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[IC] Dolores - GB Cancelled - Commissions Open
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Named for the Dolores river in Utah and Colorado, this board is a two piece aluminum case with a new type of gasket system that creates a much more even flex across keys and transmits much less vibration to the case.
- 6061 Aluminum
- Custom 65% hotswap PCB compatible with VIA in ANSI layout
- Custom 65% soldered PCB compatible with VIA with ISO, split spacebar, split backspace, stepped caps, and 7u spacebar
- 13 Cerakote colors to choose for both top and bottom.
- Completely hidden screws internal to case
- 6 degree typing angle
- Top plate is available in aluminum, FR4, and POM
- Delivery in late Q3 2022
- GB starts January 20th at 9am PST
- First come, first serve to 300 500 units
- Price is $585. High due to machining complexity and two Cerakote applications per board.
- Switching to commissions only. Reach out directly on Discord or currentkeyboards.com if interested.
- Will be available worldwide directly through my website currentkeyboards.com, I use Stripe as a payment system on my GBs without issue.
Being a consumer product mechanical engineer, I spent a lot of time in finite element analysis testing different ideas for the top plate gasket system. I quickly found that many of the traditional 6 gasket systems were much too stiff to damp out vibrations and the center alphas were much stiffer than the corners. Some six gasket variations I tested saw the alphas only flexing 20-30% of what the corners flexed. Using the plate to integrate flex like many do seemed to be flawed. To solve both these issues, I've moved to a much smaller gasket with stiffer lever arms at the corners. The smaller gasket allows more of the vibration energy to be dissipated into it (as counter-intuitive as that sounds). I found that with four gaskets in the prototype the center did vibrate a little (which wouldn't have shown up in FEA) and moved to an 8 gasket system but with softer gaskets. The concept is even better now as the plate is stiffer and translates more of the energy into the gaskets.
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dandruff:
I like the new design, but I think you should just have 3-4 set colors and have a lower price. One of the factors that drove buyers away from your first board was the pricing was simply not worth it.
This board aesthetically looks much better though!
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--- Quote from: dandruff on Sat, 17 October 2020, 21:30:20 ---I like the new design, but I think you should just have 3-4 set colors and have a lower price. One of the factors that drove buyers away from your first board was the pricing was simply not worth it.
This board aesthetically looks much better though!
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The high number of colors actually doesn't add much more to the cost and really helps justify the really intricate design. You can get some nice and interesting color combos. The wild CNC paths are the main cost driver.
treeleaf64:
Given the color options I can see this as a good board for a lot of people. if they can deal with the unorthodox design
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