[GB]EXENT - 65% made by TARO (In production)

[wongie]

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We gonna have the aluminium bottom basic orders shipped by this week. By then we will have 50% shipped.


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Uggh, i'm salivating. Those look like thicc, hefty chunks of aluminium. Looking forward to seeing if they're hefty enough to use as bludgeoning instruments.

[TerryMathews]

Boards with premium kit are all packed, just waiting for the premium kit to arrive.

Great! Do you have the GMK sets in hand?

Yeah. 

Liar. For the record, Sherry told us months ago that Juahenza's post was false. Everyone just dropped it.

We are just protecting the interest of our partner. I’m not sure what Sherry told you, we are still waiting for the shipment from him.


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You know, I was probably more abrasive than I needed to be. That said, most countries don't subscribe to the Asian philosophy of saving face in quite the same way, so comments like the one below make me feel that this misrepresentation was intentional. It would be one thing if it were a one-time thing but this buy has been one misrepresentation after another.

edit: It's not nice to just call someone a liar without knowing the full story. Juahenza and I do not owe Sherry any payment for the premium kit to be shipped over. No pointing fingers, we are working on the issues.

This is either a commercial product, or a group buy. If it's a group buy, we're your business partners as well; we financed production. Please protect our interests as well.

[fuzzbomb]

So now they're waiting on keysets that were manufactured months ago and no one ever bothered to send them to the people who needed them? It's just one pathetic excuse after another isn't it? Impossible to trust anything anyone says at this point.

[Traveler]

So now they're waiting on keysets that were manufactured months ago and no one ever bothered to send them to the people who needed them? It's just one pathetic excuse after another isn't it? Impossible to trust anything anyone says at this point.

Significant lack of communication aside, I can understand the problems up to this point. Most of it is manufacturing issues or unexpected malfunctions/damages. But the fact that Sherry waited this long to ship the GMK set (and MOD switches too most likely) is hard to excuse. Sherry runs a pretty extensive website; he isn't new to this. Unless he has additional information to explain the situation he really dropped the ball here. Not a good first impression for Originative to make on me.

[dead_pixel_design]

I'm still just excited to be getting them at all, I don't care if there are a lot of delays and production issues, this is going to be awesome when I have it, whenever that will be

[MaNiFeX]

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Uggh, i'm salivating. Those look like thicc, hefty chunks of aluminium. Looking forward to seeing if they're hefty enough to use as bludgeoning instruments.

Hell yeah.  Very excited!  Can't wait for that shipping notification!

[Cerasis]

So is there an estimate on when the keysets will arrive? we've been through been so much **** throughout this whole group buy good lord more delays.

[Data]

Anyone know what size and thread pitch the screws that secure the foot to the bottom are?  I'm just going to source my own screws and stabs.  It'll be another year at this pace if I wait for the GB runners.

[TerryMathews]

Anyone know what size and thread pitch the screws that secure the foot to the bottom are?  I'm just going to source my own screws and stabs.  It'll be another year at this pace if I wait for the GB runners.

If no one else responds, I will pull mine tonight and measure the screws.

[gumeraser]

So is there an estimate on when the keysets will arrive? we've been through been so much **** throughout this whole group buy good lord more delays.

Oh there will definitely be more delays to come.. 

[demorior]

So is there an estimate on when the keysets will arrive? we've been through been so much **** throughout this whole group buy good lord more delays.

Oh there will definitely be more delays to come.. 

At this point I'm expecting the cracked poly bottoms to be replaced sometime in Q3 of this year.

[yuktsi]

This is the latest update form Sheraton.


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[TerryMathews]

Anyone know what size and thread pitch the screws that secure the foot to the bottom are?  I'm just going to source my own screws and stabs.  It'll be another year at this pace if I wait for the GB runners.

Weight/foot to poly: M3 x 8mm cap screw
Poly to casing: M3 x 15mm socket head screw

[PancakeMSTR]

Anyone know what size and thread pitch the screws that secure the foot to the bottom are?  I'm just going to source my own screws and stabs.  It'll be another year at this pace if I wait for the GB runners.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01E5EOIWW/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o06_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

[MaNiFeX]

Anyone know what size and thread pitch the screws that secure the foot to the bottom are?  I'm just going to source my own screws and stabs.  It'll be another year at this pace if I wait for the GB runners.

Weight/foot to poly: M3 x 8mm cap screw
Poly to casing: M3 x 15mm socket head screw

[gutsack]

I really wish I could just cut the GMK caps from my premium order and receive my board. I don't care about the caps, honestly, and if I had known it would add a year to the shipping time I wouldn't have ordered them. Is it possible to just ship my kit without them so I can be done already?

