Project:"Ctrl-Alt-Del" ;)

[Filimon]

:)

http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q75/Filimon_photo/DSC02244-1.jpg

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http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q75/Filimon_photo/01.jpg

[Bucko]

I think we need more details than just a smilie and a couple of pictures...

[rendermandan]

I think we need more details than just a smilie and a couple of pictures...

I second that!. Give us some details, descriptions, what the heck are you tyring to do????

And Welcome to TBCS!

[Tate]

I second that!. Give us some details, descriptions, what the heck are you tyring to do????

And Welcome to TBCS!

I third!

God I feel pr0 saying that.

[DaveW]

Wait...i think i get it! It's an artistic representation of how Microsoft developed windows, isn't it? Ctrl+Alt+Del, the 3 fingered salute. First photo shows some backwards letters. In the second photo, they're stuck on any old way. In the third, they're covered in paint. In the last, you have a Microsoft Ergonomic Keyboard, with what appears to be some kind of special characters on the keys; perhaps representing interaction between you, the user, and the painted Microsoft throw-together.

I'm right aint I!

Microsoft's design methodologies are notoriously bad; they simply don't care about program comprehension and modern design methods. They care about razzle dazzle, money, and suing the pants off anyone who might be doing a better job than them: especially if they're doing it for free. Whether i'm right or wrong, you can't deny my artistic interpretation makes some valid points!

...right?

-Dave

[d_stilgar]

I think that he is going to cast the letters. They are all on sprues, which he will put into plaster, which will go in a furnace and then molten metal will be poured in the mold and then he will have metal whatever-those-things-are.

[rendermandan]

This could be a really cool idea for a "Modders Challenge". Somebody could create some type of way out there mod and then you have to guess the theme, final design, what materials are used etc.... Anybody?

Oops, so I just realized I Hijacked this post. Sorry.

[Maz]

stainless keyboard. just make sure the return membrane is hearty enough to handle the weight.

[Bucko]

Probably a good guess there Maz. Going on the Stainless mouse Filimon did.

[Filimon]

:)
http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q75/Filimon_photo/DSC02256-2.jpg

http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q75/Filimon_photo/DSC02257-2.jpg

http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q75/Filimon_photo/DSC02258-2.jpg

:smoker:

[DaveW]

I'm still seeing an artistic expression of the Microsoft development cycle.

Picture 1: The cheap grey stuff of the Microsoft product is exposed by hackers, crackers, and professionals alike.

Picture 2: All the useless buttons fall out.

Picture 3: All the useful buttons fall out.

I think he's going to keep us guessing really though guys. Have to admit I'm intrigued though...

-Dave

[Filimon]

;)

Thank you very much for your messages. It’s interesting for me to hear your opinion about my project.As I don't know English fluently it's difficult to me to communicate with you in writing. I'm sending you the photos where I'm going to show my project step by step.

[Airbozo]

I'm still seeing an artistic expression of the Microsoft development cycle.

Picture 1: The cheap grey stuff of the Microsoft product is exposed by hackers, crackers, and professionals alike.

Picture 2: All the useless buttons fall out.

Picture 3: All the useful buttons fall out.

I think he's going to keep us guessing really though guys. Have to admit I'm intrigued though...

-Dave

You crack me up Dave! I like the way you think...

[Bucko]

;)

Thank you very much for your messages. It’s interesting for me to hear your opinion about my project.As I don't know English fluently it's difficult to me to communicate with you in writing. I'm sending you the photos where I'm going to show my project step by step.

Don't worry, your English is a LOT better than some people on this board, and English is their native language.

Are you making a stainless keyboard?

[DaJe]

with what appears to be some kind of special characters on the keys

They're Russian letters >_>

[simon275]

This is cool seeing the project unfolding and not knowing where it is going.

We should have more of this.

[Filimon]

http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q75/Filimon_photo/gaz-lamps-18.jpg

http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q75/Filimon_photo/DSC02259-3.jpg

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[chaksq]

I think I get where this is headed. Filimon is using typewriter letter he heated with a camp stove to make the letters on the keys imprinted into the key rather than printed on it. Then he will probably paint the keyboard along with some other great modifications to it.

I like the use of pictures and no captions in the project log. Great work Filimon!

[xmastree]

But why the semicircular notches in the keys...?

I think he's melting the letter into the keycaps, then going to make moulds from them and cast them in stainless. Then fit the new ones to the keyboard.

[progbuddy]

Neat idea. Trust me, you're way better at English than Xbox Live members :p

[Boddaker]

I think he's melting the letter into the keycaps, then going to make moulds from them and cast them in stainless. Then fit the new ones to the keyboard.

