You can’t it’s an APU case. I have a 4600G in there.
Though he made them stackable, so you could do that and run a GPU in the second one.
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Okay, I see now. That’s really cool.
I guess whenever PC components become something I can easily buy again I’m going to definitely be looking at NFC.
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Some slow-and-steady progress on the FC980. By the way, I have a 2-part question about cleaning the PCB later:
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Is 70% IPA the standard IPA to use on PCBs?
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Is there a proper technique for cleaning a PCB with IPA? I think I read once that you pour it on the PCB and let it run off the board, but not sure if that’s right.
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I am not a clever man, but I usually just soak a low-lint towel with IPA and rub it down. I also will use a soft bristle brush to get the stubborn flux off, then wipe it down after.
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I stopped cleaning my boards. I use no-clean solder, and from my research, it really means you don’t have to clean it 
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I see, I can try this as well. Experiment 
Ah same, I use no-clean. But I’m only cleaning the Leopold PCB since it has random marks and stuff from the manu, and since I’ll have it all opened up soon, so I thought why not, you know?
Gotcha. Yeah, you’re not going to hurt it with IPA. It’s a mess to clean that stuff off.
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Ok, sweet. Thanks both 
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Painted the plate on my Realforce 86u yesterday
It was starting to rust so I decided to treat it and just paint it
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At long last, my KBD8X and KBDPAD MKII are on the bench. Just picked them up from the cerakoter today. The color combo was risky, but it was definitely worth it.
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U got some Tealios and Phosphorous to go with that? 
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Experimenting with some low profile options. Switches and keycaps. Stay tuned.
Happy Weekend everybody.
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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.
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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.
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Not at all. There’s kind of a range the place I went to will charge it depends on;
- Size of board.
- Number of pieces.
- Number of colors.
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-$120, give or take.
The place I went to is located in Oregon City, Oregon. They’re called Blazin’ Hydrographics and they do really nice work.
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Thank you! Yeah I am looking at maybe doing a couple 60% (one two piece case and one tray). Sounds like I could expect around ~100$ 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. 
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