[GB] Alps Party 60% - Hannibal at the Gates

[i0nC4nn0n]

It does if you want to cut a screw with that wire stripper.

Not with that exact same model, i have a worse one, this one to be precise.

[jdcarpe]

I always use M2 x 4mm (0.4mm pitch) screws in my Poker-compatible cases.

[i0nC4nn0n]

Anyone else notice a change in tone in this thread after it was linked to the noobs on Reddit?

I just hope mine arrives before Deductivemonkee's so i can steal all the karma

[deductivemonkee]

Anyone else notice a change in tone in this thread after it was linked to the noobs on Reddit?

I just hope mine arrives before Deductivemonkee's so i can steal all the karma

Probably. Canadian customs.

[stoic-lemon]

It does if you want to cut a screw with that wire stripper.

Rekt.

[i0nC4nn0n]

It does if you want to cut a screw with that wire stripper.

Rekt.

I don't wanna nitpick, but it is the tool made for the job... Would you like to know more?

[sth]

#rekt2012

[nathanrosspowell]

It does if you want to cut a screw with that wire stripper.

Rekt.

I don't wanna nitpick, but it is the tool made for the job... Would you like to know more?

8/8, top diy know-how m8!

[i0nC4nn0n]

It does if you want to cut a screw with that wire stripper.

Rekt.

I don't wanna nitpick, but it is the tool made for the job... Would you like to know more?

8/8, top diy know-how m8!

Appreci8 the r8, m8. Feels gr8!

[Tyr]

I don't wanna nitpick, but it is the tool made for the job... Would you like to know more?

Dude sounds like Weebl  ) I kept waiting for the punchline or a song about weasels or something.

[i0nC4nn0n]

I don't wanna nitpick, but it is the tool made for the job... Would you like to know more?

Dude sounds like Weebl  ) I kept waiting for the punchline or a song about weasels or something.

I was just trying to help, by pointing out (in a lighthearted way) that there is no need to overthink the screws, and that there is an option to cut them properly, yet easily with a simple tool. A tool that in my opinion everyone has laying around, who solders things. What i got in return is belittling: "hurr-durr look at that poor summer-child from the leddits trying to use a wire-cutter to cut screws, what a noob". I've been a long time lurker here, only PMing the issues/orders/requests that i had, and in retrospect i should have stuck to that and never post. Yours is indeed a tight-knit community, but from what i gathered in this thread not the most welcoming one.

[i0nC4nn0n]

I don't wanna nitpick, but it is the tool made for the job... Would you like to know more?

Dude sounds like Weebl  ) I kept waiting for the punchline or a song about weasels or something.

I was just trying to help, by pointing out (in a lighthearted way) that there is no need to overthink the screws, and that there is an option to cut them properly, yet easily with a simple tool. A tool that in my opinion everyone has laying around, who solders things. What i got in return is belittling: "hurr-durr look at that poor summer-child from the leddits trying to use a wire-cutter to cut screws, what a noob". I've been a long time lurker here, only PMing the issues/orders/requests that i had, and in retrospect i should have stuck to that and never post. Yours is indeed a tight-knit community, but from what i gathered in this thread not the most welcoming one.

EDIT: nvm, i re-read what you said and realized that u ment the dude in the video, guess i had a few too many and overreacted; leaveing the post anyhow cause some of it is never the less true and for everyone to see how butthurt i can get.

[Tyr]

EDIT: nvm, i re-read what you said and realized that u ment the dude in the video, guess i had a few too many and overreacted; leaveing the post anyhow cause some of it is never the less true and for everyone to see how butthurt i can get.

Crisis averted
(I actually did watch the video and learnt something, so thanks - probably would've helped if I had led with that)

[deductivemonkee]

I always use M2 x 4mm (0.4mm pitch) screws in my Poker-compatible cases.

Like these? http://www.ebay.ca/itm/50-pcs-M2-x-4mm-Philips-Head-Screw-/350589181898?hash=item51a0be5fca

[jdcarpe]

I always use M2 x 4mm (0.4mm pitch) screws in my Poker-compatible cases.

