My Honeywell homage is done, at least in its initial incarnation. I think there’s room to improve my print quality, and the beige shows off oopsies with much less mercy than black does. Still, after blowing through a lot of filament relative to the size of the final case, I am at a point where I am content with it. The design itself came out more less just how I wanted, an appropriate home for DSS Honeywell.
For the base plate, I did a slightly dumb thing and laser-cut it out of a thin ABS sheet. I wore my respirator and monitored it closely, and darned if it didn’t cut super nice. Something was about a mm off in the dimensions, but I was able to trim it and run a lighter over the new-cut edges to put them back to black (videos of people doing this to sun-faded stadium seats are oddly satisfying). Still, I don’t recommend this at all. At some point I probably just need a better laser.
I added about 6 ounces (170g) of weight, and the whole thing comes in at just under 2 pounds (900g). I had some fairly tall furniture pads to use as bumpons, and the classic “floating” effect of the hall effect terminal boards is there, if subdued.
Sound profile is pretty nice, a bit on the high pitched side, but not unpleasant at all and it’s not a world apart from other plastic boards with ABS keycaps. Bottom out is probably more on the firm side, but it’s not even close to my harshest, and the Kailh blacks are fine for my purposes here. Any scratch is minimal and consistent, and they’re a touch heavier than Gaterons, which is nice for me.
