Author Topic: [IC] Captured Lightning Wrist Rests by Angry Nimbus (GB OPEN!) (Read 13392 times)

jb1830 · « **on:** Fri, 01 February 2019, 14:45:55 »

I'm working with a friend that runs a small woodcraft shop to offer these hand made custom wrist rests.

They are cut from hardwood and then burned using a high-voltage current to generate the fractal burns. These burns are then filled in with resin, cured and finished.

The price will be around $50 for 60%, 65% and TKL sizes with custom sizes possibly being an option for the group buy.

Right now the 2 base finishes are light or dark but we are also able to offer custom colors if there is enough interest.

Dark Wood

Light Wood

Here's a link to the shop's website: https://angrynimbuswoodcraft.com/

and a video of the fractal burning:

UPDATE 2/2/19
Thanks everyone for the interest! I wanted to address some of the requests seen on the form. A lot of people asked about custom lengths and resin color options. We are currently looking into our ability to fulfill those requests and it is very likely that we'll be able to do both. Once that is confirmed in a future update we'll probably have a vote for top 3-5 colors. Stay tuned!

UPDATE 2/8/19
https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=99237.msg2721315#msg2721315

UPDATE 2/15/19
https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=99237.msg2724462#msg2724462

UPDATE VIDEO 2/16/19
https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=99237.msg2724783#msg2724783

~~Interest check form: https://goo.gl/forms/AfpVGLatxbxBwFtS2~~

GROUP BUY THREAD: https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=99599.0

Thanks!

bthezebra · « **Reply #1 on:** Fri, 01 February 2019, 14:47:12 »

oh wow

Vigrith · « **Reply #2 on:** Fri, 01 February 2019, 14:53:10 »

Been waiting for this for a long time, these are incredibly unique and extremely beautiful. I'll be buying three at the very least, potentially (a lot) more.

KevlarBear · « **Reply #3 on:** Fri, 01 February 2019, 14:56:23 »

These look really unique! Any options for the color of the resin or just blue for this initial offering?

derznation · « **Reply #4 on:** Fri, 01 February 2019, 14:57:29 »

Filled out IC form! I also submitted feedback that it would be nice to have resin color options!

jb1830 · « **Reply #5 on:** Fri, 01 February 2019, 15:00:35 »

Quote from: Vigrith on Fri, 01 February 2019, 14:53:10

Been waiting for this for a long time, these are incredibly unique and extremely beautiful. I'll be buying three at the very least, potentially (a lot) more.

Thank you. We are very excited to be offering them!

Quote from: KevlarBear on Fri, 01 February 2019, 14:56:23

These look really unique! Any options for the color of the resin or just blue for this initial offering?

Since this is a first run we might stick to some limited colors. The ones pictured I commissioned so they were my preference. Feel free to add custom colors requests here or in the notes section of the form!

_ODIN_ · « **Reply #6 on:** Fri, 01 February 2019, 15:01:47 »

Interested

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PikaJoyce · « **Reply #7 on:** Fri, 01 February 2019, 15:10:35 »

This looks amazing, a nice alternative to that super limited xu an wrist rest from zFrontier awhile back. Filled out the IC!

phorx · « **Reply #8 on:** Fri, 01 February 2019, 15:21:34 »

Interested for sure!

UggNot · « **Reply #9 on:** Fri, 01 February 2019, 15:29:19 »

Filled out an interest form! def interested if an ergodox set gets offered.

Regret · « **Reply #10 on:** Fri, 01 February 2019, 20:17:31 »

Very interested!

blizzara01 · « **Reply #11 on:** Fri, 01 February 2019, 22:37:18 »

That fractal burning video is so satisfying

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Hisui · « **Reply #12 on:** Fri, 01 February 2019, 23:00:45 »

I absolutely love this style of woodworking!

jb1830 · « **Reply #13 on:** Sat, 02 February 2019, 13:20:12 »

Added an update to the original post.

wcmbk · « **Reply #14 on:** Sun, 03 February 2019, 15:06:25 »

Wow.

g_mr_p · « **Reply #15 on:** Tue, 05 February 2019, 14:48:12 »

Interested, this is really cool. Will keep an eye on updates.

