Does anyone have autocad, inventor, pdf..... plans/dimensions for key caps? Outside dimensions aren't super important right now (they might later), I'm more interested in the stem and it's placement.
Thanks
Key cap dimensions/sizing
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asdf
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still looking but there's this in the mean time http://www.cherrycorp.com/english/switches/key/mx.htm
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The_Beast
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All the dimensions of a key cap would be helpful. Inside, outside, cruciform whatever I can get. Tollerance would also be pretty helpful.
Why? I'm thinking of getting/buying/building a CNC router/mill and custom caps would be pretty tight to mill out.
Why? I'm thinking of getting/buying/building a CNC router/mill and custom caps would be pretty tight to mill out.
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damorgue
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Mills small enough to cut the + in the stem are expensive and break often. A rule of thumb is that the length of the tool should not exceed 4*the diameter. I have some step-files for cnc if you want them later on.
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ripster
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Yeah, the Zinc Duckies were crap.
Anyhoo I back up images because Geekhack does not and SOMEBODY has to do it.
Apologies for Signature Plastics using Imperial Measurements. They are in the boonies in Washington state among the Sasquatches and Survivalists.
Other piece of trivia is the Cherry MX SLIDER cruciform is thicker in the horizontal. In other words when pulling keys wiggle Left/Right for maximum efficiency. Wiggle. Wiggle. Wiggle.
Anyhoo I back up images because Geekhack does not and SOMEBODY has to do it.
Apologies for Signature Plastics using Imperial Measurements. They are in the boonies in Washington state among the Sasquatches and Survivalists.
Other piece of trivia is the Cherry MX SLIDER cruciform is thicker in the horizontal. In other words when pulling keys wiggle Left/Right for maximum efficiency. Wiggle. Wiggle. Wiggle.
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The_Beast
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I was thinking of milling stabilized wood, which I've heard is very similar to milling plastic. As for milling the stem, I was thinking many light passes at a slowish feed rate.damorgue wrote:Mills small enough to cut the + in the stem are expensive and break often. A rule of thumb is that the length of the tool should not exceed 4*the diameter. I have some step-files for cnc if you want them later on.
Thanks ripripster wrote:Yeah, the Zinc Duckies were crap.
Anyhoo I back up images because Geekhack does not and SOMEBODY has to do it.
Apologies for Signature Plastics using Imperial Measurements. They are in the boonies in Washington state among the Sasquatches and Survivalists.
Other piece of trivia is the Cherry MX SLIDER cruciform is thicker in the horizontal. In other words when pulling keys wiggle Left/Right for maximum efficiency. Wiggle. Wiggle. Wiggle.
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The_Beast
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Don't get too excited, it's all just vaporware right nowgeotang wrote:Wooden keycaps
Looking forward to how well they turn out.
Do you do any wood working? Sanding just masks mistakesripster wrote:PieceOcake.
Sanding solves all mistakes.