Hi guys,
I’ve been helping Aconic and TGR prep the boards for shipping. I never intended to post here, but I feel the degree of escalation in this thread over the past two days has been unwarranted and unjustified. Allow me to explain.
Firstly, do remember that we are working out of someone else’s premises, as explained by Jua
in this post.Secondly, when Yuktsi posted
this update last Friday, it was already 5:30pm over here. We’d just left the facility after a long day of sorting and packing; each of us assumed the other had taken pictures when in fact nobody did. By the time we realized this, it was too late to go back for pictures as the owner had already locked up for the weekend. This is not an excuse, it was an honest mistake on our part and I'm just pointing out what happened.
We finally got around to taking some pics late yesterday (Monday 6 Nov) and posting them today (Tuesday 7 Nov), I hope this is sufficient proof that progress is being made and people can feel more at ease.
Moving on. I’ll try to steer this thread back on track by addressing some questions/statements from you guys (
*DISCLAIMER*: I could be mistaken, Jua or Yuktsi please do step in and correct me).
...last I heard there were no pink extras unfortunately
You’re right.
Frosted acrylic looks much more transparent than the original engineering sample, any chance this is a one-off? Or are they all as transparent as this most recent photo.. I was hoping for something a little more opaque.
...I can just take sandpaper to the inside of it once I get it to make it a little more 'frosted'
The pic of the engineering sample was taken in lower light compared to today’s pics. In a bright room, you can definitely see the PCB clearly when looking at the Exent from underneath, but IMO that’s not necessarily a bad thing. I’d strongly advise you to at least test the RGB underglow/diffusion before taking a piece of sandpaper to the bottom.
Can we have some information and pictures on the alu bottom also? A vague approximation of the expected delay ?
Well obviously we have missed
this deadline. It is not within my jurisdiction to tell you what the new deadline is, that would be best answered directly by Jua or Yuktsi. All I can do right now is to humbly ask for a bit more patience, and hopefully that you can adjust your expectations. You are welcome to yell at me if you feel like it.
All the storm of comment had made them post some pictures!
This is patently false. Pics would have been posted regardless of the “storm”, I’m just sorry it wasn’t done before
this guy decided to unload and open the floodgates.
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In closing, I just want to say that we’re close to the finish line (for the polycarb kits at least), hopefully the pictures posted are proof enough. I’m super stoked for this board myself (I paid full price like everybody here), and I’m very impressed by what I’ve seen so far. This might be a stretch, but I suspect you might just forget the delays and radio silence once you’ve had the chance to unbox your package and hold the Exent in both arms