Any updates for the CONUS folks?
On the SMD parts @samwisekoi was supposed to be trying to work something out. He is still packing and moving he posted elsewhere he would try to be back online around July.
I'm on hold for the rest of my orders due to not having those SMD parts and waiting on fulfilling a couple big orders to see what is left to fulfill with and honestly quite a few people just never responded to being contacted a second time.
I got in touch with @mashby the other week and he said he is going to do his best to get back in the game sometime this month (June).
@hoffmanmyster is slowly shipping things out AFAIK, he also moved and got a new job and I'm pretty sure got a gf or wife because he sold a bunch of stuff the other day and I don't know why else anyone would do that :p
so tl;dr as is typical with this buy....things are happening in spurts....we have not given up.....
:spam: 8)
Hey guys! Before we dig into the details of this update, I first want to thank everyone for being patient while we worked on putting together a plan of action and nail down the details of how we're going to drag this group buy across the finish line. Rest assured that those volunteering and in the same boat as you. We're all waiting for our own orders as well and we want to wrap this up as fast as possible.
TL;DR
Three proxies are handling the shipment of the US and Canadian orders and you're going to have to pay for shipping again. Shipping will be a flat-rate of $15 and sent via USPS Priority Mail for US customers. Canadian order will be shipped via First-Class.
GH60 Group Buy Status
In case you haven't been keeping up with this thread, this group buy was started three years ago and it unfortunately fell apart. Details can be found within this thread, but the important point is that many volunteers have been working behind the scenes to repair this buy as much as possible and fulfill everyone's order. It's far from perfect, but we're doing our best with what we have left.
Proxy Shipping
Three volunteers are handling the shipment of the US and Candian orders. They are: mashby, HoffmanMyster and SpAmRaY. Our jobs are to handle the shipping of your order, as complete as we can make it, and to collect the funds for postage.
I Have To Pay For Shipping Again?
Yes. We would prefer that this wasn't the case, but given the status of this group buy we have no other option.
How Much Is Shipping?
$15 for US orders, which includes shipping, PayPal fees and handling charge. Canadian Customers will be sent First-Class for the exact postage + $2 handling fee. In order to expedite your order we are shipping all US orders via USPS and using a Medium Flat-Rate box. In addition, we are including a $2 handling fee.
Why A Handling Fee?
We're trying to run this as lean as possible, but the handling fee is to offset the PayPal fees as well as incidental costs for packaging and shipping. Thankfully the boxes are free, but there are other costs to get your order to you and we don't want the proxies to lose money handling everyone's orders.
All of us will be keeping detailed records to account for all monies collected for shipping and although we don't expect their to be any, all profits will be donated to GeekHack for the operation of the forum. For more details regarding on why GeekHack is accepting donations can be found here (https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=73331.0).
When Do I Have To Pay For Shipping?
After the proxy has your order ready to ship. We first need to receive the goods from Samwisekoi and sort them into individual orders. This will ensure that your order is as complete as possible and that we have the goods in hand first. Once that is complete, we'll invoice you via PayPal for the shipping costs.
What About Assembly?
Assembly was being coordinated by the original leader of the group buy -- WhiteFireDragon (https://geekhack.org/index.php?action=profile;u=15168). His abandonment of the group buy is what put us in the position that we're in now. All of the volunteers involved in this salvage process have attempted to recover what we could, but assembly is no longer available.
Your Options
1. You can choose to solder the keyboard yourself (link (https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=42824.0))
2. Hire a professional (link (https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=45886.0))
3. Ask someone to volunteer here in the thread.
What's The Plan?
Below is an outline of how we plan to process everyone's order. The good news is that some of these items are already completed, so we're already making progress.1. Receive the most current spreadsheet available from Matt3o2. Sort through the spreadsheet and send back totals for each order3. Order Shipping Materials
4. Send Confirmation E-mail To Order Holders
5. Receive Goods From Samwisekoi & Confirm Numbers
6. Send Invoices via PayPal
7. Receive Payment & Ship
8. Wrap Up Exceptions / Problems
Next Steps
As you can see from the outline above, our next step is to send out confirmation e-mails. The purpose of this e-mail is to verify your current address and provide you with what we have as your order. We'll update the thread when these go out.
Once the confirmation phase is complete, we'll be waiting for the order to arrive from Samwisekoi. We'll keep everyone posted along the way and if you have any questions, please post them in the thread so that we can all keep track.
Order example from this GB:
-1x GH60 PCB $30
-1x poker plate $16
-1x cherry (plate-mounted) stabilizer set, 6.25x spacbar wire $9
-63x MX red switches $38 (2 extra switch for defectives or broken pins)
-assembly service $25
total $113
You'll still need to source the following for a complete keyboard:
-1x case
-1x USB cable
-1x keycap set
Lookign forward! Would liek to see shipping price before i commit! :DShipping to EU will be from EU, most probably from me. Depending on the country and availability of tracking it will be between $8 and $18 (assuming < 1kg per package)
What are the options for assembly service?
Please add LEDs along with switches and stabilizersLEDs and resistors come in standard with the PCB, and their price is already included.
What switches and in what layout need to be rotated?We'll try to have no switches rotated at 90 degrees. Only 0 and 180.
do the universal ansii plate fit the Ansii wkl layout ? if yes, what's the point of having a dedicated plate for WKL ansii layout ?
do the universal ansii plate fit the Ansii wkl layout ? if yes, what's the point of having a dedicated plate for WKL ansii layout ?
Because stabilizer support.
I have absolutely no idea whether I'm ordering right now or not...I hope I do, but I want a really nice Phantom, so this might not be in the budget... :(
GLWGB (not that this needs it...It's already extremely well known throughout here.)
do the universal ansii plate fit the Ansii wkl layout ? if yes, what's the point of having a dedicated plate for WKL ansii layout ?
Because stabilizer support.
I have absolutely no idea whether I'm ordering right now or not...I hope I do, but I want a really nice Phantom, so this might not be in the budget... :(
GLWGB (not that this needs it...It's already extremely well known throughout here.)
ok, but will the unversal plate allow me to go WKL ? (1.5 mod?)
do the universal ansii plate fit the Ansii wkl layout ? if yes, what's the point of having a dedicated plate for WKL ansii layout ?
Because stabilizer support.
I have absolutely no idea whether I'm ordering right now or not...I hope I do, but I want a really nice Phantom, so this might not be in the budget... :(
GLWGB (not that this needs it...It's already extremely well known throughout here.)
ok, but will the unversal plate allow me to go WKL ? (1.5 mod?)
I believe that's the point, to allow any ANSI layout with supported switch locations.
//blablabla
I believe that's the point, to allow any ANSI layout with supported switch locations.
//blablabla
I believe that's the point, to allow any ANSI layout with supported switch locations.
so what's te pointop haveing dedicated ones if the universal fits them all ?
maybe i just didn't undersood anything
We'll have to get Retro DSA as well as Retro Blue and Retro Green out to match this pace, AND we'll have to support all of those nice layouts!
How is with assembly for Europe? Is anyone going to do it? And stabilizers aren't incleded, are they?I'm doing it.
What switches and in what layout need to be rotated?We'll try to have no switches rotated at 90 degrees. Only 0 and 180.
What about GHPad integration?4-I/O extension port + all 5 rows are broken out.
PM'd
"We'll try" and "there are" are two different things. Are there any 90 degree switches anywhere on the board? If so what layouts and what switches?
I just wanna know so I can design a plate with the correct rotation of phantom cutouts
What about GHPad integration?4-I/O extension port + all 5 rows are broken out.
We'll worry later, but it must be possible to integrate somehow. In the worst case just a ribbon cable between the boards somewhere inside the joined case.
What about GHPad integration?4-I/O extension port + all 5 rows are broken out.
We'll worry later, but it must be possible to integrate somehow. In the worst case just a ribbon cable between the boards somewhere inside the joined case.
Would it be possible to have just another USB connection going to the computer for the GHpad? I'm not loving the idea of an attached GHpad to my GH60
What about GHPad integration?4-I/O extension port + all 5 rows are broken out.
We'll worry later, but it must be possible to integrate somehow. In the worst case just a ribbon cable between the boards somewhere inside the joined case.
Would it be possible to have just another USB connection going to the computer for the GHpad? I'm not loving the idea of an attached GHpad to my GH60
Of course, that's the main option!
Ribbon only in case of a common case, where it can be nicely hidden.
Are we supposed to be able to acquire cases on our own? i kinda want one of The_Beast's cases
Will there be an solderless option for people like me who don't know how to use a soldering iron that will have it all put together minus the case and the keycaps?There is (in the first post). I'll add more info soon.
Could you make a Pure 1.5x plate? Or would you say the Universal plates would be just as sturdy? And in that case, why not just offer those plates to help increase orders and decrease costs? (And yes, I understand the stab dilemma between the two)
Question that may solve my own above: for the ISO and ANSI HHKB layouts, is there a space available for the outside 1.5x key?
I assume that the SMD-soldered option will be pick-and-place and not hand-soldered by one of you?
Great. Do we need to keep the GB open for ~2 months?
What's the difference between plate-mount stabs and pcb-mount?
Yeah, I mean if I were to order the universal plate or the specific plate. What are the difference between the 2 if I were to use the different stabilizers
Here is a layout for the GH60 "samwisekoi" -- including arrow keys.
WFD, I'd like to change Shift_R to ISO 1.25 and add the tilde key. Can this be done for that version of the plate?
Thanks!
- Ron | samwisekoiShow Image(http://www.samwisekoi.com/pixelart/M.png)
My bad. Shift_L.
- Ron | samwisekoi
Here is a layout for the GH60 "samwisekoi" -- including arrow keys.
WFD, I'd like to change Shift_L to ISO 1.25 and add the tilde key. Can this be done for that version of the plate?
Thanks!
- Ron | samwisekoi
It's not the plate. The PCB doesn't support a 1.25 R_Shift. That wasn't in our design.
You already know which decision is the right one...:DBoth!
Welcome to GH where if you don't own all the GBs you own none of them.You already know which decision is the right one... :DBoth!
going to get 1 hhkb now and 1 poker one possibly later...need to find the best plate for the hhkb
I might have to start selling off my boards to buy more of these. It's all the stuff I like about my poker and pure, without the annoying parts.
Also, when it says "the switch color you want" is that any cherry color? Like can we do clears/grays/greens?
I might have to start selling off my boards to buy more of these. It's all the stuff I like about my poker and pure, without the annoying parts.
Also, when it says "the switch color you want" is that any cherry color? Like can we do clears/grays/greens?
considering selling my das for another one of these...i want 2
going to get 1 hhkb now and 1 poker one possibly later...need to find the best plate for the hhkb
ansi 1.5x
considering selling my das for another one of these...i want 2
I know man, I want a linear (gray) and clicky (green or white) for sure, and maybe a tactile non clicky (clear).
going to get 1 hhkb now and 1 poker one possibly later...need to find the best plate for the hhkb
ansi 1.5x
will there be a case made for hhkb ansi?
will there be a case made for hhkb ansi?
that's what i was asking....WhiteFireDragon himself is making a case that can have a top for hhkb ansi...so i think so
will there be a case made for hhkb ansi?
that's what i was asking....WhiteFireDragon himself is making a case that can have a top for hhkb ansi...so i think so
His case is only for WKL ANSI
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v288/WhiteFireDragon/keyboard/case/GH70-ASMBL_2.png
His case is only for WKL ANSI
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v288/WhiteFireDragon/keyboard/case/GH70-ASMBL_2.png
Here are some possible layouts, rendered with my case design
These will be using PCB Mount switches right?Both PCB mounted and plate mounted switches will be possible to use, although I believe you won't be able to use plate-mounted switches if you choose to not have a plate.
will there be a case made for hhkb ansi?
that's what i was asking....WhiteFireDragon himself is making a case that can have a top for hhkb ansi...so i think so
His case is only for WKL ANSI
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v288/WhiteFireDragon/keyboard/case/GH70-ASMBL_2.png
"4) modular top cover - The top cover has 3 different designs, allows you to choose a winkeyless cover, HHKB style, or standard full keys"
http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=39599.0
Would I have to order a separate plate if i buy WhiteFireDragons case?
then get the universal plate?
Wow I just posted the OP, woke up and it's on page 4 already. My inbox is flooded so give me time to catch up with posts in here and PMs. Also, if you have a non-personal question, just post it in here rather than PM me, some people might have the same question.
Wow I just posted the OP, woke up and it's on page 4 already. My inbox is flooded so give me time to catch up with posts in here and PMs. Also, if you have a non-personal question, just post it in here rather than PM me, some people might have the same question.
I have a question about the 2 PCB options. And the assembly service. If I have no experience at all jnapdlering and don't have access to soldering, what hold I be ordering? I think km going to be ordering the assemg service, but what is the extent of the assembly service?
You can always do it with a good soldering iron!
I have a question about the 2 PCB options. And the assembly service. If I have no experience at all jnapdlering and don't have access to soldering, what hold I be ordering? I think km going to be ordering the assemg service, but what is the extent of the assembly service?
Order the assembled PCBs ($40) and assembly service ($25). DIY PCBs are ONLY if you want to do everything, including SMD soldering, yourself.
Ok cool. Are a few LEDs going to be an option? Can I as that in the comments?
And there is no update on the tracking number :( I hope I get it tomorrow!
Ok cool. Are a few LEDs going to be an option? Can I as that in the comments?
Only 1 LED is supported, on Caps Lock. Not sure about color options...
And there is no update on the tracking number :( I hope I get it tomorrow!
These are months from shipping. You understand GB take time
And there is no update on the tracking number :( I hope I get it tomorrow!
These are months from shipping. You understand GB take time
I bought a poker from jdcarpe last week... We are talking about that. I heard the gh60s are coming in September/October
Most probably there will be wasd leds.
Aww boo I wish I could get 4 on my wasd keys
Most probably there will be wasd leds.
Aww boo I wish I could get 4 on my wasd keys
Most probably there will be wasd leds.
Aww boo I wish I could get 4 on my wasd keys
Yay for hole drilling! :D
By the way, "Forum name" means your name on the forum. We know the forum is called Geekhack. We have several orders from "Geekhack." ;D
I'll submit my order later depending on WFD's case progress. :D
Is the HHKB ANSI not on the order form?
What switches and in what layout need to be rotated?
So the $25 option comes with everything you need just not soldered together? Just want to make sure I wouldn't have to source diodes and such myself.
what are the options for the switches?
Are can we get any type of switch? I'm looking at grey and whites
I don't think the OP specifies what the plates are made out of. Can we assume SS?
Ok cool. Are a few LEDs going to be an option? Can I as that in the comments?
Only 1 LED is supported, on Caps Lock. Not sure about color options...
Ok cool. Are a few LEDs going to be an option? Can I as that in the comments?
Only 1 LED is supported, on Caps Lock. Not sure about color options...
