Looks like these would work with the CP-SQ - in for anything HF coloured.HF = Hyperfuse?
GMK keycapsThis is not full set or adapter, but just blank keys to use for spacebar
base "CP" text "CR"
or
base "U9" text "CR"
VE.A layout interest.
Will these spacebars have convex tops?Profile will be the same, tooling for convex tops will be too much. From my experience, if you flip the keys, they're surprisingly comfortable to type on, specially if you are into flipped spacebars.
If so I will be in for a few sets.
And is there a possibility for one colour of ALPS spacebars?
Looks like these would work with the CP-SQ - in for anything HF coloured.HF = Hyperfuse?
These keys in a couple different profiles would be pretty sweet
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What would you consider a fair price for a pack of the four keys made by GMK?
I'm thinking along the lines of doing this in two packs of 3 colors, so total 12 keys in each pack;
--- Retro pack - Black (CR), Beige (L9), Dark grey (N9)
--- Colored pack - Cyan (UN6037), Purple (UN6046), not sure on the third color
Thoughts?
I'm thinking along the lines of doing this in two packs of 3 colors, so total 12 keys in each pack;
--- Retro pack - Black (CR), Beige (L9), Dark grey (N9)
--- Colored pack - Cyan (UN6037), Purple (UN6046), not sure on the third color
Thoughts?
Cherry for the first round, maybe we'll do SA/DSA in a subsequent round.
With SA/DSA the issue is the numerous colorways out there, the limited colors of GMK work in it's favor in this situation.
I'm thinking along the lines of doing this in two packs of 3 colors, so total 12 keys in each pack;
--- Retro pack - Black (CR), Beige (L9), Dark grey (N9)
--- Colored pack - Cyan (UN6037), Purple (UN6046), not sure on the third color
Thoughts?
Discussing possible vendors to run the GB.
Looks like two packs will be offered with,
1x 2.25U R4 Blank
1x 2.75U R4 Blank
2x 2U R4 Blank
--- Retro pack - Black (CR), Beige (L9), Dark grey (N9)
--- Colored pack - Cyan (UN6037), Purple (UN6046), Orange (V2)
Since I have both the Golbat and Van44, I could use a few of these! ;DSame here, so I'm interested in both spacebar packs
Dark Green (AE or 3B)
Orange (P2)
Olive as in GMK 3B?
I'm planning on this right now, still looking for a vendor to run this. Not sure if we would hit the 150 number.
I'm planning on this right now, still looking for a vendor to run this. Not sure if we would hit the 150 number.
I would be buying multiple sets, at least 1 of all the different colors, and I would wager a lot of people will also do the same thing so they have a space that either matches or at least goes with the vast majority of sets.
Quick question while you're paying attention. You mentioned the VE.A in the title and that you would have 1x 2.25u, 1x 2.75u, and 2x 2u keys but the VE.A takes a 1.75u spacebar and the other longer key on the bottom is a 1.5u (I think). Would there be a possibility that you'd consider adding one of each of those? I am in this mainly for the VE.A, which I will be using the GMK sets on, and would absolutely LOVE proper sized blanks to fit the space bar, at least, in multiple colors (black, Dolch greys, beige, and some bright colors like cyan and purple like you mentioned in the OP).
Also, would the beige or grey colors match, or at least come close to matching, the GMK Carbon set?
Sorry for the long post, I am somewhat new so a lot of what may be obvious to the veterans flies completely over my head!
Good day Moz, just following up to see what's what w/ the spacebars b/c I'm still interested like many others!
Good day Moz, just following up to see what's what w/ the spacebars b/c I'm still interested like many others!
Yup. Given that the VE.As are being delivered, I suspect there are approximately 102 other people who will suddenly find weird spacebar keys highly relevant to their interests.
I've been way too busy at work as of late, I will see if I can get this started with the help of MD or some other vendor.Thanks, I'm looking forward to this!
If these are for spacebars I would choose to focus on the alpha colors of popular/recent sets:
Beige (L9) Classic Retro, GMK 9009
Light Grey (2M) Hyperfuse
Dolch alphas (CC) Dolch, Sky Dolch, etc, etc
VE.A spacebar sizes should be 2u for the left half spacebar, 2.75u for the right half spacebar. Which means by default, a regular keycap set should be able to fit it. Simply use the right shiftkey, and numpad 0 to use as spacebars. Of course will still have to get a 1.75u rightshift key.
1.75U right shift key are quite commonly found in most sets now. The VE.A uses 2u and 2.75u IIRC for the spacebar positions.
