I have a bit of an affinity for tiny things, and making things as small and compact as possible (see TinyPi), so I tend to get a little carried away in a super zoomed CAD screen and not really realize how printable things might end up

I was hoping that the magical SLS prints would solve all my super zoom problems. Well I got a call from the good people from Midlands 3d printing to say that they have tried 3 times to get my print to come out and the keys just keep popping off!

Looking back over the cross section of the button and there is as super weak spot right there!! so that gave me something to work on. The problem was not helped by the fact that I had sent them a file that was the body and the keyboard in one, partly to make it a bit cheaper (pay for the overall volume of the print) and party to make it easier to upload and order. This also meant that the 2 parts became fused together, and made it much harder to clean the un-fused powder from the print

There was one print that came out ok, and the matte finish of the SLS prints make it look so pro!!

The backlight is a little leaky round the buttons, but its still pretty sweet!!

And I knocked up a quick and dirty video to show you how it all fits together :)