Aw damn, I was hoping the board had backlight support and just didn't come with LEDs.
Guess I'll have to keep my pure around for that.
Ok cool. Are a few LEDs going to be an option? Can I as that in the comments?
Only 1 LED is supported, on Caps Lock. Not sure about color options...
Aw damn, I was hoping the board had backlight support and just didn't come with LEDs.
Guess I'll have to keep my pure around for that.
Just wait for the HyperMini. It will at least come with holes for the LEDs, but might happen that some need to be wired manually.
Ok cool. Are a few LEDs going to be an option? Can I as that in the comments?
Only 1 LED is supported, on Caps Lock. Not sure about color options...
Aw damn, I was hoping the board had backlight support and just didn't come with LEDs.
Guess I'll have to keep my pure around for that.
Just wait for the HyperMini. It will at least come with holes for the LEDs, but might happen that some need to be wired manually.
You'll have to wait for Round 4 to complete first, sometime next year, is it?
Just wait for the HyperMini. It will at least come with holes for the LEDs, but might happen that some need to be wired manually.
On WFD's case there are tabs that stick out of the plate that sandwich between the top and bottom pieces of the case. Would it be possible to have those on the plates ordered here? Or should I just wait until the GB for the GH70 case starts up to grab a plate?
Also if LED color options become available I'd go for white.
The problem is the spacebar wires. They can't be bought anywhere, so they'll have to be made. I'll post a guide so you can make your own. I'll make as many as I can, but it takes me ~10 minutes each, so I don't think I'll be making 200+ of them.
Dedicated plates for my case is separate, only available when that GB opens. I'm not completely done with prototyping that whole case/plate combo yet. But good news for plates offered here, is that you can just directly drop it with my case with no modding. It'll just sit on the standoff (like stock plastic poker case) instead of being screwed down to the case.
We need a HHKB case!
For us first time DIY builders, do you guys have a book or guide I could check out for soldering?
Dedicated plates for my case is separate, only available when that GB opens. I'm not completely done with prototyping that whole case/plate combo yet. But good news for plates offered here, is that you can just directly drop it with my case with no modding. It'll just sit on the standoff (like stock plastic poker case) instead of being screwed down to the case.
As of now, the only LED is the capslock (maybe WASD later on), so all the PCBs will come with one color. It's just too complicated for many options and to manage/match up orders for a single LED. They're only around 20cents so if you don't like the color it comes with, feel free to source your own.
What would the price of a poker, with MX blues, costar, and fully put together be?
hmm there was a thread on classifieds where some guy sold all mounted pokers for monies, you could check there.
Wow! How much would it cost to have a basic kb with a Pure layout and mx blacks assembled?
Ordered! Thanks guys!
Beast I ordered 3 so I hope you will be down to do some more work in the future.
Ordered! Thanks guys!
Beast I ordered 3 so I hope you will be down to do some more work in the future.
On a scale of 1 - 10 how hard would this be for a person who has some soldering experience but hasn't dealt with mechanical keyboards at all? I'm very interested and want to make my first keyboard the best.
On a scale of 1 - 10 how hard would this be for a person who has some soldering experience but hasn't dealt with mechanical keyboards at all? I'm very interested and want to make my first keyboard the best.
Shouldn't matter if you've ever touched a keyboard if you can solder.
In a lot of ways, having just the smt soldered for $25 is nice as it's tedious and time consuming for something that is relatively easy.
On a scale of 1 - 10 how hard would this be for a person who has some soldering experience but hasn't dealt with mechanical keyboards at all? I'm very interested and want to make my first keyboard the best.
Shouldn't matter if you've ever touched a keyboard if you can solder.
On a scale of 1 - 10 how hard would this be for a person who has some soldering experience but hasn't dealt with mechanical keyboards at all? I'm very interested and want to make my first keyboard the best.
Shouldn't matter if you've ever touched a keyboard if you can solder.
Wow. People are buying the DIY kit for the build-it-yourself experience? I have decades of soldering experience, and don't think WFD went far enough in explaining just how delicate and unforgiving SMD soldering is. It is (literally) like soldering an ant to a piece of screen. One tiny ant-leg at a time. There is a reason these are done with pick-and-place machines. It is really, really hard. And VERY hard to undo mistakes.
If you are a pretty good at soldering, then spend the $40 and get the ":assembled" board. You will stil have to solder 120+ switch leads, at least one LED, burn the firmware, customize it if desired, etc. And that is with the NON-DIY kit.
If you've never soldered before, don't even think about the DIY kit. If you're handy with tools or have just a little soldering experience, then go to the local electronics recycling center, grab a few large circuit boards and spend a few evenings de-soldering and re-soldering the components with wire leads that go through the board. That should give you plenty of experience to make this almost fun.
Also, get a good soldering iron. I only use Weller irons, although there are some other good brands. There is a reason that some irons are $50 and some with the same specs are $5. Think of Weller as the Cherry MX of soldering equipment.
This is a keyboard forum, not a ham-radio forum. Absolutely zero people here will think any less of anyone for skipping the SMD part of this. And for sure you aren't going to save money unless you already have the equipment to do that delicate of a job.
If you have enough dexterity to care about keyboard switches, you can probably build one. But let the robots do their job first.
</rant>
WFD, thank you very much for the warning message and the video!
Yet another good job in the GH60 stack of good jobs!
Cheers!
- Ron | samwisekoiShow Image(http://www.samwisekoi.com/pixelart/M.png)
On a scale of 1 - 10 how hard would this be for a person who has some soldering experience but hasn't dealt with mechanical keyboards at all? I'm very interested and want to make my first keyboard the best.
Shouldn't matter if you've ever touched a keyboard if you can solder.
Wow. People are buying the DIY kit for the build-it-yourself experience? I have decades of soldering experience, and don't think WFD went far enough in explaining just how delicate and unforgiving SMD soldering is. It is (literally) like soldering an ant to a piece of screen. One tiny ant-leg at a time. There is a reason these are done with pick-and-place machines. It is really, really hard. And VERY hard to undo mistakes.
If you are a pretty good at soldering, then spend the $40 and get the ":assembled" board. You will stil have to solder 120+ switch leads, at least one LED, burn the firmware, customize it if desired, etc. And that is with the NON-DIY kit.
If you've never soldered before, don't even think about the DIY kit. If you're handy with tools or have just a little soldering experience, then go to the local electronics recycling center, grab a few large circuit boards and spend a few evenings de-soldering and re-soldering the components with wire leads that go through the board. That should give you plenty of experience to make this almost fun.
Also, get a good soldering iron. I only use Weller irons, although there are some other good brands. There is a reason that some irons are $50 and some with the same specs are $5. Think of Weller as the Cherry MX of soldering equipment.
This is a keyboard forum, not a ham-radio forum. Absolutely zero people here will think any less of anyone for skipping the SMD part of this. And for sure you aren't going to save money unless you already have the equipment to do that delicate of a job.
If you have enough dexterity to care about keyboard switches, you can probably build one. But let the robots do their job first.
</rant>
WFD, thank you very much for the warning message and the video!
Yet another good job in the GH60 stack of good jobs!
Cheers!
- Ron | samwisekoiShow Image(http://www.samwisekoi.com/pixelart/M.png)
On a scale of 1 - 10 how hard would this be for a person who has some soldering experience but hasn't dealt with mechanical keyboards at all? I'm very interested and want to make my first keyboard the best.
Shouldn't matter if you've ever touched a keyboard if you can solder.
Wow. People are buying the DIY kit for the build-it-yourself experience? I have decades of soldering experience, and don't think WFD went far enough in explaining just how delicate and unforgiving SMD soldering is. It is (literally) like soldering an ant to a piece of screen. One tiny ant-leg at a time. There is a reason these are done with pick-and-place machines. It is really, really hard. And VERY hard to undo mistakes.
If you are a pretty good at soldering, then spend the $40 and get the ":assembled" board. You will stil have to solder 120+ switch leads, at least one LED, burn the firmware, customize it if desired, etc. And that is with the NON-DIY kit.
If you've never soldered before, don't even think about the DIY kit. If you're handy with tools or have just a little soldering experience, then go to the local electronics recycling center, grab a few large circuit boards and spend a few evenings de-soldering and re-soldering the components with wire leads that go through the board. That should give you plenty of experience to make this almost fun.
Also, get a good soldering iron. I only use Weller irons, although there are some other good brands. There is a reason that some irons are $50 and some with the same specs are $5. Think of Weller as the Cherry MX of soldering equipment.
This is a keyboard forum, not a ham-radio forum. Absolutely zero people here will think any less of anyone for skipping the SMD part of this. And for sure you aren't going to save money unless you already have the equipment to do that delicate of a job.
If you have enough dexterity to care about keyboard switches, you can probably build one. But let the robots do their job first.
</rant>
WFD, thank you very much for the warning message and the video!
Yet another good job in the GH60 stack of good jobs!
Cheers!
- Ron | samwisekoiShow Image(http://www.samwisekoi.com/pixelart/M.png)
On a scale of 1 - 10 how hard would this be for a person who has some soldering experience but hasn't dealt with mechanical keyboards at all? I'm very interested and want to make my first keyboard the best.
Shouldn't matter if you've ever touched a keyboard if you can solder.
<skip>
It's good you are clearing this all up =D
Would hate if people bought it, and couldn't even use it, especially after all the anticipation for this board :P
On a scale of 1 - 10 how hard would this be for a person who has some soldering experience but hasn't dealt with mechanical keyboards at all? I'm very interested and want to make my first keyboard the best.
Shouldn't matter if you've ever touched a keyboard if you can solder.
Wow. People are buying the DIY kit for the build-it-yourself experience? I have decades of soldering experience, and don't think WFD went far enough in explaining just how delicate and unforgiving SMD soldering is. It is (literally) like soldering an ant to a piece of screen. One tiny ant-leg at a time. There is a reason these are done with pick-and-place machines. It is really, really hard. And VERY hard to undo mistakes.
If you are a pretty good at soldering, then spend the $40 and get the ":assembled" board. You will stil have to solder 120+ switch leads, at least one LED, burn the firmware, customize it if desired, etc. And that is with the NON-DIY kit.
If you've never soldered before, don't even think about the DIY kit. If you're handy with tools or have just a little soldering experience, then go to the local electronics recycling center, grab a few large circuit boards and spend a few evenings de-soldering and re-soldering the components with wire leads that go through the board. That should give you plenty of experience to make this almost fun.
Also, get a good soldering iron. I only use Weller irons, although there are some other good brands. There is a reason that some irons are $50 and some with the same specs are $5. Think of Weller as the Cherry MX of soldering equipment.
This is a keyboard forum, not a ham-radio forum. Absolutely zero people here will think any less of anyone for skipping the SMD part of this. And for sure you aren't going to save money unless you already have the equipment to do that delicate of a job.
If you have enough dexterity to care about keyboard switches, you can probably build one. But let the robots do their job first.
</rant>
WFD, thank you very much for the warning message and the video!
Yet another good job in the GH60 stack of good jobs!
Cheers!
- Ron | samwisekoiShow Image(http://www.samwisekoi.com/pixelart/M.png)
Anyone else still deciding on a damn plate? Decisions decisions...I really want a winkeyless, the only thing is that i will pretty much have to get a custom alum case... dno if its in budget @_@
Is the ANSI 1.5x the best plate for a hhkb layout? or ANSI 1.5x PURE? i figure pure because the hhkb also has the same small shift
Is the ANSI 1.5x the best plate for a hhkb layout? or ANSI 1.5x PURE? i figure pure because the hhkb also has the same small shift
Depends on if you want a TRUE HHKB layout or not. Personally, the HHKB's FN key seems logically placed, even if I don't like the backspace position, so I would go with the 1.5x Pure...but to each his own.
I've found that you should probably think it over, and ignore what everyone else tells you about what you should/shouldn't get layout-wise. It's all up to you. If you think that the Pure plate is best, then get it. If you are unsure and you can do with PCB Mount Cherry Stabs, go for the Universal ANSI plate.
Hello, I'm very new to keyboards and group buys in general.. hopefully someone can help me out. From my understanding the GH60 will not be coming with a case or keys, which I will have to buy separately:It's engineered to work with almost every 60% case out there.
1. Will only certain plates work with specific cases?
2. Whats a popular layout that everyone's getting? I honestly don't know enough about keyboards to purchase one with an open mind.What do you use now?
3. When choosing switched it say's to leave it formatted quantity x item, I'm guessing this would mean the amount of keys on the keyboard and the switch type?IE Cherry MX Browns? Exactly.
4. Like I said I've never been in a group buy, but I've bought things with paypal before, I'm guessing once they send in my invoice I'll just have to pay for it through paypal?Bingo, I'll send you an invoice through paypal and you'll pay it.
5. Can someone give me a rough estimate on how much it would cost? with soldering, plate, assembly, and switches.~$140 plus shipping and paypal fees.
2. Whats a popular layout that everyone's getting? I honestly don't know enough about keyboards to purchase one with an open mind.
3. When choosing switched it say's to leave it formatted quantity x item, I'm guessing this would mean the amount of keys on the keyboard and the switch type?
Jdcarpe and I will handle US assembly and distributions, komar will assemble and distribute for EU and the rest of the world (unless you have a personal request or already have prior arrangements)by WFD
Who's doing the assembly state side?
Show Image(http://i426.photobucket.com/albums/pp349/lysol8086/DSC01742_zps54a39194.jpg)
Looking forward to number 2.
Or don't get a plate at all as it is not needed anyway and you don't have to worry about a thing!
Ivan Ivanovich are you using PCB mounted switches?
I feel rare because I don't intent to use any plate of the availables and won't be using any stabilizer but the spacebar one. Am I the only one with this idea in mind? :p
I don't really know If I should get at least the universal ones in case I decide to change my mind.
By the way, I would like to know if the following layouts are actually possible in the GH60, I combined some with IvanIvanovich layout.
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I don't see any reason why they wouldn't work since they are combining some of the layouts showed on the OP but it's better to ask. I guess none of the plates would work.
Maybe some of the ISO users and EU ANSI users would like them ;D
I feel rare because I don't intent to use any plate of the availables and won't be using any stabilizer but the spacebar one. Am I the only one with this idea in mind? :p
you have me on not using stabilizer. :P
currently, only right shift and spacebar have them on my poker. :D
@ guilleguillaume - those look like they're all hybrids of the layouts posted in the OP. There's no way different plate can be offered for every layout, there are just too many possibilities. That's why you should just get the universal one, it'll accommodate to all hybrids you can think of.
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Looks like all of those should work just fine, without a plate of course. But wouldn't you want to use a stabilizer on the 2.25 ANSI Enter, the ISO Enter, and 2.00 backspace?
... (For example, I don't think the ANSI 1.5x plate is "HHKB layout compatible" without the shorter right shift, but this might just be me being crazy)
Pretty sure you guys are working on it, but I thought I'd mention it just in case.
