GMK-electronic make cherry keycap ?

[Vintage]

Sweet! This is something to look forward to.

Those RGB Mods look very nice. Probably even nicer with white legends.

But, what do you mean by "5000 different legends"? Different fonts? Legend colors?

[pasph]

First time i say this:
CAN'T WAIT!

[absyrd]

Thanks for the update, lysol.

[IvanIvanovich]

"We acquired the complete MX toolkit from cherry, which consists of 5,000 different legends" so 5000 different things we can have on a keycap in Cherry font whether that be letters for various languages, symbols, etc.

[G.C.W.]

lol @ the ppl who spent hundreds for a cherry key

[rayuki]

Such a tough decision to go ahead with this moogle gb or wait for this now

Sent from my GT-I9100T using Tapatalk 2

[jdcarpe]

Well, I would wait for GMK to do the Cherry repro moogles. That way we get correct profile for the bottom row modifiers.

Go ahead with SP for the CCnG, RA, and WYSE.

[Zehkul]

"We acquired the complete MX toolkit from cherry

Including PBT? The thick, old stuff?

And maybe one spokesperson works for us, but I’m quite sure the Koreans will want to organize some stuff, too. xD

lol @ the ppl who spent hundreds for a cherry key

Indeed. xD

YUMMY!! We are getting closer and closer to saying bubye to Signature Plastics.

Not if they manage to produce PBT doubleshots for us. PBT Doubleshots >>>> any **** Cherry could ever do.

[Shadovved]

Finally! A Cherry Christmas to everyone!  ) ) )

[IvanIvanovich]

Dan and I will be co-coordinating a group buy with GMK and one of us will start an interest check as soon as we know more details about pricing structure and so on. From our initial talks we were planning on offering the following options for the first buy...
an esc key pack in several colors
modifier pack in a few of most popular color to be decided by polling or an expanded 'moogle' kit that will also include tab, enter, etc to complete vintage sets
RGB set shift ctrl alt with both 1.5 and 1.25 in ansi and iso,
Dolch colorway full sets ansi and iso
black on white/beige full sets ansi and iso
color to be decided by polling on white? full sets ie green on white, blue on white, red on white, etc... one color combination will be chosen

Addressing how to deal with multiple languages for European sets will be an interesting challenge, but I want to try and get as many included into a few major groups. Want to keep things fairly streamlined and straight forward, so the full sets will be all encompassing full sets, we won't be doing all sort of add ons and options.
Assuming this goes well we can maybe get onto some kind of quarterly buy schedule for different color sets or something along those lines.

It would be nice if we could all come together between GH, DT, OTD, KBD, etc and help each other out to get better volume pricing if it will be given. I'm sure GMK would rather do less and larger orders as well.

[jdcarpe]

This is GREAT news! If we can coordinate one huge quarterly group buy between all the forums, I'm sure everyone will be supportive.

I know this isn't the IC or poll yet, but you can count me in for:
- Esc pack
- Modifier pack in white on black
- Dolch ANSI
- Black on white/beige ANSI
- Blue on white
- Purple on yellow with purple modifiers

[Shadovved]

My wishlist:

-Esc pack
-Orange on Charcoal ANSI
-Olivetti ANSI
-RGB mods
-Dolch set
-Uber-rainbow-unicorn-vomit-board keyset! (please tell me enough people want this to make it happen  )

- Purple on yellow with purple modifiers

And I SECOND THIS GREAT SIR! Nice colours!

[chaosstep]

That's great news, lysol.

[damorgue]

Perhaps a separate thread and poll should be made for what to do if this turns out to be viable.
My wanted list includes: ISO Dolch, Graphite and RA

[fuus]

So excited about this. Looks like a total win!

[nntnam]

My wish list:

- Esc pack
- Green on white set
- RGB (1.5 & 1.25) dyesub or DS is okay
- tsangan kit for dolch style, white on black, black on white,... (to fit the 86 keyboards)
...

[DanGWanG]

As lysol mentioned, we will be working collaboratively representing the GH community with GMK Electronics.  I will be the official communication path to them, and they have requested that we stop sending them other various emails.  This will only delay them further.

