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Offline john08099

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Hello keyboard friends, this is Velocifire. After several months of waiting, the GB of CKW80 is finally about to start. Thank you for your support and encouragement to this project! The specific GB information is as follows:

GB Time
7th February to 7th March 2023

Vendor
US: KeebsForAll
CA: DeskHero
EU: Mykeyboard
UK: Proto[Typist]
Oceania: SwitchKeys
Singapore: ktechs.store
Malaysia:mecha
JP: Basekeys
Rest of the world: Velocifire


Price
Anodized Aluminum Weight Version: from $349
PVD Brass Weight Version: from $439

Estimate Shipping Time: July 2023

Introduction
CKW80 is an excellent 80% custom mechanical keyboard designed by CKW studio (CHAHNG KEY WORKS) -- CKW 80.

Prototype
Black


Silver


Purple

Youtube Videos
Bored Bear
TofuTypes
Dr.Hey
Pudding

Sending prototypes to:
DBOKEY / alexotos / Clackbait / Mecha Store / bored bear
Please stay tuned  :D



Features
WKL or WK Layout
5 case colors and 8 weight options
More than one typing feel option
Left and right interchangeable type-c
Bluetooth Hotswap / Solder PCB (ANSI/ISO)

Design Concept
More

1. More than one typing feel option
(1) PCB Gasket(plateless): bounce; (2) Gasket: a little bounce; (3) Top: stiff

The method to realize it is to use a specially designed middle frame.
Turn over the middle frame to clamp PCB or plate with gaskets, so that we are able to switch between PCB gasket, gasket and top.


For PCB Gasket, the FR4 plate ear needs to remove;
For Gasket Mount/Top Mount, the PCB ear needs to remove (it’s irreversible)

 

(1)PCB Gasket → Gasket (By turning over the middle frame), below shows how it works.

(2)Top mount (The plates have screws holes for top mount)


2. Interchangeable type-c connector and decoration
Someone like left type-c and someone like right one, so we designed a type-c connector that can place left or right as you like.

Appearance Design

As the studio manager's name is Chain Smoker, and we want to make the keyboard more distinctive, so we add some cigarette elements to it.
Although we used some cigarette elements, we do not encourage smoking, so we engraved “ Smoking is harmful to health” inside the bottom case for reminding.





PCB Features
Hotswap PCB with various layouts: TKL/WKL, both support ANSI / ISO
Leave the solder place for knob on F13
Upgrade to black core Bluetooth Hotswap/ Solder PCB, which is better in quality than the ordinary one


What you can customize
Top Case: WK / WKL

Cases color  (Note: Type C color is the same as case color):
Black
Silver
Purple
Dark Green
Burgundy

Weight
Anodiezed Aluminum:Black, Silver, Gray
PVD Brass:Chroma, Gold, Silver, Black
E-Brass

Plate: PC/ POM/FR4/Aluminum


Specifications
Full CNC 6063 Aluminum top and bottom cases
Full built keyboard with alu weight: about 2kg; brass weight: about 2.6kg
Typing angle:7°
Front Height: 20mm
Size: 360*140mm


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« Last Edit: Thu, 09 February 2023, 20:13:50 by john08099 »
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Re: [GB] CKW80 TKL/WKL, 3-in-1 Mounting Ways - February 7th to March 7th
« Reply #1 on: Wed, 15 February 2023, 09:11:04 »
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