Also, it seems as if this group buy is attracting a lot more interest (and orders!) than the first Phantom round, which surely proves interest for custom keyboards (and 60% keyboards too of course) has risen dramatically the last year. :)
EDIT: oops what am I thinking, I'm second-guessing myself haha. There's already a Pure-style plate with 1.5x modifiers that will work in a HHKB layout. It just doesn't have a split backspace. If you truly want a split backspace for the 1.5x pure plate, mention this in the comments section of your order. if there are more than a couple, I can make a separate plate for it. Dorkvader already PM'ed me about this.
... (For example, I don't think the ANSI 1.5x plate is "HHKB layout compatible" without the shorter right shift, but this might just be me being crazy)
Pretty sure you guys are working on it, but I thought I'd mention it just in case.
Also, it seems as if this group buy is attracting a lot more interest (and orders!) than the first Phantom round, which surely proves interest for custom keyboards (and 60% keyboards too of course) has risen dramatically the last year. :)
I'm sorry, I made a huge mistake when writing the OP. It was actually written and pictures rendered almost a month ago, and at the time there were no split backspace. ANSI 1.5x plate doesn't have support for the short R-Shift + extra 1x key.
I'll have to add another plate option in the order form for a "True" HHKB, which will have it's own separate plate. This plate is the same as the ANSI/ISO 1.5x plate, except it will have a split R-shift and split backspace.
EDIT: oops what am I thinking, I'm second-guessing myself haha. There's already a Pure-style plate with 1.5x modifiers that will work in a HHKB layout. It just doesn't have a split backspace. If you truly want a split backspace for the 1.5x pure plate, mention this in the comments section of your order. if there are more than a couple, I can make a separate plate for it. Dorkvader already PM'ed me about this.
Switches and stabilizers (stabilizers are in sets, each set is enough for 1 whole keyboard. Switches are per switch)if i want a poker layout, is this how it should look:
Costar stabs, Plate-mounted, PCB-mounted cherry stabs (specify spacebar wire size). The switch color you want. FORMAT: quantity x item
ISO pure (pure shift and 1.25x) will have to be on a universal plate? Or will the ISO 1.25x plate work?
Is there a stencil planned for the ones choosing to self assemble?Nope, gotta do it the old fashion way of SMD hand soldering. Or if you're using paste, you have to manually apply it to every pad, then use hot air afterwards. That's why I don't recommend it for saving $15.
how many switches will be required for the hhkb ansi layout? i counted 59...can someone back me up?
You will need the universal ISO plate.
how many switches will be required for the hhkb ansi layout? i counted 59...can someone back me up?
Should be 60, if you use split backspace. Never hurts to order a few (2-4) extra switches, just in case.
Also, we will try to get any switch type requested. If we can't get the switch type you requested, we will contact you and let you know that.
and i just want it exactly as it is in the pic. also, i know you guys mentioned 7bit, should i make a DT account and message him directly for requesting switches or post in the thread you linked?
does anyone have the dimensions of the GH60 ? Also would anyone like a case made out of an ammo box?
Also want to add this: If you order assembly service, you should not order "DIY" PCBs. DIY means you're going to assemble everything yourself, including the SMD components.
If you need to change your order, please submit a request using this (https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1Q7zSzyaoNe9NORlLav84CtTVoMF22OZJyuW9Zr-c5Is/viewform) form.
Thanks! :D
i live in Serbia, Europe, and we don't have paypal here. i can only pay with VISA Virtuon. will this be possible?
if yes, i will also need help with order form:QuoteSwitches and stabilizers (stabilizers are in sets, each set is enough for 1 whole keyboard. Switches are per switch)if i want a poker layout, is this how it should look:
Costar stabs, Plate-mounted, PCB-mounted cherry stabs (specify spacebar wire size). The switch color you want. FORMAT: quantity x item
61 x mx blue
1 x plate-mounted stabilizers
thanks!
don't want to be annoying :Di live in Serbia, Europe, and we don't have paypal here. i can only pay with VISA Virtuon. will this be possible?
if yes, i will also need help with order form:QuoteSwitches and stabilizers (stabilizers are in sets, each set is enough for 1 whole keyboard. Switches are per switch)if i want a poker layout, is this how it should look:
Costar stabs, Plate-mounted, PCB-mounted cherry stabs (specify spacebar wire size). The switch color you want. FORMAT: quantity x item
61 x mx blue
1 x plate-mounted stabilizers
thanks!
thanks!
Got my switches all ready and my keycaps. PCB and plate order placed. Now to source a nice case...
don't want to be annoying :Di live in Serbia, Europe, and we don't have paypal here. i can only pay with VISA Virtuon. will this be possible?
if yes, i will also need help with order form:QuoteSwitches and stabilizers (stabilizers are in sets, each set is enough for 1 whole keyboard. Switches are per switch)if i want a poker layout, is this how it should look:
Costar stabs, Plate-mounted, PCB-mounted cherry stabs (specify spacebar wire size). The switch color you want. FORMAT: quantity x item
61 x mx blue
1 x plate-mounted stabilizers
thanks!
thanks!
Sorry, not trying to ignore you, but I don't know if that's possible or not. tjcaustin will be invoicing and collecting payments, and he is only accepting payment via Paypal. Perhaps komar007 might be willing to accept your payment, as he is located in Poland, and would be shipping your order. But you would have to ask him directly.
All of these layout except MAX keys layout is easy to find keys for in GMK modifiers groupbuy (http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=41017.0) :D
I'm a GH newbie, I want to order one, I want a HHKB 'clone' with Cherry MX Brown switches and MX black for the keyboard but I know nothing about how to configure this. :eek:
Can someone please help me out. ;D with what to put in the order form?
Sorry, i'm learning and will get there soon.
Thanks a zillion GH'ers!!!!
Jeremy
Is doesn't have to, the translation from standard key codes to actual letter happens on the OS side, so no need to worry.
will the firmware support nordic letters?
I'm a GH newbie, I want to order one, I want a HHKB 'clone' with Cherry MX Brown switches and MX black for the keyboard but I know nothing about how to configure this. :eek:
Can someone please help me out. ;D with what to put in the order form?
Sorry, i'm learning and will get there soon.
Thanks a zillion GH'ers!!!!
Jeremy
If you want a plate (optional), the one you want is not on the order form, yet. WFD needs to update the form with the "HHKB" plate. Other than that, you need a GH60 PCB (not DIY), 60 switches, and stabilizers (PCB mount Cherry). Assembly service if you don't plan to solder the switches (and install the optional plate) to the PCB. Not sure what you mean by "with Cherry MX Brown switches and MX black for the keyboard."
hey guys, can you tell me if this is right?
GH60 PBC quantity: 1
Poker plate quantity: 1
Switches and stabilizers: 61 x MX Browns,
Assembly service: Yes
I'm unsure about the stabilizers can someone help me out there?
hey guys, can you tell me if this is right?
GH60 PBC quantity: 1
Poker plate quantity: 1
Switches and stabilizers: 61 x MX Browns,
Assembly service: Yes
I'm unsure about the stabilizers can someone help me out there?
Correct. For stabilizers, get 1 x Cherry PCB
hey guys, can you tell me if this is right?
GH60 PBC quantity: 1
Poker plate quantity: 1
Switches and stabilizers: 61 x MX Browns,
Assembly service: Yes
I'm unsure about the stabilizers can someone help me out there?
Correct. For stabilizers, get 1 x Cherry PCB
hey guys, can you tell me if this is right?
GH60 PBC quantity: 1
Poker plate quantity: 1
Switches and stabilizers: 61 x MX Browns,
Assembly service: Yes
I'm unsure about the stabilizers can someone help me out there?
Correct. For stabilizers, get 1 x Cherry PCB
it says we have to include spacebar wire size.. should i just put 7x?
I'm a GH newbie, I want to order one, I want a HHKB 'clone' with Cherry MX Brown switches and MX black for the keyboard but I know nothing about how to configure this. :eek:
Can someone please help me out. ;D with what to put in the order form?
Sorry, i'm learning and will get there soon.
Thanks a zillion GH'ers!!!!
Jeremy
If you want a plate (optional), the one you want is not on the order form, yet. WFD needs to update the form with the "HHKB" plate. Other than that, you need a GH60 PCB (not DIY), 60 switches, and stabilizers (PCB mount Cherry). Assembly service if you don't plan to solder the switches (and install the optional plate) to the PCB. Not sure what you mean by "with Cherry MX Brown switches and MX black for the keyboard."
blablabla...
EDIT: oops what am I thinking, I'm second-guessing myself haha. There's already a Pure-style plate with 1.5x modifiers that will work in a HHKB layout. It just doesn't have a split backspace. If you truly want a split backspace for the 1.5x pure plate, mention this in the comments section of your order. if there are more than a couple, I can make a separate plate for it. Dorkvader already PM'ed me about this.
hey guys, can you tell me if this is right?
GH60 PBC quantity: 1
Poker plate quantity: 1
Switches and stabilizers: 61 x MX Browns,
Assembly service: Yes
I'm unsure about the stabilizers can someone help me out there?
Correct. For stabilizers, get 1 x Cherry PCB
it says we have to include spacebar wire size.. should i just put 7x?
Sorry, for Poker layout (any with 1.25) get 6.25x wire.
Also, for 1.50 layouts, get 7x wire.
Yes, plate mount stabs including Costar will work with all these plates. You might need to do a little bit of sanding or grinding, as the plate is 0.0625" thick, and Costar spec is for 0.060"
Will be order form updated?
I'm confused.
What should people who want truly HHKB layout (split Backspace) plate do?
Wait for form update? Order with comment?
Alright cool jd. I'm getting 1.5 ANSI plate, so should I mention a 7x wire in the switch/stabilizer section? And how hard are 7x spacebars to find? :0
Is there a way to review one's order?
If I want a 1.5 ansi layout with 1.75 shift, seems only the universal plate fits, right ?
If I want a 1.5 ansi layout with 1.75 shift, seems only the universal plate fits, right ?
Yes, this is correct. You can also put your desired layout in the comments section, in case others want a plate with the same option, we will know how many are interested.
What do you mean by the comments section ? There's a thread for that ? THanks
If I want a 1.5 ansi layout with 1.75 shift, seems only the universal plate fits, right ?
JD could I get an order review as well. I should check it and in a few days I'll make sure I've got it updated/correct. A lot of info on here has got me thinking I jumped the gun on my order. :p
If we want Dragon's case for the hhkb layout and top, are we going to have to order everything seperate? i am hearing that if we want to get Dragon's future case (which looks like the best option for the hhkb layout) we will have to order all gh60 parts separate and un-assembled, and then build it ourselfs? what is going to be the actual process? do i need to order the case first or the parts? how will they be integrated together?
i feel like a retard
so pardon my ignorance
i want to get something like a poker with clear switches
i dont know what to order
pls help
thanks
I think I messed up my form, should have read the thread first (the switches and stabilizers section) Should I submit a new one?There is a second link to modify orders in the original post.
So can we get split backspace on any plate or how does it work?
Does anyone know where I can get some custom HHKB style keys?
I mean the way they have other functions printed on the side facing the user.
Like this: http://elitekeyboards.com/proddata/images/th/pdkb400ws_corner1000_th0x0.jpg
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Alright i got my new keycaps from WASD with the new colors too so here they are my two phantoms complete minus custom MM cable.Show Image(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v519/TheProfosist/GeekHack/GH-sub-mine/IMG_2440.jpg)Show Image(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v519/TheProfosist/GeekHack/GH-sub-mine/IMG_2444.jpg)
So can we get split backspace on any plate or how does it work?
What about 1000hz polling? ;)Who needs that?:D
Me xD
Me xDI have a deal for you.
The only plates with split backspace are the Universal plates (ANSI and ISO), and the GH60 (max keys). You can request split backspace for ANSI Pure 1.50, so that it exactly matches the HHKB layout.Gotcha, I should go for universal ISO then. 1.25x, pure shift and split backspace! This can surely not go wrong.
Me xDI have a deal for you.
Buy the GH60, and then I'll prepare 10 versions of firmware for you (if I manage to do 1000Hz). If you correctly tell which 5 of them are 1000Hz, I'll refund your GH60 PCB.;)
Currently no limitations. Any numbers of keys is registered at the same time.
Really want a custom poker but I do not know how to solder.At least a dozen folks on here that can do that or you can pay 25 bucks to have it done before it ships to you.
is there a way I can buy one and someone can put it together for me?
Order the assembly service in the order form :).
So I ordered. I hope I did so correctly.
In terms of keys, are we on our own with that or can we order sets?
Me xDI have a deal for you.
Buy the GH60, and then I'll prepare 10 versions of firmware for you (if I manage to do 1000Hz). If you correctly tell which 5 of them are 1000Hz, I'll refund your GH60 PCB.;)
So I ordered. I hope I did so correctly.
In terms of keys, are we on our own with that or can we order sets?
SOOOO many group buys happening with keys right now (or just happened) :P
Just make sure that the GH60 layout you picked is compatible with the keys you buy or vice versa
What about 1000hz polling? ;)
No, you can not feel the difference on a keyboard! You would have to type so inhumanly fast for it to matter in the slightest, and since you only have 10 fingers it wouldn't ever be possible.
Your mouse is a different story because it involves a much different input.
UPDATE:
There has been a few requests for a dedicated HHKB plate, so I just added one for ANSI. It has split backspace and R-shift. Also Samwisekoi requested his layout changed, so it now has a split L-shift (1.25x + 1x). The OP will now reflect these changes, and the order form will now have that additional dedicated HHKB plate.
HHKB ANSI...............................................................................Samwisekoi
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If i want a HHKB layout with a normal sized right shift and normal sized backspace, should i be ordering the ANSI 1.5x?
Lastly, I was gone for a day, came back and there were tons of PMs (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v288/WhiteFireDragon/keyboard/21PMs.png) waiting. I noticed a lot of questions were the same, so if you have questions, please post them in this thread instead. They've either already been answered, or other people have the same questions. I don't have time to answer this many redundant PMs per day. I also gotten a couple of emails and I have no idea who sent those because GH does not forward your account name. Use PMs if you need to reach me.
I'll put an ordering example in the OP if you're new and don't know exactly what to order. If you need an order changed, fill out THIS form (https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1Q7zSzyaoNe9NORlLav84CtTVoMF22OZJyuW9Zr-c5Is/viewform) instead. It cuts back on PMs, and I can change your order whenever I have time. If you PM me, I might miss it because once I click on the first PM, they all get marked as read.
If i want a HHKB layout with a normal sized right shift and normal sized backspace, should i be ordering the ANSI 1.5x?
If i want a HHKB layout with a normal sized right shift and normal sized backspace, should i be ordering the ANSI 1.5x?
You got it.
