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Here I am with my Phantom PCB but I still don't have my plates. Now I'm finding out about the alignment issue.

I cant believe this. Holy fucking shit. I didnt even realize this. I am so sorry and very dissapointed. Ill update again when i get home.

Waiting..

Well that makes up my mind. Going win keyless. Good to know. Also got mine and it looks and feels amazing!

Did someone from Europe get it yet? I'll be out two days and would be lucky as hell if it arrived tomorrow.

Got mine the other day, Glad i haven't ordered a pcb yet

So wafflepc, what are our options? Are we SOL? I did buy the plates specifically for a phantom build. Just let us know. Communicate.

wacko78 wrote: So wafflepc, what are our options? Are we SOL? I did buy the plates specifically for a phantom build. Just let us know. Communicate.

Looks like he doesn't have a lot of time to check this but I'm pretty sure he'll do something.

For phantoms this plate does not work. I had a lengthy conversation with the designer and took many measurements and such, and like others have said, it does work with the GON pcb.

So ... anyone interested in buying a set of plates for GON/winkeyless PCB?

wafflepc wrote: For phantoms this plate does not work. I had a lengthy conversation with the designer and took many measurements and such, and like others have said, it does work with the GON pcb.

We know the plate does not work with the phantom pcb. We want to know what you plan to do about it to make this right.

If you want a refund, you can send it back and get a refund. I actually lost money getting them shipped out because of how cheap i tried to make them, so there isnt much i can do.

so... who's doing a GB for GON/Winkeyless pcb's?

I ordered pcb + feet from GON - costs about $120 shipped to US (soldered diodes/resistors, non-anodized feet)

heroinbob wrote:so... who's doing a GB for GON/Winkeyless pcb's?

I ordered pcb + feet from GON - costs about $120 shipped to US (soldered diodes/resistors, non-anodized feet)

That'll work.

wafflepc wrote: If you want a refund, you can send it back and get a refund. I actually lost money getting them shipped out because of how cheap i tried to make them, so there isnt much i can do.

How about another run of just plates for the phantom?

it sucks the phantom pcb won't fit. I'm glad I went with a GON pcb but I did want to build a phantom board as well. I went to the wiki and found the Phantom's plate cad drawing. the cad drawing shown is to fit a filco case. So I converted it to metric in CAD and I've drawn to match the same border as the original. I''m willing to help out and dimension this out with others help as I do not have a Phantom PCB. Check out my dimensions to see if they are correct. I want to make sure I converted from Inches to MM correctly. everything in red is from the original Phantom CAD drawing in the wiki. I did not mess with any of the key placement.

Still waiting here in Germany. I wanted to build a Phantom board too, so what we're doing now?

I'm looking into local options to get a plate fabricated for the phantom. Thanks for the mock-up, keysmasher

not a problem Roostr. could you do me a favor and give me a measurement from center of the switch hole the edge of the phantom pcb on all sides? I want to make sure that I draw up a middle layer that wont interfere with the switches. I can send. If I can get those dimensions, I can finalize a cad file that can be sent out to a laser cutting shop.

keysmasher wrote: not a problem Roostr. could you do me a favor and give me a measurement from center of the switch hole the edge of the phantom pcb on all sides? I want to make sure that I draw up a middle layer that wont interfere with the switches. I can send. If I can get those dimensions, I can finalize a cad file that can be sent out to a laser cutting shop.

Sure. I'll work on this the next couple days. Pm me

Mine just arrived. I'm on Spain. Fits my GON PCB just fine. Build time!

Well this is a kick in the nuts. I've got plates and a PCB, with nothing to do with either.

Ok, finally got out the calipers. I took measurements from the pause/break key to either edge of the plate. I also took measurements of the cutout for the switch. From these measurements, you should be able to figure out where the center of the cutout is.

My cheapo calipers are probably off by a tenth of a millimeter or so. I think it's probably safe to round to the nearest decimal value.

Here's the goods:

From switch cut out to right side of plate Width of switch cut out From switch cut out to to of plate Height of switch cut out If any of this is unclear, let me know

so in short, this would not work with a Phantom right ? Man I hope this would be great for my Phantom build.

Guess I'll have to send in a message for a refund since OP hadn't posted to me yet.

i realized that i may have completely misunderstood what you needed, keysmasher. i took some more measurements and pictures. hopefully this is more helpful?

RoostrC0gburn wrote:i realized that i may have completely misunderstood what you needed, keysmasher. i took some more measurements and pictures. hopefully this is more helpful?

Spoiler:

Thanks Roostr! You saved me from drawing up what I need. I need 1 more dimension just to make sure my cad drawing is good. And it is the most important to get accurate: distance between center of function key row to center of number key row. This is the dimension that is the reason the plates we have won't work on the phantom pcb.

This is about as close as I can get you. Hope this is helpful

OK everyone, I am working on a possible solution for everyone with a Phantom PCB. Keysmasher has helped design a plate that is compatible with the Phantom PCB. I am working with a local fab shop to get them made. Not sure what the price will be at this point. I am definitely getting one for myself, and probably a couple more for friends. Sounds like keysmasher wants one too.

I just wanted to offer this to anyone else who got hosed, and get an idea for how many would be interested. I will only have the top plates made. These will be 16 gauge 316 stainless plates. Let me know if you want one - please no PMs, just post up in the thread

RoostrC0gburn wrote: OK everyone, I am working on a possible solution for everyone with a Phantom PCB. Keysmasher has helped design a plate that is compatible with the Phantom PCB. I am working with a local fab shop to get them made. Not sure what the price will be at this point. I am definitely getting one for myself, and probably a couple more for friends. Sounds like keysmasher wants one too.

I just wanted to offer this to anyone else who got hosed, and get an idea for how many would be interested. I will only have the top plates made. These will be 16 gauge 316 stainless plates. Let me know if you want one - please no PMs, just post up in the thread

Im willing to lend a factory again and get these plates at a reasonable price if the local factories are on the more expensive side. Payment until shipment is about 15 days.

+1 Phantom-compatible top plate for me!