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Oh yeah! I forgot - I zinc electroplated the bare metal area for the ground wire too. ^_^

I've been checking out your recent work so this isn't entirely new to me, yet every time I never fail to be astonished. It's wonderful how you relish picking up these horrendously abused things that many'd run a mile from, and turn them into prize "pretty pretty"s using a degree of nuture they wouldn't have recieved at the factory.
I'm not sure how best to send you cake...

I like the color backplates, would be a reason for finding an alternative open case for these.

However...you also painted the barrel plate? What does that look like without the keys in?
Edit: Nevermind, see it in the other thread...looks good!

What'd you end up doing about the membranes?

Amazing job.

wow! amazing work done!! nice!

you, my good sir, are a keyboard god. Checked your website and those boards are beautiful. You are selling them for very good prices, too. The Model M with orange light is great. Wished I´d lived in the states to get one of these because shipping one of these beasts to germany costs probably a fortune.

Well done Sir,
You have given these seniors a grand service.
We bid you many thanks for all your hard work, dedication and finesse.

facetsesame wrote:I've been checking out your recent work so this isn't entirely new to me, yet every time I never fail to be astonished. It's wonderful how you relish picking up these horrendously abused things that many'd run a mile from, and turn them into prize "pretty pretty"s using a degree of nuture they wouldn't have recieved at the factory.
I'm not sure how best to send you cake...

Awwww! Thanks!

E TwentyNine wrote:I like the color backplates, would be a reason for finding an alternative open case for these.

However...you also painted the barrel plate? What does that look like without the keys in?
Edit: Nevermind, see it in the other thread...looks good!

What'd you end up doing about the membranes?

Thanks! Y'know... I've been contemplating making a few custom boards using spare plates and frames. ErgoDox case style perhaps. And perhaps even an Ergo-M if I can figure out how to do the space bar.

I had the membranes professionally printed by a nice manufacturing company out in California.

bitemyweewee wrote:Well done Sir,
You have given these seniors a grand service.
We bid you many thanks for all your hard work, dedication and finesse.

Much appreciated! It's a labor of love for sure.

madmatt wrote:you, my good sir, are a keyboard god. Checked your website and those boards are beautiful. You are selling them for very good prices, too. The Model M with orange light is great. Wished I´d lived in the states to get one of these because shipping one of these beasts to germany costs probably a fortune.

Thanks! I've got a tiny stockpile so I'm trying not to be too greedy. Shipping to Germany isn't toooo terrible. ;P

Bloody hell. Seriously amazing work phosphor.

Amazing to see before shots and of course the after shots, completely brilliant to see the transformation.

I wish you could of taken No 5 casing and painted it Veridian Red to match it's Metal plate colour . I still think that coloured SSK casings could be the next level of customization for IBM fanatics.

December 4th... my birthday... too bad it's already sold but I wouldn't be able to afford it anyway. Not without selling some keyboards first

Phosphorglow, do you have any suggestions for restoring/replacing silver badges like this one: I'd like to keep it original looking rather than sticking on some other IBM logo. I thought about polishing smooth the old badge and then printing with some sort of ink jet or silk screen process. Unfortunately, I have no experience with either of those on metal.

quantalume wrote:Phosphorglow, do you have any suggestions for restoring/replacing silver badges like this one:

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I'd like to keep it original looking rather than sticking on some other IBM logo. I thought about polishing smooth the old badge and then printing with some sort of ink jet or silk screen process. Unfortunately, I have no experience with either of those on metal.

There was someone who remade those badges, and if I recall, the same person also made replacement labels for the kishsaver, but my memory is a bit fuzzy so don't quote me on that.

Sublimation would probably be the best bet, but for just one badge I rather like the idea of polishing the old one and screen printing it. (One of the many hats I've worn is that of a screen printer.) Other than that I'm drawing a blank at the moment for ideas.

Wow. I thought I saved a few keyboards from certain death, but that was nothing compared to this. What you did is like resurrecting corpses.

Actually, now that my coffee is kicking some synapses around...

The shop I worked at had a sublimation printer and a heat press. Slap the sublimation sheet over a piece of metal, heat press it, and voila. Quite a bit simpler than screen printing just one badge.

So I guess find a shop that does awards and trophy's and see if they'd be willing to do some sublimation.

Yay coffee.

mr_a500 wrote:Wow. I though I saved a few keyboards from certain death, but that was nothing compared to this. What you did is like resurrecting corpses.

Necromancy is another hobby of mine.

I suppose this should go here too:

Did you spray paint the plates? Maybe I should try this on my beam spring. :p

phosphorglow wrote:I suppose this should go here too:

See how beautiful the keys stand out from their coloured backgrounds?

The keyboards scream out to be coloured and you'll see everyone will want one done in their choice .

phosphorglow wrote:Actually, now that my coffee is kicking some synapses around...

The shop I worked at had a sublimation printer and a heat press. Slap the sublimation sheet over a piece of metal, heat press it, and voila. Quite a bit simpler than screen printing just one badge.

So I guess find a shop that does awards and trophy's and see if they'd be willing to do some sublimation.

Yay coffee.

Thanks for the suggestions. i also found this: http://www.stereoping.com/eurorack-fron ... e/?lang=en. Basically, you use the toner transfer method the same way you would apply resist to PCBs. It's worth a try on some scrap aluminum first. I'm always hesitant about going to shops and asking them to reproduce someone else's trademarked logo.

phosphorglow wrote: ↑I suppose this should go here too:

Those look so pretty, I would use them without the top cover on.

Phos!! These are awesome! Though mine isn't nearly that bad, I'd love to have you do some work on mine.