We have seen their samples and it is only a speck of dust to what they're capable of.  At this time we can assume that they have the capability to reproduce virtually any Cherry legend on a two-shot mold in various different colors.  It is not limited to previously released sets.  While the email they sent us still leaves us in the dark on some outstanding questions around MOQ, dyesubs, color options, etc. they have made it clear they are willing to invest the time necessary to work with our community.  Now for some quotes

As you  may have already noticed there is a high demand for two-shot molded caps at the moment. This demand is mainly caused by industrial companies, which are our main customers.
At the moment we´ve reached the capacity limit for the production. We are talking about delivery times of 12 weeks and more, even for our major customers.

This is actually fine since lysol and I will be gathering polling requirements to see where the highest MOQ can be reached and with what options.  We're not going to throw a million different options out for our first run and would like to keep this as simple as possible to reduce inaccuracy issues, QC, and any other issues that could occur when stepping in deep waters.

But there's hope...

Maybe I can find a production slot for some special kits soon, but I can´t promise anything yet. As soon if I got any news I let you know.

For now, sit back, relax, think about what you want and let lysol and I discuss how we want to set the foundation for this project.  Last thing I want is an unprofessional and unorganized project for potentially one of the biggest revolutions in keyboard keycap history.

[DanGWanG]

Also, as you saw in the previous post, GMK is manufacturing LOTS of keycaps for industrial manufacturers.  It will be awesome to see what will be on the market in the next 12+ weeks =)

[jdcarpe]

...potentially one of the biggest revolutions in keyboard keycap history.

Exactly my thoughts. We are witness to a paradigm shift for our community. It is an exciting time to be a part of this community!

Edit: Can I say "community" any more in one post?

[limmy]

How exciting!!!

It is somewhat comforting to see increased supply in response to increased demand.

[DanGWanG]

Relevant...

"It was all a dream"

[tjcaustin]

Also, as you saw in the previous post, GMK is manufacturing LOTS of keycaps for industrial manufacturers.  It will be awesome to see what will be on the market in the next 12+ weeks =)

Welp.

Seeing as Klaxon is going alright, why not make that a possible first run with these guys?  It would seem that they have all we want in terms of cap construction and text and I know the red/white color pattern is a popular one.

PM me if you're interested, Dan.  I've got like 50 people already willing to buy multiple full sets and I'm sure that would explode if it was cherry replica instead of SP.

[Acetrak]

I'm sitting back and relaxing but why aren't my keycaps here yet!

JK This is awesome news. Big thanks to Lysol The Cherry Sage and DanGWanG The GMK Chosen One

[jdcarpe]

Plus they already have the symbols legends for the modifiers.

Manpurse caps lock FTW.

[fuus]

I'm sitting back and relaxing but why aren't my keycaps here yet!

JK This is awesome news. Big thanks to Lysol The Cherry Sage and DanGWanG The GMK Chosen One

This man is a born comedian. Love it.

[baldgye]

Well ****, this just got awesome, I'd love a domed set but am aware that sets like that might not be super high in demand, but I look forward to esc key sets and anything ISO you can get, maybe just doing a standard moogle/ISO mod set in black/white beige might be of highest demand, but I look forward to the IC threads and GB threads thanks dnang and lysol!


If this takes off, wonder how it would effect SP..

[fuus]

If this takes off, wonder how it would effect SP..

They'll realise they should've tried harder to get us what we wanted 

[esoomenona]

Haven't seen much interest in that clear on xxx doubleshot. Cherry font for back lit boards? Yes please. Even if its just a clear on black set, but we could do so much more. I think with such a lack of back lit compatible caps in the market, we should put that close to the top of the list...

[Batmann]

If this takes off, wonder how it would effect SP..

This will also blow the cherry replica font fund raising

[baldgye]

If this takes off, wonder how it would effect SP..

This will also blow the cherry replica font fund raising

Would it? Might not be wise for people to put all there eggs in one basket so quickly..

[AKIMbO]

Holy shiz....

