MightyJabba OP t1_iueusuv wrote on October 30, 2022 at 8:09 PM

This is SA Tatooine on an XD68 PCB with a carbon fiber plate and 67g Zealios switches. I picked this board mostly because it had a layout that would allow me to use all of the novelties that came with SA Tatooine (aside from the alternate Enter key).

I designed and 3D printed the case in beige PLA filament and then sanded it using progressively finer sandpaper until the surface was extremely smooth. It looks almost like polished wood now. I’m actually pretty impressed. I wasn’t sure if I would like the color scheme, but I think the beige/tan works to balance out the colorfulness of the rest of the board, and also brings to mind the sand of Tatooine.

delogg t1_iuf7zd0 wrote on October 30, 2022 at 9:37 PM

Nice work, I like the shape of case

pabloescobyte t1_iugamjy wrote on October 31, 2022 at 2:27 AM

Would probably look right at home inside a landspeeder or inside the Mos Eisley Cantina even!

I love the novelties but personally not a fan of the color scheme.

UncleEnk t1_iuf8znj wrote on October 30, 2022 at 9:44 PM

can you upload the case 3d model, it's so good I wasnt to make one too

MightyJabba OP t1_iufcseb wrote on October 30, 2022 at 10:10 PM

Thanks. I might do that but it’s got a few rough edges I would want to fix so I’m not sure when it might happen

Lukeski14 t1_iuf9n8k wrote on October 30, 2022 at 9:48 PM

How does it sound? Seems to be the biggest issue I have with 3dp boards. Looks amazing though, I think you definitely chose the right color!

MightyJabba OP t1_iuf9xbl wrote on October 30, 2022 at 9:50 PM

I think it’s kind of mediocre sounding but not too bad. I tend not to focus too much on sound

Lukeski14 t1_iufah64 wrote on October 30, 2022 at 9:54 PM

I've had great success on 3dp sound improvement using plate foam :)

CalmFartThief t1_iufb2ig wrote on October 30, 2022 at 9:58 PM

Beautiful

7MiK t1_iuhsl7p wrote on October 31, 2022 at 1:13 PM

What's your opinion on this PCB?I was in the process of 3d printing a case but haven't decided on the pcb yet, have you experimented with more of them? I was thinking 65% or 75%

This is also solder-only, isn't it?

MightyJabba OP t1_iuhvyd4 wrote on October 31, 2022 at 1:40 PM

The PCB seems ok but I did have an issue at first where half a row of keys wouldn’t work (possibly because I scratched some traces). I couldn’t fix it, but I bought two of the PCBs just in case and I ended up desoldering it and redoing it with the replacement

SA Tatooine with a 3D printed case

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