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hansichen:
Update #1: https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=94733.msg2580679#msg2580679
Update #2: https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=94733.msg2606060#msg2606060
Update #3: https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=94733.msg2631316#msg2631316
Update #4: https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=94733.msg2639735#msg2639735


Hello geekhack community,
as long as I've been part of this community and hobby I've always liked uncommon sublegends, localisations and special keycaps. One of the sets that I've always adored was the greek Cherry keyset which was produced for olivetti. This is a picture of the keyset:



More pictures can be found here: https://deskthority.net/photos-f62/cherry-g81-3011-hbq-t10437.html


Some of you are probably not even familiar with the set, the others probably know how rare these sets are and that it's very difficult to get their hands on one. As this set was produced by Cherry, we still have the opportunity to produce a remake by GMK. To make this happen, I wanna collect interest here. If we get enough responses here, I'll start to look for a vendor and hopefully this will result in a successful group buy, just like 9009 did.
I don't have any renders renders ready but I think that the original pictures already speak for themself. In regard to kit design I want to go with a similar base kit as GMK 9009 had because I think that it was a nearly perfect set. Therefore this set will have icon mods and the text bottom row. The color will remain in olivetti style. The price of this set will most likely be cheaper than 9009 (which already had a perfect value imo) because this set doesn't have the accent keys. With 150 moq 9009 sold for 135€ at mykeyboard.eu + shipping and we'll most likely stay below that. I can't give you a US price right now because of the conversion rates but you should have an idea at what I'm aiming.




MoreThat is the 9009 base kit which will be similar to what I'm aiming for this set:

Current layout:


Space bar kit:



Short summary

* The set will be produced in Germany by GMK and it will be made out of abs plastic
* The sublegends are part of the mold and they will be doubleshot, no pad printing is used in this set.
* The base kit will be similar to GMK 9009, therefore we are aiming at a similar pricing (135€ at 150 moq)
* The set will have the original colorway and icon mods like 9009
To-do-list:

* Collect interest
* Decide about the kit design and some modifier legends
* Decide about accent keys (maybe just a set of blue keys esc + return + numpad return)
* Find a vendor when the things above are done

And now only the google form is left. Please fill it out (you don't need a google account for it) so that I have an idea about the size of interest, else it'll be rather difficult to find a vendor. Any kind of feedback can be placed in the google form or in the thread here.

Google form for feedback: https://goo.gl/forms/lMlQWgWvMlW7mKLT2

a_ak57:
Does GMK already have the molds for greek alphas?  Otherwise I feel like 9009 pricing isn't entirely realistic, though I readily admit I have zero idea about how any of that works.

hansichen:

--- Quote from: a_ak57 on Mon, 19 March 2018, 09:42:19 ---Does GMK already have the molds for greek alphas?  Otherwise I feel like 9009 pricing isn't entirely realistic, though I readily admit I have zero idea about how any of that works.

--- End quote ---

Yes, GMK owns the original molds which Cherry used to produce the Olivetti board, these molds will be used for this set too.

blerc:
All good, but the Ç should be replaced with ς, as the first symbol is Turkish, not Greek

hansichen:

--- Quote from: blerc on Mon, 19 March 2018, 11:16:28 ---All good, but the Ç should be replaced with ς, as the first symbol is Turkish, not Greek

--- End quote ---


Sadly it looks like Cherry used the wrong legend when making the greek molds, both of their greek keysets use the wrong legend on the W letter. Replacing the mold will get expensive so I'm not sure if that's really viable :/ Also I realized that this set won't have barred homing keys at the moment because that would need two new molds too. Those will most likely be skipped in this set.

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