UPDATE:
There has been a few requests for a dedicated HHKB plate, so I just added one for ANSI. It has split backspace and R-shift. Also Samwisekoi requested his layout changed, so it now has a split L-shift (1.25x + 1x). The OP will now reflect these changes, and the order form will now have that additional dedicated HHKB plate.
HHKB ANSI...............................................................................Samwisekoi
(Attachment Link) (Attachment Link)
Lastly, I was gone for a day, came back and there were tons of PMs (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v288/WhiteFireDragon/keyboard/21PMs.png) waiting. I noticed a lot of questions were the same, so if you have questions, please post them in this thread instead. They've either already been answered, or other people have the same questions. I don't have time to answer this many redundant PMs per day. I also gotten a couple of emails and I have no idea who sent those because GH does not forward your account name. Use PMs if you need to reach me.
I'll put an ordering example in the OP if you're new and don't know exactly what to order. If you need an order changed, fill out THIS form (https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1Q7zSzyaoNe9NORlLav84CtTVoMF22OZJyuW9Zr-c5Is/viewform) instead. It cuts back on PMs, and I can change your order whenever I have time. If you PM me, I might miss it because once I click on the first PM, they all get marked as read.
UPDATE:
There has been a few requests for a dedicated HHKB plate, so I just added one for ANSI. It has split backspace and R-shift. Also Samwisekoi requested his layout changed, so it now has a split L-shift (1.25x + 1x). The OP will now reflect these changes, and the order form will now have that additional dedicated HHKB plate.
HHKB ANSI...............................................................................Samwisekoi
(Attachment Link) (Attachment Link)
Lastly, I was gone for a day, came back and there were tons of PMs (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v288/WhiteFireDragon/keyboard/21PMs.png) waiting. I noticed a lot of questions were the same, so if you have questions, please post them in this thread instead. They've either already been answered, or other people have the same questions. I don't have time to answer this many redundant PMs per day. I also gotten a couple of emails and I have no idea who sent those because GH does not forward your account name. Use PMs if you need to reach me.
I'll put an ordering example in the OP if you're new and don't know exactly what to order. If you need an order changed, fill out THIS form (https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1Q7zSzyaoNe9NORlLav84CtTVoMF22OZJyuW9Zr-c5Is/viewform) instead. It cuts back on PMs, and I can change your order whenever I have time. If you PM me, I might miss it because once I click on the first PM, they all get marked as read.
This left be a little confused. I would like a HHKB like the original, but can't see the "Dedicated HHKB" plate in the order form. I have ordered a "ANSI 1.5x (pure shift)", but assume this isn't correct?
UPDATE:
There has been a few requests for a dedicated HHKB plate, so I just added one for ANSI. It has split backspace and R-shift. Also Samwisekoi requested his layout changed, so it now has a split L-shift (1.25x + 1x). The OP will now reflect these changes, and the order form will now have that additional dedicated HHKB plate.
Samwisekoi
(Attachment Link)
UPDATE:
There has been a few requests for a dedicated HHKB plate, so I just added one for ANSI. It has split backspace and R-shift. Also Samwisekoi requested his layout changed, so it now has a split L-shift (1.25x + 1x). The OP will now reflect these changes, and the order form will now have that additional dedicated HHKB plate.
Samwisekoi
(Attachment Link)
Thank you very much!
Also, FYI to all, I am going to open up a Klaxon/GH60++/RGBY Mods group buy to support all of the GH60 configurations.
(Attachment Link)
- Ron | samwisekoi
UPDATE:
There has been a few requests for a dedicated HHKB plate, so I just added one for ANSI. It has split backspace and R-shift. Also Samwisekoi requested his layout changed, so it now has a split L-shift (1.25x + 1x). The OP will now reflect these changes, and the order form will now have that additional dedicated HHKB plate.
Samwisekoi
(Attachment Link)
Thank you very much!
Also, FYI to all, I am going to open up a Klaxon/GH60++/RGBY Mods group buy to support all of the GH60 configurations.
(Attachment Link)
- Ron | samwisekoi
Me xDI have a deal for you.
Buy the GH60, and then I'll prepare 10 versions of firmware for you (if I manage to do 1000Hz). If you correctly tell which 5 of them are 1000Hz, I'll refund your GH60 PCB.;)
Deal! :cool:
But first test if you are able to manage the 1000hz. If yes, i buy a pcb :D
UPDATE:
There has been a few requests for a dedicated HHKB plate, so I just added one for ANSI. It has split backspace and R-shift. Also Samwisekoi requested his layout changed, so it now has a split L-shift (1.25x + 1x). The OP will now reflect these changes, and the order form will now have that additional dedicated HHKB plate.
Samwisekoi
(Attachment Link)
Thank you very much!
Also, FYI to all, I am going to open up a Klaxon/GH60++/RGBY Mods group buy to support all of the GH60 configurations.
(Attachment Link)
- Ron | samwisekoi
If you can add a split enter for the Gh60 config would be great.
I feel the difference between 125hz, 500hz and 1000hz when it comes to mice.
And no it is not placebo.
But I don't tested the same with keyboards, but having 1000hz on a keyboard can't be that wrong.
If you can add a split enter for the Gh60 config would be great.
If you can add a split enter for the Gh60 config would be great.
So do you mean a 1.25 Row 3 "Enter" and a 1.00 Row 3 keycap with a different legend?
In what, White on Red? (My palette is Red, Blue, Green, Yellow and White.)
I can add those keys, and I already have pricing; I just need to know exactly what you want. And, of course, volume determines cost.
- Ron | samwisekoiShow Image(http://www.samwisekoi.com/pixelart/M.png)
Hey I'm pretty new here and I was wondering if something like this would ever show up again (I'm not in the position to be buying a new keyboard now). If not, what would I need to buy now that I wouldn't be able to in the future? PCB, plate, case (let's hope not)? That way I could buy as little as possible, and then finish it when I have the money.
Thanks, a lot.
Can someone tell me the size of the LED required to fit in a cherry switch LED hole? Thanks.t1 aka 3mm
That's T1oops my bad but still 3mm
UPDATE:Noooooo :-[
Also Samwisekoi requested his layout changed, so it now has a split L-shift (1.25x + 1x). The OP will now reflect these changes, and the order form will now have that additional dedicated HHKB plate.
Thank you very much!
Also, FYI to all, I am going to open up a Klaxon/GH60++/RGBY Mods group buy to support all of the GH60 configurations.
(Attachment Link)
- Ron | samwisekoi
UPDATE:
There has been a few requests for a dedicated HHKB plate, so I just added one for ANSI. It has split backspace and R-shift. Also Samwisekoi requested his layout changed, so it now has a split L-shift (1.25x + 1x). The OP will now reflect these changes, and the order form will now have that additional dedicated HHKB plate.
HHKB ANSI...............................................................................Samwisekoi
(Attachment Link) (Attachment Link)
If there's an assembly service, will this include soldering? I'm very interested in this but no skill in soldering. :eek:
Thanks
If there's an assembly service, will this include soldering? I'm very interested in this but no skill in soldering. :eek:
Thanks
If there's an assembly service, will this include soldering? I'm very interested in this but no skill in soldering. :eek:
Thanks
Yes, assembly service gets you an assembled GH60, no soldering required.
I would like to add LEDs to my keys but I have mine being pre-built. Is this possible?
I would like to add LEDs to my keys but I have mine being pre-built. Is this possible?
No. It does not support LEDs
I would like to add LEDs to my keys but I have mine being pre-built. Is this possible?
No. It does not support LEDs
The GH60 does not support full backlighting. This was done by design, as backlighting was not one of the objectives of the project.
As of Rev. A of the PCB, the only LED supported is Caps Lock. In the final revision, there may be the option to add LEDs to the WASD cluster and Esc, but nothing has been finalized, yet.
If anyone can help me and give some directions I would be grateful.
It's possible to make something similar to the Zelia Neo 87? Image References (http://fight.pcgames.com.cn/waishe/news/1112/2415715.html)
I know that I should get only a PCB, without plate. How hard would be to find a case for it?
Thanks in advance
Not really, that's a significantly larger keyboard than the GH60, being a tenkeyless.
Not really, that's a significantly larger keyboard than the GH60, being a tenkeyless.
I don't mean the layout as is, I have no problem with something like Poker (I have a Choc Mini ATM). I just wanted to know if was possible that "flat"design or how I could achieve it, I don't know how to describe it.
Thks for the reply.
It's crazy to me that he takes all of his photos with an iPotato 4.Not really, that's a significantly larger keyboard than the GH60, being a tenkeyless.
I don't mean the layout as is, I have no problem with something like Poker (I have a Choc Mini ATM). I just wanted to know if was possible that "flat"design or how I could achieve it, I don't know how to describe it.
Thks for the reply.
If you want something "flat" like that, your best bet is to try and find a Vortex CNC Pure case. It is a low profile design, similar to the one in those pictures, although not quite as low. The GH60 PCB will fit perfectly in the Pure CNC case.
You would order the GH60 PCB, switches, and stabilizers, and then try to find one of those Pure CNC cases.
This picture from Mashby shows the profile of the Pure CNC case quite well:
(http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8213/8438789960_ff5b641b7b_z.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/mashby/8438789960/)
Side-by-Side with Keyboard (http://www.flickr.com/photos/mashby/8438789960/) by Michael Ashby (http://www.flickr.com/people/mashby/), on Flickr
It's crazy to me that he takes all of his photos with an iPotato 4.
I'm assuming that that SMD soldering isn't exactly the easiest thing is it? Since I'm working on a small budget, I'm trying to see if I could do it on my own to cut cost. The PCB, plate, and stabilizers is already pushing it a little for me.
Actually, it's really, extremely difficult. Especially the crystal. You don't want to try and save $15 that way.
I think the time saved alone makes it worth the extra $15. I am thinking about getting an extra kit in the DIY flavor just as a challenge. Sort of like building a model airplane. But I am also getting one or two assembled so that I know they will work. But yeah, go look at the instructions on doing the SMD work earlier in the thread. No way is it worth trying to save $15 over
Who is doing the assembly services? If I were to sell my phantom I'd want to keep my switches I ordered.
Alright, looks like I might need to somehow get a hold of TP which is super easy these days....Who is doing the assembly services? If I were to sell my phantom I'd want to keep my switches I ordered.
WFD and I are assembling US orders, komar is doing int'l. Unless you contact someone else to do it, that is.
Alright, looks like I might need to somehow get a hold of TP which is super easy these days....Who is doing the assembly services? If I were to sell my phantom I'd want to keep my switches I ordered.
WFD and I are assembling US orders, komar is doing int'l. Unless you contact someone else to do it, that is.
-1x GH60 PCB SMD presoldered
-1x GH60 (max keys) plate
-1x cherry (plate-mounted) stabilizer set, 6.25x spacebar wire
-4x MX gray switches (2 for a space?)
-68x MX clear switches (counted 64 keys, 4 extra)
In addition to the PCB, you will need the following to complete the build:[/list]
- Switches
- Stabilizers
- Case
- Keycaps
- Plate (optional)
- mini-B USB cable.
Never-mind about the first question, this one is much more important, how would one program this keyboard? =This one decides DEFINITELY if I get it or not, because I don't want to take it apart and I don't know any programming=
ordered! :) will we be receiving an email confirmation or something? (successfully submitted the form, but just want to make sure the order went though)You wont get an email confirmation, but as long as the form said order submitted they got it :D You'll get the invoice whenever they are sent out.
If you want something "flat" like that, your best bet is to try and find a Vortex CNC Pure case. It is a low profile design, similar to the one in those pictures, although not quite as low. The GH60 PCB will fit perfectly in the Pure CNC case.
You would order the GH60 PCB, switches, and stabilizers, and then try to find one of those Pure CNC cases.
This picture from Mashby shows the profile of the Pure CNC case quite well:
(http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8213/8438789960_ff5b641b7b_z.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/mashby/8438789960/)
Side-by-Side with Keyboard (http://www.flickr.com/photos/mashby/8438789960/) by Michael Ashby (http://www.flickr.com/people/mashby/), on Flickr
jd, looking back at your poker sale post, you said you had i believe said 'red, green and magenta' as led options for colors. and i know someone said wasd, esc, caps lock and some other keys (winkeys) might become available as an option...should i be putting down those colors in the comments section?
Never-mind about the first question, this one is much more important, how would one program this keyboard? =This one decides DEFINITELY if I get it or not, because I don't want to take it apart and I don't know any programming=
Right I don't understand why the plates and names shown in post 2 don't match to the names on the order form.
I want an exact cherry replica of a HHKB, so am I ordering the ' true" HHKB plate'?
Cheers
I wish we could get GBs like this, with high costs that are due a good amount of time away, into Matt3o's app, so that you can keep track of your order and cost, and easily modify if need be. I think I already forgot what I ordered...If this is still possible, it would make it easier and more convenient for everyone. That's up to Matt3o if he is ok with this. Google doc is nice, but is still greatly limited.
The GH60 does not support full backlighting. This was done by design, as backlighting was not one of the objectives of the project.
As of Rev. A of the PCB, the only LED supported is Caps Lock. In the final revision, there may be the option to add LEDs to the WASD cluster and Esc, but nothing has been finalized, yet.
Oh... its USB? For some weird reason I just assumed it would be a PS/2 keyboard... damn.Never-mind about the first question, this one is much more important, how would one program this keyboard? =This one decides DEFINITELY if I get it or not, because I don't want to take it apart and I don't know any programming=
Read reply #2 on the first page!
Oh... its USB? For some weird reason I just assumed it would be a PS/2 keyboard... damn.Never-mind about the first question, this one is much more important, how would one program this keyboard? =This one decides DEFINITELY if I get it or not, because I don't want to take it apart and I don't know any programming=
Read reply #2 on the first page!
Hey I'm pretty new here and I was wondering if something like this would ever show up again (I'm not in the position to be buying a new keyboard now). If not, what would I need to buy now that I wouldn't be able to in the future? PCB, plate, case (let's hope not)? That way I could buy as little as possible, and then finish it when I have the money.
Thanks, a lot.
Sounds about right.
But if you are really strapped for cash, you can do without the plate, but then just note that you have to buy PCB-mounted switches then. (Plate-mounted switches will not work without a plate).
Tinlong has an interest check for plastic cases, so they should be a lot cheaper than the aluminium ones. Not nearly as nice, but cheaper :P
So the things I would have to buy now are the PCB, plate (if I want it), and case. Are you sure that I definitely need to buy a case right now? My whole point is to get the parts that I would be unable to get at a later date, and sadly a case wouldn't allow for that. It seems like a pretty standard case design so I felt like it would show up more often. It's just a poker case right?
