Author Topic: Topre PBT Spacebar (SECOND RUN!) (Read 227326 times)

lookitdisnub · « **Reply #550 on:** Thu, 07 May 2015, 01:46:00 »

Glad to see this is happening. Will definitely pick one up for my Type-S

sorijealut · « **Reply #551 on:** Thu, 07 May 2015, 10:26:55 »

Quote from: Matt3o on Thu, 07 May 2015, 01:10:01

Quote from: sorijealut on Wed, 06 May 2015, 20:18:33
Will it be the same kind of thin-PBT we see in stock caps?
Also, I'm curious to see if the prototypes will bend :X I've heard the challenges in PBT spacebars!

the spacebar will be a perfect replica of the original. as soon as I get samples we'll know if it bends

Can't wait. Either way it will be interesting seeing the results!

Best of luck to us!

YoJinBro · « **Reply #552 on:** Fri, 08 May 2015, 08:10:19 »

Good luck!

punchingtofus · « **Reply #553 on:** Sat, 09 May 2015, 04:08:30 »

Can't wait, wouldn't want to miss this! <3

Air tree · « **Reply #554 on:** Sat, 09 May 2015, 13:39:39 »

What shade is the white spacebar going to lean towards? The HHKB or the realforce white? And does anyone know what is the more "Pure white"

Matt3o · « **Reply #555 on:** Mon, 11 May 2015, 02:09:04 »

They are shipping the prototypes today! I should get them in 2-3 days!

Halverson · « **Reply #556 on:** Mon, 11 May 2015, 02:23:55 »

Quote from: Matt3o on Mon, 11 May 2015, 02:09:04

They are shipping the prototypes today! I should get them in 2-3 days!

Sweet baby Jesus! Hoping for the best!

Elrick · « **Reply #557 on:** Mon, 11 May 2015, 02:24:26 »

Quote from: Matt3o on Mon, 11 May 2015, 02:09:04

They are shipping the prototypes today! I should get them in 2-3 days!

BRILLIANT, when they arrive please take lots of pics for us to ogle at. Needless to say we all want to see some extreme rear end pictures here because we are Geekhackers

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Matt3o · « **Reply #558 on:** Mon, 11 May 2015, 04:56:19 »

Guys... All hands on the table please...

RoastPotatoes · « **Reply #559 on:** Mon, 11 May 2015, 05:02:50 »

Quote from: Matt3o on Mon, 11 May 2015, 04:56:19

Guys... All hands on the table please...

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Wow. They look good to me :)
Are those single caps new as well or they from an existing set? Does this mean you might be able to get Topre caps made?

Matt3o · « **Reply #560 on:** Mon, 11 May 2015, 05:09:34 »

the single caps are for color reference.

but of course... if I can make a spacebar I can make single units

Bucake · « **Reply #561 on:** Mon, 11 May 2015, 05:21:11 »

if possible, it would be very nice to see a picture of the white/black spacebar next to a topre board of the same color! or even ON one?
or/and comparison pictures of the original ABS + new PBT spacebar.

how is the warp/bend?

Matt3o · « **Reply #562 on:** Mon, 11 May 2015, 05:28:00 »

guys, those are pictures from the manufacturer. Like I said, I will have them in my hands in 2-3 days.

yomammary · « **Reply #563 on:** Mon, 11 May 2015, 07:38:08 »

Colors look great to me!

MarkRobbo · « **Reply #564 on:** Mon, 11 May 2015, 08:02:16 »

Nice! Wonder if the colour of the sky blue spacebar will match the limited edition esc key.

Possibly not as it seems lighter with the PFU esc key having a tinge of purple to it.

Matt3o · « **Reply #565 on:** Mon, 11 May 2015, 08:09:29 »

Quote from: MarkRobbo on Mon, 11 May 2015, 08:02:16

Nice! Wonder if the colour of the sky blue spacebar will match the limited edition esc key.

yes, that is the key we used as reference

MarkRobbo · « **Reply #566 on:** Mon, 11 May 2015, 08:12:36 »

Quote from: Matt3o on Mon, 11 May 2015, 08:09:29

Quote from: MarkRobbo on Mon, 11 May 2015, 08:02:16
Nice! Wonder if the colour of the sky blue spacebar will match the limited edition esc key.

yes, that is the key we used as reference

Oh nice, one step ahead of me. I see now, the singles/ctrl next to the space bars are original PFU caps.