Like these? http://www.ebay.ca/itm/50-pcs-M2-x-4mm-Philips-Head-Screw-/350589181898?hash=item51a0be5fca

Yes, I'm sure those would work just fine.

[BlueNalgene]

I'm still waiting on two users to reply with caps lock preference.  I need those things soon so I can place the plate order.  I will be sending a nag PM to those individuals.

I'm sending an official order to hasu for the PCBs, so we are about to be locked in.

Currently 72/96 invoices are paid. 

Here is the current timeline:
Order from hasu tonight
Order from laser cutters tomorrow (pending caps lock questions)
Matias order hopefully Monday.
Everything else is unscheduleable at this time.  (is unscheduleable a word?)



So here is the take home message.  At this point, you're locked in.  If you want to cancel your order after today, you should find someone to buy your slot, because I won't be taking them when the money is out the door on my end. 

[deductivemonkee]

I'm still waiting on two users to reply with caps lock preference.  I need those things soon so I can place the plate order.  I will be sending a nag PM to those individuals.

I'm sending an official order to hasu for the PCBs, so we are about to be locked in.

Currently 72/96 invoices are paid. 

Here is the current timeline:
Order from hasu tonight
Order from laser cutters tomorrow (pending caps lock questions)
Matias order hopefully Monday.
Everything else is unscheduleable at this time.  (is unscheduleable a word?)



So here is the take home message.  At this point, you're locked in.  If you want to cancel your order after today, you should find someone to buy your slot, because I won't be taking them when the money is out the door on my end.

I love timelines that tell me what I just wasted strategically spent money on will be ordered!

[deductivemonkee]

Come on.... 18 more orders needed for alps caps to drop... I don't want to pay retail price...

[njbair]

Come on.... 18 more orders needed for alps caps to drop... I don't want to pay retail price...

What retail price? I don't even think you can get them outside of a group buy.

I'm surprised it hasn't even got 100 yet. Last time it was a 500 MOQ, and even with KBP having to buy 200 sets to tip it, that was 300 orders from individuals. I guess they saturated the market. It would probably be doing better if they were offering new colors this time.

[BlueNalgene]

Come on.... 18 more orders needed for alps caps to drop... I don't want to pay retail price...

What retail price? I don't even think you can get them outside of a group buy.

I'm surprised it hasn't even got 100 yet. Last time it was a 500 MOQ, and even with KBP having to buy 200 sets to tip it, that was 300 orders from individuals. I guess they saturated the market. It would probably be doing better if they were offering new colors this time.

Massdrop has wayyy bigger reach than the folks that take time to comb through things on the hobbyist sites.

[njbair]

Come on.... 18 more orders needed for alps caps to drop... I don't want to pay retail price...

What retail price? I don't even think you can get them outside of a group buy.

I'm surprised it hasn't even got 100 yet. Last time it was a 500 MOQ, and even with KBP having to buy 200 sets to tip it, that was 300 orders from individuals. I guess they saturated the market. It would probably be doing better if they were offering new colors this time.

Massdrop has wayyy bigger reach than the folks that take time to comb through things on the hobbyist sites.

I'm talking about Massdrop re-running the Tai Hao Alps sets, not Alpine Winter.

[nathanrosspowell]

Tiny bit delayed, but I paid up! Cheers Blue!

[sean]

Come on.... 18 more orders needed for alps caps to drop... I don't want to pay retail price...

What retail price? I don't even think you can get them outside of a group buy.

I'm surprised it hasn't even got 100 yet. Last time it was a 500 MOQ, and even with KBP having to buy 200 sets to tip it, that was 300 orders from individuals. I guess they saturated the market. It would probably be doing better if they were offering new colors this time.

mk.com bought a bunch from the buy to sell at a markup, so no wonder so many were ordered.

[cheddarbek]

Come on.... 18 more orders needed for alps caps to drop... I don't want to pay retail price...