Would that make it have NKRO? If not then I'll still have to pass even though I would love to have a 60% keyboard.Oh... its USB? For some weird reason I just assumed it would be a PS/2 keyboard... damn.Never-mind about the first question, this one is much more important, how would one program this keyboard? =This one decides DEFINITELY if I get it or not, because I don't want to take it apart and I don't know any programming=
Read reply #2 on the first page!
the end on the keyboard is a Mini-USB B, but I've seen plenty of cables with Mini-USB B to PS/2, so just get one of those! I need one :(
The plates are probably something that you won't see being offered all too often, because it'll pretty much be assumed that everyone who bought a PCB bought a plate for it. If anything, you'd be most likely to find a Poker plate, but that limits you to that layout. So, if you're looking for a custom layout, now is really the time to get the plate for it.
Would that make it have NKRO? If not then I'll still have to pass even though I would love to have a 60% keyboard.What exactly is your question? Are you worried about NKRO over USB?
Oh... its USB? For some weird reason I just assumed it would be a PS/2 keyboard... damn.Never-mind about the first question, this one is much more important, how would one program this keyboard? =This one decides DEFINITELY if I get it or not, because I don't want to take it apart and I don't know any programming=
Read reply #2 on the first page!
the end on the keyboard is a Mini-USB B, but I've seen plenty of cables with Mini-USB B to PS/2, so just get one of those! I need one :(
I'm worried about if I can get NKRO over the PS/2 thing that you were talking about. Also how much latency that there would be because I'm a gamer.Would that make it have NKRO? If not then I'll still have to pass even though I would love to have a 60% keyboard.What exactly is your question? Are you worried about NKRO over USB?
I'm worried about if I can get NKRO over the PS/2 thing that you were talking about. Also how much latency that there would be because I'm a gamer.Would that make it have NKRO? If not then I'll still have to pass even though I would love to have a 60% keyboard.What exactly is your question? Are you worried about NKRO over USB?
I'm worried about if I can get NKRO over the PS/2 thing that you were talking about. Also how much latency that there would be because I'm a gamer.Would that make it have NKRO? If not then I'll still have to pass even though I would love to have a 60% keyboard.What exactly is your question? Are you worried about NKRO over USB?
NKRO is NKRO. There shouldn't be any difference between PS/2 or USB in that regard here. You shouldn't worry about latency either.
Yeah... I'm worried too, I don't play COD so its not like I can just use any keyboard.I'm worried about if I can get NKRO over the PS/2 thing that you were talking about. Also how much latency that there would be because I'm a gamer.Would that make it have NKRO? If not then I'll still have to pass even though I would love to have a 60% keyboard.What exactly is your question? Are you worried about NKRO over USB?
NKRO is NKRO. There shouldn't be any difference between PS/2 or USB in that regard here. You shouldn't worry about latency either.
Your mouse don't use PS/2 so why should your keyboard?if i have a PS/2 port and a ps/2 compatible device... why shouldn't i use ps/2
Your mouse don't use PS/2 so why should your keyboard?if i have a PS/2 port and a ps/2 compatible device... why shouldn't i use ps/2
also unlike latency nkro can be critical for gaming if you play rhythm games like o2mania (or other maina games) where you would have to press 7 keys at once. :) (just putting that out there)
Your mouse don't use PS/2 so why should your keyboard?if i have a PS/2 port and a ps/2 compatible device... why shouldn't i use ps/2
also unlike latency nkro can be critical for gaming if you play rhythm games like o2mania (or other maina games) where you would have to press 7 keys at once. :) (just putting that out there)
Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong here, but I'm betting you'd have to write firmware that autodetects and speaks PS/2. Or you'd have to use some sort of active USB to PS/2 adapter (read as latency). The design basically has a teensy integrated into it, which has the hardware and software libraries to fairly easily create USB devices. If you're wondering what can be done I'd ask around about what folks have done with the Phantom boards. They're similar.
And this isn't directed at yo in particular but a lot of questions that have come up lately:
If you want weird layouts in hardware, or to write fun function layers, or just like doing stuff for yourself, then this is for you. But if you want "gaming gear" that meets all the cool specs, you're probably best off buying that instead, unless you want to try and implement it (and risk not being able to). This really is a DIY effort, that folks are trying to make as easy as possible (and doing an excellent job of it).
6KRO is fine, the latency is fine. Improve your reaction time and stop blaming the equipments :pI never blame the equipment except when the equipment is to blame. A few months ago I tested the theory of "6KRO is fine", by taking the PS/2 off of my Das and playing CS competitively with it. I noticed that my K/D was significantly less, thus proving my theory.
I don't know if this question was answered but, what mx switch types can we ask for? I assume the for usual suspects are already included. (Ex. Blues, reds, blacks, browns) Is there a possibility of requesting other switch types like greens, whites, greys??
what are the options for the switches?Are can we get any type of switch? I'm looking at grey and whites
Switches and stabilizers
I was a little reluctant to include switches and stabilizers with this GB at first, because it'll just further complicate ordering, choices, invoice, and organization/management. But I figured it'll be a tad cheaper and easier to have a centralized place to get stuff.
7bit will just send 1 large order directly to us. Feel free to get it directly from him. We're not in control of how much they cost, choices, and when they're available. But ordering large amounts in a GB can be cheaper for everyone. Refer HERE (http://deskthority.net/marketplace-f11/cherry-mx-taking-pre-orders-t2760.html) for direct info and which switch choices are available. Then just fill out which ones you want in the order form.
As for stabilizers, I only have plate-mounted cherries, but I believe alaricljs will get a bunch of PCB-mounted cherry stabilizers soon. You can get Costars directly from WASDkeyboards, or if there are enough orders for the costars at the end, we'll put a large order for those as well. The problem is the spacebar wires. They can't be bought anywhere, so they'll have to be made. I'll post a guide so you can make your own. I'll make as many as I can, but it takes me ~10 minutes each, so I don't think I'll be making 200+ of them.
6KRO is fine, the latency is fine. Improve your reaction time and stop blaming the equipments :pI never blame the equipment except when the equipment is to blame. A few months ago I tested the theory of "6KRO is fine", by taking the PS/2 off of my Das and playing CS competitively with it. I noticed that my K/D was significantly less, thus proving my theory.
But 6KRO doesn't mean a maximum of 6 keys while you're playing...it means certain combinations of keys may only get you up to six.
6KRO is fine, the latency is fine. Improve your reaction time and stop blaming the equipments :pI never blame the equipment except when the equipment is to blame. A few months ago I tested the theory of "6KRO is fine", by taking the PS/2 off of my Das and playing CS competitively with it. I noticed that my K/D was significantly less, thus proving my theory.
6KRO is fine, the latency is fine. Improve your reaction time and stop blaming the equipments :pI never blame the equipment except when the equipment is to blame. A few months ago I tested the theory of "6KRO is fine", by taking the PS/2 off of my Das and playing CS competitively with it. I noticed that my K/D was significantly less, thus proving my theory.
If you want to attract more people who are new to the 60% scene I suggest adding a section on sourcing keycaps (as related to various layouts) in one of the first three posts.
over at reddit
over at reddit
Well, there's your problem right there!
I read through it and there was a lot to take in... and I am fairly new to all of this, but if I were to get the GH60 plate would that allow me to mess around and try out different layouts? I am torn between the HHKB and the Poker pure.if you want to try layouts with a plate, take the universal plate, so you don't have to resolder everything if you want to swap layouts. (because of the split backspace)
I read through it and there was a lot to take in... and I am fairly new to all of this, but if I were to get the GH60 plate would that allow me to mess around and try out different layouts? I am torn between the HHKB and the Poker pure.
On the first post it says "Poker and Pure (must be plates with 1.25x modifier)" way is that? Can I use a universal ISO plate with a Pure CNC case?
No... My K/D was WORSE when using USB, please read the rest of the conversation when coming in late.6KRO is fine, the latency is fine. Improve your reaction time and stop blaming the equipments :pI never blame the equipment except when the equipment is to blame. A few months ago I tested the theory of "6KRO is fine", by taking the PS/2 off of my Das and playing CS competitively with it. I noticed that my K/D was significantly less, thus proving my theory.
But 6KRO doesn't mean a maximum of 6 keys while you're playing...it means certain combinations of keys may only get you up to six.
So how often did you run your test? Did you do it blind? Pretty poor "proof" of a theory...
You know a couple hundred games of competitive would take almost half a year right?6KRO is fine, the latency is fine. Improve your reaction time and stop blaming the equipments :pI never blame the equipment except when the equipment is to blame. A few months ago I tested the theory of "6KRO is fine", by taking the PS/2 off of my Das and playing CS competitively with it. I noticed that my K/D was significantly less, thus proving my theory.
Have a friend randomly (with a generator/coin, not just deciding on his own) set up the board in either PS/2 or USB. Then have him record your k/d with a note as to the connection method. Repeat this a couple hundred times. You will not be told which was which until the end of the study.
You know a couple hundred games of competitive would take almost half right? I'm not going to do that.
Then your results will be worth looking at and not totally meaningless.
Have a friend randomly (with a generator/coin, not just deciding on his own) set up the board in either PS/2 or USB. Then have him record your k/d with a note as to the connection method. Repeat this a couple hundred times. You will not be told which was which until the end of the study.
You know a couple hundred games of competitive would take almost half right? I'm not going to do that.
Then your results will be worth looking at and not totally meaningless.
No... My K/D was WORSE when using USB, please read the rest of the conversation when coming in late.6KRO is fine, the latency is fine. Improve your reaction time and stop blaming the equipments :pI never blame the equipment except when the equipment is to blame. A few months ago I tested the theory of "6KRO is fine", by taking the PS/2 off of my Das and playing CS competitively with it. I noticed that my K/D was significantly less, thus proving my theory.
But 6KRO doesn't mean a maximum of 6 keys while you're playing...it means certain combinations of keys may only get you up to six.
So how often did you run your test? Did you do it blind? Pretty poor "proof" of a theory...
Jdcarpe laying down the law...I like it :D[attachimg=1]
Blackjack?
Its always nice when someone makes you an avatar to say thank you :(.
Its always nice when someone makes you an avatar to say thank you :(.
Thank you!
Isn't the best thanks that the person is using it? :D
Okay, I'm all for open discussion, but this is starting to go beyond anything constructive or helpful to the group buy. So let me give you my thoughts on the goals of this project.
The GH60 is not a "gaming keyboard." It was designed by keyboard enthusiasts, for keyboard enthusiasts. It does not include "full LED backlighting," or "1000 Hz polling," or "full NRKO over PS/2," or whatever the latest marketing slogan is, that's designed to persuade gamers to spend more money on features that may or may not make any difference to gaming performance, and may or may not even be present in the keyboards advertising such features.
The GH60 is a fully programmable, 60% keyboard project with the ability for custom layout configurations to suit the user. At this point, it is not even a complete keyboard, as you still have to source a case and keycaps external to this GB. If this is what you are looking for, you have found it.
If you are looking for something else, more suited to a specific purpose, I would wish you good luck, and I hope you find that elusive keyboard you are looking for.
WHERE CAN I GET A HOUSING FOR MY GH60....
WHERE...HOW... :confused:
Woah. First I'm seeing of this and my-oh-my do I like! :eek:
Do you have a thread regarding your design samwisekoi?
There is a list either in the OP here or in the IC thread's OP.
One of them will be from me.
(Attachment Link)
GH60++ modular case by samwisekoi.
In metal for Retro Green, Acrylic for traditionalists, and in White POM for Retro Blue. Feet TBD.
- Ron | samwisekoiShow Image(http://www.samwisekoi.com/pixelart/M.png)
Oh, I just realized something that might cause issues for me. What is an approximate time range that everything will be shipping? My apartment lease ends at the end of June, and while I'll be staying in the complex, I'll have a slightly different address to ship to.
I have placed my order at the first day, but I still don't get the invoice for the order. Aren't you sending invoices yet, or is it only I don't get it? Because of it, I don't know how much exactly and how to pay.
Excited to see more about this white POM case. It's one of those things I have thought about pursuing for awhile but I don't have the know how to make 3D files for those kinds of things to have them made.
Ron, I can add your case to the OP as well if you'd like. How likely is it to come to fruition? If you're going to add the two side screws, you might as well add center standoffs for a plate-less compatibility. Although, these small details should probably be discussed in a dedicated thread once you make one.
Seems like people are really coming out of the woodwork for this GB. :p
pink leds! pink leds for wasd! <3
pink leds! pink leds for wasd! <3
Magenta :)Show Image(http://imageshack.us/a/img402/1927/img2659vw.jpg)
I totally voted for the magenta LED's already :D. Jocelyn's board convinced me since its suuuper hot
I'm sure WFD or I can hold your GH60 until you are ready for it. I suppose he will be shipping the eastern US boards, and I'll be shipping the western US. Or however it makes sense. :)
I keep thinking I want the GH60 for nothing more than the reprogramming functionality, but hmmm I'll have to think about it a little more before I fill out the form.
alright cool
still deciding between whites and dark greys
Thank You. What about the second question? It may be asking too much lol.
I keep thinking I want the GH60 for nothing more than the reprogramming functionality, but hmmm I'll have to think about it a little more before I fill out the form.
Is there a specific groupbuy for the GH60 keys? It's a very speficic layout, so especially the modifier-keys should be hard to get in a "normal" keylayout groupbuy.
Blackjack?
I'm with jdcarpe re the GH60, but I have to say that if you want to do a GH60-LED group buy, you might very well get some takers. Maybe quite a few. Certainly the Chinese keyboard-makers do.
However, just adding the holes still leaves a huge amount of work to make a backlit keyboard. So really what should happen is holes, traces, re-allocation of the PWM pins for LED control, and new firmware.
And again, if you (or anyone) did that, I imagine it would be a pretty successful group buy.
But if there is room for the holes (i.e. the traces are not in the way) then drilling the holes would be one of the easier parts of hard-wiring a full set of LEDs. Place a switch, make two marks, punch the holes with a drill press and a very small bit. Or make a template from an old backlit PCB. Drop in LEDs. Then run and insulate ground wires to every negative lead, run and insulate 3v wires to each positive lead, perhaps in patterns or separate circuits. Add logic or physical switches to turn them off and on. And you are done!
Seriously, this board doesn't have LED support, but your board might. Will. Go for it! I'll buy a couple of PCBs.
- Ron | samwisekoiShow Image(http://www.samwisekoi.com/pixelart/Leo.png)
So if I take the max keys model, I have to get those 2 caps plus a 6.25 space bar?
I'm new to this stuff and I am calculating if it is worth building the GH60 or getting a KBT Pure. The main backdraw of the GH60 is the relatively costy keycaps.
It would be really cool if there would be a GB one day which sells standard base-keycaps for cheap so newbies can start cheaper.
It would be really cool if there would be a GB one day which sells standard base-keycaps for cheap so newbies can start cheaper.Watch the classifieds! Someone (I think khaangaaroo) is selling sets for $10!!
It would be really cool if there would be a GB one day which sells standard base-keycaps for cheap so newbies can start cheaper.Watch the classifieds! Someone (I think khaangaaroo) is selling sets for $10!!
That's pretty good =D. Did you guys expect those kinds of numbers or?
