3D Printed Keyboard Case and Plate

3D printed keyboard case and plate for a private client

An orange case and a grey switch plate for a compact mechanical keyboard, 3D printed for a private client in four days.

Client

Private client

Service

Product Development & Prototyping

What it is

A case and switch plate for a compact mechanical keyboard

How it was made

Both parts 3D printed on our FDM printers

Turnaround

Four days from order to pickup

What we brought

What we can do

We check the scale before printing

Both files were checked against their real sizes before the case and plate went on the printer.

How we look after you

Thin, flat parts in one piece

The 1.3 mm plate printed in one piece, every switch cut-out and hole in place.

What you get

Ready for pickup in four days

Ordered on 13/11/2021, ready for pickup on 17/11/2021.

The brief

Step 1 of 4 · 13/11/2021

Case: 298 mm by 107 mm by 22.2 mm, in orange
Switch plate: 289 mm by 96.5 mm by 1.3 mm, in grey

At Additive Inn, our 3D printing studio in Singapore, we 3D printed a keyboard case and switch plate for a private client. They needed both parts for a compact mechanical keyboard: an orange case and a grey plate.

Production

Step 2 of 4 · 16/11/2021

We checked the case and plate files against their real sizes, then printed both on our FDM printers. The switch plate, 1.3 mm thick, took 2 hours 27 minutes.

The grey 3D printed switch plate lifted at an angle above the orange case on a wooden desk, its square switch cut-outs casting shadows — The 1.3 mm switch plate, lifted out.

Build and assembly

Step 3 of 4 · 17/11/2021

Before pickup, we sat the grey plate inside the orange case, within its raised rim, with the switch cut-outs and holes lined up over the case floor.

A hand holding the orange case with the grey switch plate sitting inside it, beside a pair of blue-handled side cutters on a wooden desk — The plate sitting inside the case.

The orange case and grey plate together, standing upright against a white wall on a wooden desk, seen straight on — Case and plate together, straight on.

The final build

Step 4 of 4 · 17/11/2021

The client collected an orange case and a grey switch plate, ready for their keyboard switches, four days after ordering.

The orange 3D printed keyboard case standing on a wooden desk with the grey switch plate inside it, every switch cut-out showing orange from the case floor behind — The finished case and switch plate.

3D printed keyboard case and plate for a private client