Looking forward to your pictures and thoughts when you have them in hand, and hopefully the drop!

a_ak57 · « **Reply #567 on:** Mon, 11 May 2015, 09:50:00 »

Quote from: Air tree on Sat, 09 May 2015, 13:39:39

What shade is the white spacebar going to lean towards? The HHKB or the realforce white? And does anyone know what is the more "Pure white"

I hadn't even thought about this. I know the grey is slightly different, but the HHKB/RF white is different too?

also yay progress

iamtootallforthis · « **Reply #568 on:** Mon, 11 May 2015, 10:38:27 »

Quote from: Matt3o on Mon, 11 May 2015, 04:56:19

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YESSSSS!

Lurch · « **Reply #569 on:** Mon, 11 May 2015, 11:37:06 »

Exciting! Many thanks, Matt3o!

Fingers crossed this all works out.

sorijealut · « **Reply #570 on:** Mon, 11 May 2015, 13:15:13 »

Prototypes look amazing.

This is the culmination of all your hard work.

Best of luck in manufacturing and in the fine-tuning process, and all that. What great products

Elrick · « **Reply #571 on:** Tue, 12 May 2015, 05:32:47 »

Quote from: Matt3o on Mon, 11 May 2015, 04:56:19

Guys... All hands on the table please...

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Full on Sexy as HELL.

The Red one really stands out, I may redo my original order to include some Red for my Thorpie, the colour of achievement when inducting a Virgin.

Belfong · « **Reply #572 on:** Tue, 12 May 2015, 07:04:35 »

Omg!! when can we start throwing monies?

atlas3686 · « **Reply #573 on:** Tue, 12 May 2015, 13:46:12 »

Quote from: Belfong on Tue, 12 May 2015, 07:04:35

Omg!! when can we start throwing monies?

This

Halverson · « **Reply #574 on:** Tue, 12 May 2015, 13:54:15 »

Colors look great! Can't wait to sex up my boards.

Air tree · « **Reply #575 on:** Tue, 12 May 2015, 13:59:32 »

Quote from: Halverson on Tue, 12 May 2015, 13:54:15

Colors look great! Can't wait to sex up my boards.

Pm with sexed up pics pls?

Halverson · « **Reply #576 on:** Tue, 12 May 2015, 14:11:06 »

Quote from: Air tree on Tue, 12 May 2015, 13:59:32

Quote from: Halverson on Tue, 12 May 2015, 13:54:15
Colors look great! Can't wait to sex up my boards.
Pm with sexed up pics pls?

Remind me when these finally go through the process of getting to my hands.

Gaspar · « **Reply #577 on:** Tue, 12 May 2015, 22:40:33 »

I'm in, and i have no Topre board yet!

cooldiscretion · « **Reply #578 on:** Tue, 12 May 2015, 22:55:35 »

Quote from: Matt3o on Mon, 11 May 2015, 04:56:19

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Those look amazing! I need them all. :)

RoflCopter4 · « **Reply #579 on:** Tue, 12 May 2015, 23:20:13 »

Given our luck so far, who wants to bet that the prototypes get lost in the mail? Or maybe the plane they're on will get shot down by North Korea. $10? Anyone?

Anyway, amazing. Great to see your hard work is starting to pay off.

Bucake · « **Reply #580 on:** Wed, 13 May 2015, 02:56:01 »

Quote from: RoflCopter4 on Tue, 12 May 2015, 23:20:13

Given our luck so far, who wants to bet that the prototypes get lost in the mail? Or maybe the plane they're on will get shot down by North Korea. $10? Anyone?

Anyway, amazing. Great to see your hard work is starting to pay off.

they get intercepted by a team of professional topre lovers
it will be a grand heist, with guns and tnt
the best part is that they will not simply steal them, but replace them with abs bars
only when we start to see shine on our caps, will we realize something is wrong..