[ctzn_voyager]

I really wish I could just cut the GMK caps from my premium order and receive my board. I don't care about the caps, honestly, and if I had known it would add a year to the shipping time I wouldn't have ordered them. Is it possible to just ship my kit without them so I can be done already?

I didn't get them and my order hasn't shipped either. I just replace the word "week" with the word "month" in this thread and my expectations are about on point. 

[fuzzbomb]

Oh look, yet another delay. Huh, I guess that January 2nd update that said "Premium Kit going on - shipping" was...what do you call it...a bald-faced lie.

[Traveler]

Oh look, yet another delay. Huh, I guess that January 2nd update that said "Premium Kit going on - shipping" was...what do you call it...a bald-faced lie.

I don't think lying was the intention; I think it was just poorly worded/formatted. Something more along the lines of "premium kits are currently being packaged". I've seen some of his other comments worded a bit weird/poorly.

I could be wrong though; that's just how I perceive it. Once again, more communication would clear things up. I think it's sad that this delay probably could have easily been avoided, but eh. We've been through so much that I'm just emotionally tired out on this project. No excitement, no anger, just nothing. I hope that once I get my board I won't be a constant reminder of the less-than-smooth experience we've had. I'm scared of that.

[Cerasis]

I really wish I could just cut the GMK caps from my premium order and receive my board. I don't care about the caps, honestly, and if I had known it would add a year to the shipping time I wouldn't have ordered them. Is it possible to just ship my kit without them so I can be done already?

I didn't get them and my order hasn't shipped either. I just replace the word "week" with the word "month" in this thread and my expectations are about on point. 

Replace the fulfillment date on the first post to 1 year 16 weeks and people got their boards early!

[energyd]

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We gonna have the aluminium bottom basic orders shipped by this week. By then we will have 50% shipped.


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So aluminium bottom basic orders will ship tomorrow?

[Data]

Anyone know what size and thread pitch the screws that secure the foot to the bottom are?  I'm just going to source my own screws and stabs.  It'll be another year at this pace if I wait for the GB runners.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01E5EOIWW/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o06_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Anyone know what size and thread pitch the screws that secure the foot to the bottom are?  I'm just going to source my own screws and stabs.  It'll be another year at this pace if I wait for the GB runners.

Weight/foot to poly: M3 x 8mm cap screw
Poly to casing: M3 x 15mm socket head screw

Thanks guys. 

[MaNiFeX]

Oh look, yet another delay. Huh, I guess that January 2nd update that said "Premium Kit going on - shipping" was...what do you call it...a bald-faced lie.

I don't think lying was the intention; I think it was just poorly worded/formatted. Something more along the lines of "premium kits are currently being packaged". I've seen some of his other comments worded a bit weird/poorly.

I could be wrong though; that's just how I perceive it. Once again, more communication would clear things up. I think it's sad that this delay probably could have easily been avoided, but eh. We've been through so much that I'm just emotionally tired out on this project. No excitement, no anger, just nothing. I hope that once I get my board I won't be a constant reminder of the less-than-smooth experience we've had. I'm scared of that.

I saw one in person at the PDXKBC meetup and my excitement came right back!  It's a solid hunk of aluminum and the anodization is spectacular.

[gumeraser]

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We gonna have the aluminium bottom basic orders shipped by this week. By then we will have 50% shipped.


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So aluminium bottom basic orders will ship tomorrow?

You should know the drill by now.. They'll ship in a few weeks or months.

[yuktsi]

Oh look, yet another delay. Huh, I guess that January 2nd update that said "Premium Kit going on - shipping" was...what do you call it...a bald-faced lie.

I don't think lying was the intention; I think it was just poorly worded/formatted. Something more along the lines of "premium kits are currently being packaged". I've seen some of his other comments worded a bit weird/poorly.

I could be wrong though; that's just how I perceive it. Once again, more communication would clear things up. I think it's sad that this delay probably could have easily been avoided, but eh. We've been through so much that I'm just emotionally tired out on this project. No excitement, no anger, just nothing. I hope that once I get my board I won't be a constant reminder of the less-than-smooth experience we've had. I'm scared of that.

I saw one in person at the PDXKBC meetup and my excitement came right back!  It's a solid hunk of aluminum and the anodization is spectacular.

Yeah. I’ve so many customs but the anodizing of the exent is the best that I’ve ever seen.


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[Shiro583]

Hi, I haven't been following the GB super closely since joining and the order I placed for a basic kit(PCB, Case, plate, and polycarbonate bottom plate) arrived with the PCB and bottom plate missing.

