I had never considered Phosphorous until you mentioned it, but I suspect it would be a great fit.
No, for now I’m going to go with Boba U4’s, and possibly the MelGeek Plastic caps. I suspect finding the caps I like the most may just lead me to the trusty BOW MT3 profile, but we’ll see.
Those look great @Extra_Fox! Would you mind sharing a ballpark price?
I am considering getting some cerakoting done, likely one color but I was just curious.
Not at all. There’s kind of a range the place I went to will charge it depends on;
So my board, with four parts, and two colors would be around $150 (more if you picked a color they didn’t have on hand).
Something smaller, or single color would range from $100-$120, give or take.
The place I went to is located in Oregon City, Oregon. They’re called Blazin’ Hydrographics and they do really nice work.
Thank you! Yeah I am looking at maybe doing a couple 60% (one two piece case and one tray). Sounds like I could expect around ~100$ for each. Thanks again!
Ye that’s around the same pricing I have got when investigating cerakote prices.
After my initial success with recreating the Commodore 64 keycaps in this project, I’ve started looking into creating a custom low/mid-profile.
I’m currently doing a lot of research and here’s my first test batch. The shape of the top area is based on a superellipse, yet a bit more rounded not to have any parallel lines. The dish is a mix of spherical and cylindrical, with emphasis on a spherical center for the palm to rest on. To me, they feel quite cozy and smooth – it might even work for Cherry lovers 
In the images, the caps are angled and uniform aka stepped which is not ideal, but I’ve already shaped a row profile for equidistance with a six-degree angle. I’ll probably print those on the weekend.
Please feel free to express your experience and opinions regarding such an endeavor – thank you. 
This is a great project! I’ve been mulling over the possibility of a low-profile-spherical (LPS) set.
What do you print these on? Or are these molds?
Is it just me, or is each column a different size?
Thank you, maybe I should create a separate post for in-depth discussion?
I printed these with my Elegoo Mars. I’ve also done a test printing a mold and filling it up with Play-Doh, worked fine, too 
Near-cylindricals look most comfortable to me.
My preference is for the green. More touch area. I am not an accurate typist.
Thank you all for your feedback, it is much appreciated.
I’ll spend some time and prepare documentation regarding visualization and terminology. I imagine it to represent the row profile, side profiles, and touch area. And as already mentioned print a second batch with a sculpted row profile. With that done I’ll start a dedicated thread for discussion, suggestions, and feedback.
After you removed the rust, did you sand and prime? or did you go straight to painting? It looks good!
Excited to see your documentation and furthur information in the upcoming thread! 
I sanded the areas with rust and only coated with a primer which happened to have the desired colour
Yeah I gotta agree, I’d say I would take pretty much any cylindrical option over any spherical option anymore
Yes, I wholeheartedly agree. Cylindrical sets are very comfy and mostly outdo the spherical offerings in that regard. However, I find what they make up in comfort they lack in the variation of styles/aesthetics. I’ve seen enough rounded rectangles with a straight extrusion profile to last me a lifetime. I strongly believe there is room for variation and experimentation. That is why I’m looking into this – there is so much to learn and explore.
Please feel free to share your experiences.
Thank you and have a great weekend.
Well that there has my attention. Perhaps a competitor to the venerable Boba U4?