I did. I estimated we would sell between 200-250 units.
Lol. Hopefully I underestimated. :)Added +1 to the orders. Since payment isn't due until May I can do this and the Phantom. Might not have caps right away but I haven't looked in the GBs for a while and saw I missed some blue on whites which I now need to get somehow. Hopefully there are extras. :D
im still considering my order...so many options...
im still considering my order...so many options...
Same, only thing really setting me back is the casing. I want a nice Alum or something.
The only thing stops me is the lack of more affordable cases.
thought he already said that the GB wont be happening?The only thing stops me is the lack of more affordable cases.
tinlong has an ic thread about $20-$30 original poker cases..
It would be really cool if there would be a GB one day which sells standard base-keycaps for cheap so newbies can start cheaper.Watch the classifieds! Someone (I think khaangaaroo) is selling sets for $10!!
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Key-Caps-Cherry-MY7000-HPBUS-POS-Credit-Card-Swipe-Keyboard-/271176973076?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3f23683b14
Edit - Missed all the chit chat about the spacebar
Problem is, all these are used. Personally I think this is a situation where used buying is just gross, a keyboard remains a thing you are putting your hands on every day.
You need to to know everyone clean the keycaps before putting them in their keyboards and using them.It would be really cool if there would be a GB one day which sells standard base-keycaps for cheap so newbies can start cheaper.Watch the classifieds! Someone (I think khaangaaroo) is selling sets for $10!!
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Key-Caps-Cherry-MY7000-HPBUS-POS-Credit-Card-Swipe-Keyboard-/271176973076?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3f23683b14
Edit - Missed all the chit chat about the spacebar
Problem is, all these are used. Personally I think this is a situation where used buying is just gross, a keyboard remains a thing you are putting your hands on every day.
thought he already said that the GB wont be happening?The only thing stops me is the lack of more affordable cases.
tinlong has an ic thread about $20-$30 original poker cases..
How long until they're shipping?
How long until they're shipping?
Don't expect an answer anytime soon
should i go hhkb layout? or winkeyless? hmm..
Thanks for your helpful comment!
Thanks for your helpful comment!
If only someone had replied to me :)
http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=41464.msg830674#msg830674
Thanks for your helpful comment!
If only someone had replied to me :)
http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=41464.msg830674#msg830674
Reply here, just below your post: http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=41464.msg830695#msg830695
should i go hhkb layout? or winkeyless? hmm..
Not to be an ass or anything, but this is the third post on this page were you just state that you don't know what to get. If you really don't know what to get and need advice or have some questions, then there really is a lot of advice/info to get around the forum or you could create a thread?
I really hope you don't take this as a negative comment.
Thanks for your helpful comment!
If only someone had replied to me :)
http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=41464.msg830674#msg830674
Reply here, just below your post: http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=41464.msg830695#msg830695
I didn't think he was working on the project. Some clarification would be nice, especially in the original post.
should i go hhkb layout? or winkeyless? hmm..
Not to be an ass or anything, but this is the third post on this page were you just state that you don't know what to get. If you really don't know what to get and need advice or have some questions, then there really is a lot of advice/info to get around the forum or you could create a thread?
I really hope you don't take this as a negative comment.
dat negative comment
just kidding. sorry i am posting so much. i am confused and excited at the same time. will stop posting in this thread :/
*Seriously?* You didn't think komar was working on the project? You know, the guy who's screenname is the 9th word in the OP. How much more clear can it be?
*Seriously?* You didn't think komar was working on the project? You know, the guy who's screenname is the 9th word in the OP. How much more clear can it be?
The release date should be more clear, as in written in the original post. Is that too much to ask? I won't be the first or last to stumble upon this thread to find this information.
Hello, another former lurker here...
For me too, the casing is my only concern. Can anyone comment on the practicality of going case-less? It appears that on the bottom side of the PCB is the microcontroller, SMD components, and through hole pins...it doesn't seem like a stable typing surface to me...
*Seriously?* You didn't think komar was working on the project? You know, the guy who's screenname is the 9th word in the OP. How much more clear can it be?
The release date should be more clear, as in written in the original post. Is that too much to ask? I won't be the first or last to stumble upon this thread to find this information.
Did it ever occur to you that, "Gee, I guess they don't know exactly how long it will take to manufacture an unknown number of custom PCBs?"
Why put up something that isn't set in stone?
*Seriously?* You didn't think komar was working on the project? You know, the guy who's screenname is the 9th word in the OP. How much more clear can it be?
The release date should be more clear, as in written in the original post. Is that too much to ask? I won't be the first or last to stumble upon this thread to find this information.
Did it ever occur to you that, "Gee, I guess they don't know exactly how long it will take to manufacture an unknown number of custom PCBs?"
Why put up something that isn't set in stone?
Because one would be spending hundreds of dollars? I just asked a simple question. A simple answer in the original post such as this would have been sufficient: "No release date atm" or "Release date is at least 6 months away".
*Seriously?* You didn't think komar was working on the project? You know, the guy who's screenname is the 9th word in the OP. How much more clear can it be?
The release date should be more clear, as in written in the original post. Is that too much to ask? I won't be the first or last to stumble upon this thread to find this information.
Hello, another former lurker here...
For me too, the casing is my only concern. Can anyone comment on the practicality of going case-less? It appears that on the bottom side of the PCB is the microcontroller, SMD components, and through hole pins...it doesn't seem like a stable typing surface to me...
I guess you could always stick some rubber feet to the bottom of the PCB, or use anti-static mat to place it on. If you do that, I better see you typing on it with no keycaps, though. You go Korean kung-fu, you go all the way. :D
I'll add it to the OP. I didn't put it before because there are too many variables like jdcarpe said. The larger the GB, the longer lead time and more chance for delays. Coordination for several parts combined into one GB requires communication and collaboration. Things that we are NOT in control of that could delay things are order cancellations/changes, waiting for late payment, or manufacturer delays. There are several manufactures and sources required to get all the parts, so that adds even more variables. At the time I wrote the OP, there is no way I can predict these things, and they're also dependent on how many orders received at the end. Since payment deadline is mid May, my own estimate is mid June - late September for the ETA of all parts.
If you've participated in many GBs, you'll notice that many of them have unforseen delays that are out of the organizers' control. Comparing it to the Phantom GB that is about the same magnitude and has similar parts, it took about a year to complete. 3-6 months from the open of the GB until you get your package is reasonable, assuming there won't be any major problems.
How was komar's simple answer right after your question not good enough, then? Or does it not count because it wasn't in the OP?
And really, why should the OP be manipulated to your tastes considering you stopped reading after 8 words to not know that komar was a part of the group designing it?
I guess you could always stick some rubber feet to the bottom of the PCB, or use anti-static mat to place it on. If you do that, I better see you typing on it with no keycaps, though. You go Korean kung-fu, you go all the way. :D
Who needs switches? Just put some metal on your finger tips and type on the PCB.
Could someone please provide me with the outer measurements of the PCB as well as the plate.
Thanks.
I just need a general time period to expect when these will ship. Days? Weeks? Months? I really want one but I'm not sure if I should buy one now because I have no other mechanical keyboard to use while waiting for the gh60... just sold my Blackwidow.
I just need a general time period to expect when these will ship. Days? Weeks? Months? I really want one but I'm not sure if I should buy one now because I have no other mechanical keyboard to use while waiting for the gh60... just sold my Blackwidow.
I like the flat one with the "foot-bar" better;
+1 I may just have to go the full samwisekoi on this keyboard lol.I like the flat one with the "foot-bar" better;
Same here. Looks more sanitary/clean.
I like the flat one with the "foot-bar" better;i would rather have a acrylic wedge on the bottom to make a flat base (like the 356mini) because it looks imho much cleaner.
I like the flat one with the "foot-bar" better;i would rather have a acrylic wedge on the bottom to make a flat base (like the 356mini) because it looks imho much cleaner.
I am going with a lego case
http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=40251
when I actually receive the gh60 I may glue the lego's together and integrate standoffs to screw the board down.
;D
I like the flat one with the "foot-bar" better;i would rather have a acrylic wedge on the bottom to make a flat base (like the 356mini) because it looks imho much cleaner.
Yes. How to make those from laser-cut Acrylic, POM or aluminum is the question.
Thanks for everyone's input.
- Ron | samwisekoiShow Image(http://www.samwisekoi.com/pixelart/M.png)
I would definietly consider this over WFD60 if it looked like the 356mini.I like the flat one with the "foot-bar" better;i would rather have a acrylic wedge on the bottom to make a flat base (like the 356mini) because it looks imho much cleaner.
Yes. How to make those from laser-cut Acrylic, POM or aluminum is the question.
Thanks for everyone's input.
- Ron | samwisekoiShow Image(http://www.samwisekoi.com/pixelart/M.png)
Is this "Wedge" case design interesting to anyone? (Non-flat is hard in laser-cut plastic, but this could be done.)
- Ron | samwisekoiShow Image(http://www.samwisekoi.com/pixelart/Leo.png)
i have access to high quality cnc milling machines as i am working in metal industry, but as this isn't usually what i do (i am more from the electrical department) i am not that experienced with cad or whatever is used to create the feed for those machines. maybe someone with a little more insight can hook me up with a technical drawing or/and more info while i try and figure out in what quantities i could get some cases done.I wish i had experience with this as it would be really nice to get a case from you since you are located in Europe.
i probably could also have the cases anodized there afterwards.
One question about the HHKB ANSI plate:
- is it possible to setup the bottom row like that: 1.5 - 1 - 1.5 - 7 - 1.5 - 1 - 1.5 ?
One question about the HHKB ANSI plate:
- is it possible to setup the bottom row like that: 1.5 - 1 - 1.5 - 7 - 1.5 - 1 - 1.5 ?
Yes, that is exactly how the plate is set up. If you want to have the HHKB bottom row, you simply don't install switches in the outside 1.5 positions.
The actual HHKB does, but this layout has a 7x spacebar.
i have access to high quality cnc milling machines as i am working in metal industry, but as this isn't usually what i do (i am more from the electrical department) i am not that experienced with cad or whatever is used to create the feed for those machines. maybe someone with a little more insight can hook me up with a technical drawing or/and more info while i try and figure out in what quantities i could get some cases done.I wish i had experience with this as it would be really nice to get a case from you since you are located in Europe.
i probably could also have the cases anodized there afterwards.
i submitted my order day 1 but i dont think i responded to the switch order section properly.
One question about the HHKB ANSI plate:
- is it possible to setup the bottom row like that: 1.5 - 1 - 1.5 - 7 - 1.5 - 1 - 1.5 ?
Yes, that is exactly how the plate is set up. If you want to have the HHKB bottom row, you simply don't install switches in the outside 1.5 positions.
JDC ... Isn't the HHKB a 6.25 spacebar?
One question about the HHKB ANSI plate:
- is it possible to setup the bottom row like that: 1.5 - 1 - 1.5 - 7 - 1.5 - 1 - 1.5 ?
Yes, that is exactly how the plate is set up. If you want to have the HHKB bottom row, you simply don't install switches in the outside 1.5 positions.
JDC ... Isn't the HHKB a 6.25 spacebar?
It's 6 in size not 6.25, no?
It goes from 0.75 on the X to 0.75 on the ,< key.
Something like this would give the board true HHKB layout while giving the opportunity to add three more keys.
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is it possible with this kit to have off-centered capslock and spacebar?
Could you do this for me aswell, please?i submitted my order day 1 but i dont think i responded to the switch order section properly.
Sent you a PM about your order.
Could you do this for me aswell, please?i submitted my order day 1 but i dont think i responded to the switch order section properly.
Sent you a PM about your order.
Is there a way of getting a PM just to verify that my order changed correctly? I would so hate to miss out on ths
Anyone know where I could get a low profile case? I've looked at the ones in the OP, but they're not quite what I'm looking for. Something similar to this:Show Image(http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8391/8538658431_ef131e80f5_z.jpg)
I'll post somewhere else if this is the incorrect place.
Anyone know where I could get a low profile case? I've looked at the ones in the OP, but they're not quite what I'm looking for. Something similar to this:
I'll post somewhere else if this is the incorrect place.
Is shipping to Canada available? I'm fine with increased shipping cost and taxes etc, but I know that shipping an item to Canada from both USA or EU is a pain. I realized I might as well ask here as I'm about to place my order...
Is shipping to Canada available? I'm fine with increased shipping cost and taxes etc, but I know that shipping an item to Canada from both USA or EU is a pain. I realized I might as well ask here as I'm about to place my order...
The GH60 has no boundaries my fellow Canadian!
The actual HHKB does, but this layout has a 7x spacebar.
It is **** like that that just adds confusion. Along with the nice pictures not aligning with the naming of the plstes and order form. I haven't ordered for 3 weeks because I still am not sure what is what.
John
WFD ... I completely agree with your reasoning. Looking at the keyboard pics is WAY better than pics of the plates.The actual HHKB does, but this layout has a 7x spacebar.
It is **** like that that just adds confusion. Along with the nice pictures not aligning with the naming of the plstes and order form. I haven't ordered for 3 weeks because I still am not sure what is what.
John
I'll add actual plate pics next to the layouts with keycaps. This was initially done because I would think it's harder for newbs to visualize the keycap size based on a size 1x switch hole and an unknown space in between. It's easier to see the layout with the actual keycap size at the corresponding positions. I'll notify again when I've added the plate pics.
:/ that's what I said... and I disagree. To me, looking at the plate is easier. I can see the placement of the switches better.WFD ... I completely agree with your reasoning. Looking at the keyboard pics is WAY better than pics of the plates.The actual HHKB does, but this layout has a 7x spacebar.
It is **** like that that just adds confusion. Along with the nice pictures not aligning with the naming of the plstes and order form. I haven't ordered for 3 weeks because I still am not sure what is what.
John
I'll add actual plate pics next to the layouts with keycaps. This was initially done because I would think it's harder for newbs to visualize the keycap size based on a size 1x switch hole and an unknown space in between. It's easier to see the layout with the actual keycap size at the corresponding positions. I'll notify again when I've added the plate pics.
Maybe use the name of the plate as a header, EXACTLY the way it is named on the order form and then show a pic of all the different ways it could be setup or at least the majority of them I realize the generic ANSI and ISO plates could be configured quite a few different ways. Also, naming is important to avoid confusion. I just started using a HHKB at work this week and wanted the "true" HHKB layout, only to find out it really is different. I understand the reasons it is so, and again agree, but the naming led me to believe it was exactly the same.
Good work on this to both you and JDC. Your efforts are goung to be enjoyed, and hopefully appreciated, by many.
John
Hey,
What's the absolute minimum I need to get from the GB so that I can complete the keyboard later on? I'm a little tight on cash, but don't want to miss this amazing opportunity. I'm not good with a solder, really. I think I need the soldered PCB, the plate, and stabilizers?