Dwight · « **Reply #581 on:** Wed, 13 May 2015, 07:59:25 »

Form filled!

Matt3o · « **Reply #582 on:** Thu, 14 May 2015, 08:26:38 »

More info later...

HoffmanMyster · « **Reply #583 on:** Thu, 14 May 2015, 08:33:38 »

Quote from: Matt3o on Thu, 14 May 2015, 08:26:38

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More info later...

Squeeeeeee so excited!

Matt3o · « **Reply #584 on:** Thu, 14 May 2015, 08:34:51 »

the camera white balance screwed it up a little... but we are almost there

Matt3o · « **Reply #585 on:** Thu, 14 May 2015, 08:40:46 »

absyrd · « **Reply #586 on:** Thu, 14 May 2015, 08:44:36 »

Nice. Now show us how the black and white matches, please. <3

Bomble · « **Reply #587 on:** Thu, 14 May 2015, 09:18:36 »

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HOT DAMN

cooldiscretion · « **Reply #588 on:** Thu, 14 May 2015, 09:37:39 »

Quote from: Matt3o on Thu, 14 May 2015, 08:40:46

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Looks better then I even thought it would. Wow.

Matt3o · « **Reply #589 on:** Thu, 14 May 2015, 10:43:24 »

I'll take better pictures, the light was coming from a wrong angle and the bar came a little shiny but it is not.

I have to talk with the manufacturer about some small issues and I'll post a status update here and the OP.

We are a little closer now.

Kinaesthetic · « **Reply #590 on:** Thu, 14 May 2015, 11:26:48 »

Guessing no warping? If so, ughh, wallet will hate me, but holy heck have you and the manufacturer done a great job. Those look absolutely fantastic. Can't wait to throw money at the screen!

Latin00032 · « **Reply #591 on:** Thu, 14 May 2015, 12:54:26 »

Quote from: Kinaesthetic on Thu, 14 May 2015, 11:26:48

Guessing no warping? If so, ughh, wallet will hate me, but holy heck have you and the manufacturer done a great job. Those look absolutely fantastic. Can't wait to throw money at the screen!

Yes!

Can't wait!

a_ak57 · « **Reply #592 on:** Thu, 14 May 2015, 12:59:38 »

Huh, the red esc/spacebar on black looks surprisingly good.

Bucake · « **Reply #593 on:** Thu, 14 May 2015, 14:18:53 »

damn, the coloured ones came out NICE.

and good lord, that red one looks good on the black board

excite!

oscillik · « **Reply #594 on:** Thu, 14 May 2015, 14:31:57 »

it'll be interesting to see how well these sell on Massdrop when they're finally available. Maybe if they sell well, more colour runs could happen...

MarkRobbo · « **Reply #595 on:** Thu, 14 May 2015, 14:41:50 »

Quote from: oscillik on Thu, 14 May 2015, 14:31:57

it'll be interesting to see how well these sell on Massdrop when they're finally available. Maybe if they sell well, more colour runs could happen...

Or something like a coloured fn key/cluster.

Or dare I say it... complete blank realforce sets? Getting ahead of myself there the tooling costs would likely be extreme.

What were the small issues with the samples can I ask?

swill · « **Reply #596 on:** Thu, 14 May 2015, 16:56:29 »

do we know which colors are being produced yet? or does it still depend on pre-orders?

last i checked it didn't look like my pink or purple was going to make it in...

trizkut · « **Reply #597 on:** Thu, 14 May 2015, 16:58:10 »

Quote from: swill on Thu, 14 May 2015, 16:56:29

do we know which colors are being produced yet? or does it still depend on pre-orders?

last i checked it didn't look like my pink or purple was going to make it in...

I think as of right now it's white/black/red/blue

exitfire401 · « **Reply #598 on:** Thu, 14 May 2015, 16:59:55 »

This all makes me very happy.

Matt3o · « **Reply #599 on:** Thu, 14 May 2015, 17:05:57 »

colors are white, black, red, light blue. They are 99% final.

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Author Topic: Topre PBT Spacebar (SECOND RUN!) (Read 227326 times)