Thats what I think too. And he's gotta do it 102 times! :eek: But it will look badass when he's done!

[simon275]

Kinda like a literal keyboard for blind people.

Pretty cool I must say

+Rep for originality

[DaveW]

I like the use of pictures and no captions in the project log. Great work Filimon!

I'd like to emphasize that this will only work once. Now that it's been done, i personally don't want to see it done again. It's original and unique, which makes it interesting. So don't anyone else start doing this.

I'm intrigued by what's going on with this. I guess i'm just going to have to wait and see.

-Dave

[simon275]

I'd like to emphasize that this will only work once. Now that it's been done, i personally don't want to see it done again. It's original and unique, which makes it interesting. So don't anyone else start doing this.

I'm intrigued by what's going on with this. I guess i'm just going to have to wait and see.

-Dave

This guy has a legitimate excuse though. But yeah I agree it is hard to get in peoples heads and understand a mod. A picture is not always worth a 1000 words

[DaveW]

This guy has a legitimate excuse though.

I'm not saying he needs an excuse. He's doing something original and it's intentional. Put it like this: would you got to a Japanese forum, post some pictures and a smiley, and think they understand you? No. Filimon knows exactly what he's doing; leading us on! :) I just don't want everyone else to think "OMG That Roxors gonna do that on my next phat l337 m0d!" If you get what i mean. :)

-Dave

[PiGMaN]

maybe hes rainman

[mwdaley]

I'm not saying he needs an excuse. He's doing something original and it's intentional. Put it like this: would you got to a Japanese forum, post some pictures and a smiley, and think they understand you? No. Filimon knows exactly what he's doing; leading us on! :) I just don't want everyone else to think "OMG That Roxors gonna do that on my next phat l337 m0d!" If you get what i mean. :)

-Dave

Totally ruined my idea...

[smoking_pig]

just do on the jap forum he mentionted :P

interesting in the keyboard too...

[GT40_GearHead]

this i got to see

i'm subscribed :D

[Filimon]

http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q75/Filimon_photo/DSC02263-4.jpg

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[Maz]

http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q75/Filimon_photo/DSC02263-4.jpg

http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q75/Filimon_photo/DSC02264-4.jpg

http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q75/Filimon_photo/DSC02266-4-1.jpg

http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q75/Filimon_photo/DSC02268-4.jpg

Yeah, im speechless too....

[Canadian Eh?]

Letters, Keyboard, Booklight, This can only mean one thing...not quite sure what it is though yet!

[Drew]

Is it just me that reckons that lamp/light thing looks like a mouse with a growth?


intrigued

Me too. Oddest. Worklog. Ever.

Like it though.

[Scotty]

Silence....

Keeps you in suspense, im hooked.

[GT40_GearHead]

damn it !
this guy kills me... arrghhh

this just started to feel like one of those mass hysteria experiments !

[Marks256]

It looks as if he is going to make the keyboard backlit? Perhaps he/she could use www.freetranslation.com to attempt some sort of communication? :) Just an idea...

[Filimon]

http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q75/Filimon_photo/DSC02276-5.jpg

http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q75/Filimon_photo/DSC02278-5.jpg

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http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q75/Filimon_photo/DSC02272-5.jpg

[xmastree]

Ha! I was right about casting the letters.
My next guess is that the cutouts in the sides are for LEDs.
And the spacebar will be illuminated by that book lamp we saw earlier.

[NocturnaL]

This is so random lol

[Filimon]

http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q75/Filimon_photo/DSC02286-6.jpg

http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q75/Filimon_photo/DSC02291-6.jpg

[DaveW]

Umm...WOW. What the hell dude. Those look... i'm speechless. No wonder you don't type anything.

-Dave

[Rankenphile]

Umm...WOW. What the hell dude. Those look... i'm speechless. No wonder you don't type anything.

-Dave

I love this worklog, and every time I read it I always think, "Well, why do you think he never types anything? His keyboard is in a hundred different pieces!"

I am so, so intrigued by this project. I love the idea of using photos to narrate the story, rather than filling it with eighteen paragraphs of bragging.

[Canadian Eh?]

Those look so awsome, but i think that they would be a bit heavy, they might stay down all the time! eek..

[chaksq]

This is extremely impressive work Filimon!

[Filimon]

Thank you very much to everyone who say a few words about my project. The semicircular cuttings are specially done to make the buttons lighter. I have to stop worklog for sometime because I need to prepare about 100 buttons.
But if you are interested in my other mods I’ll be glad to show you some of them which are made earlier.

[chaksq]

I would love to see other mods of your when you have a chance to post. I am sure others would as well. You do very good work.

