Without actually pulling out my M100 to check, here’s an idea: I do some woodworking around the house and my first thought was a wood cover is easy. Either thin plywood or MDF, with a rail around the outer edge and across the top of the keyboard to lift it from the keys. If I were making one for me, I would probably break all the edges a bit with my router. Properly sanded and stained, even plywood looks pretty nice sitting on the desk.
More fancy would be an actual covered box, with box joint corners, that you set the 100/102 into. The bottom of the box would reach up about 3/4 of the way to the 100’s surface (below the keys) and the cover, tall enough to sit on the bottom box sides, which keeps it from sliding side to side, and tall enough to keep the cover's top surface from touching the keys. John > On Feb 8, 2019, at 12:10 AM, Eric LK <tr...@lefauve.org> wrote: > > Eric wrote: >> Also after looking into Shapeways prices, we're looking at a cost of >> at least $60/$80 each for a plastic piece of this size. > > I found a "3d printing & Price Comparison Service" so I quickly made a > mock-up version of the cover (changing the size by 1 or two > millimeters shouldn't change the price much). > > I've gone for something covering the white part of the M100. We could > do smaller, but if you have windows, that would probably cause a > non-uniform yellowing of the non-covered parts which would look > terrible. > > The price is... well, it starts at $58 for ABS (That's what LEGO are > made of... so basically indestructible plastic) up to $9400 for > Titanium (you can print in nylon for a little less than $200, all > other material are either very expensive or impractical) > > I used a 3mm thickness (5mm for the top) because we wanted some > strength but while I was there, I tried a 1mm thickness version (I > never successfully printed anything less than 2mm thick but with a > $400,000 printer that may be possible). > Price "drops" from $50 for ABS to $2700 for titanium ($98 for Nylon). > > So my conclusion is... let's look into vacuum forming solutions :o) > > Eric