As a side note. I've done a little soldering before, but I'm certainly not very good with it. Can I learn to solder switches easily, or should I splurge for switches and assembly?
/ that's what I said... and I disagree. To me, looking at the plate is easier. I can see the placement of the switches better.
Hey,
What's the absolute minimum I need to get from the GB so that I can complete the keyboard later on? I'm a little tight on cash, but don't want to miss this amazing opportunity. I'm not good with a solder, really. I think I need the soldered PCB, the plate, and stabilizers?
As a side note. I've done a little soldering before, but I'm certainly not very good with it. Can I learn to solder switches easily, or should I splurge for switches and assembly?
you need for a functioning gh60 at least: soldered pcb, pcb mount switches, pcb mount stabilizers (cherry only), keycaps, and a usb cable. (plate is optional)
soldering is pretty easy but if you are not confident in your skills, you are better off spending $25 more.
What's the absolute minimum I need to get from the GB so that I can complete the keyboard later on? I'm a little tight on cash, but don't want to miss this amazing opportunity. I'm not good with a solder, really. I think I need the soldered PCB, the plate, and stabilizers?
Do you accept bitcoin?
But I'm not sure about the case. I don't want to cannibalize a poker/pure, buy an expensive aluminum case, or make one myself. Will there be a community case to go with this, eventually? Something cheap, plastic maybe?
What's the absolute minimum I need to get from the GB so that I can complete the keyboard later on? I'm a little tight on cash, but don't want to miss this amazing opportunity. I'm not good with a solder, really. I think I need the soldered PCB, the plate, and stabilizers?
Do you accept bitcoin?
Absolute minimum you'll need is a PCB and recommended to get a plate with it. These two things are pretty much a one time offer, while switches, stabilizers, case, cable, and keycaps will be the same (for the most part) no matter when you get it. These things you can source yourself later.
Don't ask for bitcoin payment, this isn't the forum for that. During my brief experimentation with bitcoins, I realized the nature of them attracts all kinds of scumbags.
But I'm not sure about the case. I don't want to cannibalize a poker/pure, buy an expensive aluminum case, or make one myself. Will there be a community case to go with this, eventually? Something cheap, plastic maybe?
I'm still in the early processes of trying to get some plastic cases 3D printed. That won't be in this GB though, too much complications and time consuming if we try to integrate it at this point.
- The universal ANSI and the Poker plate should both fit. I think I'll get the universal plate, in case I ever buy a solder iron and decide to get an extra key somewhere.
- I do not believe there is much of a difference between stabilizers, so I'll just stick to my guns and get plate mounted costars.
Is there anything I should consider that I missed?
^Yes to everything except the stabilizers. They have different feelings to them, but I think you'll be happy with the Costars.
I feel bad for asking this, but I don't wanna read thru 20 some pages. Here's a few questions.
1. Switches do not come assembled if I order the assembly?
2. Does anybody know of any upcoming GB's for some aluminum poker cases? Something similar to what imsto offered, because if there isn't any opportunity for a case, i'm out.
I'd be happy to pay an extra 25$ assembly fee (plus the cost to order some leds) if you would solder in leds for mine?
1. I could be dead last if you want to deal with all the easy orders first
2. If you're too busy with all the other stuff and can't do it no worries! ;D
(cross posted from the ic thread)
Also: I decided I want a second one do I just order again or do you/jd modify the order as it stands?
Thanks!
Regarding a second pcb/plate/switch set do I just order again?
WFD said "The drawback is that you must use PCB-mounted cherry stabilizers, no other stabilizers option." for Universal Plates.Of course it's true. Because I said so ^-^
I'm wondering if this is true or not, assuming you don't plan to change any switches with stabs after putting it together. After viewing the PCB and universal Plates, my intuition tells me it'd be fine to use Plate mounted stabs and that Cherry PCB stabs are only recommended so people can move around stab area switches. Is my thinking correct?
Also, for everyone, all order changes submitted to date have been updated in the spreadsheet.
Will the plates be anodized is some form or just plain aluminum look?
Thank you I must have missed it, will place my order on sunday :)Will the plates be anodized is some form or just plain aluminum look?
Stainless steel, it's in the OP. Steel can't be anodized, only painted or powder coated.
The reason why I went with stainless steel instead of aluminum is because even though it's stiffer than aluminum, it can be laser cut faster and use up less gas, so the cutting will cost a tad less, even though the material itself will cost ~3 times more. Also tolerance will be tad better because it's less prone to melting and deforming.
Also, and this is related to the above, can we do more of a true HHKB (6.25 spacebar) with a 1.5x/1x to the right, thus making it look identical to an HHKB? Again, after looking at the PCB and universal Plate, it looks like it would work to me, but would probably require a Universal plate.
Edit - Errrr I guess there will probably be a problem with the stabs moving left and right making them not very stable lol. So no HHKB w/ 6.25 spacebar hmmm decisions decisions :)
Also, for everyone, all order changes submitted to date have been updated in the spreadsheet.
Man there were about 50 new pending requests for order changes. Now I feel bad for leaving most of them. I didn't think you were going to do them all in 1 sitting.
Also, for everyone, all order changes submitted to date have been updated in the spreadsheet.
Man there were about 50 new pending requests for order changes. Now I feel bad for leaving most of them. I didn't think you were going to do them all in 1 sitting.
Don't feel bad. I had been slacking, and decided to get some work done. :P
thats a 6x spacebar? why would someone want that?
thats a 6x spacebar? why would someone want that?Because everyone is different and people like different things and not always the same thing? :)
thats a 6x spacebar? why would someone want that?Because everyone is different and people like different things and not always the same thing? :)
Also, and this is related to the above, can we do more of a true HHKB (6.25 spacebar) with a 1.5x/1x to the right, thus making it look identical to an HHKB? Again, after looking at the PCB and universal Plate, it looks like it would work to me, but would probably require a Universal plate.
Edit - Errrr I guess there will probably be a problem with the stabs moving left and right making them not very stable lol. So no HHKB w/ 6.25 spacebar hmmm decisions decisions :)
Actually, the "exactly 100% true" HHKB layout is this: (1.5)-1.0-1.5-6.0-1.5-1.0-(1.0)-(1.5)
These switch positions are supported by the PCB. The 6.0-unit spacebar has an offset center stem, so that it uses the switch position for the 7.0-unit spacebar.However, I don't think the spacebar stabilizer holes exist on the PCB for the 6.0-unit spacebar's outer stems. I'm not totally sure about that, but I will check it in a bit and edit this section accordingly.Edit: The stabilizer holes for the 6.0-unit are basically a hybrid of the 7.0-unit spacebar's (left and center stems) and the 6.25-unit spacebar's (right stem). So you can actually make this layout work without a plate, or with the Universal plate (I think) with PCB-mount stabilizers.
The universal plate will work with the HHKB replica bottom row. And not only that, you can actually mount plate-mounted cherry stabilizers for the spacebar. The Enter and L-shift key however must still use PCB-mounted stabilizers.
However, even if there was a dedicated plate like jdcarpe drew, the case must also match the bottom row. Since the right and left block are not the same size, I would have to make a new top cover. If you're fine with paying absurd prices to have one made, then I can design this one-off. But I can't force everyone to go with this HHKB replica because it REQUIRES a 6x spacebar, which is not easy to find, won't match all sets, and will most likely already be used.
with all the effort, time, and money going into making a GH60 HHKB it would be cheaper and easier to just buy a HHKB.
Boom! LOL. ;Dwoo~Show Image(http://i.imgur.com/kXiVNqR.png)
* * * REQUIRES RARE 6.0-UNIT SPACEBAR * * *
!!! EXAMPLE ONLY -- NOT CURRENTLY OFFERED FOR SALE IN THIS GB !!!
Boom! LOL. ;Dwoo~Show Image(http://i.imgur.com/kXiVNqR.png)
* * * REQUIRES RARE 6.0-UNIT SPACEBAR * * *
!!! EXAMPLE ONLY -- NOT CURRENTLY OFFERED FOR SALE IN THIS GB !!!
Can i get poker layout plate for GH60 cad file.
i want to match my case to draw some hole for screw.
Can i get poker layout plate for GH60 cad file.
i want to match my case to draw some hole for screw.
Just like why does someone want a 10x spacebar...'Cause they f*cking can. :D
Just like why does someone want a 10x spacebar...'Cause they f*cking can. :D
We f*king can? Really? That would be awesome. I suppose it is really a matter of plate-mounted stabs for the spacebar.
Sounds like a job for my WYSE terminal keycaps!
Universal plate supports this?
- Ron | samwisekoiShow Image(http://www.samwisekoi.com/pixelart/Leo.png)
p.s. Apologies if this was all covered above, I try to keep up with the thread, but sometimes it zooms by too fast!
Just like why does someone want a 10x spacebar...'Cause they f*cking can. :D
We f*king can? Really? That would be awesome. I suppose it is really a matter of plate-mounted stabs for the spacebar.
Sounds like a job for my WYSE terminal keycaps!
Universal plate supports this?
- Ron | samwisekoiShow Image(http://www.samwisekoi.com/pixelart/Leo.png)
p.s. Apologies if this was all covered above, I try to keep up with the thread, but sometimes it zooms by too fast!
well~
i know that.
because i don't have any software to open pcb's cad file.
so i don't know the position is right or not.
maybe until i get the pcb.
thanks a lot
6 unit space is not rare, you can get them off cheapo G81-7000 and the like. Unless someone doesn't want to use Cherry keycaps for some insane reason...Maybe rare was a bad choice of words, but they're less common and harder to get than a 6.25x or 7x spacebar.
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well~
i know that.
because i don't have any software to open pcb's cad file.
so i don't know the position is right or not.
maybe until i get the pcb.
thanks a lot
This. I have the opportunity to design my own case and machine out at my university, but I don't know the measurements needed. Is there any way the measurements for standoffs, overall dimensions for PCB, and plate and the like can be made available?
I wish I still had my 15 units... but I used it to stir some paint then threw it out LOL.15x!? Now we're just talkin' crazy...
I wish I still had my 15 units... but I used it to stir some paint then threw it out LOL.
This one is for Ron (and other 10x spacebar fans), again, just fictional...Show Image(http://i.imgur.com/ZntxEMV.png)
WFD, the spacebar stem locations on my 6x and 10x plates are correct. I can send you the drawings if you like.
What is outboard of that bar? 1.25 x 2 on each side? 1.50?
[edit] Oh. 10 + (1.25 x 4) = 15. Got it. [/edit]
Would it be possible instead to make it either 1-1.5-10-1.5-1 or 1.5-1-10-1-1.5?
To see messages you've sent that haven't been replied to, go to Messages, then hover over Messages (next to Actions and Preferences) then click on Sent Items (as long as you had the save PM checkbox checked).Huh the more you know. I'm used to IPB forums rather than this. Is it set to save PM automatically?
Jd just wanted to make sure you got my PM. When I sent it I had spotty 4G and the PM system doesn't seem to log my sent messages. No rush for an answer though, I know your busy. Just wanted to be sure the damned thing actually sent.
If it's not, then there is a setting somewhere to make it be checked automatically.To see messages you've sent that haven't been replied to, go to Messages, then hover over Messages (next to Actions and Preferences) then click on Sent Items (as long as you had the save PM checkbox checked).Huh the more you know. I'm used to IPB forums rather than this. Is it set to save PM automatically?
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I am a fan of the 10x space bar too. I thought some of my old WYSE space bars were 10x, but, upon inspection, it appears they may be 9.75x? I took some pics and lined up the left edge with the left edge of the A key. The right edge was just a little shy of lining up with the ;: key. I guess it would still work with just a slight gap on either side (0.125 units)?
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Also, Pics of space bars: Top to Bottom: 6.25x from WYSE moogle, 6.25x universal from SP, 7x from WYSE tsangan set, and 9.75x/10x? from WYSE terminal board
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WFD, the spacebar stem locations on my 6x and 10x plates are correct. I can send you the drawings if you like.
I have 1 or 2 (can't remember) 6.0-unit spacebars in DSA profile coming from the DSA Retro GB.
The answer to the second question was too subtle for me. Could you elaborate, please?What is outboard of that bar? 1.25 x 2 on each side? 1.50?
[edit] Oh. 10 + (1.25 x 4) = 15. Got it. [/edit]
Actually, those are 1.5-1-10-1-1.5Would it be possible instead to make it either 1-1.5-10-1.5-1 or 1.5-1-10-1-1.5?
Looking at some of the terminal boards, some have 1-1.5-10-1.5-1 as Left - Mod - Space - Mod2 - Right.
And then the 2.75 R_Shift is split into 1.75-1 as R_Shift - Up.
That would make a coolio retro GH60.
- Ron | samwisekoiShow Image(http://www.samwisekoi.com/pixelart/Leo.png)
The Cherry MX data sheet gives the "A" dimension for 10x space bars, same as 8x... 5.25"
No, the PCB doesn't have switch locations for 1x keys on the ends. Sorry. :(
Man I wish the order form wasn't so confusing, I feel like I am going to **** up and forget something. Also, sorry if this has already been asked, if we pay for assembly, do you solder on the switches? I am looking to basically buy a completed keyboard and not have to do any soldering.
have a question regarding the GH60...
i noticed the switches for the bottom row are mounted at 90degrees. i wonder how standard keycaps would fit
if im not wrong, the horizontal and vertical axes of the stem have different widths. meaning keycaps can only be mounted the right way/rotated 180degrees and doesnt allow it to be installed at 90degrees :confused:
correct me if im wrong :-X
^DT wiki says they're 3.5x in from the edges, at least on that one lysol posted.
The Cherry MX data sheet gives the "A" dimension for 10x space bars, same as 8x... 5.25"
^DT wiki says they're 3.5x in from the edgesBased on this 3.5x unit and cherry's 5.25" distances apart, the numbers match up to 2.625" distance from switch center to one stabilizer center, so that's how I made the plate. It should be correct. I'm still looking into the offset spacebars.
^DT wiki says they're 3.5x in from the edges, at least on that one lysol posted.The Cherry MX data sheet gives the "A" dimension for 10x space bars, same as 8x... 5.25"
Can you point me to the link? The I can't find the datasheet for offset 6x, 6.25x, and 10x spacebars. The only one I found is this one:
http://cherrycorp.com/english/switches/key/mx.htm
I have one last question before ordering, I assume only standard MX switches are available?
As in no ergo-clears on buying this?
I will just buy korean springs later on and switch them out myself since the plates allow for easy top removal.I have one last question before ordering, I assume only standard MX switches are available?
As in no ergo-clears on buying this?
You assume correctly.
If you wanted ergo-clears, you would have to buy clears, plus the same amount of either blues, reds, or browns. Then contract with someone outside of the GB to assemble for you, as that would not be covered in standard assembly.
I will just buy korean springs later on and switch them out myself since the plates allow for easy top removal.I have one last question before ordering, I assume only standard MX switches are available?
