Hmmmmm... I was planning on doing one row at a time, first all singles, then going through modifiers etcetera, one every few months. Would you prefer me to make up all my masters in one go so that you can pick everything you want at one time? Being aware that there'll be a
considerably longer lead-in time if I do things that way. My progress today, for example, was just filling the external and internal radii, true yesterday I measured and cut all four sides, soldered them together, and soldered in the thickening at the back of the joins - but there's no way of knowing how much time I'll get in the workshop on any given day.
GMC - I plan on
eventually making more or less every key, some like the space or ISO enter would probably be to heavy even for the strongest springs so they'll be the obvious exceptions, but all the rest should get done... eventually...
TheProfosist - That's good I've got enough OEM caps from my Pure to keep me busy for a while and glad to know it's easy enough to get the others.
Batmann - That's not my signature, that's the Hallmark of the Edinburgh Assay Office, it (or it's equivilant from London, Birmingham, Sheffield, or Dublin) is required by law to sell any article of silver over 7.78g in the UK. Whilst these keys are slightly under that I feel it's a worthy thing to do, especially as any larger keys
will require marking, It'd sort-of break the uniformity for anyone who wants a whole board. The small flaws, imperfections I could live with for myself, and which barely show indicate that the prototype is exactly that, the production models will (I hope) be perfect so it immediately stands un-needing of a signature. I may sign any true one-off's or limited runs I do, but that's for the future.
TotalChaos - Surely they're all row E as well - these keys are going to be blank so you can pop them anywhere on row E. Again, I'll do legends if there's any demand for it but it will increase the cost dramatically. It's OK, it'd only be £££ for 12 keys, surely you trust me with that
I'll maybe snap a picture or two at work tomorrow to assuage any fears that I might be running a scam as I understand that I'm hugely new on this scene.
tsangan - LASER ablation engraving? I won't be doing anything like that
any legends I do will be hand worked, with the option of it being in-filled with gold.
Ok, I've decided I'll run Cherry and OEM in pairs regardless, just so I end up with a full set of masters. It means it'll take a bit longer at each stage, but ultimately I think it'll be worth it.