What retail price? I don't even think you can get them outside of a group buy.

I'm surprised it hasn't even got 100 yet. Last time it was a 500 MOQ, and even with KBP having to buy 200 sets to tip it, that was 300 orders from individuals. I guess they saturated the market. It would probably be doing better if they were offering new colors this time.

They could offer just about any non-obnoxious color combo there is and I'd buy it, because alps.

Last time round, I got Dolch, this time, Olivette.

I'm just so very pleased that there are folks out there with the considerable skill to design and engineer the things that make my alps love come to fruition. Thanks blue, njbair, jdcarpe, and hasu!

[BlueNalgene]

I just sent payment to hasu.

This ball is rolling.

[Sed8op8]

I just sent payment to hasu.

This ball is rolling.

[deductivemonkee]

Come on.... 18 more orders needed for alps caps to drop... I don't want to pay retail price...

What retail price? I don't even think you can get them outside of a group buy.

I'm surprised it hasn't even got 100 yet. Last time it was a 500 MOQ, and even with KBP having to buy 200 sets to tip it, that was 300 orders from individuals. I guess they saturated the market. It would probably be doing better if they were offering new colors this time.

You can get the dolch/Olivette for $34 USD on mechanicalkeyboards.com

Quick. Plain black or Dolch.Does the dolch look as brown as in the pictures?

[deductivemonkee]

Come on.... 18 more orders needed for alps caps to drop... I don't want to pay retail price...

What retail price? I don't even think you can get them outside of a group buy.

I'm surprised it hasn't even got 100 yet. Last time it was a 500 MOQ, and even with KBP having to buy 200 sets to tip it, that was 300 orders from individuals. I guess they saturated the market. It would probably be doing better if they were offering new colors this time.

You can get the dolch/Olivette for $34 USD on mechanicalkeyboards.com

Quick. Plain black or Dolch.Does the dolch look as brown as in the pictures?

Screw it. I got Dolch. I just wish is had a fn key and was in dsa rather than oem...

[StormyMonday]

Can't be too choosy about Alps caps at this stage of the game. I can't wait to get a look at the new Matias PBT caps when they become available. It sounds like they are in the home stretch, production-wise.   

[deductivemonkee]

Can't be too choosy about Alps caps at this stage of the game. I can't wait to get a look at the new Matias PBT caps when they become available. It sounds like they are in the home stretch, production-wise.   

That's why I went with Dolch I wanted something a bit more unique than pure black, and that I'd be happy with it.

[tofgerl]

I also went with dolch. Was originally going to use Alpine Winter on my Dell-plate and AEK2-caps on my... AEK2-plate. But I realized that getting AEK2 caps and stabs here in Norway (Where we only THINK we're in the center of the world) would be very expensive, since I would most likely have to pay international shipping for the entire board and then throw away everything but the switches when I was done. So 30 bucks with shipping for the Dolch set sounds easier. I might still end up going the proper AEK-route, but this way I can at least use the board while waiting for the proper time/walletsize to do it.

Edit: Oh, in case you're worrying that I don't know, of course I'll use Dolch on the Dell plate and AW on the AEK-plate due to the cap sizes on Dolch not being compatible.

[deductivemonkee]

Where can I get a red esc key that I've seen? I know its made for Cherry but I saw it for alps a few days ago somewhere

[nickheller]

Where can I get a red esc key that I've seen? I know its made for Cherry but I saw it for alps a few days ago somewhere

Signature Plastics sells a doubleshot alps red esc key.
http://pimpmykeyboard.com/esc-keys-dcs-sa/
Select ALPS stem and legend color from the drop down list.

[CPTBadAss]

Where can I get a red esc key that I've seen? I know its made for Cherry but I saw it for alps a few days ago somewhere

PMK/SP sells a Red Escape key in Alps...but I don't know what you've seen lol.

[njbair]

Where can I get a red esc key that I've seen? I know its made for Cherry but I saw it for alps a few days ago somewhere

You're probably talking about my Filco Zero with a red GEEK HACK cap on the Escape:



This pic was originally posted in my Tai Hao Alps Doubleshot review.