[rendermandan]

Excellent work! I have to admit, this is very interesting! I'm sure this is going to go with the mouse. You will deffinetly win the award for heaviest keyboard!!!

[DaveW]

Wouldn't want to drag it to a LAN party! One things for certain though, you clearly know exactly what you're doing.

-Dave

[NocturnaL]

Those keys do look bad ass, just an idea, but if you cut the letters out and projected some colors behind the letters with some surface mount LED's, it would look bad even more badass

[Rankenphile]

have you looked into using a reinforcing spring behind the key itself to help support some of the weight? Finding just the right gauge and resistance might be tricky, but it could solve a lot of potential problems with weight and key return down the road.

[.Maleficus.]

This is the reason why you have 2 rep boxes with your 11 posts. Amazing work dude.

[xmastree]

I have to stop worklog for sometime because I need to prepare about 100 buttons.Would it not be easier to cast all the buttons blank, then engrave them?

[XcOM]

Would it not be easier to cast all the buttons blank, then engrave them?

Not as fun :rolleyes:

[intergalacticman]

wow this is madness
casting a key in metal... wow
how??

i like how we are all speculating what he does.
what does the book lite have to do w/ anything??

[XcOM]

you will have to see the booklight turn into a magic item!!!!!

[Maz]

I know how i would be with that keyboard to be.


GAH, MORE FINGERPRINTS!!!!

[DaveW]

GAH, MORE FINGERPRINTS!!!!

I've always wanted a keyboard with aluminium keys. (Stupid Firefox thinks i should spell it without the i.) Closest i can get is an aluminium frame. I'm still trying to get a decent keyboard and mouse combination to replace the one i currently have...but that's another tale for another thread. :)

-Dave

[dfigravity]

I have to agree with everyone else here...this is a great worklog...no explanation, no words...just pictures. Those keyboard keys look ****ing fantastic too...can't wait for the next update! :)

[Needsleep]

This is really raising the bar.....

awesome work, if it ends up half as sweet as your mouse it'll still kick a LOT of ass!

[GT40_GearHead]

Sweeeet !

[rendermandan]

so, where are you going to add the little red ruby's to match the mouse???

It would be sweet if you could find a way to make the lettering and numbers on the keyboard out of the red ruby's. Talk about bling bling!

[Filimon]

The stainless buttons are growing on such “bushes”. :D

http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q75/Filimon_photo/DSC02311-7.jpg

http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q75/Filimon_photo/DSC02314-7.jpg

[progbuddy]

:eek: I get it!

[Maz]

do you cast using sand, with the lost wax technique?

like dave said before... i have also wanted to cast aluminum. any tips for smelting@home?

[isunktheship]

Haha, godly, Microsoft could use these to add to some "Vista Platinum" booth.

[Drum Thumper]

It's like HR Giger decided to mod a keyboard.

This has got to be one of the most oddest things I've seen. Even odder than the real mouse mouse that was posted in the chatterbox.

+rep, and a /subscribe. This is very odd, original, and intriguing.

Keep up the good work, as you obviously know what you are doing!

[Filimon]

I had to use this keyboard instead of the previous one because of some technical causers. I use the metal buttons as I make them.

http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q75/Filimon_photo/DSC02355-8.jpg

http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q75/Filimon_photo/DSC02356-8.jpg

http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q75/Filimon_photo/DSC02357-8.jpg

[DaveW]

This is going to look godly.

-Dave

[Boddaker]

I can't wait to see what you have planned for the outer framework!

[Greco101]

that's sexy ass hell, and great work!

but I'd be scared to type on it haha. I'd put that baby in a frame along with the mouse

[isunktheship]

How heavy are the keys roughly? Do keys stick, or it is harder to type at all?

I wish I had some of the tools/workplaces that some of you guys have!
Fun fact, the Tarantula Keyboard's buttons don't work the way normal buttons do, they're specially shaped underneath because of all the wiring...

[GT40_GearHead]

if its stainless it will stay like that for a 100 years lol


great stuff, good thing i'm subscribed :D


+rep mate

[Ichbin]

Wowza.

Everything about this mod is art.

the log, the actuall mod.

/claps!

[doesi87]

Man this is crazy. It will look great when it is finished. But it really needs a stainless mouse beneath it.

[Bucko]

But it really needs a stainless mouse beneath it.


You mean like the one he already made? (http://www.thebestcasescenario.com/forum/showthread.php?t=7958)

[doesi87]

Shame on me, how could i miss that. Okay won't say anything about it from now on, the whole thing is just damn great.

