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jeroplane:
No mounting stem meaning they are essentially entirely useless (they won't go on your keyboard).
You've got some ambitious ideas rek55, but there are many limitations.
--- Quote from: rek55 on Mon, 07 January 2013, 23:00:11 ---I am very interested in the 10-key, the arrow keys, and the home/end/pgup/pgdwn/etc 6-keys above the arrow keys. Those are all pretty awesome.
What are other people's opinions on if the set should include the black keys as well as the colored?
Also, maybe we could get them with black sides and a blank colored top (doubleshot)... it would help make them look like tetris blocks rather than just colored caps...
Like the number keys here...
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Except black sides with the colored top, and sharp corners on the top (so the top would look like a pixel block).
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Those keys are by QWERKeys, and the good news is they are open to group buys. Not sure what their limitations are in respect of colour, however. Also, making those keycaps with sharp corners will not be possible. This would involve the creation of an entirely new mold which would add CONSIDERABLE cost.
But it seems you're leaning towards SP anyway, which I think is a good move since they are very receptive to group buys :)
rek55:
--- Quote from: jeroplane on Tue, 08 January 2013, 18:55:26 ---No mounting stem meaning they are essentially entirely useless (they won't go on your keyboard).
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Yeah, so that's out.
--- Quote ---You've got some ambitious ideas rek55, but there are many limitations.
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So I'm discovering. But the best ideas are the ones that rub against those limitations, eh?
--- Quote ---Those keys are by QWERKeys, and the good news is they are open to group buys. Not sure what their limitations are in respect of colour, however. Also, making those keycaps with sharp corners will not be possible. This would involve the creation of an entirely new mold which would add CONSIDERABLE cost.
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Yeah, I'm going to contact QWERkeys next. I thought that the square corners might not be possible, but shoot for the moon and all that. Probably especially since they are all different profiles. Even still, I think the "b-series" style is better for these than normal solid blanks.
Another option would be to have the keycaps painted black and then have the paint etched off to expose the square. That would probably be the cheapest option, but I think that I'd rather deal with the tradeoff of losing the rounded corners with the B-series.
--- Quote ---But it seems you're leaning towards SP anyway, which I think is a good move since they are very receptive to group buys :)
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SP was just the first I contacted, but it doesn't seem they have the ability to execute on my ambitious plans. :D
rek55:
QWERkeys can do this set, it would cost $16 a set and would have a MOQ of 25 sets, with no discount offered for larger buys.
All the keys would be the same profile, which is a similar height to the QWER row.
They also don't have the bright green or light orange, although they do have a very nice looking dark green and dark orange. I will adjust the mock up with the appropriate colors tonight.
See their colors here: http://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0157/7886/files/keycap_colours.jpg?547
Brunswick Green, Orange, Red, Magenta, and Royal Blue are the colors I thought would be best.
So, who is interested in a set of Tetris B-Series keycaps at $16 a pop?
i3oilermaker:
I'm in
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