Who should I contact about getting the parts I'm missing?

[Traveler]

Hi, I haven't been following the GB super closely since joining and the order I placed for a basic kit(PCB, Case, plate, and polycarbonate bottom plate) arrived with the PCB and bottom plate missing.

Who should I contact about getting the parts I'm missing?

You'll want to PM Juahenza and/or Yuktsi. I haven't seen Juahenza around here much lately so I would try Yuktsi first. PM seems to be hit or miss though, so be prepared to send more than one.

I've heard of stabilizers missing (a lot of stabilizers missing), but this is the first I've heard of a PCB and plate missing. That's no fun.

[dead_pixel_design]

Who should I contact about getting the parts I'm missing?

You'll want to PM Juahenza and/or Yuktsi. I haven't seen Juahenza around here much lately so I would try Yuktsi first. PM seems to be hit or miss though, so be prepared to send more than one.

I wouldn't send more than one, that just makes it harder for them to go through them and overall causes more problems and more delays than there already are. If they aren't going to respond to one message they aren't going to respond to 6.

[Pwner]

If anyone is interested in a black w/poly bottom premium kit with extra plate and pcb, shoot me a PM.

[Data]

Who should I contact about getting the parts I'm missing?

You'll want to PM Juahenza and/or Yuktsi. I haven't seen Juahenza around here much lately so I would try Yuktsi first. PM seems to be hit or miss though, so be prepared to send more than one.

I wouldn't send more than one, that just makes it harder for them to go through them and overall causes more problems and more delays than there already are. If they aren't going to respond to one message they aren't going to respond to 6.

For what it's worth, yuktsi responded to my first and only PM within 12 hours.  I realize others haven't been so lucky and I suspect they were asking questions to which yuktsi didn't have a good answer at the time.  The organizers in this GB seem to prefer silence over making **** up... in most cases.  That's not entirely unreasonable.

I guess what I'm saying is, if you don't hear back in a week it's probably safe to assume your message was read but there wasn't a meaningful answer, so you can ask again for follow-up.

[Cerasis]

if you don't hear back in a week it's probably safe to assume your message was read

Unless the person you pm'd has been offline for the past 3 weeks :^)

[doooostin]

Figured I'd put in my two cents. Got my order a couple weeks ago, everything came in great condition, no cracked polycarb or anything. Looks like they listened and packed the screws differently. The pink anodization is superb!

Now time to wait for GMK lazer....

[foxlive]

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We gonna have the aluminium bottom basic orders shipped by this week. By then we will have 50% shipped.

What about the shipping of non premium pack with alu bottom? It was supposed to be shipped last week but I don’t think so since I am still waiting to be contacted to regularize my shipping fees and provide my adresse. When do you intend to ship them? (And I am still waiting for your pm with the invoice for shipping).

Thanks  :thumb:

[d.caminero]

Well, I was trying to repair my PCB, the one that technically only had a reflowing issue and it seems I ****ed it up because now less LED's will turn on than before.
I can't see anything burnt or any bad joint because I don't have a good enough loupe or lens to see those tiny legs and I don't know how to proceed now.
I'm very angry right now because not every one of us has the tools, the time or even the ability to repair such small things (and trust me, this is not the first time I pick up a soldering iron).
We shouldn't be supposed to repair our own PCB's that supposedly passed a QC. Not every one of us here enjoy's electronics, we are here for keyboards, not to repair thing's we have paid for.

Since I can't expect the runners shipping or repairing nothing, does anyone here has any experience de-soldering those SMD LED's? I don't even know how to proceed since I don't know what or how I screwed up. Also, can anyone tell me where can I find them to purchase some?

UPDATE: I've been able to de-solder it, but unfortunately I've also lifted a pad. There's some trace exposed right next to it, but I don't have any tip small enough for that.

[dead_pixel_design]

Well, I was trying to repair my PCB, the one that technically only had a reflowing issue and it seems I ****ed it up because now less LED's will turn on than before.
I can't see anything burnt or any bad joint because I don't have a good enough loupe or lens to see those tiny legs and I don't know how to proceed now.
I'm very angry right now because not every one of us has the tools, the time or even the ability to repair such small things (and trust me, this is not the first time I pick up a soldering iron).
We shouldn't be supposed to repair our own PCB's that supposedly passed a QC. Not every one of us here enjoy's electronics, we are here for keyboards, not to repair thing's we have paid for.

Since I can't expect the runners shipping or repairing nothing, does anyone here has any experience de-soldering those SMD LED's? I don't even know how to proceed since I don't know what or how I screwed up. Also, can anyone tell me where can I find them to purchase some?

