanks for your advice anyway !
I would recommend checking out builder.swillkb.com.  Might be a good starting point.
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Offline duynguyenle

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Re: CAD files for printing/ milling a 60% case
« Reply #4 on: Tue, 30 August 2016, 11:35:23 »
Quote from: tehtacolord on Mon, 29 August 2016, 23:59:05
Money doesn't matter. I want to create a custom case based on the hole distances / general measurements of a 60% keyboard case.
Thanks for your advice anyway !

Then I would echo swill's advice to check out his plate builder. If you generate the bog-standard 60% plate template, it should have all the holes in the right places for you.
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Offline tehtacolord

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Re: CAD files for printing/ milling a 60% case
« Reply #5 on: Tue, 30 August 2016, 23:57:05 »
Thanks a lot guys, I got what I wanted  :thumb: !
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Offline tinyenormous

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Re: CAD files for printing/ milling a 60% case
« Reply #6 on: Wed, 31 August 2016, 10:33:42 »
this keyboard layout page page http://www.keyboard-layout-editor.com/#/ is also a great way to generate a layout, then you can copy the raw data into swill's fine work.
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