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Offline Input Nirvana

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« Reply #30 on: Mon, 11 July 2011, 12:54:52 »
I'm a step or two away from wood verification. They haven't done this before (individual keycaps) so we are going over machining specs, costing and control, then wood type and costing. I'll address this issue in the next couple emaiis so the framework will be set up.

They are open to exploring, to a point. I'm sure this is mostly a marketing/exposure endeavor for them.

That chair looks spectacular. Full pics?
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« Reply #31 on: Mon, 11 July 2011, 13:12:04 »
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Better than him looking down his pants.
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« Reply #32 on: Mon, 11 July 2011, 13:26:01 »
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Whatever happened to Woody?
Whatever happened to Whiskey in the Jar-o, Mikecase00, and SigonLegacy??  

(looks like all of them posted as recent as last year)
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« Reply #33 on: Mon, 11 July 2011, 13:35:33 »
Lil' late to snap pictures but here's some earlier shots

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Pretty comfy to sit in.
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« Reply #34 on: Mon, 11 July 2011, 14:19:01 »
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Whatever happened to Woody?
Wha? I'm here, just bit busier than usually, but still some quick post here or there.

You seem to have missed my recent posts of infinite wisdom. That makes me a sad wannabe troll.
Damn ping whiners, they injected lots of sustained noise recently.
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Offline Input Nirvana

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« Reply #35 on: Mon, 11 July 2011, 23:27:23 »
Some keycap photos I've just received.

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Note the one keycap underside showing the Cherry insert.
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« Reply #36 on: Mon, 11 July 2011, 23:33:11 »
Some of those looks pretty cool.  Maybe we should do a limited edition wooden Geekhack key cap.



Edit:  Also your sig is very distracting..   but in a good way. lol =D
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« Reply #37 on: Mon, 11 July 2011, 23:36:16 »
Sig photo is temporary. I'm applying pressure to Ripster. I think he's almost ready to crack. Or, it has zero effect. Dunno.

You probably shouldn't have me to run your presidential campaign.
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« Reply #38 on: Tue, 12 July 2011, 01:52:18 »
edit: after your sneaky edit of the price per cap for an entire board there is no way im in for this, that is a ridiculous price.
Might still be in for 1 or two individual caps.
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« Reply #39 on: Tue, 12 July 2011, 02:26:11 »
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Still sorting through information. As a guideline, an individual keycap is about $7 (teak) to $17 (redwood) before shipping, with the other woods in between those 2 prices. I have been obviously mostly trying to get the individual keycap prices (the title of this thread). If a set of keycaps is purchased, there is a price of about $6.50 (teak) to $15.50 (redwood) per keycap (times the total number of keycaps in the set...ie. #104).
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What about prices if they do more than one set? Will costs reduce significantly?

$676 per keyboard is too much!

If pricing would be similar to SP, I would cancel all efforts in the direction of Round 4!

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Can you please ask them if they can manufacture a set of g80-3000 (basically same as their keyboard uses) layout ISO-DE caps? The prices you mentioned are definitely in the realm of the possible, and those samples you got are incredible.

They can manufactuer any key caps for any keyboard ever.

That's the advantage of wood over plastic!

However, they are expensive in comparision to plastic when it comes to mass-production.
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« Reply #40 on: Tue, 12 July 2011, 06:19:57 »
before the edit the prices were actually affordable...how come the drastic increase from what you originally posted?
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« Reply #41 on: Tue, 12 July 2011, 09:22:13 »
they don't sell many keyboards - at 800 / board, no  wonder
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« Reply #42 on: Tue, 12 July 2011, 10:20:35 »
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before the edit the prices were actually affordable...how come the drastic increase from what you originally posted?

I mis-read the price break as the actual pricing, when it in fact was the discount from the "per piece" price. My mistake, very sorry for that :(

Keep in mind, these are the exact and initial prices they have sent to me so far, and there may be some changes. Still investigating to see what all available options are.
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« Reply #43 on: Tue, 12 July 2011, 10:39:58 »
Well, I'm certainly in for a few caps.  Perhaps some arrow keys?
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« Reply #44 on: Tue, 12 July 2011, 10:52:42 »
Can they make a Leopold/Achiss space bar?
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« Reply #45 on: Tue, 12 July 2011, 11:11:24 »
I'm interested but not for $600 a keyboard ...
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« Reply #46 on: Tue, 12 July 2011, 11:16:34 »
One very cool thing is that they say they can and will make anything. So that option sounds great. For whatever they CNC, they need to have a physical sample to work with. The quality appears premium, and I must touch and taste at least one keycap (even if it is damaged/defective) to be absolutely certain.

There is a fair amount of massaging that needs to occur, they are a volume-based manufacturer, and this concept is somewhat new to them, and their business model wasn't designed to make singles. There needs to be a middle-man that can make a very sizable purchase. More than a couple dozen keycaps.

I'm working on this every day.
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« Reply #47 on: Tue, 12 July 2011, 12:13:01 »
if we can get the purchase price down to something a little more palatable I would be in for a full set...ill keep my eyes on this thread for any further updates.
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« Reply #48 on: Tue, 12 July 2011, 13:52:23 »
I seriously want a wooden escape key. Doesn't even have to be engraved; I'm fine with blank!
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« Reply #49 on: Tue, 12 July 2011, 16:48:48 »
I would like to have 1 (maybe 2) ESC key.
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« Reply #50 on: Tue, 12 July 2011, 18:00:15 »
I always wanted Ebony key... ;D
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« Reply #51 on: Tue, 12 July 2011, 19:36:47 »
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I always wanted Ebony key... ;D
oh you naughty boy :P
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« Reply #52 on: Tue, 12 July 2011, 20:03:56 »
Yes, blank is fine with me too if that's easier/cheaper.
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« Reply #53 on: Tue, 12 July 2011, 22:56:55 »
At this stage, the price is the same whether there is a legend or not. There are several steps to go, so nothing is settled or completely decided upon. I am working on getting more quantity to purchase, which is crucial.
 
I have the thought of making the Kinesis Contoured switch plate out of metal, and use wood keycaps on the Cherry switches, and no case, similar to this:

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With an ultimate pimp-board such as this, I'm hoping to grease the wheels a bit with the participants and maybe get the pricing adjusted.
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« Reply #54 on: Wed, 13 July 2011, 00:19:38 »
I'm interested in the caps, but also in the inserts...
Any chance they will sell some inserts separately? :3
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« Reply #55 on: Wed, 13 July 2011, 02:08:24 »
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I'm interested in the caps, but also in the inserts...
Any chance they will sell some inserts separately? :3

Good question, I hadn't gone there yet. I'll throw that in the hat asap :)
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« Reply #56 on: Wed, 13 July 2011, 23:38:34 »
id like an esc key for my growing collection of them i hope to fill up my entire f row with them ^^
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« Reply #57 on: Thu, 14 July 2011, 02:13:01 »
I'm online with the manufacturer right now.
Curious: Are you looking for keycaps with legends, or without legends?
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« Reply #58 on: Thu, 14 July 2011, 08:55:02 »
I would be interested in arrow keys that look like the Page Up key in the photos you uploaded.  What wood is it, and how much would the set cost?
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« Reply #59 on: Thu, 14 July 2011, 09:05:23 »
hey input nirvana,

tks for this. Could you please update your first post with prices and stuff ? If you dont mind...

I'm interested but its not clear right now how much will it costs and what is available !:)
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