I don’t know how I feel about the cutout having rounded corners though. I don’t dislike it, but the radii of the corners aren’t mirrored elsewhere in the design. That isn’t necessarily bad. Like I said, I honestly don’t know how I feel about it.
Let me preface the next question by saying that I am not an engineer or otherwise an expert.
Regarding the gaskets, am I correct in my interpretation that the gasket for the top piece is the large sheet of silicone that covers the underside? Do you think that will provide benefits that the strips most cases use will not? Using strips like you do for the bottom gaskets would allow you to just double the number of strips, which I imagine is less expensive than a second die-cut shape.
Edit: also, I just want to say great work! Designing a keyboard and running an IC are a lot of work, and I respect that. I hope you’re enjoying your vacation! Lastly, would it be possible to get a view of how the bottom will look with the redesign? Are you still thinking of doing both plain and brass weight versions?
Thank you for your comment!
If this GB goes well and according to plan, I really want to see people choosing their own colors for both the bottom and top to create awesome combination with caps and plates, so I wanna try make it be an option to have different colors on top and bottom parts
I agree with you on the cutout, it doesn't mirror other parts of the case, so I'm gonna try add some shapes on the sides to help with picking up the case. If it's gonna be a rather heavy case, like the prototype, i want it to be easy to pick up.
Gasket wise, I'm not sure how it'll work, so I will only have to test it out
If this initial idea of the silicone sheet doesn't work out, I'll try using the same gaskets as with the bottom.
Looove the idea of this but do we know if bezels are gonna be slightly reduced like shown in the original renders?
Sorry, after updating the mounting design to be more correct, the bezels simply has to be at least 10mm thick. Due to the fact that the walls cant be thinner than 3.5mm each + a 2.9mm thickness to reach the caps on the top. :/ It's slightly thinner now, than what the prototype was though!
I extended the back and front a little bit so that it won't look too weird. It's just gonna have to be a thick-bezel case. I just hope it'll look good IRL.
is there an updated layout diagram? I find it weird that there's no split right shift when I look at the first post and there's some renders with the cut out.
Sorry I haven't gotten around to updating the diagram yet! The prototype didn't have split right shift but I realized that since we're having WKL-support, split right shift is also crucial to add. It will be added