VE.A spacebar sizes should be 2u for the left half spacebar, 2.75u for the right half spacebar. Which means by default, a regular keycap set should be able to fit it. Simply use the right shiftkey, and numpad 0 to use as spacebars. Of course will still have to get a 1.75u rightshift key.1.75U right shift key are quite commonly found in most sets now. The VE.A uses 2u and 2.75u IIRC for the spacebar positions.
I am in. If you are going to make it, please make it spacebar profile, not just front row profile. Here is what mine looks like. There maybe 102 Massdrop buyers, but there are many more in South Korea. If we include them, we may get more orders, especially if we can make it spacebar profile.Show Image(http://i.imgur.com/5JSXdiU.jpg)
SP maybe able to do a custom mold for extra cost. IIRC, it was around a few hundred dollars. Other companies maybe able to do it for less.It's something the community missing so badly, in my opinion the short concave spacebars should be on top of the projects priority list that we need to have next. It's such a sad scene that everyone's flipping their spacebars...
Anyone has recommendation on which companies could do this? SP, DMK, or some China company?Well SP doesn't make exactly cherry profile, they only have dcs. I'd think GMK is best
Has anyone recently done any "new mold" for non-standard shape, length, or size? I would imagine that we would need to make new molds for the VE.A spacebars. IIRC, it was very expensive to make a new mold with SP.The original idea wasn't to make actual spacebar molds. it was just to get blanks in those sizes, so basically the two shift keys except blank(2.25 and 2.75)
Has anyone recently done any "new mold" for non-standard shape, length, or size? I would imagine that we would need to make new molds for the VE.A spacebars. IIRC, it was very expensive to make a new mold with SP.The original idea wasn't to make actual spacebar molds. it was just to get blanks in those sizes, so basically the two shift keys except blank(2.25 and 2.75)
The original idea wasn't to make actual spacebar molds. it was just to get blanks in those sizes, so basically the two shift keys except blank(2.25 and 2.75)
nah, we need a true R4 mold 2u and 2.75u. not sure what is needed for plank/other layouts
Profile will be the same, tooling for convex tops will be too much. From my experience, if you flip the keys, they're surprisingly comfortable to type on, specially if you are into flipped spacebars.
XDA has spacebar molds for all the sizes you'd ever need.. available right now. Just a heads up.Yeah, but then the profile won't be the same :/
XDA has spacebar molds for all the sizes you'd ever need.. available right now. Just a heads up.
This has been my dream for so long, having proper spacebars is such an urgent matter in my opinion. News sets are keep making this compromise, and it's painful to watch :-\The original idea wasn't to make actual spacebar molds. it was just to get blanks in those sizes, so basically the two shift keys except blank(2.25 and 2.75)nah, we need a true R4 mold 2u and 2.75u. not sure what is needed for plank/other layouts
Getting front row blanks is only half way there. I would like to see if we could go all the way and get new molds made for short spacebars that has a spacebar shape. It could also be beneficial to other custom keyboard projects.
This has been my dream for so long, having proper spacebars is such an urgent matter in my opinion. News sets are keep making this compromise, and it's painful to watch :-\The original idea wasn't to make actual spacebar molds. it was just to get blanks in those sizes, so basically the two shift keys except blank(2.25 and 2.75)nah, we need a true R4 mold 2u and 2.75u. not sure what is needed for plank/other layouts
Getting front row blanks is only half way there. I would like to see if we could go all the way and get new molds made for short spacebars that has a spacebar shape. It could also be beneficial to other custom keyboard projects.
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A couple 1u R4c thrown in would be awesome too!!
Would the spacebar kit in this set work for VE.A?
https://www.massdrop.com/buy/massdrop-x-zambumon-gmk-nautilus-custom-keycap-setShow Image(https://massdrop-s3.imgix.net/product-images/massdrop-x-zambumon-gmk-nautilus-custom-keycap-set/07spacebars_20170627141740.jpg?auto=format&fm=jpg&fit=crop&w=955&dpr=1)
cynviloq, thanks for looking into this. I would wait and hope DMK will make new shorter SB mold soon. For the time being, the Nautilus spacebar kit on Massdrop happening now will tie us over until then.
150 seems like an achievable number. We could have minimum of 2 or 3 spacebars per order.
I would like 1.25u space for use with several up and coming split layouts like the banana split. Although, it could prove difficult to hit MOQ on an individual color especially considering the prevalence of custom gmk colors these days. Might be able to do it with N9 or CC or TU2 though.