Author Topic: [GB] 75% Skeleton Keyboard (Read 117383 times)

xondat · « **Reply #300 on:** Mon, 25 July 2016, 12:18:28 »

Quote from: darkclone24 on Mon, 25 July 2016, 12:15:42

You didn't mention anything wrong with 7u, so I'm just curious about what's happening with mine and Prius's order. Are they being sent soon or are we waiting for the other plates to be redone?

All orders will be sent out with the correct/new plate.

Phenix · « **Reply #301 on:** Mon, 25 July 2016, 13:50:25 »

Any pricing info so far for the ''bad' plates?

xondat · « **Reply #302 on:** Mon, 25 July 2016, 17:55:43 »

Quote from: Phenix on Mon, 25 July 2016, 13:50:25

Any pricing info so far for the ''bad' plates?

No. Don't expect a price until I actually announce it.

Skysophrenic · « **Reply #303 on:** Fri, 29 July 2016, 11:01:34 »

Got an update before the weekend hits us?

B1G_B1RD · « **Reply #304 on:** Fri, 29 July 2016, 16:54:13 »

Quote from: Skysophrenic on Fri, 29 July 2016, 11:01:34

Got an update before the weekend hits us?

pls

xondat · « **Reply #305 on:** Fri, 29 July 2016, 20:20:50 »

New plates are ordered ETA 1 week. These diodes are a pain to solder. Once I have the new plates all orders that require no assembly will go out. Assembled orders will take longer as I do have a personal life too. Your order will ship quicker if you do not require any assembly.

xondat · « **Reply #306 on:** Tue, 02 August 2016, 10:24:10 »

I've begun assembly, mainly diodes, and got my board working. My soldering is pretty ****, and I'd much rather you do it as I don't really feel comfortable doing it. If you don't know anything about soldering and you really want me to do it, I will however it won't be factory perfect. My board is made to work, not to look nice or anything else and yours will be the same. I will need everyone to PM me that wants free soldering work done so we can discuss what I'm doing. For now, I will put a hold onto all work as I really don't feel great about it. Sorry all

B1G_B1RD · « **Reply #307 on:** Tue, 02 August 2016, 10:34:09 »

I can solder fairly well. Since most of us will be doing this ourselves now, do you have a tutorial of some sort we can follow?

xondat · « **Reply #308 on:** Tue, 02 August 2016, 10:37:49 »

Quote from: B1G_B1RD on Tue, 02 August 2016, 10:34:09

I can solder fairly well. Since most of us will be doing this ourselves now, do you have a tutorial of some sort we can follow?

I'll definitely make a guide - it's pretty straight forward when you get the hang of it, but the diodes are a pain as they don't have wires and they use pads instead.

B1G_B1RD · « **Reply #309 on:** Tue, 02 August 2016, 10:51:59 »

Quote from: xondat on Tue, 02 August 2016, 10:37:49

Quote from: B1G_B1RD on Tue, 02 August 2016, 10:34:09
I can solder fairly well. Since most of us will be doing this ourselves now, do you have a tutorial of some sort we can follow?
I'll definitely make a guide - it's pretty straight forward when you get the hang of it, but the diodes are a pain as they don't have wires and they use pads instead.

So you will be able to ship all orders that require no soldering as soon as the new plates come in and are confirmed to be correct? Which should be end of this week / beginning of next week?

xondat · « **Reply #310 on:** Tue, 02 August 2016, 11:16:17 »

Quote from: B1G_B1RD on Tue, 02 August 2016, 10:51:59

Quote from: xondat on Tue, 02 August 2016, 10:37:49
Quote from: B1G_B1RD on Tue, 02 August 2016, 10:34:09
I can solder fairly well. Since most of us will be doing this ourselves now, do you have a tutorial of some sort we can follow?
I'll definitely make a guide - it's pretty straight forward when you get the hang of it, but the diodes are a pain as they don't have wires and they use pads instead.

So you will be able to ship all orders that require no soldering as soon as the new plates come in and are confirmed to be correct? Which should be end of this week / beginning of next week?

All orders that simply require packing will be sent the first Saturday after I get the new plates. I don't have a car and the walk to the post office is 30 minutes one way so I have to wait for people to take me

Phenix · « **Reply #311 on:** Tue, 02 August 2016, 11:25:19 »

Could you post a pic of your soldering job?

xondat · « **Reply #312 on:** Tue, 02 August 2016, 11:32:09 »

Quote from: Phenix on Tue, 02 August 2016, 11:25:19

Could you post a pic of your soldering job?

My friend is currently using the board but as soon as I get it back I will

) Wasn't using it because the HHKBT is so nice.

TheMissingPiece · « **Reply #313 on:** Tue, 02 August 2016, 11:42:16 »

Quote from: xondat on Tue, 02 August 2016, 11:32:09

Quote from: Phenix on Tue, 02 August 2016, 11:25:19
Could you post a pic of your soldering job?
My friend is currently using the board but as soon as I get it back I will ) Wasn't using it because the HHKBT is so nice.

Oh man, HHKBT in JP layout is probably my next board after this one! I'll have some questions for you later...