UPDATE: I've been able to de-solder it, but unfortunately I've also lifted a pad. There's some trace exposed right next to it, but I don't have any tip small enough for that.

I wouldn't risk causing further damage, wait until the GB period has ended and try to get it replaced.

[speedemonv12]

Well, I was trying to repair my PCB, the one that technically only had a reflowing issue and it seems I ****ed it up because now less LED's will turn on than before.
I can't see anything burnt or any bad joint because I don't have a good enough loupe or lens to see those tiny legs and I don't know how to proceed now.
I'm very angry right now because not every one of us has the tools, the time or even the ability to repair such small things (and trust me, this is not the first time I pick up a soldering iron).
We shouldn't be supposed to repair our own PCB's that supposedly passed a QC. Not every one of us here enjoy's electronics, we are here for keyboards, not to repair thing's we have paid for.

Since I can't expect the runners shipping or repairing nothing, does anyone here has any experience de-soldering those SMD LED's? I don't even know how to proceed since I don't know what or how I screwed up. Also, can anyone tell me where can I find them to purchase some?

UPDATE: I've been able to de-solder it, but unfortunately I've also lifted a pad. There's some trace exposed right next to it, but I don't have any tip small enough for that.

I wouldn't risk causing further damage, wait until the GB period has ended and try to get it replaced.

I’m in a similar boat except I just skipped trying to repair for fear of damaging it. My bottom was cracked as well so hopefully I’ll get a replacement for that and i hope to find someone local that could repair the PCB.

I’m in Austin if anyone knows if someone or some place in this area


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[d.caminero]

Well, I was trying to repair my PCB, the one that technically only had a reflowing issue and it seems I ****ed it up because now less LED's will turn on than before.
I can't see anything burnt or any bad joint because I don't have a good enough loupe or lens to see those tiny legs and I don't know how to proceed now.
I'm very angry right now because not every one of us has the tools, the time or even the ability to repair such small things (and trust me, this is not the first time I pick up a soldering iron).
We shouldn't be supposed to repair our own PCB's that supposedly passed a QC. Not every one of us here enjoy's electronics, we are here for keyboards, not to repair thing's we have paid for.

Since I can't expect the runners shipping or repairing nothing, does anyone here has any experience de-soldering those SMD LED's? I don't even know how to proceed since I don't know what or how I screwed up. Also, can anyone tell me where can I find them to purchase some?

UPDATE: I've been able to de-solder it, but unfortunately I've also lifted a pad. There's some trace exposed right next to it, but I don't have any tip small enough for that.

I wouldn't risk causing further damage, wait until the GB period has ended and try to get it replaced.

I appreciate your comment, but I'm not in the mood to wait months just to get an answer with problems because technically I screwed it up. Shipping my PCB to them will be expensive, and I doubt they will ship a replacement to me, since it would open the door to lots of replacements of other faulty PCB's we know are out there.

If I can get an LED of the same kind I will try to solder it and fix the problem myself, as we are supposed to do in this GB.

[dead_pixel_design]

I appreciate your comment, but I'm not in the mood to wait months just to get an answer with problems because technically I screwed it up. Shipping my PCB to them will be expensive, and I doubt they will ship a replacement to me, since it would open the door to lots of replacements of other faulty PCB's we know are out there.

If I can get an LED of the same kind I will try to solder it and fix the problem myself, as we are supposed to do in this GB.

My concern would be screwing it up, or damaging something else that makes the keyboard itself not work, and then seeing other people just get free replacements without having to go through any of the repair process themselves, without risking screwing anything up, and without a problem they get a working PCB that just plugs in and works and they are happy and I am miserable.

Regardless I hope you can get it working and not have any issues with it, I would love to see it once you get it up and running

[d.caminero]

I appreciate your comment, but I'm not in the mood to wait months just to get an answer with problems because technically I screwed it up. Shipping my PCB to them will be expensive, and I doubt they will ship a replacement to me, since it would open the door to lots of replacements of other faulty PCB's we know are out there.

If I can get an LED of the same kind I will try to solder it and fix the problem myself, as we are supposed to do in this GB.

My concern would be screwing it up, or damaging something else that makes the keyboard itself not work, and then seeing other people just get free replacements without having to go through any of the repair process themselves, without risking screwing anything up, and without a problem they get a working PCB that just plugs in and works and they are happy and I am miserable.

Regardless I hope you can get it working and not have any issues with it, I would love to see it once you get it up and running

You know, I didn't see it like that and I understand what you mean and I can say that's a fair point. That said, I prefer doing something while I wait for the possible replacement and I'm pretty confident I won't screw the switch matrix or the controller, but I'll keep what you said in mind if it turns out frustrating 

And don't worry, I'll post it here and in reddit when I have it built and working!

