Six Nasty SSK Steel Plates... now in assorted flavors!
- phosphorglow
- Location: Indianapolis - USA
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Still waiting on new circuit membranes from the printer, but here's a fun sneak peak of things to come.
Lovely rusty plates:
Plates after rust removal with electrolysis and citric acid:
Pretty candy colored gloss enamel painted plates:
Lovely rusty plates:
Plates after rust removal with electrolysis and citric acid:
Pretty candy colored gloss enamel painted plates:
- phosphorglow
- Location: Indianapolis - USA
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Hahaha, I've been debating on doing that. Not sure yet. Perhaps, perhaps, perhaps...Muirium wrote:Whoah! But can you change the case colour so vibrantly too? And the caps!?
¡POTENTIAL RED SSK OVERLOAD!
- phosphorglow
- Location: Indianapolis - USA
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(Though on a side note, I did paint the barrel frame on my SSK orange, which looks pretty sweet - a subtle dash of color under the keys.)
- Muirium
- µ
- Location: Edinburgh, Scotland
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Indeed it is, the best kind!
See, you're a good bit of the way there. Now for the top shell, and the masterstroke: the caps!phosphorglow wrote:(Though on a side note, I did paint the barrel frame on my SSK orange, which looks pretty sweet - a subtle dash of color under the keys.)
- webwit
- Wild Duck
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The plate will be invisible so you could paint ponies on it and no one will know.
Red, eh? I'm not sure. With blanks:
A printed set which I got from my favorite dentist:
Both sets have the problem that Unicomp couldn't supply all keys, as seen in the first picture. The quality of the labels left much to be desired.
Red, eh? I'm not sure. With blanks:
A printed set which I got from my favorite dentist:
Both sets have the problem that Unicomp couldn't supply all keys, as seen in the first picture. The quality of the labels left much to be desired.
- phosphorglow
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Insane in the brain! Insane in the membrane...
(...which I can't wait to get!!! >:D)
Y'know Muirium, while I'm at it, I might as well just backlight all of the red keys with red LED's in the red frame attached to the red plate. Inside the red case. With a red label. And a red IBM badge. Hehehhehe.
...with my level of obsessive fussing, it'll be done by next year.
(...which I can't wait to get!!! >:D)
Y'know Muirium, while I'm at it, I might as well just backlight all of the red keys with red LED's in the red frame attached to the red plate. Inside the red case. With a red label. And a red IBM badge. Hehehhehe.
...with my level of obsessive fussing, it'll be done by next year.
- phosphorglow
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Welllllll, you can see the plate from the speaker grill. And now you made me want to paint ponies on one.webwit wrote:The plate will be invisible so you could paint ponies on it and no one will know.
Red, eh? I'm not sure. With blanks:A printed set which I got from my favorite dentist:Spoiler:Both sets have the problem that Unicomp couldn't supply all keys, as seen in the first picture. The quality of the labels left much to be desired.Spoiler:
(Perhaps I'll do that when I start putting scratch n' sniff stickers inside the barrel frame.)
I wish my dentist carried key caps...
Thanks!scottc wrote:Fantastic!
Your work never ceases to amaze me
- phosphorglow
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I only wish I could strive for that level of quality.Compgeke wrote:No red spray painting like that Apple Adjustable Keyboard that was on ebay a while back?
Lame.
- Muirium
- µ
- Location: Edinburgh, Scotland
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What material are Model M shells anyway? It's not ABS is it? I've never seen a yellowed one, but I haven't looked as deep in the heap as you…
Perhaps a red or black or yellow shell, with stock caps? Those plates are giving me ideas, but my all yellow Ducky (backlights included) tells me it's better to have two strong colours, for contrast, than one for everything.
Perhaps a red or black or yellow shell, with stock caps? Those plates are giving me ideas, but my all yellow Ducky (backlights included) tells me it's better to have two strong colours, for contrast, than one for everything.
- 002
- Topre Enthusiast
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That would be seriously impressive if they are PBT...
Wiki says:
Wiki says:
The Enhanced Keyboard consists of a Model M assembly mounted inside a plastic (usually ABS, or a mixture of PC and ABS) casing
- Elrick
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If you're going to paint the actual case of the SSK why not a 2-Part epoxy?phosphorglow wrote: Y'know Muirium, while I'm at it, I might as well just backlight all of the red keys with red LED's in the red frame attached to the red plate. Inside the red case. With a red label. And a red IBM badge. Hehehhehe.
That way it can have almost any colour specification under the rainbow and will be tough enough to resist scratches and chips. I've seen a 2 part epoxy paint applied to a BMW and it's beautiful beyond measure.
That way we can all harass you to totally restore and paint our IBM's .
- phosphorglow
- Location: Indianapolis - USA
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Y'know... I'm still not entirely sure what the cases are made out of. Whatever it is, it's epic material. I do know that later on in the game Lexmark used ABS since I've seen a few yellowed ones.
As for painting the cases, I don't think I feel I'm quite up to the task as a painter. If I can't do something properly I'd rather not do it. There's a few case painters out there (like Photoelectric) whose quality and skill is something I can only hope to strive for. It's a lot of work, and it's a fine skill in and of itself!
The only painting I'm comfortable with, aside from the steel plates, is the barrel frame. I'll have to post some pictures of my traveling SSK - the frame is orange which is nice and subtle and awesome looking. I might do the same with these six boards.
As for painting the cases, I don't think I feel I'm quite up to the task as a painter. If I can't do something properly I'd rather not do it. There's a few case painters out there (like Photoelectric) whose quality and skill is something I can only hope to strive for. It's a lot of work, and it's a fine skill in and of itself!
The only painting I'm comfortable with, aside from the steel plates, is the barrel frame. I'll have to post some pictures of my traveling SSK - the frame is orange which is nice and subtle and awesome looking. I might do the same with these six boards.
- vivalarevolución
- formerly prdlm2009
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Wow. Awesome. Never cease to amaze.
- phosphorglow
- Location: Indianapolis - USA
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Yay for learning something new! Thanks for that, M'er!
- phosphorglow
- Location: Indianapolis - USA
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And now you shall!Muirium wrote:I'd like to see that!