...dolch sets= splooge
...RGB sets= splooge
...cherry red esc keys= lol at everyone who bought them for $250+.

I wonder if they can do F & J nubs instead of scoops.

[tjcaustin]

If this takes off, wonder how it would effect SP..

This will also blow the cherry replica font fund raising

Would it? Might not be wise for people to put all there eggs in one basket so quickly..

I think he means if this is as good as it seems and they nail the cherry look on top of it being on thicker plastic.  Not that everyone is going to bail on the current project right now. 

[tjcaustin]

Holy shiz....

...dolch sets= splooge
...RGB sets= splooge
...cherry red esc keys= lol at everyone who bought them for $250+.

I wonder if they can do F & J nubs instead of scoops.

I don't care so much about the RGB mods, but Klaxon as a cherry replica set?  Very yes please.  A charcoal/orange dolch would be attractive, too.
And I feel dumb spending a little over half of that now.  I wonder if this is why I only had to spend $160 on it instead of the typical number seen.

[baldgye]

What do you guys mean with 'dolch' set?? (Still learning this ****)

[leesofi]

i made dangwang to work.
good luck dan.

[esoomenona]

I don't see why you should feel dumb. You wanted it and that's how much you chose to pay then. How could you have known it would be a possibility to recreate them? And even now, maybe one cap like that isn't a possibility in this venture. Nothing is written yet on this.

[IvanIvanovich]

Dolch=white on grey/charcoal and it is only known to exist in 1800 layout. New set would give us the opportunity for a more standard layout.

[leesofi]

toxic green on charcoal!!!!

[rayuki]

with all the good info so far and without getting hopes up i've decided to put the intended SP moogle GB R4 on hold until we get more info. would much rather wait for this as im sure everyone else would.

[baldgye]

Ahhh thanks lysol didn't realise that colour scheme had a name lol

And yeah I'd cream if that came in a ISO flavour

[tjcaustin]

I don't see why you should feel dumb. You wanted it and that's how much you chose to pay then. How could you have known it would be a possibility to recreate them? And even now, maybe one cap like that isn't a possibility in this venture. Nothing is written yet on this.

Eh, I'm weird.  But I seriously think that this thread overlapped just enough to make people pause instead of driving the price up to the previous pricing.

[Acetrak]

Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but I think Dolch is referred to as Dolch because of Dolch computers were the only ones with Cherry keyboards/keycaps with that color scheme.

[Alessandro]

I can't tell you how brilliantly exciting this is! Props do Dan and Lysol for getting this going! You're a credit!

[Shadovved]

I can't tell you how brilliantly exciting this is! Props do Dan and Lysol for getting this going! You're a credit!

And he shall be nice, and send a cute, tasty little cake along your way 

[Alessandro]

See quote in signature to avoid further nuking.

[Shadovved]

See quote in signature to avoid further nuking.

I actually meant it in a nice way 

[nokcha]

Definitely getting in on this ;]

[guilleguillaume]

To Lysol and DanGWanG:

Do you think an ES layout could be available?

I don't have any problem with ANSI or different ISO layouts but it makes more sense to me to use keycaps with the correct lettering and symbols. I know many people would appreciate that.

[rindorbrot]

As they have all Cherry legends and stuff they can surely make all the language options possible.
Only thing we need to know now is the MOQ for pricing

[DanGWanG]

To Lysol and DanGWanG:

Do you think an ES layout could be available?

I don't have any problem with ANSI or different ISO layouts but it makes more sense to me to use keycaps with the correct lettering and symbols. I know many people would appreciate that.

As rindorbot said, I think the options are definitely available.  It'll just depend on how flexible we can make MOQs.  For the first run, again, we're trying to keep things as simple as possible to determine quality and realistic lead times for our custom and likely lower MOQ orders.  Once we've built a good foundation with the company, we can start looking into other options.  But in any case, we will be doing polling and that is a good time to bring up options to vote on.

Eventually, more people will have communications with GMK when their time frees up, and more custom orders and efficient processes will rise just like with SP.  It was rough to run a GB through SP before, but now they have streamlined a process, which I'm hoping will be similar with GMK.