Drop Mech Keys Meetup Recap - Thanks for Visiting!
As you may have seen, we just hosted our first meetup in quite a while here at Drop HQ (Corsair HQ, but they seem to like us enough :) )! It was a blast to get to meet so many enthusiasts local to the bay area—it had been 10 years since I was last hanging out with keyboard nerds in the bay, at KeyCon 2014. We had a great time hosting everyone at the offices, checking out all the very nice boards y'all brought, and sharing some of our own projects/spaces! I knew it would be fun to host in the Game Room when I first saw it in person, but seeing it come to fruition was still so cool. Alright, I'll stop blabbering on now. xD Picture time! (Oh, real quick - there will be more of these! Stay tuned for more info and to catch the next one!)
May 15, 2024
More time on a machine means someone to set up the machine, someone's being paid while the machine is running even if they're not manually controlling the machine, so there is a cost increase. You factor in more time on the machine is more wear on the tools, cost increase factored in. More time making one part means less time to make other parts, so your production speed goes down and cost per part goes up. You can't just turn up the speed and cut faster as machining has max cutting speeds all based on material type, material of the tool, radius of the tool, feed rate of the tool, how cool you keep the tool. machine that's doing the work, etc.
Then the base of the case has an angled cut built into it. That requires either the machine to angle the part, an operator to set the part manually or use a jig that needs to be built for this project and requires extra money. The design of the CTRL and ALT by themselves were very basic. This has a lot more going on with it.