75% Sprit, MX Clears, custom wooden case
- Hermith
- Location: Norway
- Main keyboard: Custom 75%
- Main mouse: MX Master
- Favorite switch: Ergo Clears
- DT Pro Member: -
Just a quick worklog:
"Specs":
MX Clears, except Esc and Enter which are MX Green, and right alt that's MX White because I suck at counting.
Sprit's 75% layout from the geekhack groupbuy.
Mahogany wooden case.
Pictures:
Popping in the switches. I decided on PCB mount due to the costs.
Testing the layout. I'd like to have the keycaps as "set-friendly" as possible, but I ended up with the unorthodox 1.75u right shift because I wanted the arrow-cluster.
Soldering. This went quickerthan expected, helps to have a friend that has access to a proper iron (heats up from 200 to 400C in less than two seconds).
First two rows soldered.
Soldering complete.
Checking the angle on the bottom plate of the case. Think this might be birch. My dad the carpenter helped me with this part.
Glued on the 4 edges, these are the parts that will show and are in mahogany that we found some leftover stubs of.
After the edge has been cut to the same angle as the bottom plate + some sanding.
All riser screws in place. These are just normal motherboard riser screws.
Zomg! It lines up!
Sorry for the blur. It feels a bit high, so a few mm is gonna be sanded of the bottom.
The finish after two strokes of lacquer.
Still feels a bit high. But I'll know after a couple of weeks of use if it's too high.
The edge to cap distance seems very good.
Done! Kinda. Still lacks stabilizers in this picture, but that doesn't show.
Bonus-picture! With Nuka Cola spacebar that I won from Ducky Nordic over at his marketplace thread.
A few months later picture, now with the 1976 key caps:
"Specs":
MX Clears, except Esc and Enter which are MX Green, and right alt that's MX White because I suck at counting.
Sprit's 75% layout from the geekhack groupbuy.
Mahogany wooden case.
Pictures:
Popping in the switches. I decided on PCB mount due to the costs.
Testing the layout. I'd like to have the keycaps as "set-friendly" as possible, but I ended up with the unorthodox 1.75u right shift because I wanted the arrow-cluster.
Soldering. This went quickerthan expected, helps to have a friend that has access to a proper iron (heats up from 200 to 400C in less than two seconds).
First two rows soldered.
Soldering complete.
Checking the angle on the bottom plate of the case. Think this might be birch. My dad the carpenter helped me with this part.
Glued on the 4 edges, these are the parts that will show and are in mahogany that we found some leftover stubs of.
After the edge has been cut to the same angle as the bottom plate + some sanding.
All riser screws in place. These are just normal motherboard riser screws.
Zomg! It lines up!
Sorry for the blur. It feels a bit high, so a few mm is gonna be sanded of the bottom.
The finish after two strokes of lacquer.
Still feels a bit high. But I'll know after a couple of weeks of use if it's too high.
The edge to cap distance seems very good.
Done! Kinda. Still lacks stabilizers in this picture, but that doesn't show.
Bonus-picture! With Nuka Cola spacebar that I won from Ducky Nordic over at his marketplace thread.
A few months later picture, now with the 1976 key caps:
Last edited by Hermith on 26 Jun 2015, 15:56, edited 6 times in total.
- pyrelink
- Location: USA
- Main keyboard: HHKB 2
- Main mouse: CST L-Trac
- Favorite switch: Capacitive Buckling Spring
- DT Pro Member: -
Very nice work on the case, as I mentioned on the Reddit post.
From what I can tell and what you mentioned on the other post, its Mahogany siding, with a Birch base, glued together. You mounted the motherboard standoffs into the case and marked the positions for them with a dowel and the original PCB. Looks very nice. I think with a nice coating of Lacquer and a few days of curing, will leave it looking just dazzling.
If you hurry, you might be able to scrounge up a ghetto Round 5 set from the left overs
From what I can tell and what you mentioned on the other post, its Mahogany siding, with a Birch base, glued together. You mounted the motherboard standoffs into the case and marked the positions for them with a dowel and the original PCB. Looks very nice. I think with a nice coating of Lacquer and a few days of curing, will leave it looking just dazzling.
If you hurry, you might be able to scrounge up a ghetto Round 5 set from the left overs
- scottc
- ☃
- Location: Remote locations in Europe
- Main keyboard: GH60-HASRO 62g Nixies, HHKB Pro1 HS, Novatouch
- Main mouse: Steelseries Rival 300
- Favorite switch: Nixdorf 'Soft Touch' MX Black
- DT Pro Member: -
Thanks for the info, pyrelink!
I cobbled together a somewhat usable Round 5 set from leftovers. It might fit this board, but it was about €50+ and not the nicest-looking collection of caps I've seen in my life.
I cobbled together a somewhat usable Round 5 set from leftovers. It might fit this board, but it was about €50+ and not the nicest-looking collection of caps I've seen in my life.
- pyrelink
- Location: USA
- Main keyboard: HHKB 2
- Main mouse: CST L-Trac
- Favorite switch: Capacitive Buckling Spring
- DT Pro Member: -
I know what you mean. I procrastinated and procrastinated on the set for months and months, and by the time I was fully convinced, everything was in leftover modescottc wrote: ↑I cobbled together a somewhat usable Round 5 set from leftovers. It might fit this board, but it was about €50+ and not the nicest-looking collection of caps I've seen in my life.
- Hermith
- Location: Norway
- Main keyboard: Custom 75%
- Main mouse: MX Master
- Favorite switch: Ergo Clears
- DT Pro Member: -
pyrelink summed it up pretty nicely.