[Vigrith]

Any word on the GMK sets' whereabouts? Last we heard the switches were meant to be arriving last week (on the 30th), one could infer from that that the sets should be heading out to the team in charge of shipping once all of that is with Sherry. I assume it's too short notice for them to already have arrived at their destination but do we know whether or not they're en route etc?

[MythicalWagyu]

Boards with premium kit are all packed, just waiting for the premium kit to arrive.

yuktsi - do you know, for those of us that ordered switches as well, is this part of the premium kit you are waiting on? I ordered MOD-M switches for an addt'l $40 at the time of the GB.

[yuktsi]

Boards with premium kit are all packed, just waiting for the premium kit to arrive.

yuktsi - do you know, for those of us that ordered switches as well, is this part of the premium kit you are waiting on? I ordered MOD-M switches for an addt'l $40 at the time of the GB.

The MOD is coming from Sherry as well.

[speedemonv12]

Any news on what’s happening with the replacement polycarbonate bottoms?


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[foxlive]

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We gonna have the aluminium bottom basic orders shipped by this week. By then we will have 50% shipped.

What about the shipping of non premium pack with alu bottom? It was supposed to be shipped last week but I don’t think so since I am still waiting to be contacted to regularize my shipping fees and provide my adresse. When do you intend to ship them? (And I am still waiting for your pm with the invoice for shipping).

Thanks !

So what about these kit? I don't think shipping is done for basic kit with alu bottom, can you provide some info on this Yuktsi ?

[yuktsi]

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We gonna have the aluminium bottom basic orders shipped by this week. By then we will have 50% shipped.

What about the shipping of non premium pack with alu bottom? It was supposed to be shipped last week but I don’t think so since I am still waiting to be contacted to regularize my shipping fees and provide my adresse. When do you intend to ship them? (And I am still waiting for your pm with the invoice for shipping).

Thanks !

So what about these kit? I don't think shipping is done for basic kit with alu bottom, can you provide some info on this Yuktsi ?

I actually personally packed yours and energyd's last Thursday. Let me check tmr.

[energyd]

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We gonna have the aluminium bottom basic orders shipped by this week. By then we will have 50% shipped.

What about the shipping of non premium pack with alu bottom? It was supposed to be shipped last week but I don’t think so since I am still waiting to be contacted to regularize my shipping fees and provide my adresse. When do you intend to ship them? (And I am still waiting for your pm with the invoice for shipping).

Thanks !

So what about these kit? I don't think shipping is done for basic kit with alu bottom, can you provide some info on this Yuktsi ?

I actually personally packed yours and energyd's last Thursday. Let me check tmr.

yes! thanks yuktsi. Pm-ed you to confirm my address.

[MaNiFeX]

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We gonna have the aluminium bottom basic orders shipped by this week. By then we will have 50% shipped.

What about the shipping of non premium pack with alu bottom? It was supposed to be shipped last week but I don’t think so since I am still waiting to be contacted to regularize my shipping fees and provide my adresse. When do you intend to ship them? (And I am still waiting for your pm with the invoice for shipping).

Thanks !

So what about these kit? I don't think shipping is done for basic kit with alu bottom, can you provide some info on this Yuktsi ?

I actually personally packed yours and energyd's last Thursday. Let me check tmr.

Oh snap!  That means mine is probably coming up soon!  Excited!!!!

[Traveler]

The MOD is coming from Sherry as well.

You might have missed it, but Vigrith asked about details of the GMK set and what kind of timetable you guys are looking at for getting Premium kits out. I would like to know this too. The details provided have been very vague, so an explanation of what went wrong and what is happening to get back on track would be very much appreciated.

I know Juahenza might be tired of this project, but I think an update on the current state of everything would do use all some good. The "update comment" on the first page hasn't been updated in a month, and as mentioned earlier we are all quite in the dark about what's going on with premium kits, other than "there's some issues and they're being worked on".

[Saiph]

Does anyone know the measurements for the screws that attach the plate to the top of the board? I'm only missing one but I don't really know how to measure screws.

[gutsack]

Boards with premium kit are all packed, just waiting for the premium kit to arrive.

yuktsi - do you know, for those of us that ordered switches as well, is this part of the premium kit you are waiting on? I ordered MOD-M switches for an addt'l $40 at the time of the GB.

The MOD is coming from Sherry as well.

Sorry, asking again: Can I please forego the GMK caps and the switches and just have you ship my kit? I don't care about switches or caps anymore, I'd just like to receive the board and move on.