MOD: Cherry G80% (aka DE-Saver... terrible pun combo x2)

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sixty
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19 Feb 2011, 13:22

I could not sleep tonight, might be because of the full moon or something. So I finished painting the case last night outside at like 4 am, resulting in me being at work again already at 7, after sleeping for like two hours. Time managing like a boss.

Anyway, this originally was a G80-9000 phoneboard PCB (full nkey rollover, led keys) and a G80-3000SAD case. CeeSa cut the PCB and the case for me, I painted it and I am working on the PCB. Currently the board is not functional (I think the diodes are in the wrong direction to work with the Aikon), but the conversation is half-way done now. I am also modding it to ANSI layout. You can see the left shift is already done. I had to go with this solution, since the Dolch right shift key obviously will not fit (since its smaller than the g80-3000 series...). So modded PCB + RGB it is.

I painted the case in this industrial grey (RAL 7000, Fehgrau), because I love the industrial look. Keycaps are from a Dolch and match it as I had imagined.

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webwit
Wild Duck

19 Feb 2011, 13:26

Great look! I didn't really dig the Dolch keycaps before, but here there's a great match with the color of the case.

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lootbag

19 Feb 2011, 13:48

Very nice sixty!
Loving the color.
I need to find that grey vinyl dye and do this to my Model M.
Ceesa did a very good job making the case flush after cutting it.

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Minskleip

19 Feb 2011, 13:55

Is the cut part glued together with the end of the part which was cut away?

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Julle

19 Feb 2011, 13:57

Did you give this one the G81 metal plate treatment as well?

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webwit
Wild Duck

19 Feb 2011, 14:02

This will be the new deskthority tenkeyless keyboard. Sixty is currently working to make 200 of them. Aren't you?

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sixty
Gasbag Guru

19 Feb 2011, 14:41

Minskleip wrote:Is the cut part glued together with the end of the part which was cut away?
He uses spare parts to make bridges to stabilize the construction from the inside. A lot of epoxy and plastic glue. Not pretty, but very stable.

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nanu

19 Feb 2011, 14:52

So clean, very well executed! Cut line is invisible. What kind of paint did you use? Is it a vinyl dye or plastic paint?

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sixty
Gasbag Guru

19 Feb 2011, 14:58

It was a spray-can branded "Duplicolor", it was what CeeSa and also the guy in the store recommended for ABS plastic.

For some reason vinyl dye is literally impossible to find in Europe. I assume it must be actually banned due to some silly laws or something. I found a few cans in the UK a while ago, but that was only black, nothing else. I never saw it again ever since.

Also, the way this was done is by filling the cut line with epoxy, then sanding it even and then finally painting it. The line is slightly visible at one part near the top, where I should have done some more sanding, but it is not actually visible in the pictures.

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keyboardlover

19 Feb 2011, 14:59

I would pay you to do this to one of my G80-3494's. Looks amazing!

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sixty
Gasbag Guru

19 Feb 2011, 15:03

Should be paying CeeSa, he did the most work. The paintjob was the easy part! If I cut off the numpad myself, I would now be using a one hand Maltron.

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Mrinterface

19 Feb 2011, 18:31

Absolutely amazing how you did this mod. CeeSa and Sixty should write a DIY manual and post it under 'workshop'

:)

Regards.

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CeeSA

21 Feb 2011, 21:39

big smile on my face.

i always hope sixty would finished the mod and post the pics on his keyboardporn site.

the feedback here is a pleasure :D

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DanGWanG

23 Feb 2011, 17:38

Mrinterface wrote:CeeSa and Sixty should write a DIY manual and post it under 'workshop'
Please!

itlnstln

23 Feb 2011, 17:48

Great mod! Looks professional.

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microsoft windows

24 Feb 2011, 22:14

I like the colored Control, Alt, and Shift key caps. They go well.

I should ask Unicomp some day if they'll make me colored Crtl, Alt, and Del keys for my keyboard. It'll be a true Microsoft Windows keyboard!

Pylon

24 Feb 2011, 22:17

Ironically your Model Ms lack Windows keys.

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Icarium

12 Feb 2012, 01:38

Okay, how did you get that cut to disappear so nicely?

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Icarium

06 Mar 2012, 11:35

Heh...nobody had responded to that:

sixty: Do you have a picture of the case before the paint job?

And can you take some close-ups of the cut?

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sixty
Gasbag Guru

06 Mar 2012, 13:47

Board is currently in storage. I will take out on the weekend and try to do some more pics. I think I do not have any pre-paint pictures anymore, but I will look.

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ramnes
ПБТ НАВСЕГДА

25 Nov 2015, 12:27

Just sending a necro reply but oh man, that TKL mod is beautiful.

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vsev

26 Nov 2015, 09:57

ramnes wrote: Just sending a necro reply but oh man, that TKL mod is beautiful.
Indeed ! +++ !

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