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flowerlandfilms ELH-38 (Yellow Alps)
Posted: 08 Sep 2019, 19:55
by flowerlandfilms
I need a board for my Maya hotkeys while 3D Modelling, so I've come up with this.
It will be a companion piece for my SGI AT-101, so I will be using its profile as a template.
It uses Yellow Alps and the case will be made of wood, here is the Quentin Blake bar napkin design.
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Re: flowerlandfilms ELH-38 (Yellow Alps)
Posted: 08 Sep 2019, 20:15
by Muirium
Too much colouring in. Not enough legends!
Re: flowerlandfilms ELH-38 (Yellow Alps)
Posted: 08 Sep 2019, 20:58
by flowerlandfilms
Muirium wrote: ↑08 Sep 2019, 20:15
Too much colouring in. Not enough legends!
The caps I'll be using will be harvested and repurposed from my old editing keyboards, the legends won't be what I need, but I have a plan for that, hehe.
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In the meantime, it's off to the exotic Wood store to choose a material.
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Re: flowerlandfilms ELH-38 (Yellow Alps)
Posted: 08 Sep 2019, 21:02
by flowerlandfilms
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Re: flowerlandfilms ELH-38 (Yellow Alps)
Posted: 09 Sep 2019, 01:20
by flowerlandfilms
The two big pieces are Congolese Mahogany, this will be our build material.
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Re: flowerlandfilms ELH-38 (Yellow Alps)
Posted: 09 Sep 2019, 13:54
by flowerlandfilms
Let's get to work!
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Re: flowerlandfilms ELH-38 (Yellow Alps)
Posted: 09 Sep 2019, 14:56
by flowerlandfilms
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Re: flowerlandfilms ELH-38 (Yellow Alps)
Posted: 09 Sep 2019, 16:50
by flowerlandfilms
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Re: flowerlandfilms ELH-38 (Yellow Alps)
Posted: 09 Sep 2019, 17:51
by flowerlandfilms
I'll be taking the steel plate from a dissected editing console. This corner chunk is all I need.
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Re: flowerlandfilms ELH-38 (Yellow Alps)
Posted: 09 Sep 2019, 18:52
by flowerlandfilms
Got the shape, just need to make some slices.
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Re: flowerlandfilms ELH-38 (Yellow Alps)
Posted: 09 Sep 2019, 19:13
by flowerlandfilms
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Re: flowerlandfilms ELH-38 (Yellow Alps)
Posted: 09 Sep 2019, 19:21
by flowerlandfilms
Figuring out the needed width.
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Re: flowerlandfilms ELH-38 (Yellow Alps)
Posted: 09 Sep 2019, 19:39
by flowerlandfilms
Filling in the other pieces.
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Re: flowerlandfilms ELH-38 (Yellow Alps)
Posted: 09 Sep 2019, 21:08
by //gainsborough
Yo this project is sick!! Keep the updates coming!
Re: flowerlandfilms ELH-38 (Yellow Alps)
Posted: 09 Sep 2019, 22:11
by CountNoctua
This project and that exotic wood shop pic (mmm, bloodwood) makes me wish I knew how to woodwork. And Alpsy!
Always been a Roald Dahl fan, so I love that Quentin Blake-style napkin design, too.
Re: flowerlandfilms ELH-38 (Yellow Alps)
Posted: 09 Sep 2019, 23:00
by flowerlandfilms
//gainsborough wrote: ↑09 Sep 2019, 21:08
Yo this project is sick!! Keep the updates coming!
Hoping to have it done, at least physically in the next couple of days.
Re: flowerlandfilms ELH-38 (Yellow Alps)
Posted: 09 Sep 2019, 23:01
by flowerlandfilms
CountNoctua wrote: ↑09 Sep 2019, 22:11
This project and that exotic wood shop pic (mmm, bloodwood) makes me wish I knew how to woodwork. And Alpsy!
Always been a Roald Dahl fan, so I love that Quentin Blake-style napkin design, too.
To be clear, my woodworking skills could use some finesse, but I'm trying to get better. That is my favourite store though, the endless possibilities of things that can be made.
Re: flowerlandfilms ELH-38 (Yellow Alps)
Posted: 09 Sep 2019, 23:05
by flowerlandfilms
I wish I had a proper bench grinder, but I blew all my money on the wood and a scroll saw.
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Re: flowerlandfilms ELH-38 (Yellow Alps)
Posted: 09 Sep 2019, 23:54
by flowerlandfilms
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Re: flowerlandfilms ELH-38 (Yellow Alps)
Posted: 10 Sep 2019, 00:56
by flowerlandfilms
Sponsored by Kincrome!
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Re: flowerlandfilms ELH-38 (Yellow Alps)
Posted: 10 Sep 2019, 14:10
by flowerlandfilms
Okay got the basic shape of the wood done!
I'm going to sand it to 1200 Grit, then Danish Oil.
I think it will come up real nice.
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Re: flowerlandfilms ELH-38 (Yellow Alps)
Posted: 10 Sep 2019, 18:57
by flowerlandfilms
Great colour and grain coming out, here it is with the plate attached.
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Re: flowerlandfilms ELH-38 (Yellow Alps)
Posted: 10 Sep 2019, 19:00
by flowerlandfilms
Made some mistakes with the pine dowells showing through the wood, I didn't realise the sanding would take off so much material but oh well.
Here it is with switches.
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Re: flowerlandfilms ELH-38 (Yellow Alps)
Posted: 10 Sep 2019, 19:02
by flowerlandfilms
And here it is viewed from the bottom.
The switch plate is suspended with small wood screws.
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Re: flowerlandfilms ELH-38 (Yellow Alps)
Posted: 10 Sep 2019, 19:51
by //gainsborough
It’s coming together! Looking neat so far!!
Re: flowerlandfilms ELH-38 (Yellow Alps)
Posted: 10 Sep 2019, 20:05
by flowerlandfilms
//gainsborough wrote: ↑10 Sep 2019, 19:51
It’s coming together! Looking neat so far!!
Thanks, it's looking okay, looks even better with keycaps! [Legends to change]
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Re: flowerlandfilms ELH-38 (Yellow Alps)
Posted: 10 Sep 2019, 20:22
by flowerlandfilms
I don't want red LEDs like some of these yellows come with, I want green, so I ordered some replacement square LEDs online. For the the switches that have no LEDs like this one, I just had to make two holes with a small push pin.
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Re: flowerlandfilms ELH-38 (Yellow Alps)
Posted: 10 Sep 2019, 21:13
by flowerlandfilms
These editing keycaps are quite plentiful, so modifying them a bit is no huge crime. Pad printed, so I've found a light go with 600 Grit is enough to take off the lettering, without leaving striations on the surface. Plus it leaves a smooth canvas to put my new legends on. I'm using Avery clear label sheets, printing them out on a laser printer, this is a test on the blue ones and I like the way it looks.
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Re: flowerlandfilms ELH-38 (Yellow Alps)
Posted: 10 Sep 2019, 21:42
by flowerlandfilms
Teensy wiring half done.
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Re: flowerlandfilms ELH-38 (Yellow Alps)
Posted: 10 Sep 2019, 22:46
by flowerlandfilms
Teensy wiring all done!
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