I decided to ditch the plastic case of the Fatar and salvage the keyboard and the motherboard. Why? I could claim that the keyboard feeling was improved or that the ergonomics were better, but the real reason is that it was too wide for the base by a couple of mm. Must have been something wrong with my tape measure... ;)
So I ripped out the innards and placed them direct on the base. Turns out it was a great decision - the keyboard does feel much better now and it is much more compact of course. The upper manual can now be lowered by 10-20 mm.
Mounting the keyboard direct to the base was tricky since the screws attach from beneath. My solution was to fix wooden batons to the underside of the keyboard which I will then nail or glue to the base. Right now everything is tacked together with hot glue whilst I mock it up.
Had a lot of issues with the motherboard though. After screwing it down to a wooden support it seemed to stop working. Sometimes when switching it on it would freeze. Tried different ways of mounting it with same result. After a while I came to the conclusion that if you switch it off and on again too quickly it can hang. Better to pull out the plug and let it discharge. Hopefully this is the case otherwise the whole project is in jeopardy.
Pictures to follow soon...
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