Spaceman1200 · « **Reply #314 on:** Wed, 03 August 2016, 05:39:53 »

How much needs to be soldered?

Skysophrenic · « **Reply #315 on:** Wed, 03 August 2016, 14:50:25 »

Quote from: Spaceman1200 on Wed, 03 August 2016, 05:39:53

How much needs to be soldered?

From what I gathered, I believe the switch diodes, SMD LED's for the underglow, and potentially the SMD resistors if they weren't on already. Unless of course, the PCB's already had resistors and SMD LED's soldered on by Hojin (for those that ordered).

If you opted for a full assembly, you're looking at soldering your switches in as well.

That said, I was under the impression that the diodes were supposed to be wired - guess not. SMD soldering is a PITA until you get the motions down.

xondat · « **Reply #316 on:** Wed, 03 August 2016, 17:31:35 »

Diodes, switches and SMDs (if you chose to have them) all require soldering.

B1G_B1RD · « **Reply #317 on:** Fri, 05 August 2016, 16:28:48 »

Guessing the plates didn't arrive yet?

xondat · « **Reply #318 on:** Fri, 05 August 2016, 18:14:06 »

Quote from: B1G_B1RD on Fri, 05 August 2016, 16:28:48

Guessing the plates didn't arrive yet?

Unfortunately not, I'll post the same minute I get them

TheMissingPiece · « **Reply #319 on:** Fri, 12 August 2016, 10:58:21 »

Got any update to close out the week?

Also, new name!

xondat · « **Reply #320 on:** Fri, 12 August 2016, 16:52:33 »

Quote from: TheMissingPiece on Fri, 12 August 2016, 10:58:21

Got any update to close out the week?

Also, new name!

I had an email noting that they essentially screwed up the confirmation, I asked for a shipping date and they said the 16th. This means orders that just need packing will go out on the 20th and perhaps a couple of assembled orders along with those.

Asbrodeus · « **Reply #321 on:** Fri, 12 August 2016, 16:56:29 »

any news about the acrylic layer?

xondat · « **Reply #322 on:** Fri, 12 August 2016, 17:07:17 »

Quote from: Asbrodeus on Fri, 12 August 2016, 16:56:29

any news about the acrylic layer?

Not sure how I'm going to go about it. With the current plates it's hard to incorporate it without paying more for new screws/pop nuts. I'll give it some more thought before I officially take orders for it.

What sort of price range should it be in?

TheMissingPiece · « **Reply #323 on:** Sat, 13 August 2016, 01:22:26 »

Quote from: xondat on Fri, 12 August 2016, 17:07:17

Quote from: Asbrodeus on Fri, 12 August 2016, 16:56:29
any news about the acrylic layer?
Not sure how I'm going to go about it. With the current plates it's hard to incorporate it without paying more for new screws/pop nuts. I'll give it some more thought before I officially take orders for it.

What sort of price range should it be in?

Ideally, I'd personally like a design I can cut myself and get the appropriate mounting hardware as needed. I'm not sure how much it would cost for you to do, but I'd like to keep it around the $20 USD range. I'm not familiar with how these things should be priced, though, but the concept itself seems simple.

Phenix · « **Reply #324 on:** Sat, 13 August 2016, 03:55:07 »

Did you received my pm regarding assembly?

xondat · « **Reply #325 on:** Sat, 13 August 2016, 12:53:42 »

Quote from: Phenix on Sat, 13 August 2016, 03:55:07

Did you received my pm regarding assembly?

Replied

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xondat · « **Reply #326 on:** Thu, 18 August 2016, 13:18:23 »

Plates have been collected,hopefully they'll be delivered tomorrow as they're only a county away. Potentially a couple orders will go out over the weekend

)

xondat · « **Reply #327 on:** Fri, 19 August 2016, 06:44:40 »

New plates are here, going to give them a look over and test fits after my shower/breakfast.

xondat · « **Reply #328 on:** Fri, 19 August 2016, 08:55:13 »

Okay so I've gone over the plates and in short I'm much happier with them.

This is the 2nd version of the top plate, and with the knowledge from the 1st one, I put that into use and implemented some changes that make it more solid and easier to build with. This in turn makes it visually nicer too. I've got an album here that you can check out, but here are the main pictures/changes. I know they don't have mounting holes, I'll be drilling these myself (it allowed me to have a slightly different, better finish from the factory).

I'll work on getting orders that just need packing out within the next week, and I'll be soldering people that have asked me to. If you haven't contacted me yet, please do so we can work something out. Thanks everyone for your extended patience and understanding.

Old plates

New plates

The main change (new on top, old on bottom)

A change to the right shift cluster to add support and ease when building

The main reason plates were redone

The secondary change to the left cntrl/winkey cluster

Showing that both layouts now work flawlessly (left to right, top to bottom - new plates with 1.5u/7u bottom row, old mule, new plates with 1.25u/6.25u bottom row, pcb, new plate, old plate)

B1G_B1RD · « **Reply #329 on:** Fri, 19 August 2016, 09:25:34 »

I'm glad that the plates are working well now!

