Making cheap "double"-shot keycaps?

mcmaxmcmc · 05 Jun 2018, 03:13

I wonder if you can make cheap double-shot keycaps by carving a letter off of a blank keycap, maybe CNC router it (so there's a hole in the cap) (ABS lets out toxic fumes when lasered, or so my little research says) and then fill the gap with some other plastic (was thinking some dyed hot glue). Sand the top smooth, and maybe it will work?

kbdfr · 05 Jun 2018, 10:11

About 6 years ago I had 5 custom keycaps made for me by Qwerkeys.
They were engraved and infilled, and while I was not entirely satisfied with the reproduction of the legends themselves,
they were excellent craftsmanship with sharp outlines and are still in use:

: engraved and infilled by Qwerkeys.jpg (189.64 KiB) Viewed 1385 times

However, as far as I am aware Qwerkeys do not provide this service anymore.

mcmaxmcmc · 05 Jun 2018, 10:36

Those are some crisp corners in the engraving o_o I wonder what type of tool Qwerkeys used. (I can probably just razor knife it.)

ag36 · 12 Jun 2018, 21:46

kbdfr wrote: About 6 years ago I had 5 custom keycaps made for me by Qwerkeys.
They were engraved and infilled, and while I was not entirely satisfied with the reproduction of the legends themselves,
they were excellent craftsmanship with sharp outlines and are still in use:

engraved and infilled by Qwerkeys.jpg
However, as far as I am aware Qwerkeys do not provide this service anymore.

I think that's a bt similar to laser-infilled keycaps?