[COMPLETED] Laser Cut Prototyping mini-GB

[matt3o]

thanks Zifle for working on the layout, but please advice if you are going to work on someone's layout...

[Zifle]

thanks Zifle for working on the layout, but please advice if you are going to work on someone's layout...

Right, of course, it was pretty spontaneous though, so I didn't think of that.

[matt3o]

no problem!

keep being spontaneous

[pasph]

I do not want to create problems, also there would be too little time for check, prototyping or whatever, so forget it.
Thank you all

[matt3o]

I'm afraid we will slip to September... but let's see how it goes these few more days

[Muirium]

Indeed. I'll know more about what layers I want once Steely's steely plate turns up at my door. A taste of keyboards to come!

[Zifle]

I already have gotten plate and case cut, in acrylic, so I'm not in a particular hurry to get a plate in metal. I might even expand to a full keyboard/case by September!

[photekq]

If this goes to september would it be possible to have my plates cut outside of the GB for a normal price? I really do need this for early august.

[matt3o]

If this goes to september would it be possible to have my plates cut outside of the GB for a normal price? I really do need this for early august.

it won't be cheap, but can be done.

[Muirium]

Zifle, Pasph, Broadmonkey: you guys ready for this? Between six of us, we're cutting a fair bit of metal.

We can do this!

[matt3o]

I'll update the order list in a bit

[matt3o]

Plate, in 1.5mm alu
Bottom of case, in steel (thickness doesn't matter too much to me, so whichever is easiest)

you miss the sides, is that okay?

[hKing]

Hey matt3o,

is it possible to produce the upper bezel of a Filco MJ2 with your service?

[matt3o]

nope, only flat surfaces

[hKing]

... but the upper bezel is flat or have I misunterstood something?

I want to get something like this: http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=a23 ... 6183809421

[matt3o]

as you can see in the image, the bezel has sides. laser cut is 2D, if there's anything that goes in the Z axis, we can't do that.

[hKing]

Thanks matt3o, now I got it right!

[Zifle]

Plate, in 1.5mm alu
Bottom of case, in steel (thickness doesn't matter too much to me, so whichever is easiest)

you miss the sides, is that okay?

Yes, that is intentional. I have the full case cut in acrylic, so I'd be mostly interested in a metal plate, and some added weight from the bottom. But as mentioned, if we have to wait out, that could change. Round 2?

[matt3o]

let's see if we can make this happen by next week, if I get the quote Monday and everyone pays promptly maybe...

[photekq]

I guarantee I will pay within 10 minutes of seeing that payment is due
If we could get this started by next week it'd be brilliant.

[llovro]

Is this still going on?
I'd need a plate and case for my mobapad but I also need help with designing

[matt3o]

sure it's still going. give us some details about your board

[llovro]

This is final design
And I think I'll mount controller on plate, but I have to buy the controller first

[photekq]

Which controller will you be using?

[llovro]

If I'm going to mount it on a plate it's going to be this one:
http://www.adafruit.com/products/296

[matt3o]

"final design" is a bit of an understatement I see there are some measurements but I can't read them all. try to draw a better schema

[llovro]

Sorry for bad picture, I took it with my old phone because I have to buy a new battery for my note. I'll try to take a better photo

[photekq]

It's not so much the photo.. It just looks quite inaccurate. It would be better if you could do a very simple diagram on the computer

[llovro]

I will try. I'm also wondering how hard would it be to add something like this:
http://www.robotshop.com/eu/content/PDF ... et-512.pdf
And how hard would it be to programm it to be the chat wheel in dota 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DIi3hWGVcQo

[matt3o]

very easy actually. how do you activate the chat wheel on dota?