[GB] the Heavy-9: aftermarket housing for the Leopold FC980C and FC980M

ninjapirate · February 20, 2021, 1:37am

Haha, any time!

rbrt.pnssn · February 20, 2021, 2:12am

Dip switches on FC980M build are not aligned with the dip switch window on the rear plate, right? Can anyone else confirm?

chono · February 20, 2021, 7:50am

sae · February 20, 2021, 8:10am

here come the horses

norbauer · February 20, 2021, 8:16am

Correct. The window is only designed for the FC980C. To access on the MX version, you’ll need to open the rear cover plate.

steelbone532 · February 20, 2021, 9:03am

nice thocky and crisp

sae · February 20, 2021, 9:46pm

the credentials folio was a most unexpected treat. a gold gilded cherry on top for the Heavy 9! top notch my man

can you go into any detail on the printing journey? - or what shop was involved? we’ve got to see that stamp of approval!

drysake · February 20, 2021, 11:25pm

MT3 pairs so well with this case, and that hiragana aesthetics, kinda sad I have only the standard alphas now. Which sliders are you using? Novatouch sliders are too expensive to get, and seems like there’s plenty of dissatisfaction on kbdfans sliders. Fingers crossed for deskeys’ upcoming sliders!

hhhikikomori · February 22, 2021, 8:21am

Yeah, this case looks great with MT3 caps! Is the /dev/tty Drop already over? And I’m using Novatouch sliders! I think the Deskeys sliders are gonna be great though - especially since they have the extra space to accommodate thick silencing rings.

drysake · February 22, 2021, 11:49am

Haha I actually went searching for it after I replied to your post, drop still has the Japan kit! Hopefully there will be some updates for the deskeys sliders soon

sarvopari · February 22, 2021, 3:56pm

They have the 1800 kits in stock. (Edit: But it’s not a perfect match for FC980).

nineleveno · February 22, 2021, 7:30pm

Enigma Black has landed. Pretty cool that I appear to have received Heavy-9 #009

Can’t wait to build this later!

rooski15 · February 23, 2021, 12:51am

The powder coat on here is fantastic, and the sound quality improved immediately. Really great work - excited to have it in hand.

jhambone9190 · February 23, 2021, 6:17pm

That looks awesome and lucky you getting number 9!

nineleveno · February 23, 2021, 9:37pm

And the final build. Excellent work as always, Ryan!

chono · February 23, 2021, 11:05pm

You reminded me that I have a Topre 9009 set in a box and to get out my numpad Enter.

arcticarc · February 25, 2021, 4:17pm

Who knew black on black would be so hard to photograph when you don’t have much natural light around you. But dang, i’m very happy with the end results