[GB] Hive60 | Gasket-mounted 60% keyboard

[shadowcelery]

Groupbuy is live! Running from 10/3-10/17 on hive60.com

I am more active on reddit! (u/shadowcelery) Lots of questions have been answered already on my mechmarket post https://www.reddit.com/r/mechmarket/comments/j4oksa/gb_hive60_affordable_gasket_mount_60/

This is an unlimited group buy! Lead time after group buy end will be 2 months.

Website: Hive60.com

Features:

• Gasket mounted with 12 custom rubber gaskets
• Designed to fit most common 60% PCBs (i.e. DZ60, GH60)
• 7 degree typing angle and 20mm height at the wrists.
• Layout support: ANSI, HHKB/Tsangan, ISO
• Anodized aluminum top and bottom pieces
• Unbuilt weight of 1.3kg or 2.9 lb (with brass options)
• Fully machined in America. Shipped out of Everett, Washington.

Options
Anodization Colors:

• Black
  
• Forest Green
  
• Navy Blue
  
• Red
  
• Gunmetal Gray
  
• Raw aluminum (beaded but no anodization)

Plate materials:

• Brass
• Aluminum
• Polycarbonate

Plate layout:

• ANSI
• HHKB/Tsangan
• ISO

Accent options:

• Brass
• Aluminum
  

Top:

• Normal
• HHKB Blockers (+$15)

Pricing
Base kit is $275 + Shipping @ 100 orders and $250 + Shipping @ 200+ orders. MOQ is 100

Price is currently $275+shipping but if 200 is reached we will refund the difference to all existing orders

There will be a +20 charge if the accent material is not matching your plate material.

Base kit will include 1x Base, 1x Accent, 1x Top, 2x sets of screws for case (2x6), 1x set of gaskets (12), 2x set of screws for weight (4x long 2x short), 1x Brass weight, 4x rubber feet.

Extra Aluminum plates or accents are $25

Extra PC plates are $25

Extra Brass plates are $40

Extra Brass accent are $25

[kwhilden]

Looks good. And I am pleased that it is being made in the USA. There are some great machinists and craftsmen in the Pacific Northwest.

I have a question on the aluminum accent piece. What color will it beand will it be anodized?

[Spencer]

Looks good. And I am pleased that it is being made in the USA. There are some great machinists and craftsmen in the Pacific Northwest.

I have a question on the aluminum accent piece. What color will it beand will it be anodized?

We were planning on leaving it raw so people could finish it how they pleased, but anodize is cheap enough that we could throw the accent and plate in with one of our anodizing batches if you would like. You would just have to shoot us a PM with your order number and I can add a note to the order. We didn't create it as an option on the website since we already have way too many sku's, and we weren't sure how popular the aluminum plate would be anyways.

[elmo]

Looks good. And I am pleased that it is being made in the USA. There are some great machinists and craftsmen in the Pacific Northwest.

I have a question on the aluminum accent piece. What color will it beand will it be anodized?

there is a reason why nobody in this hobby really does manufacturing in the US nowadays...

[dibstern]

Looks good. And I am pleased that it is being made in the USA. There are some great machinists and craftsmen in the Pacific Northwest.

I have a question on the aluminum accent piece. What color will it beand will it be anodized?

there is a reason why nobody in this hobby really does manufacturing in the US nowadays...

Why?

[kwhilden]

Is there any news on a revised sound test before the GB ends?   

[elmo]

Why?

because pretty much every GB so far that was "made in the US" failed entirely or had horrible quality in the end.
There simply aren't any companies in the US (or anywhere outside of china) that offer the quality that we are used to in this hobby at a realistic affordable price and also have the knowledge how to properly machine keyboard parts.
You will either get **** quality or extreme prices if you want to get your stuff machined anywhere outside of china.

The only real exceptions for this are Salvun from Belgium who specialised in keyboards and does nothing else and Keycult (they just machine their stuff inhouse now).