I donât know how common it is, but water jet is a option to.
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Indeed. My shop used a third party waterjet cutting service a couple times, when they had to shape a large piece of metal / plastic sandwich board.
We learned quickly that leaving the protective wrap on that material is not a great idea when using a waterjet cutter - because whatever grit they are using gets all up in there.
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Been using an X230 for about three or four years. Came from a W530, and a T60 before that. Iâve really come to love how compact the X series are. Nice!
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Lovely! What am I looking at?
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Itâs a Cypher!
Yooooo. Awesome. Always more keyboard stuff to buy lol. My aluminum MV case is rather harsh.
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Got everything I need to start soldering other than the soldapullt today!
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Have you ever seen this one before:
Theyâre perpetually out of stock but I was lucky enough to grab one a few years ago. Itâs THICK, itâs hard to imagine that they cut it, it seems more like it was molded. Anyways, I got this one because I was trying to film creams and snapped two other, thinner acrylic plates in half.
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I havenât seen it before. That is really thick - and the cuts are super smooth - definitely a more consistent surface than those Iâd see from the laser. That said, the lasers can cut pretty thick acrylic.
Itâs possible they used either a laser or router and then flame-polished the edges, or otherwise used heat to smooth them back out. Itâs also possible they used a much better laser than my shop had, more suitable for extra thick plastic.
When we cut stuff that was near the limit of our machine, the top side of the cut would be wider than the bottom because the beam would be less in-focus there.
That one looks super nice! I believe SpaceCat is the guy from https://offtheclack.podbean.com/. I wonder if that is maybe some local business near him hooking him upâŚ
I tried my AliExpress special last night and it did the job, but I wish the switch cutouts were just a hair larger. I really had to push the switch bottom in there to get it to stick.
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Looks right! I had not heard of that pod before.
I canât recommend this modding station enough, itâs too bad it never seems to be available.
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And what happened then�
WellâŚin Whoville they say
That the Grinchâs 66% collection
Grew three sizes that day!
Iâm finding it fascinating to see how different engineers have accomodated for the stock plate/pcb/breakout board. So cool to see the different approaches. @norbauer would you agree?
The TX-660c case (gray) has a slots in the top of the case for the upward bent plate edges. It ends up making the board a sandwich mount. Doesnât feel all that different from the Norbauer case or the stock case. THe biggest difference is probably the typing angle. I prefer the Heavy 6 angle over the TX-660c. But man, theyâre both beautiful. I think these bent plates make it so rigid that the mounting method doesnât do as much as in MX boards.
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would you say you have a type?
These are beautful, enjoy!
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Good things come in threes.
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Wow. If youâre looking to sell one please hit me up heh
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Feels like koalas (duh) but itâs a good thing cuz the koalas is going on a board Iâm going to sell.
And I got this to, works pretty good but not flawless.
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Aaaannd there it broke downâŚ
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