Giving the ol’ GK61x switch tester board a major refresh.
I’d previously replaced the plate with a single-piece stamped aluminum one, but the cut was kind of iffy and the Esc key was a couple millimetres out of alignment with the rest of the row. Couldn’t un-see. So - since the resin cases finally came, I finally had a standard-mount 60% to use with the other plate I’d gotten at the same time:
Much higher quality cuts on this one.
I decided to burger-mount this one, and I used some toothpicks to help make sure the little borgar buns stayed in place:
I’m honestly not sure where these longer screws came from or why I have them, but they were pretty much perfect for this. (I also stole one from an old Durgod board, since I only had five of the extra long ones.) Since they had small tapered heads, I used some plastic washers for them as well as the mostly slotted holes on the GK PCB:
Not exactly elegant-looking, but it does work:
Testing the stabs, a theme emerges:
(True) Unholy Pandas; lubed, filmed, and topped with Ducky’s pudding caps - borgar-mounted into a cast resin case.
So pearly. I’ll eventually be using this case with another build and pairing it with pearly Bobas - but for now, it’s a big upgrade for my trusty tester.
ARR GEE BEEZ
This wouldn’t have looked out of place behind the counter at “the beauty shop” where my grandma got her nails and beehive hair done.
Downright mystical.
It sounds like this: