Author Topic: Dell AT101 Space Saver (Read 82686 times)

Necroleachate · « **Reply #100 on:** Sat, 23 October 2010, 10:27:02 »

Quote from: Daniel Beaver;237017

There we go, proof of concept. The seam is pretty awful, but it's good enough for my own use. I'll probably make that cut with a bandsaw next time, and use some MEK to weld the pieces together. I wanted to preserve the legs on the right side, but I can't think of a good way to do that which doesn't get in the way of the supports.

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That made from a Unicomp space saver would be even more space-saving.

ricercar · « **Reply #101 on:** Sat, 23 October 2010, 16:58:30 »

Now thinking of a Space Saving Model M13!

Don't bring the mountain to Mohammed, when you can cut off his feet and make the hill look taller.

kishy · « **Reply #102 on:** Sat, 23 October 2010, 17:14:07 »

I already KIND of theorized about that already...minus the "M13" part. Come to think of it, leaving the trackpoint in place would be a good idea and would deal with the problem of the button hole at the bottom.

May keep my eyes open for a cheap second black M13 now...

WhiteRice · « **Reply #103 on:** Sat, 23 October 2010, 17:26:44 »

Model M-guru...

Half-Saint · « **Reply #104 on:** Wed, 27 October 2010, 05:24:24 »

Has anybody hacked off the numpad off a regular Cherry G80?

Cheers

Shawn Stanford · « **Reply #105 on:** Wed, 27 October 2010, 06:46:24 »

I've got my eye on an M on the 'Bay that closes in a few hours...

ironman31 · « **Reply #106 on:** Wed, 27 October 2010, 07:12:13 »

do you mean a g80-3000? Because I posted a picture of a g80-11900 earlier in the thread with the numpad cut off

Half-Saint · « **Reply #107 on:** Wed, 27 October 2010, 08:45:12 »

Yes, a G80-3000

Sorry for not being specific.

ironman31 · « **Reply #108 on:** Wed, 27 October 2010, 11:52:28 »

Haven't seen one yet, but I imagine it would be less difficult than the 11900, since it's just a straight cut.

Than again, it all depends on what the traces on the PCB look like and whether they are harder to follow.

laden3 · « **Reply #109 on:** Wed, 27 October 2010, 16:08:43 »

Are there any keyboard cases that are compatible with the Model M mini? Would be nice to find one since it takes forever for Unimcomp to make one...

CeeSA · « **Reply #110 on:** Thu, 28 October 2010, 03:56:00 »

Quote from: ironman31;239483

Haven't seen one yet, but I imagine it would be less difficult than the 11900, since it's just a straight cut.

Than again, it all depends on what the traces on the PCB look like and whether they are harder to follow.

http://geekhack.org/showpost.php?p=236667&postcount=92

in this case it would be much more difficult...

KillerBee · « **Reply #111 on:** Thu, 28 October 2010, 08:22:50 »

I say move the model M topics to its own thread, its confusing as we share this thread with the dell space saver the compaq space saver and now the m space saver

Daniel Beaver · « **Reply #112 on:** Thu, 28 October 2010, 11:35:09 »

I made a new thread for the space saving Ms.

CeeSA · « **Reply #113 on:** Fri, 12 November 2010, 14:02:40 »

anyway here is my "daily driver" @ home

source: G80-1851 LPCDE with Cherry MX Blacks (10 Euro from ebay)

i change the Blacks in Blue (w/o soldering) from a G80-3000 LSCDE and took most lasered keycaps from it

cut the board and the body. i paint the body with "duplicolor".
the green "5k177" was from my “Geek Hack Space Saver” shopping.
the coursor key programmed with sharpkeys.

thanks for all the idea and the good work here

didjamatic · « **Reply #114 on:** Fri, 12 November 2010, 14:15:42 »

THAT IS HOT!!!

Love the mix of caps from different boards and you did a really clean job modding that case. Looks great!

microsoft windows · « **Reply #115 on:** Fri, 12 November 2010, 19:05:40 »

The arrow key area has an interesting layout.

Daniel Beaver · « **Reply #116 on:** Fri, 12 November 2010, 20:32:02 »

Cute arrow key layout.

WhiteRice · « **Reply #117 on:** Sat, 13 November 2010, 01:42:18 »

Quote from: Daniel Beaver;246171

Cute arrow key layout.

I was thinking the same thing.

ironman31 · « **Reply #118 on:** Sun, 21 November 2010, 19:02:48 »

So I accidentally melted my case when I was trying to put sides on it...

Shawn Stanford · « **Reply #119 on:** Mon, 22 November 2010, 06:55:14 »

A little duct tape and it'll be fine.

keyboardlover · « **Reply #120 on:** Mon, 22 November 2010, 08:01:37 »

You could give it to MW...I hear he needs Christmas ornaments.

arieswu · « **Reply #121 on:** Sat, 27 November 2010, 21:24:25 »

Chopping my 11900 MX board...

hoggy · « **Reply #122 on:** Sun, 28 November 2010, 03:14:14 »

Just thought of a good use for g81 boards - practice.

arieswu · « **Reply #123 on:** Wed, 08 December 2010, 01:02:10 »

my 11900 became mini 60% board, without a case

the case is a big problem now....

CeeSA · « **Reply #124 on:** Wed, 08 December 2010, 03:00:18 »

more details about the modding plz.
i cant believe the 2. keyboard (below) is a 11900. where is the controller?
solderpoints? keylayout???

in the meantime i like keyboards without case very much...

arieswu · « **Reply #125 on:** Wed, 08 December 2010, 03:44:08 »

Quote from: CeeSA;259422

more details about the modding plz.
i cant believe the 2. keyboard (below) is a 11900. where is the controller?
solderpoints? keylayout???

in the meantime i like keyboards without case very much...