Quote from: xondat on Fri, 19 August 2016, 08:55:13

I'll work on getting orders that just need packing out within the next week, and I'll be soldering people that have asked me to. If you haven't contacted me yet, please do so we can work something out. Thanks everyone for your extended patience and understanding.

So does this mean that since you said you can only go to the post office on Saturdays that you wont start shipping these until next week on the 27th? Any chance of getting some of these out tomorrow?

xondat · « **Reply #330 on:** Fri, 19 August 2016, 09:29:58 »

Quote from: B1G_B1RD on Fri, 19 August 2016, 09:25:34

So does this mean that since you said you can only go to the post office on Saturdays that you wont start shipping these until next week on the 27th? Any chance of getting some of these out tomorrow?

I will get a couple out tomorrow, and hopefully several more the weekend later.

Spaceman1200 · « **Reply #331 on:** Fri, 19 August 2016, 09:54:52 »

Nice, cant wait to get my painted and put some Zealio's into mine!

TheMissingPiece · « **Reply #332 on:** Fri, 19 August 2016, 10:28:43 »

This looks phenomenal! Couldn't be more excited.

Phenix · « **Reply #333 on:** Fri, 19 August 2016, 10:54:55 »

excited!
And I am still interested in getting one of the 'bad' plates if they are cheap....

xondat · « **Reply #334 on:** Sat, 20 August 2016, 12:55:46 »

Sorry for the disappointing news but it's out of my control.

A family member's health went downhill overnight, and they're currently in hospital waiting for their liver to become healthy so they can find out what's wrong. I'm not able to get to the PO because of this (I need a lift there as I don't drive).

I really, really thought I could get the first couple out today but it's out of my control. I hope you can forgive the delays and problems, and I'll make sure they won't happen again as long as it's in my control.

Spaceman1200 · « **Reply #335 on:** Sat, 20 August 2016, 13:09:28 »

No worries my friend, family comes first

swimmingbird · « **Reply #336 on:** Sun, 21 August 2016, 06:45:40 »

Sorry to hear that xondat - wishing them a speedy recovery

Phenix · « **Reply #337 on:** Sun, 21 August 2016, 07:51:12 »

All the best!

xondat · « **Reply #338 on:** Thu, 25 August 2016, 10:20:46 »

The factory that laser cut the plates may be able to use their drilling equipment to do the holes so looking into that, it will be cleaner and so much easier in the current situation.

B1G_B1RD · « **Reply #339 on:** Thu, 25 August 2016, 10:30:34 »

The cleanest option would be preferred. Were they not able to do it when they first cut the plates? How much of a delay would this add to the orders?

xondat · « **Reply #340 on:** Thu, 25 August 2016, 12:11:22 »

Okay they're organizing a courier to pick them up, they'll cut them, and send them back. Don't know why they can do them now, but not before.

B1G_B1RD · « **Reply #341 on:** Thu, 25 August 2016, 13:29:09 »

Do they have an eta on when they will have all the machining done?

xondat · « **Reply #342 on:** Mon, 29 August 2016, 04:40:32 »

Weekend/bank holiday so I'll hear back from them Tuesday.

xondat · « **Reply #343 on:** Thu, 01 September 2016, 11:33:13 »

Uploaded the mid piece to Google Drive. Plates were picked up today, and they said 3-5 days for the new cuts but they'll try to beat it.

Spaceman1200 · « **Reply #344 on:** Thu, 01 September 2016, 11:50:06 »

Thanks for the update, but pardon my ignorance, what are they re cutting? the standoff holes?

B1G_B1RD · « **Reply #345 on:** Thu, 01 September 2016, 12:03:33 »

Quote from: xondat on Thu, 01 September 2016, 11:33:13

Uploaded the mid piece to Google Drive. Plates were picked up today, and they said 3-5 days for the new cuts but they'll try to beat it.

Thanks for uploading the file. Im assuming shipping times are not included in that 3-5 day turn around. So this is likely a 10-14 day process?

xondat · « **Reply #346 on:** Thu, 01 September 2016, 12:04:54 »

Quote from: Spaceman1200 on Thu, 01 September 2016, 11:50:06

Thanks for the update, but pardon my ignorance, what are they re cutting? the standoff holes?

Yeah, they couldn't use their drill press at the time or something like that. I don't really understand it too much, but the plates look better than the first lot so whatever.

TheMissingPiece · « **Reply #347 on:** Thu, 01 September 2016, 13:30:45 »

Quote from: xondat on Thu, 01 September 2016, 11:33:13

Uploaded the mid piece to Google Drive. Plates were picked up today, and they said 3-5 days for the new cuts but they'll try to beat it.

Thanks for the file! Does anyone know a good place to get this fabricated in the US?

Phenix · « **Reply #348 on:** Thu, 01 September 2016, 17:08:47 »

Im in Germany, so I will look into it who does that

PriusProblems · « **Reply #349 on:** Sun, 04 September 2016, 12:36:54 »

I've realised that I've asked a question similar to this before, but my opinion on the matter has changed (all in the name of variety!), but are Costar stabilisers supported by the PCB and/or plate? I'm aware that Cherry are being used.

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