Minor update.
Spent the past 5 hours redoing most of the fundamentals, this'll be close to what the sample looks like. Still got a couple things to do though. I hope to have one in time for the UK meetup
Nothing really looks different (as with all my things when I start again) so I'll explain a little.
- I updated the mockup plate to a normal 86u layout so I don't confuse anyone again.
- Removed name tag for now, not sure whether I want it there or not.
- Finally placed USB position, it's now in the standard horizontal position as A.87.
- Added place for the breakout PCB too.
- Mounting now just makes more sense, was a little weird before.
- Actually added screws to hold the case together.
- Kept it 6 degrees.
- Increase chamfer + rounded edge sizing to make it look a little smaller & neater.
- Kept it low, think it's a 16mm front face.
- Lots of other minor things that aren't worth going into
Next "goal" is to finish the USB cutout, just need to get a cable from my girlfriend before doing that. Fitment must be perfect
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Now for some potentially bad news.
I won't be going forward with the brass weight. I want to keep it simple in order to keep the price down. I don't think the case needs to be $300+ considering the cost of the internals anyway. Still toying with the idea that Duck uses (having a cutout but no weight), but I'd make the brass optional. Not sure.
The worst news is that I'm not sure when I can run the group buy. I was going to get it going relatively soon, but as I've unexpectedly started X60 R, I cannot have more than 2 GBs open at once (a rule enforced by the mods for decent reasons). So either I run this off GH, or wait a couple months (or longer, depending on when I complete 268).
On that topic, someone has asked if they could pay for an extra prototype for them to have, which I'm completely fine with, so if that's something that's interesting, then you know what to do.
Sorry for the ramble, but that's everything I have to update on!