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PS: may be I should move to Lexington KY and join the company of Chief Caring Officer or something. haha... I smell a MASS Unicomp employee exodus in the near future. I agree they are dying. The idea with any partnership would be to give them our designs and let them morph into their own little ...

seebart wrote: Your a rich man now metalldude...

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but really... I think you just need to sell it in the marketplace here. Photekq will give you a small fortune

For as long as the MF has been discussed, I thought it was a pity that these Model F revival projects would only be run once or twice without practical possibility of producing continuous stock; I felt Unicomp would be more than willing to produce Model F keyboards if given the means to. I believe ...

Who else votes... You f#$%ers crack me up. In all honesty, we are reaching out to Unicomp with our finished product here. At minimum, it is me sending them a complete kit for the full-size, and we discuss it. At most, we actually show up on their doorstep (bourbon trail is a bucket list) and saying ...

Oh, I see. Why would this be better than a wire one? It seems to be targeted at just removing the top of a 2-piece cap (leaving the stem in place). For that it works well (normally I just use my fingers). An IBM key puller. I'm not a big fan myself. I didn't try on a one piece cap. It seems a ...

Fohat was nice enough to loan me this little jewel to see if we can replicate it. I hadn't ever used one before, and am surprised how handy it actually is. I doubt we'll have time to produce it as part of this GB, but certainly something we can make cheaply in the future. I'll throw the STLs out on ...

Might as well start designing production PCB. Will wait for my MFs to arrive though so that prototypes are easier to test-fit. Also it looks like I'll have a 3277 and may be another beam spring specimen loaned to me, so there will be a beam spring version. If that loan pans out. Packaged up... will ...

Techno Trousers wrote: I like mfdrop, and the Smurf logo. No worries about Massdrop claiming infringement of a trademark?

Not at all...

mfDrop.com (.net/.org) have been squatted. I am eventually going to let these alternative TLDs expire, but sitting on the "cheap seat" versions until we decide on the path to take.

I actually like the term "drop" as well, and we can have a little fun with the logo if we want. Certainly opens up ...

so how bad does mfdrop suck? Certainly a "wannabe" move, but easy to remember and type in. I waffle about it

To be honest, we are actually a drop on steroids for a given product since we will always allow the ordering of individual parts. Each part would have a drop point (affecting the price of ...

I like Collective a lot, but .com is taken. It's actually more in the direction of what originally popped in my head. Names focused around the group buy itself since that is it's real purpose.

Things like mfgroupbuy, mfdrop, etc.. Something short, sweet, and to the point. At the same time, didn't ...

Something irks me with that logo. Part of it is probably because I don't get what "MF Objective" should mean and to me it doesn't sound good phonetically. Could you elaborate on that?
And while I like the font of "Objective" I think I don't like the mix of both fonts.

I do have reservations about ...

The last two items sound very intriguing, where will the barrels and flippers be sourced? Do you still have any plans for the ones that were designed a while back? Exactly... we are going to use the funding from the ~20 extra MFs on eBay to fund barrel and flipper molds. I haven't said in the ...

I've had some PMs asking about the elusive future projects. There are a few in the works, but the following are concrete, and will happen (likely sometime in '17): Cases for the MF (think both legacy versions, and something significantly more artistic with mixed materials) XTant 2.0 proper... we ...

With whatever we picked, I wanted the .net and .org instance as well to avoid confusion.
You do realize that there are hundreds of generic TLDs around now, right? .com/.net/.org isn't really that meaningful any more. Exactly. That and these are all going to be links out of here anyway :lol ...

Trimmed up the font over lunch... happy"er". Still welcome criticism

mf.png Something irks me with that logo. Part of it is probably because I don't get what "MF Objective" should mean and to me it doesn't sound good phonetically. Could you elaborate on that? There are actually a few reasons, but ...

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It looks like Courier! Spindly! It's so gaunt, the nice slab serifs don't distinguish themselves. Warm up that Inkscape on your pc and take a stab... it's the "Objective" ;). Happy to have the help.

I would prefer the Medium as well, but attempting to avoid ...

To give some context on what this is actually even about, we have some projects in the works that will be announced over the coming months (well after MF phase 1 is in your hands). For these projects, we will be using proper eCommerce to handle the "group buy". The spreadsheet added to the novelty ...

BTW, I don't feel great about you having to take a loss on this GB after all the time and effort you've put into it. Please give us a full accounting after delivery, and let us contribute towards the overage.

I agree you shouldn't be taking a loss that doesn't seem right :S I wouldn't read it as ...

Consolas isn't slabserif, it's just an alternative to Courier/Courier New when using the Windows console, PuTTY etc. I just despise Courier and always have done :P Copy... read from the phone initially. I re-read and follow the order of "liking". Again... appreciate the suggestions. Not a font guy ...

Had a few days of work and play time with baby girl, but have some nice updates.
3D spacer prints are ALMOST done. Another day or two max Received LITERALLY 19 samples of foam from my local foam producer to play with. We have already settled on the 30a shore silicone rubber for the barrel "ring ...

I am using all caps, so the monospace is less of a hangup in the word "OBJECTIVE", with the exception of the "I" and maybe the "J". Like our DT use of Melbourne, I think I would have to tighten up letter by letter anyway. I'll check out Consolas as well.

It's a slab serif or "Egyptian" typeface:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slab_serif

Something like Geometric Slabserif or Rockwell, but wider than those are normally. Tighter is actually better for my need. Courier it is. Looks excellent on the word OBJECTIVE in the space I need. Thanks Daniel ...

Snuci, do you mind taking REALLY detailed pics of the power knob itself (even via a PM)? I am without, and until now... Have had no idea what I'm looking for. Great pics as always. Personally I LOVE CRTs with burn in

Hey font studs... Little help on what this is a variant of. I could Google my evening away, but figured you guys might know instantly.

Would you want the square guide to be set back a little so the tip of the round key can engage with the spring? Maybe an "setback" on the round part (think of a peg from an old Battleship board game)? I have a feeling I will have to test a couple of different scenarios in the end, and we will alter ...

I'll have to play with the throw length of the plunger when I get home and have parts to test with, but the general idea. Should enable you to use one hand to hold the guide base steady, and with the other... load the spring, load the plunger, and press down with your finger or thumb.

springTool ...

Are they planned to be shipped in this round? Or just an idea for the future?? They will be delivered with the rest of the order... Happening this go round. I have only tested on a small scale, but it is very effective.
Have you seen any of the treated top plate yet ? I have seen the treatments ...

Is there a pic of that (somewhere in this thread)? Three dimensions are basically identical to the stainless steel plate prototype in the first post. The oval cutouts now have an extra .5mm all the way around I believe. All of the weight would now rest against the front of the lower shell. I will ...

I'm wondering if it might be of use for the mounting holes on this backplate to be oval (long horiz axis) so the assembly could be shifted slightly in the case and allow for case variations. We actually don't use the back plate oval holes at all. Those pegs in the bottom shell have always been the ...