Indeed. I'm going to take a few mm off the bottom before doing the first stroke. More pictures will come up sometime tomorrow.Grond wrote: ↑The case looks a bit tall for my taste, but it's certainly well made! Nice job!
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- Location: Stockholm, Sweden
- DT Pro Member: 0011
That looks so good! I want to make one now.
- Hermith
- Location: Norway
- Main keyboard: Custom 75%
- Main mouse: MX Master
- Favorite switch: Ergo Clears
- DT Pro Member: -
Added a last picture with full keycap set! Still waiting for stabs but I can take pictures without them. Wood on wood is slippery though, so I should try and find some rubber pads.
- beltet
- Location: Stockholm Sweden
- Main keyboard: Custom NerD60
- Main mouse: Saitek cyborg R.A.T 7
- Favorite switch: Ergo MX Clear
- DT Pro Member: -
Nicely done! Looks real good. But what model is the soldering iron. May be interested in one my self.
Hermith wrote: ↑ Soldering. This went quickerthan expected, helps to have a friend that has access to a proper iron (heats up from 200 to 400C in less than two seconds).
- JohnVenture
- Main keyboard: Logitech Illuminated
- DT Pro Member: -
I'm still waiting on my round 1 75% black pcb from sprit...Out of curiosity, when did you order?
- Hermith
- Location: Norway
- Main keyboard: Custom 75%
- Main mouse: MX Master
- Favorite switch: Ergo Clears
- DT Pro Member: -
Originally for round one, but had to cancel because of lack of money. Reordered a year later (round 2). De offered me one of the left overs from round 1 as I had a very simple order.
Did you order any extra assembly for yours?
Did you order any extra assembly for yours?
- JohnVenture
- Main keyboard: Logitech Illuminated
- DT Pro Member: -
I had a black 75% PCB round 1 order with some switches and gold springs, no assembly. It will be a year in a couple weeks and the guy has gone A-wall after showing me a pic of the pcb being 'almost ready to ship' in late december.Hermith wrote: ↑Originally for round one, but had to cancel because of lack of money. Reordered a year later (round 2). De offered me one of the left overs from round 1 as I had a very simple order.
Did you order any extra assembly for yours?
Did the resistors came in soldered or did you do it yourself?
I was planning on doing a wood case as well but I'm not committing any time to it until I receive the pcb - if I ever do. How does the height of yours feel after a few weeks usage?
- Hermith
- Location: Norway
- Main keyboard: Custom 75%
- Main mouse: MX Master
- Favorite switch: Ergo Clears
- DT Pro Member: -
Resistors came separate on mine. Now I'm thinking I should feel lucky that I got mine. But I guess that's the risk of doing GBs, you can't be in a hurry. I'm just glad I was able to make a 75% ISO board, as these are literally non-existent.
The height is OK. It's higher than a Poker, but it feel perfectly comfortable to use for long sessions.
It's worth noting that it could be lower. I'm using normal motherboard standoff which add a bit to the height, and the bottom could probably be a bit thinner as well.
The height is OK. It's higher than a Poker, but it feel perfectly comfortable to use for long sessions.
It's worth noting that it could be lower. I'm using normal motherboard standoff which add a bit to the height, and the bottom could probably be a bit thinner as well.
- JohnVenture
- Main keyboard: Logitech Illuminated
- DT Pro Member: -
You should feel lucky indeed, plenty of other peeps are missing their stuff on geekhack. Also I do believe it's my pcb you're using
- Hermith
- Location: Norway
- Main keyboard: Custom 75%
- Main mouse: MX Master
- Favorite switch: Ergo Clears
- DT Pro Member: -
He did specifically reach out to me because he said he had extras, so if I didn't need any assembly I could have it right away. But yeah, I haven't followed it much after that but it seems he crumbled under the huge amount of assembly work he had to do, and just everything fell apart?
- JohnVenture
- Main keyboard: Logitech Illuminated
- DT Pro Member: -
No one knows really what happened, some speculate he was overwhelmed by the amound of work relative to soldering all the transistors of round 1 PCBs - but some people who offered to solder them themselves didn't get their stuff regardless. Co-founder of a major Korean board confirmed Sprit is missing there too, just vanished into thin air.
It just seem very random that some people ordered 2 months ago and got their stuff right away, whereas some had orders over a year in the waiting and are still empty-handed. Plenty of incidents like this on geekhack. Has he wanted to run an elaborate scam he wouldn't have done any different. Still a part of me want to believe he isn't a crook, but I guess that's what all Madoff's victims thought too
It just seem very random that some people ordered 2 months ago and got their stuff right away, whereas some had orders over a year in the waiting and are still empty-handed. Plenty of incidents like this on geekhack. Has he wanted to run an elaborate scam he wouldn't have done any different. Still a part of me want to believe he isn't a crook, but I guess that's what all Madoff's victims thought too
- Hermith
- Location: Norway
- Main keyboard: Custom 75%
- Main mouse: MX Master
- Favorite switch: Ergo Clears
- DT Pro Member: -
Some new pictures now that I've gotten the 1976 caps, one of the more fitting set with this wooden case:
And now with proper F-row!
And now with proper F-row!
Last edited by Hermith on 16 Jun 2015, 20:05, edited 1 time in total.
- seebart
- Offtopicthority Instigator
- Location: Germany
- Main keyboard: Rotation
- Main mouse: Steelseries Sensei
- Favorite switch: IBM capacitive buckling spring
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the color scheme really works well with the wood! Nice.