KaosJ · « **Reply #16 on:** Tue, 05 February 2019, 14:58:22 »

Can you fill it with purple resin?

Grumms · « **Reply #17 on:** Tue, 05 February 2019, 14:59:57 »

Would absolutely love a red bolt! Great work.

DasGnome · « **Reply #18 on:** Tue, 05 February 2019, 15:06:49 »

I want a full case...

ArchDill · « **Reply #19 on:** Tue, 05 February 2019, 16:34:43 »

These are amazing

Ephemeral · « **Reply #20 on:** Tue, 05 February 2019, 16:39:06 »

Quote from: jb1830 on Fri, 01 February 2019, 14:45:55

UPDATE 2/2/19
Thanks everyone for the interest! I wanted to address some of the requests seen on the form. A lot of people asked about custom lengths and resin color options. We are currently looking into our ability to fulfill those requests and it is very likely that we'll be able to do both. Once that is confirmed in a future update we'll probably have a vote for top 3-5 colors. Stay tuned!

Would be super interested in a variety of resin colors being available. I’d grab a light wood with purple resin in a heartbeat.

mnpq.raven · « **Reply #21 on:** Tue, 05 February 2019, 18:27:30 »

I'm super interested in this project, would be even more so if you accept custom color resin without raising the cost way up. I'd definitely get one in red resin if it's available

RamenTechMech · « **Reply #22 on:** Tue, 05 February 2019, 18:31:00 »

Blue

Vadurr · « **Reply #23 on:** Tue, 05 February 2019, 23:01:59 »

Quote from: KaosJ on Tue, 05 February 2019, 14:58:22

Can you fill it with purple resin?

+1 for purple resin!!!

switchnollie · « **Reply #24 on:** Tue, 05 February 2019, 23:24:32 »

If my man derznation is in then I'm in

dapdunk · « **Reply #25 on:** Tue, 05 February 2019, 23:34:32 »

Will they be smooth on top? It looks like the resin filled areas are slightly depressed.

derznation · « **Reply #26 on:** Tue, 05 February 2019, 23:42:59 »

Quote from: switchnollie on Tue, 05 February 2019, 23:24:32

If my man derznation is in then I'm in

Well **** now I have to, can't be letting switchnollie down

KaosJ · « **Reply #27 on:** Wed, 06 February 2019, 00:33:11 »

Quote from: Ephemeral on Tue, 05 February 2019, 16:39:06

Quote from: jb1830 on Fri, 01 February 2019, 14:45:55
UPDATE 2/2/19
Thanks everyone for the interest! I wanted to address some of the requests seen on the form. A lot of people asked about custom lengths and resin color options. We are currently looking into our ability to fulfill those requests and it is very likely that we'll be able to do both. Once that is confirmed in a future update we'll probably have a vote for top 3-5 colors. Stay tuned!

Would be super interested in a variety of resin colors being available. I’d grab a light wood with purple resin in a heartbeat.

Purple and White resin imho.
Can we also have more wood options (e.g. EBONY)?

xantiema · « **Reply #28 on:** Wed, 06 February 2019, 06:30:16 »

I would join for a couple in a heartbeat if two criteria could be met:

1) Different wood types, not wood color as currently used.
2) Blood-red resin color. It would make for a proper vein-y look :-)

Grumms · « **Reply #29 on:** Wed, 06 February 2019, 12:38:08 »

Quote from: xantiema on Wed, 06 February 2019, 06:30:16

I would join for a couple in a heartbeat if two criteria could be met:

1) Different wood types, not wood color as currently used.
2) Blood-red resin color. It would make for a proper vein-y look :-)

Yes! Blood red would be so nice.

factoryofidols · « **Reply #30 on:** Fri, 08 February 2019, 00:07:37 »

I would definitely be in for at least one

jb1830 · « **Reply #31 on:** Fri, 08 February 2019, 17:35:50 »

Hi everyone thank you so much again for your interest and comments. We are taking a lot of your ideas into consideration and I wanted to give a quick update.

Resin Colors:
We will 100% be offering a variety of resin colors for the fill on the fractal burn. We are currently working on narrowing down the selection to 5-10 of the most popular colors. If there is a color you'd like to see make sure you leave a comment!