[scar~face]

the only thing id be worried about is keepin that baby clean, and the CRAZY reflections that thing is going to cause, but based on you setup, that may not be a problem.

[Drew]

The mans a hero.

Whats next? The mouse, the keyboard.... gonna strip a TFT and re-do it in stainless?

And for the full set, the scratch built stainless case... this could be revolutionary.

Talk about raising the bar....

[M@X@ CASE - freaks]

this is damn good...

GZ man, GZ...

+rep...

[h3moglobe0]

Healyeah

This over_fckn_whellming shi+ mean.

I wonder how to mod my keyboard.
This is the way thath will be.

Awesome!

But pics won't say 'howto' - pitty.

Buck bout language is right. Do not be ashamed - post.

Slavia rulez! Don't cut off my country gas pipe i north Filimon :D:d;P

Subscribing.

[Helix666]

Это - одна красивая обрабатываемая деталь. Я абсолютно поражен.
Определенно репутация.

(Да... Я использовал переводчика онлайн, чтобы сделать это. Жалость я не могу напечатать в Кириллице.)


http://translation2.paralink.com/ :D

[Filimon]

http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q75/Filimon_photo/DSC02276-5.jpg

http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q75/Filimon_photo/DSC00122-9.jpg

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[FrooP]

HEERREEE HERREE PICK MEE HEERE

its the spacebar right?

[alphastryk]

now that is a hot spacebar!

great work man...

[lominono]

'F' ? if thats a 'f', on the space bar?

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Oh I get it, the ctrl alt delete, thing... if pressing ctrl alt delete does nothing when windoz freezes and you have to resort to alternative methods your keyboard won't break, it'll stand up to the increased fustration levels. <---- Right?

nice keys btw, can't wait to see the finished work

[Omega]

Maybe it's "f" for "filimon" ;)

[The boy 4rm oz]

Dude, this is AWESOME.

[Filimon]

"f" -> "Filimon"

[Omega]

/me dances a little bit


WHO CALLED IT?! ;)

[XxRiddleOutxX]

This is a sign for how we all make mistakes and sometimes ctr-alt-dlt is a good idea!

[TheGreatSatan]

I've looked at every page and I still don't get it.

[Computer-Geek]

Are you serious ? he's melting the letter into the keycaps, then going to make moulds from them and cast them in stainless. Then fit the new ones to the keyboard. Quoted from someone in this thread. He Is creating a custom stainless steel keyboard.

[The boy 4rm oz]

Yeah that would be the simple explanation lol.

[TheGreatSatan]

So he's just making them stainless? I thought he was also cutting out each individual letter and backlighting them....

Don't let my confusion keep you down, Filimon. +Rep

[slytherock]

So he's just making them stainless? I thought he was also cutting out each individual letter and backlighting them....

Don't let my confusion keep you down, Filimon. +Rep
Is it really a HE? maybe it's a SHE or a IT, or even a HE/SHE... :alien: Adding confusion... :D

BTW, great work :up:

[GT40_GearHead]

or even a HE/SHE...

now that was "interesting"


+rep

[ollithemagicbum]

looks nice. +rep

[Filimon]

http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q75/Filimon_photo/014-9.jpg

http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q75/Filimon_photo/015-9.jpg

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[Filimon]

http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q75/Filimon_photo/011-9.jpg

http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q75/Filimon_photo/012-9.jpg

[Bucko]

Wow! That's coming along very nicely!

[Scotty]

Oh damn that's hot.

+rep

[XcOM]

very sexy. +Rep

[xRyokenx]

That looks awesome... while you're making the keys out of stainless steel, you should go ahead and make the top panel of the keyboard out of stainless too, so it lasts longer.

[Filimon]

Hi everyone!
Sorry for my being absent. I was on holyday( out of Moscow). I'm with you again.
I'm going to make the top panel of the keyboard in the same style as my previous mod ( I mean the stainless mouse). I also want to put two led-lamps inside the keyboard to light the keys.

[XcOM]

what ever you do im sure it will look very nice

[Imper]

Great job, + rep :D

[Ouch!]

Goodness!

This bloke must have his own foundry!

Very cool work!

[p0Pe]

wow this is madness


THIS IS SPARTA!!!!

on topic:
looks really nice!...

[gnat]

awesome work, can't wait to see more! +REP

[Short Modder]

Stainless cover?!

1) That'll be kicka*s
2) Damn, that thing will weigh a ton or nearly close to....

[jdbnsn]

Any life in this one remaining?

[DonT-FeaR]

hope so.... hello ya there?

[SXRguyinMA]

:stupid:

[ShockTheBox]

how is he making them.. does he have superman eyes that melt the metal ..>?|\