[GB] Hubble65 - 65% Gasket mount keyboard

[CoolMike]

Hubble65  - designed by Mechs & Co.





We are proud to present the Hubble65 by Mechs & Co. This board was inspired by the Hubble Space Telescope and the revolutionary engineering genius that was achieved by mankind in its design and function. We want the Hubble65 to pay homage to the Hubble Telescope. Consisting of a high quality two piece aluminum body with a drop in brass weight, we wanted to offer an isolation mounted 65% keyboard built with some of the finest materials we could acquire. Manufacturing will be done by Salvun combined with a Wilba PCB offering both solder and hotswap options.






Features

Quantity
200 Units in raffle groupbuy format

Case Angle
5.5 degree typing angle
 
Mounting Method
Isolation Mounted (PORON Gaskets)

Case Material
 Aluminum body

Colors
 Black Hole (Matte Black), Lunar Gray (Titanium Gray), and Crimson Moon (Bordeaux)

PCB
Wilba WT65 Solder or Hotswap PCB with USB-C daughterboard, VIA and QMK compatible

Plate Materials
FR4 (Included) or Brass

Weight
Brass weight with Hubble Telescope engraving

Layout Options

Solder


Hotswap





Gallery

Build Stream - Stashbuildsboards
https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1133432496

Renders by: Kingk22
https://kingk22.xyz/

More

Black Hole (Matte Black)
x
GMK Apollo






Lunar Gray (Titanium Gray)
x
GMK Sharkbait






Crimson Moon (Bordeaux)
x
GMK Jamon

Vendor Info

Mechs & Co. located in the United States.
https://mechsandco.com/pages/hubble65

Pricing
$475 per board (Includes 1x Hubble65 Keyboard, 1x WT65-GRAPHITE PCB with Daughterboard, 1x FR4 Plate, 1x Pack of SKUF Feet, 16x PORON Gaskets, and 1x Pack of Hardware)   
$18 Per Extra FR4 Plate   
$40 Per Extra Brass Plate   
$55 Per Extra PCB (Solder or Hotswap)
Expected Delivery:Q1 2022


Raffle Form - LIVE 9/4 AT 12PM EST - 9/5 12AM EST
https://4dgkkk8109h.typeform.com/to/a1ASFaWj


Special Thanks

A huge thank you to the following people that have helped us over the course of the designing of the Hubble65.

Yoni Wolf: Lead designer.
Psyoshi: Co-Designer and part of the Mechs & Co. team.
Koobaczech: Designer of the Pearl and Pandora keyboards. https://pearlboards.net/
Crykn, The creator of the Dawn: https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=102293.0
Salvun: https://salvun.com/
Wilba.Tech: https://wilba.tech/
The Keycult Team: https://keycult.com/ 
Helen Pan: https://www.behance.net/helenpan
octix: for providing us with the Apollo Deskmat, Lost in Space. https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=104800.0

The entire Mechs & Co. team.

Follow us!

Discord: https://discord.gg/a8XpG9R
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mechsandco/
Website: https://mechsandco.com/

[CoolMike]

Groupbuy is live, raffle link is posted under the pricing information as well as through our discord and website.

[Dinerenblanc]

Nevermind, my mistake

[CoolMike]

All invoices are out.

Congratulations to all the winners! You all are incredible and we thank you so much for the turn out of support!
To those of you who didn’t win, not all hope is lost.

Winners have until 12am EST tonight to complete checkout or your spot will be RERAFFLED. If you are experiencing any issues with checking out contact support at support@mechsandco.com to let us know.

[SolidCactus]

Looks like I struck out! Congrats to the winners!

[CoolMike]

Looks like I struck out! Congrats to the winners!

Reraffles will be starting tomorrow.

[Psyoshi]

Reroll invoices are all sent out!

Make sure to check your spam/promotions folders in case your filter decided against you winning.

Winners will have 24 hours from invoice receipt to pay.
After that time, all remaining unpaid invoices will be rerolled to the next group.

Best of luck to everyone and thank you for the incredible show of support!

[CoolMike]

2nd round of rerolls are out.

Congratulations to everyone who has won!
Winners have 24 hours from invoice receipt to pay or contact support for an extension.
Not many more left unpaid to go.

Make sure to check your emails, this includes spam/junk/promotions folders.

For any order edits or changes please contact support directly through your invoice or at support@mechsandco.com and we will assist you right away. You can also join our discord for faster updates through the link in the original post.

Thank you everyone for the incredible show of support.

[pixelpusher]

Any updates on this project?  All GB updates should be posted in this thread if it was used to promote a Group Buy, no? 

[HappyB0T]

Any updates on this project?  All GB updates should be posted in this thread if it was used to promote a Group Buy, no? 

"Hubble65 info:
Cases are in queue for anodization. Every other part is at our warehouse ready to ship.
Salvun did not get an ETA to us regarding the Hubble either unfortunately"

- Update from Chris from Mechs & Co. on 8.3.2022

[HappyB0T]

Salvation still hasn't shipped and is on the last batch or so of Anodization. 2500+ boards is quite the bottleneck for anodization. Oh Dang we are at a year now.

[pixelpusher]

Another year later. Any updates?

[TerryMathews]

You, uh, may want to do some more reading surrounding recent drama over M&C.

[pixelpusher]

Yes, I was well aware of the Mechs and Co situation when I posted.

I did happen to check Salvun's discord and saw that he seems to have the cases but the anodization is still not fully paid for.  Of course, he has no components, so who knows if there are plates/feet/gaskets/PCBs even made yet.  He won't say publicly what the full situation is.  It seems he's trying to figure out how to proceed and waiting, like all of us.

[pixelpusher]

If you are a Hubble65 buyer from Mechs & Co. you should try to join this discord for updates:
https://discord.gg/ZyNDTNa5

That link expires in 7 days.  Ask for a new link if you need it.

[pixelpusher]

Updated discord invite:
https://discord.gg/T8dpCaET

[yoniwolf1202]

Good morning all,

I’d like to give an update to the overall situation with Hubble. This is long awaited and I apologize for every bit of inconvenience that the Mechs & Co. situation has caused.

A little background: Salvun was the manufacturer for the Hubble. He was never paid for the weights and the finishing of the keyboards. This has meant that the keyboards were moved into a dry storage while the Mechs & Co. situation settled. Salvun then worked with Mike from Mechs & Co. as well as Ragan from Space Holdings to get the current packaging, PCBs, and hardware over to Space Holdings.

The current status: Space Holdings (Space Cables) will be doing the fulfillment of the keyboards. The boards still need to be finished and will be done with Cerakote. There will be about 5-10 colors available for customers to choose from.

The bad & ugly: Due to the lack of funding for the finishing of the boards as well as the shipping from Belgium (Salvun’s location) to the US, funding is needed. What we have seen recently is that companies that pick up on failed vendors’ work generally offer a discounted price to the original customers. After there is an exclusive sale period to the original customers, there will be an open sale. I would expect the funding needed to be about $100 per board. We have the original customer list so we will be reaching out via those contact points.

How you can help: Because Hubble was a project pre-Takeoff Concepts, I do not have good reach with the Hubble customer base. If you have anyone who you know is a customer and is looking for updates, send them here and the Space Cables discord.

I would like to say I am very grateful for both Ragan and Salvun for taking on the grunt work with this project. Ragan especially had no relation to the project and is doing this to help the customers.

Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns.

Takeoff Concepts Discord: https://discord.gg/dEdSRQU55B
Space Cables Discord: https://discord.gg/spacecables

[pixelpusher]

Good to see a public update!  Thanks to all involved in keeping the boat afloat!