Wood Types:
A few of you have expressed interest in different types of wood. We are going to try to make this happen but it will ultimately come down on what we are able to source. Note that any exotic woods that we are able to offer will incur additional costs and be available in limited quantities.

Dimensions/sizing:
We have also had a lot of requests for custom sizing so we will be offering custom lengths. This means all rests will be approximately 3.5" wide and 3/4" tall with your choice of length from a list of presets or custom entry. These dimensions mimic other rests in the market and from personal testing can say that it's worked great across a variety of customs (Moon, TXCP, LZ GHV2, 1up TKL, Duck Viper). The only downside of this option is that depending on length additional fees may apply.

The last thing I wanted to talk about was finish. As some of you have noted the surface of the finished wrist rest is not perfectly flat and does have some relief. The main reason for this is it gives the piece more visual depth but also because sanding down to get a smooth surface removes a lot of the smaller details from the burn and we want to keep as much of that as possible. With that said the surface is sanded down so there are no hard edges. The deepest point on the grooves of either sample come in at 0.5mm which is damn near imperceptible to the wrist. I had my concerns at first too but I have been daily driving mine for 6 months with 0 issues and I have also had fellow members of the community try it out and agree that it is a non-issue.

I think at this point in time we will be ready to open the group buy in about 2 weeks with delivery happening about 2 months after that. We are still working on scheduling with other projects but we'll have it finalized for the launch of the GB.

I'll be posting more updates as soon as I have new information! Thanks again.

RamenTechMech · « **Reply #32 on:** Fri, 08 February 2019, 18:22:29 »

Quote from: jb1830 on Fri, 08 February 2019, 17:35:50

Hi everyone thank you so much again for your interest and comments. We are taking a lot of your ideas into consideration and I wanted to give a quick update.

I'll be posting more updates as soon as I have new information! Thanks again.

Yasss!! Thank you for the update! Can't wait!

Vigrith · « **Reply #33 on:** Fri, 08 February 2019, 18:24:19 »

5 colour vote: black, white, purple, blue, red.

xantiema · « **Reply #34 on:** Fri, 08 February 2019, 18:29:46 »

Quote from: Vigrith on Fri, 08 February 2019, 18:24:19

5 colour vote: black, white, purple, blue, red.

I second this. There can be made a case for limited run colours with a markup such as; silver and gold, however I am doubtful that would be worth the time and effort

phorx · « **Reply #35 on:** Fri, 08 February 2019, 21:30:11 »

what about glitter in the resin? Possible?

ZyBeR · « **Reply #36 on:** Sat, 09 February 2019, 00:46:52 »

Gren resin!!!

Acereconkeys · « **Reply #37 on:** Sat, 09 February 2019, 04:40:58 »

Wooow this is awesome! If you make one with purple resin i'll buy one! okay i'll probably buy one anyway

KaosJ · « **Reply #38 on:** Sat, 09 February 2019, 17:40:01 »

Quote from: jb1830 on Fri, 08 February 2019, 17:35:50

Hi everyone thank you so much again for your interest and comments. We are taking a lot of your ideas into consideration and I wanted to give a quick update.

Resin Colors:
We will 100% be offering a variety of resin colors for the fill on the fractal burn. We are currently working on narrowing down the selection to 5-10 of the most popular colors. If there is a color you'd like to see make sure you leave a comment!

Wood Types:
A few of you have expressed interest in different types of wood. We are going to try to make this happen but it will ultimately come down on what we are able to source. Note that any exotic woods that we are able to offer will incur additional costs and be available in limited quantities.

Dimensions/sizing:
We have also had a lot of requests for custom sizing so we will be offering custom lengths. This means all rests will be approximately 3.5" wide and 3/4" tall with your choice of length from a list of presets or custom entry. These dimensions mimic other rests in the market and from personal testing can say that it's worked great across a variety of customs (Moon, TXCP, LZ GHV2, 1up TKL, Duck Viper). The only downside of this option is that depending on length additional fees may apply.