[i0nC4nn0n]

Where can I get a red esc key that I've seen? I know its made for Cherry but I saw it for alps a few days ago somewhere

You're probably talking about my Filco Zero with a red GEEK HACK cap on the Escape:

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This pic was originally posted in my Tai Hao Alps Doubleshot review.

I didn't know they made Filcos with XM switches. I read somewhere that you are using hasus usb-to-usb converter, why is that? Does the pegasus hoof not fit in it / different PCB design (different pin-out, no daughter-board, etc.)?

[njbair]

Where can I get a red esc key that I've seen? I know its made for Cherry but I saw it for alps a few days ago somewhere

You're probably talking about my Filco Zero with a red GEEK HACK cap on the Escape:

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This pic was originally posted in my Tai Hao Alps Doubleshot review.

I didn't know they made Filcos with XM switches. I read somewhere that you are using hasus usb-to-usb converter, why is that? Does the pegasus hoof not fit in it / different PCB design (different pin-out, no daughter-board, etc.)?

I've never actually had the Zero opened up, but I'm sure the Pegasus would fit and work fine. I just don't need one because I've already got the USB to USB converter set up and programmed for all my other boards that don't have those kinds of options.

I wrote a review of the converter (link under More in my sig), and I called it a game changer. That's because it replaces so many other controllers and mods, providing about 95% of the same functionality without having to remove a single screw.

[deductivemonkee]

Cool elephants blue, but my favourite it the drunken delerium

[CPTBadAss]

Went to pay my bill. I'm curious though, why is shipping $9? Should be like $3-5 max if we're using a bubble mailer or a small box. Is the price including the shipping from Matias?

[deductivemonkee]

Where can I get a red esc key that I've seen? I know its made for Cherry but I saw it for alps a few days ago somewhere

You're probably talking about my Filco Zero with a red GEEK HACK cap on the Escape:

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This pic was originally posted in my Tai Hao Alps Doubleshot review.

Cool, but no. What I saw was this:  http://m.imgur.com/a/Kqrx6

[CommonCurt]

Cross post.  Tai Hao Olivetti on my V60 MTS-Q

[njbair]

Cross post.  Tai Hao Olivetti on my V60 MTS-Q

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Very nice. I haven't even opened my Olivetti set yet. What do you think?

[CommonCurt]

Cross post.  Tai Hao Olivetti on my V60 MTS-Q

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Very nice. I haven't even opened my Olivetti set yet. What do you think?

I like them. They are way better feeling then the stock V60 MTS caps.

[njbair]

Cross post.  Tai Hao Olivetti on my V60 MTS-Q

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Very nice. I haven't even opened my Olivetti set yet. What do you think?

I like them. They are way better feeling then the stock V60 MTS caps.

They are thicker than they looked in the Massdrop photos. They are pretty much as thick as SP caps. More quality issues, but overall, feel-wise they are very similar. A good deal for $20.

[i0nC4nn0n]

Where can I get a red esc key that I've seen? I know its made for Cherry but I saw it for alps a few days ago somewhere

You're probably talking about my Filco Zero with a red GEEK HACK cap on the Escape:

Show Image

This pic was originally posted in my Tai Hao Alps Doubleshot review.

I didn't know they made Filcos with XM switches. I read somewhere that you are using hasus usb-to-usb converter, why is that? Does the pegasus hoof not fit in it / different PCB design (different pin-out, no daughter-board, etc.)?

I've never actually had the Zero opened up, but I'm sure the Pegasus would fit and work fine. I just don't need one because I've already got the USB to USB converter set up and programmed for all my other boards that don't have those kinds of options.

I wrote a review of the converter (link under More in my sig), and I called it a game changer. That's because it replaces so many other controllers and mods, providing about 95% of the same functionality without having to remove a single screw.

