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#5
Originally Posted by MartinK View Post
I think a good starting point is to get STLs people can use to print their own other halves on 3D printers. Once you have the models, they can be customized, remixed, used as a base for other half keyboard development.

Releasing the OH 3D model (preferably in the widely used STL format) could be a nice opportunity for Jolla to get a lot of good will in the 3D printing community. Or alternatively we'll have to hack one together ourselves.

Example:
http://thingiverse-production.s3.ama...w_featured.jpg
Han Solo in carbonite 3D printed phone cover
3d printing just plastic covers might be feasible (love solo, can't imagine this surviving a day in a pocket, or pocket surviving that day), but if you want metal inside, we are plastic age now when it comes to home manufacturing