The last thing I wanted to talk about was finish. As some of you have noted the surface of the finished wrist rest is not perfectly flat and does have some relief. The main reason for this is it gives the piece more visual depth but also because sanding down to get a smooth surface removes a lot of the smaller details from the burn and we want to keep as much of that as possible. With that said the surface is sanded down so there are no hard edges. The deepest point on the grooves of either sample come in at 0.5mm which is damn near imperceptible to the wrist. I had my concerns at first too but I have been daily driving mine for 6 months with 0 issues and I have also had fellow members of the community try it out and agree that it is a non-issue.

I think at this point in time we will be ready to open the group buy in about 2 weeks with delivery happening about 2 months after that. We are still working on scheduling with other projects but we'll have it finalized for the launch of the GB.

I'll be posting more updates as soon as I have new information! Thanks again.

EBONY or other dark woods please.

phorx · « **Reply #39 on:** Sat, 09 February 2019, 18:41:25 »

Ooh I would definitely pay the premium for ebony

vtachkov · « **Reply #40 on:** Sat, 09 February 2019, 18:46:28 »

Third Ebony. I'd love to have a darker wood with light blue / cyan resin as an option.

rooski15 · « **Reply #41 on:** Sat, 09 February 2019, 19:22:14 »

Would totally be down for a dark one!

Acereconkeys · « **Reply #42 on:** Sun, 10 February 2019, 04:46:24 »

Quote from: phorx on Sat, 09 February 2019, 18:41:25

Ooh I would definitely pay the premium for ebony

+1 on this.

HendyZone · « **Reply #43 on:** Sun, 10 February 2019, 10:06:12 »

Very cool wrist rest bro!

BrainBunker · « **Reply #44 on:** Mon, 11 February 2019, 01:01:45 »

I would love a reddish orange resin, also the resin color in your original sample is fantastic with the cyan->purple color shift.

MFahim · « **Reply #45 on:** Mon, 11 February 2019, 07:30:03 »

No fullsize?

jb1830 · « **Reply #46 on:** Fri, 15 February 2019, 11:57:53 »

Hi all, another quick update and possibly the last before the GB launches.

We are finalizing the resin color options. Looks like we will be offering around 10 colors! So hopefully there's something for everyone.

As far as the wood options it looks like the rests will be made from pine with he option to choose the natural or dark stains as originally shown. We will also be offering Maple and Walnut in their natural color finish. We looked into getting some actual Ebony but it turns out that not only is it prohibitively expensive, it is an endangered species and even banned in some countries. We are looking into maybe offering a darker stain to fulfill the request for darker wood.

The majority of you have shown interest in 65% size rests with TKL and 60% in close 2nd and 3rd. Below is a list of the predetermined sizes we will be offering. You will also have the option to submit for a custom length if these don't work for you.

60% - 11.75" x 3.5" x 3/4"
65% - 12.5" x 3.5" x 3/4"
TKL - 14" x 3.5" x 3/4"
1800 - 15 ⅜” x 3.5” x 3/4"
Full Size - 17 ½” x 3.5” x 3/4"

At this time we are preparing for the group buy to happen on the Angry Nimbus Woodcraft website (https://angrynimbuswoodcraft.com/) to make things go as smooth as possible.

Thanks again to everyone for your interest. We are excited for the GB to go live soon!

Vigrith · « **Reply #47 on:** Fri, 15 February 2019, 12:43:51 »

Quote from: jb1830 on Fri, 15 February 2019, 11:57:53

Thanks again to everyone for your interest. We are excited for the GB to go live soon!

Fantastic update!

RE: darker wood, I do think a darker stain might be a good idea - otherwise, maybe look into Wenge? There's some really dark strands of that, two of my rests are wenge and they look amazing. Guess it depends on availability for the strands though and it's also pretty expensive so maybe it wouldn't be worth it but I figure might as well suggest it.

colbs · « **Reply #48 on:** Fri, 15 February 2019, 21:30:52 »

I am in for at least 2. These are amazing. Great work!

Acereconkeys · « **Reply #49 on:** Fri, 15 February 2019, 22:38:46 »

Great update! Looking forward to the GB

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Author Topic: [IC] Captured Lightning Wrist Rests by Angry Nimbus (GB OPEN!) (Read 13392 times)