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Mrinterface wrote:@domin8r : what switch type is used on that board?

Finally an Apple user!

I posted my iMac setup on the first page It's going though and I'm just going to use my Macbook. Dunno what to do with my SMK-88 though.

andrewjoy wrote:I wish I had mac at work in place of this crappy PC , god i hate supporting windows its a pain in the arse everyone should just learn how to install arch on there imacs

Get VMWare. I run Arch in VMWare for when I need to do Linux-y things on my Macs.

Not high-res or so .. Just handycam btw: @work

^ I've got a golden cat at work too, he's solar powered and his arm waves.

mine works with batteries ^^

@Home

Here's my desktop:

My home setup;
Please ignore the cat-hairs and dust

That reminds me that I wanted to know how you made your case.

Did you post more information than in this article on GH somewhere?

Icarium wrote:That reminds me that I wanted to know how you made your case.

Did you post more information than in this article on GH somewhere?

I use MAGIC! But nah, that case is pretty easy; Aluminium u-profile epoxied to the mounting plate, drilled some holes in the bottom of the profile and press-fitted some nice thread thingies in there so the bottom can be secured with screws and bob's your uncle!

And no, there's not much more to tell really.... im still waiting for my chameleon controller, still need a Raspberry PI but i did just receive my bluetooth module today

aluminium u-profile press-fit thread monkeypants...
I'll need pictures to understand this.

Icarium wrote:aluminium u-profile press-fit thread monkeypants...
I'll need pictures to understand this.

I didnt make that many pics while building this unfortunately....

But lucky for you i have the most awesome mspaint skillz in tha world!!
edit, threads are better irl

@maarten, once you get that chameleon and start opening her up again; please do get some more pics
shame how the pics on your main article are fine, but on your 'book' they require login..

BWAAHAHAHA. AWESOME!

So basically just profiles for sides and a plate screwed to the bottom. I like it, nice and simple.

Two questions:
1. The thread is the "inside of a nut" if I understand this correctly so what does that mean for your drawing?
2. How did you cut the profiles on angle? Any special tools to get it accurate?

Icarium wrote:Two questions:
1. The thread is the "inside of a nut" if I understand this correctly so what does that mean for your drawing?

Basically yeah, you could use the inside of a nut for this but i used those little things that you used to find on the sides of serial ports... cuz... well, i still had half a million of those and you can kind of cut those to length pretty nicely (unlike nuts) I cut those just on the large side and then hammered em inside the profile and added some left over epoxy for good measure so they will never ever move. Find nice tapered screws to fit em, countersink the holes in the bottom plate and its all good!

Icarium wrote:2. How did you cut the profiles on angle? Any special tools to get it accurate?

Saw to cut, bench-grinder and files to get it accurate (aluminium is really really soft so very easy to work with)

Really nice keyboard Maarten. Didn't know you made it yourself. I wonder what you do in real life .

I'm pretty sure he uses that keyboard to beat bears to death.

HzFaq wrote:I'm pretty sure he uses that keyboard to beat bears to death.

I use it to demolish building actually..... i was angry at a mate a little while ago and kinda drunk i threw this very board at him and missed;



Keyboard was fine tho....

Here's an updated image of my desktop.

Love that Jim, I've got that desk in the loft (too big to put anywhere atm)

You have a loft? O_o

Yup, and it looks like mice have been in there so I'm laying traps today how they get all the way up I'll never know!

It's quite big, you can stand up in there no problem, had 3 velux's put in there and some strip lighting. Need to board it out this year.

Thanks, yeah the desk is massive, I bought it for my old dual screen setup. It looks kinda silly now.

I'm slowly getting used to the portrait 24" monitor; it's still a little bit on the tall side, it would be better with 19".

I have a 24 (1920x1200). Tried it in portrait but it was too tall.

Yeah, my desk is pretty low and my chair is quite high so it just about works.

Portrait is pretty amazing. I sold my old monitor and got an IPS (well, 2 actually) just to be able to do that.

here a look to some new parts of my desktop:
Mousepad - Design by Spharx, making by treble318
2x Deck 82 with painted cases

That's becoming cluttered for your standards!

That reminds me of Rimmer from Red Dwarf typing simultaneously on two keyboards after being IQ enhanced....

CeeSA wrote:here a look to some new parts of my desktop:
Mousepad - Design by Spharx, making by treble318
2x Deck 82 with painted cases

desk.jpg

Why is there a picture of iMav on your mousepad?

itlnstln wrote: Why is there a picture of iMav on your mousepad?

It's not. It's his brother IIRC.

sorry for this "joke", it's me. i have no brother...