It was a 11900 pcb, and I sawed the other parts off it

The controller is called "MONKEY"

It was made by two KBC members

And the Mod is not finish yet...

I would like to add a trackpoint module on it

ironman31 · « **Reply #126 on:** Wed, 08 December 2010, 07:04:13 »

that looks gross

hasu · « **Reply #127 on:** Thu, 09 December 2010, 00:12:19 »

Nice bottom row

I wonder your key assignment. How?

elbowglue · « **Reply #128 on:** Thu, 09 December 2010, 02:01:40 »

Win! That is beautiful areswu!

Kragarmendes · « **Reply #129 on:** Thu, 16 December 2010, 18:15:58 »

Quote from: elbowglue;177937

Oh by the way ricercar - I have looked at the matrix at more detail. You will most likely be able to make the cut as you had described on your post, without doing *any* solders, and I predict it will work without *any* soldering. You'll still need to remap using autohotkey though.

Can I get a tiny weensy geek girl if this works as I predict?

(...)

In a case of permanently remapping single keys to single keys like this, I'd prefer KeyTweak (registry "hard-coding") over AutoHotkey.

Or how do you guys map your \ to backspace?

sixty · « **Reply #130 on:** Tue, 21 December 2010, 08:18:33 »

Many thanks to CeeSa for the cutting job of the case and PCB. PCB re-routing I will deal with tonight. Its gonna be powered by Aikon, full nkey rollover. After that I still have to repaint the case for a clean finish look.

WhiteRice · « **Reply #131 on:** Tue, 21 December 2010, 10:57:27 »

Wow sixty that looks great! What did CeeSa use to cut the case?

sixty · « **Reply #132 on:** Wed, 22 December 2010, 00:57:35 »

Quote from: WhiteRice;266737

Wow sixty that looks great! What did CeeSa use to cut the case?

I'm not sure. Maybe when CeeSa reads this he will explain the process. I had seen his great MX1800 mod and asked him if he could cut something for me if I would send him all the parts. This was the result

PS: PCB re-routing turned out harder than expected, I'll really have to read up on diodes one of these days.

CeeSA · « **Reply #133 on:** Wed, 22 December 2010, 11:14:22 »

for cutting i use something like this:

i wish i have this to make an straight line:

gluing and "filing" is not so fast todo as cutting...

for the bottom part (not so fine ....)
i use this:

for the top:

the more u polish the better it looks

when sixty paint the case, the line of the right sight is not visible anymore

i have 3-4 cases in work...

lowpoly · « **Reply #134 on:** Thu, 23 December 2010, 05:27:09 »

Good work on the case, CeeSA.

Looks like some pics don't show?

CeeSA · « **Reply #135 on:** Thu, 23 December 2010, 07:52:34 »

updated the pics.

arieswu · « **Reply #136 on:** Sat, 25 December 2010, 06:55:14 »

Quote from: hasu;259966

Nice bottom row
I wonder your key assignment. How?

cut the sapce to add 3 mouse and 2 Fn buttons

arieswu · « **Reply #137 on:** Sat, 25 December 2010, 06:58:09 »

Quote from: elbowglue;259991

Win! That is beautiful areswu!

Thanks!
and my 40% with trackpoint was done today

didjamatic · « **Reply #138 on:** Sat, 25 December 2010, 09:27:17 »

Oh my, that looks wonderful! Excellent work!

turbocharged · « **Reply #139 on:** Sat, 25 December 2010, 10:31:16 »

Looks sick, but why do the buttons go RM, LM, MM instead of LM, MM, RM? Easier to hit that way with your thumb?

arieswu · « **Reply #140 on:** Sat, 25 December 2010, 21:21:35 »

Quote from: turbocharged;268684

Looks sick, but why do the buttons go RM, LM, MM instead of LM, MM, RM? Easier to hit that way with your thumb?

looks ugly or ?

I need MM more
so swap the order and use differnet size of keycaps

CeeSA · « **Reply #141 on:** Fri, 31 December 2010, 09:36:18 »

in lack of a controller i keep on modding cherry boards

the pics looks better than original, i am not happy with the outcome.
to many ?oversights?

i found a G80-11900 colored some sort of creme and i think brown would fits best.

before and after
do you notice the different color of the housing and the numpad keys?
the other keys are more grey

single

turbocharged · « **Reply #142 on:** Sat, 01 January 2011, 22:33:04 »

Quote from: arieswu;268916

looks ugly or ?

Sick meaning awesome...stupid american slang...I know.

arieswu · « **Reply #143 on:** Mon, 03 January 2011, 02:49:02 »

Ok, I see
my poor English, ha

laden3 · « **Reply #144 on:** Mon, 03 January 2011, 03:01:47 »

In Chinese slang, arieswu= uncle ar

arieswu · « **Reply #145 on:** Mon, 03 January 2011, 07:09:53 »

Quote from: laden3;272258

In Chinese slang, arieswu= uncle ar

XD....

Thimplum · « **Reply #146 on:** Fri, 26 July 2013, 10:49:28 »

Wow! Nice mod!

Thimplum · « **Reply #147 on:** Fri, 26 July 2013, 10:52:15 »

nubbinator · « **Reply #148 on:** Fri, 26 July 2013, 14:20:17 »

Haha, love how you called yourself out on that necro.

It is an awesome mod though.

listokei · « **Reply #149 on:** Mon, 12 August 2013, 03:10:48 »

Wow!
Alps saver it's cool!!

Black & Green doubleshot keycaps

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Author Topic: Dell AT101 Space Saver (Read 82686 times)