I checked your review, found hasu's post regarding it, as well. In your review you said that you might wanna build one yourself using an "Arduino to use on my desk" (i presume you mean the Leonardo, since hasu mentions the shield for it in his thread), and i tought that that's a bit too large and i would want to build a smaller one. I found this page where they seem to have a smaller version of the shield that is pin compatible with the arduino pro mini 3.3V and they look nice and small together. Problem is that the pro mini has a different chip (that i don't think is compatible /w the firmware), but even if it where, it rocks serial instead of usb... never the less i could probably use that usb host mini shield and wire it to this thing that i got especially cause it can power another 3.3 or 5 volt device and has a stepup/stepdown converter (i was thinking along the lines of bluetooth). It is currently in my black dell (since than i found some 90s vintage white doubleshot keycaps for him), pinouts probably don't match at all, but i have some fancy wires laying around... Only issue is i can't seem to find the shield here in Romania... but i found something else that peeks my interests, check out this! Not that i have the firmware to make it work... but still, look at it, so cool!

[BlueNalgene]

Went to pay my bill. I'm curious though, why is shipping $9? Should be like $3-5 max if we're using a bubble mailer or a small box. Is the price including the shipping from Matias?

Shipping for the US is $9 for everyone.  It is based on CONUS shipping + shipping supplies + distributed Matias shipping + tracking

Edit: Also paypal fees.

[njbair]

Went to pay my bill. I'm curious though, why is shipping $9? Should be like $3-5 max if we're using a bubble mailer or a small box. Is the price including the shipping from Matias?

Shipping for the US is $9 for everyone.  It is based on CONUS shipping + shipping supplies + distributed Matias shipping + tracking

Edit: Also paypal fees.

I didn't even pay attention to the shipping.

It's nice that you won't have to sort all those switches by hand.

[CPTBadAss]

Very glad to see Matias helping out on that front . Thanks for the info BlueNalgene

[njbair]

Where can I get a red esc key that I've seen? I know its made for Cherry but I saw it for alps a few days ago somewhere

You're probably talking about my Filco Zero with a red GEEK HACK cap on the Escape:

Show Image

This pic was originally posted in my Tai Hao Alps Doubleshot review.

I didn't know they made Filcos with XM switches. I read somewhere that you are using hasus usb-to-usb converter, why is that? Does the pegasus hoof not fit in it / different PCB design (different pin-out, no daughter-board, etc.)?

I've never actually had the Zero opened up, but I'm sure the Pegasus would fit and work fine. I just don't need one because I've already got the USB to USB converter set up and programmed for all my other boards that don't have those kinds of options.

I wrote a review of the converter (link under More in my sig), and I called it a game changer. That's because it replaces so many other controllers and mods, providing about 95% of the same functionality without having to remove a single screw.

I checked your review, found hasu's post regarding it, as well. In your review you said that you might wanna build one yourself using an "Arduino to use on my desk" (i presume you mean the Leonardo, since hasu mentions the shield for it in his thread), and i tought that that's a bit too large and i would want to build a smaller one. I found this page where they seem to have a smaller version of the shield that is pin compatible with the arduino pro mini 3.3V and they look nice and small together. Problem is that the pro mini has a different chip (that i don't think is compatible /w the firmware), but even if it where, it rocks serial instead of usb... never the less i could probably use that usb host mini shield and wire it to this thing that i got especially cause it can power another 3.3 or 5 volt device and has a stepup/stepdown converter (i was thinking along the lines of bluetooth). It is currently in my black dell (since than i found some 90s vintage white doubleshot keycaps for him), pinouts probably don't match at all, but i have some fancy wires laying around... Only issue is i can't seem to find the shield here in Romania... but i found something else that peeks my interests, check out this! Not that i have the firmware to make it work... but still, look at it, so cool!

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I think we should move this to the review thread or hasu's converter thread, we're drifting pretty far off topic.

[BlueNalgene]

Just a notice for everyone.  I am going to order the plates tomorrow.  Last call on changes.  I will placing the order around noon my time (12 hours 30 minutes from this post), and after that the orders are locked in.