As in no ergo-clears on buying this?
You assume correctly.
If you wanted ergo-clears, you would have to buy clears, plus the same amount of either blues, reds, or browns. Then contract with someone outside of the GB to assemble for you, as that would not be covered in standard assembly.
This may be a silly question, but will the "Poker" style plate from this GB work with an actual Poker PCB?
This may be a silly question, but will the "Poker" style plate from this GB work with an actual Poker PCB?
Yes, it will! :D
So by that logic, the Pure plate will work on Pures right? :D
A ridiculously large 10x spacebar in a compact keyboard. I like this contrast of an oversized key in a small form factor. It's on the plate I just posted above.If only I had a 10x spacebar... I'm going to be kicking it old fashioned 7x space bar normal HHKB style.
Ok here's a new flexible plate so far. It will work with 10x, as well as some weird 8x and 9x spacebars. It supports both 1.5x and 1.25x modifiers if you're using a 10x spacebar. Obviously the inside switch slots will be covered up by the spacebar if you're using a 10x size. Those inner switch slots next to the stabilizer slots are there if you're somehow using a 8x or 9x size, but I'm not sure if the PCB has proper spacing for the correct keycap sizes there. Those two extras switch holes are there just in case.
With this, you MUST use plate-mounted cherry stabilizers for the spacebar. Costar is not option because making the wire for it will be a pain the ass. PCB-mounted stabilizers is not an option because the PCB does not have holes there. The rest of smaller stabilizers must use PCB-mounted cherry to keep the flexibility of layouts.
A ridiculously large 10x spacebar in a compact keyboard. I like this contrast of an oversized key in a small form factor. It's on the plate I just posted above.
Ok here's a new flexible plate so far. It will work with 10x, as well as some weird 8x and 9x spacebars. It supports both 1.5x and 1.25x modifiers if you're using a 10x spacebar. Obviously the inside switch slots will be covered up by the spacebar if you're using a 10x size. Those inner switch slots next to the stabilizer slots are there if you're somehow using a 8x or 9x size, but I'm not sure if the PCB has proper spacing for the correct keycap sizes there. Those two extras switch holes are there just in case.
With this, you MUST use plate-mounted cherry stabilizers for the spacebar. Costar is not option because making the wire for it will be a pain the ass. PCB-mounted stabilizers is not an option because the PCB does not have holes there. The rest of smaller stabilizers must use PCB-mounted cherry to keep the flexibility of layouts.
This is awesome! I like it! Do you think it would be possible to add cutouts for a 7x spacebar to this plate also? That way you have just a little more compatibility?
This is awesome! I like it! Do you think it would be possible to add cutouts for a 7x spacebar to this plate also? That way you have just a little more compatibility?
http://deskthority.net/wiki/Cherry_G80-0499 (http://deskthority.net/wiki/Cherry_G80-0499)
Here is that link, and you were right. I read it too quickly, but it is 3.5x from the center stem. Sorry...
Also, that plate is perfect, WFD. And by my calculations (assuming we can use plates from this buy in it...) that would fit perfectly in your HHKB case!
eeeeeehhhrrmm... is there any way to check if I remembered to submit my order?Yes, you did;)
Can you confirm my order? Sounds silly but i miss ordered a crap load of stabs.
What is everyone's favorite Stabilizer?
This is awesome! I like it! Do you think it would be possible to add cutouts for a 7x spacebar to this plate also? That way you have just a little more compatibility?
You read my mind. I was in the middle of drawing up this plate when you wrote this. I'm just deciding whether to add the 7x spacebar cutouts into this 10x spacebar plate, or just integrate this 10x spacebar design into existing 1.5x plates. If I do this second option, goods news for you is that you won't have to pay the high price tier of 1-2 plate to have one-off made, but it might increase the cost for everyone else by like 50cents because of the added cut lengths.
@KennyR Looks good to me! :D
@jdcarpe Just placed my order, can you please check if my comments/notes for the shipping are ok? Would that be possible? :-[
As someone new to mechanical keyboards I have no idea yet what switch suits me but I didn't want to miss out on this gb. Definitely I prefer the poker layout, of all keyboards to stop making it kind of perplexes me that the poker was stopped.
Anyway as I have no idea yet what kind of switches I prefer I got a set with reds and a set with browns. I'm thinking I'll just offer up whichever I don't keep here for cost.
just to make sure, do I have to specify that I want wires with my cherry pcb stabs? they dont come with the stabd automaticly..?
if not, then would anyone be so kind as to add them to my order? :)
Just to double check, if you order Costar stabilizers, you get the stabilizing bar with them, correct? I'm looking at the Poker layout and want to make sure I won't have to scrounge up a space bar stabilizer somewhere.
PCB-mounted cherry is super easy if there are no plate. If there is a plate, it's impossible without desoldering every switch and taking off the plate.
Perfect! not much but I only have two hands to type with :))eeeeeehhhrrmm... is there any way to check if I remembered to submit my order?Yes, you did;)
1 GH60 and 1 ISO 1.25 plate, right?
If you get a moment, would someone please confirm my order to be sure it's right? I'm paranoid :))
Should be 2 soldered PCB's and 2 Poker plates, and I think that was it.
Also I apologize for not keeping up on the thread as a whole, but are we still looking at September time for a "if nothing goes wrong" delivery?
Thank you!
1x ANSI 1.5x platevery helpful thanks. i submitted an order change to add one 'true' hhkb plate.
1x PCB
4x cherry stabs for mods
1x cherry stab for 6.25x space
1x cherry stab for 7x space
edit: I think Matt3o is trying to make is software available in time before the ordering for this GB is finished. The order changes are confirmations by google doc is just inefficient, it still needs manual changes from us. It's better if you guys can see your own order or modify them yourselves.
Update on the switches (very important!)
We were going to order the switches from 7bit @ deskthority for you. But the prices of switches are going up and he has to pay 100% for preorders. Buying preordered switches is cheaper, but we are not collecting payments yet and payment for the switches is due soon.
I'm worried that if we collect your money for the switches and pay together it might be too late and the groupbuy will be delayed.
That's why my proposition is that if you want to make sure you get your switches along with the GH60, remove your switch order from the order form (by submitting the "order changes" form) and go to http://deskthority.net/marketplace-f11/cherry-mx-taking-pre-orders-t2760.html (http://deskthority.net/marketplace-f11/cherry-mx-taking-pre-orders-t2760.html) and place your order according to the info there.
You can either have the switches shipped to you (independently from GH60) or we can arrange something with 7bit so that you get them together with GH60 and save shipping (that's the only option for those who checked "assembly" in the order form, of course).
I will post details about it soon.
If you can't pay for switches now or don't want to bother ordering directly from 7bit, you can leave your order as it it. We will then order the switches for you when the money is fully collected, but the prices might be a tad higher and the switches may come later.
ok fellas. this is a major update.
I have noticed that 7-bit has an account here on GH. But I imagine you suggest we contact him through DT due to the Group Buy being run off that site.
Looks like I gotta create a DT account and practice my European accent and keyboard ways. So European's like Cherry Switches, wine, and references to David Hasselhoff right? I think I can do this.
I will be changing my order after I find the switches or at least place my order. Conrad and Mouser have switches as well right? Just wondering how long the delay with 7-Bit maybe... could be really long.
On that note would you please remove the switches and assembly service from my order. Thanks for the update :)Please use the "change order" form, just for the record. Thanks!
ok fellas. this is a major update.Please don't pay for these orders yet, I will soon post info how to indicate that the switches should be sent to us, so that you don't pay shipping.
I have noticed that 7-bit has an account here on GH. But I imagine you suggest we contact him through DT due to the Group Buy being run off that site.
Looks like I gotta create a DT account and practice my European accent and keyboard ways. So European's like Cherry Switches, wine, and references to David Hasselhoff right? I think I can do this.
I will be changing my order after I find the switches or at least place my order. Conrad and Mouser have switches as well right? Just wondering how long the delay with 7-Bit maybe... could be really long.
On that note would you please remove the switches and assembly service from my order. Thanks for the update :)Please use the "change order" form, just for the record. Thanks!ok fellas. this is a major update.Please don't pay for these orders yet, I will soon post info how to indicate that the switches should be sent to us, so that you don't pay shipping.
I have noticed that 7-bit has an account here on GH. But I imagine you suggest we contact him through DT due to the Group Buy being run off that site.
Looks like I gotta create a DT account and practice my European accent and keyboard ways. So European's like Cherry Switches, wine, and references to David Hasselhoff right? I think I can do this.
I will be changing my order after I find the switches or at least place my order. Conrad and Mouser have switches as well right? Just wondering how long the delay with 7-Bit maybe... could be really long.
As for mouser and digikey, I'm not sure they have all types, but 7bit has for sure;)
The current estimation is September/October for these switches.
I might just stick with ordering from here...if the only issue is time..then it's no big deal to meNot only. The other issue is money.
I might just stick with ordering from here...if the only issue is time..then it's no big deal to meNot only. The other issue is money.
BTW you can still order from 7bit and use the assembly service at the same time. I'm arranging with 7bit, and we'll have your 7bit orders shipped to us.
Could I bother one of you for my order contents? I placed one a while back and added to it, but I didn't write it down. *doh* With the switch situation, I might want to revise things.
Thanks!
So forgive me for starting ****, but 7bit doesn't support GH like at all(this is important for a keyboard that's "for the community, by the community) and is actively trying to build his own 60% board that he's claimed is better than the GH60, but we're still supporting him with buying switches through him?
I wish mouser did whites.
To answer the question above, mouser sells blacks/blues/clears in pcb and plate mount.
I would not expect to see a whole lot come out of the Hyper project for at least a year or more. In the meantime, GH60 will come and go. There is also GH60++/70, which will probably start moving once Retro DSA is done.
So forgive me for starting ****, but 7bit doesn't support GH like at all(this is important for a keyboard that's "for the community, by the community) and is actively trying to build his own 60% board that he's claimed is better than the GH60, but we're still supporting him with buying switches through him?
I wish mouser did whites.
To answer the question above, mouser sells blacks/blues/clears in pcb and plate mount.
What's GH60++? D:
It's a GH60 you program with C++
jk :P
It's a GH60 you program with C++
jk :P
You had me for a second! That would horrible :(
It's basically the Gh60 but a 75% format. I still don't know why they just don't call it the Gh75...... ???
Pexon just had some MX Dark Greys. I wonder if his source can supply switches for this GB? Pexon, are you listening?
I'll ping him later unless someone else wants to first. :)
It's a GH60 you program with C++
jk :P
You had me for a second! That would horrible :(
It's basically the Gh60 but a 75% format. I still don't know why they just don't call it the Gh75...... ???
It's a GH60 you program with C++
jk :P
You had me for a second! That would horrible :(
It's basically the Gh60 but a 75% format. I still don't know why they just don't call it the Gh75...... ???
So forgive me for starting ****, but 7bit doesn't support GH like at all(this is important for a keyboard that's "for the community, by the community) and is actively trying to build his own 60% board that he's claimed is better than the GH60, but we're still supporting him with buying switches through him?
I wish mouser did whites.
To answer the question above, mouser sells blacks/blues/clears in pcb and plate mount.
he is trolling you, do you think he actually cares about the gh60 that much? he's not a bad dude he just has a weird sense of humor, dont take it so personally
Anyway I can get an order confirmation? Gonna have to remove the switches I assume.
From the UK ? :D
OK, my mouse pointer is hovering over the "Submit" button on the order form. Just want to make sure I'm making the right decisions here.
I have the DSA Retro key caps ordered and am thinking about configuring a Poker layout like this:Show Image(http://i.imgur.com/N2EbTCd.png)
With the GH60 software will it be possible to configure the "HYPER" key to act as an Escape key when pressed and a Fn key when held? (I was inspired by http://brettterpstra.com/2012/12/08/a-useful-caps-lock-key/)
I have heard good things about the plate mounted costar stabilizers but am concerned about this: "You might need to do a little bit of sanding or grinding, as the plate is 0.0625" thick, and Costar spec is for 0.060" I have a random orbital sander but will stainless steel really sand with some 80 grit sandpaper?
Am I going to save myself a lot of hassle by getting the Cherry Plate mounted stabilizers?
I'm looking at:
1 x GH60 PCB
1 x Poker Plate
63 x Plate-mounted Brown Cherry X Switches (a few spares)
6.25 spacebar wire
1 x Costar plate-mount stabilizers set OR 1 x Cherry plate-mount stabilizers set
Does this seem reasonable?
It's a GH60 you program with C++
jk :P
You had me for a second! That would horrible :(
It's basically the Gh60 but a 75% format. I still don't know why they just don't call it the Gh75...... ???
"They" DO call the 75% version the GH75!
The GH60++ covers the GH65 (GH60 + arrows and an extra column), the GH75 (GH65 + function keys and a few more), and technically, the unloved GH70 variation that adds a function key row to the GH60.
GH60++ thread:
http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=38847.msg754842#msg754842
Current state of assembly:Show Image(http://geekhack.org/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=31861.0;attach=16083;image)
Latest prototype GH75 by samwisekoi.
Keycaps by Lysol, mkawa & i3oilermaker. Custom free-standing plate/case by The_Beast & Advanced Welding, Inc.
- Ron | samwisekoiShow Image(http://www.samwisekoi.com/pixelart/Leo.png)
OK, my mouse pointer is hovering over the "Submit" button on the order form. Just want to make sure I'm making the right decisions here.
I have the DSA Retro key caps ordered and am thinking about configuring a Poker layout like this:Show Image(http://i.imgur.com/N2EbTCd.png)
With the GH60 software will it be possible to configure the "HYPER" key to act as an Escape key when pressed and a Fn key when held? (I was inspired by http://brettterpstra.com/2012/12/08/a-useful-caps-lock-key/)
I have heard good things about the plate mounted costar stabilizers but am concerned about this: "You might need to do a little bit of sanding or grinding, as the plate is 0.0625" thick, and Costar spec is for 0.060" I have a random orbital sander but will stainless steel really sand with some 80 grit sandpaper?
Am I going to save myself a lot of hassle by getting the Cherry Plate mounted stabilizers?
I'm looking at:
1 x GH60 PCB
1 x Poker Plate
63 x Plate-mounted Brown Cherry X Switches (a few spares)
6.25 spacebar wire
1 x Costar plate-mount stabilizers set OR 1 x Cherry plate-mount stabilizers set
Does this seem reasonable?
Yes, that order looks good. You can order it assembled or you can install and solder the switches yourself.
I have made the Costar stabilizers work on these plates before without sanding or grinding, you just have to push the legs into place with something. With a bit of filing with a flat needle file, I hear they work great.
Hold off on the switches for a bit, everyone. We may have a new supplier in the works.
Hold off on the switches for a bit, everyone. We may have a new supplier in the works.
Important update - please readUpdate on the switches (very important!)
We were going to order the switches from 7bit @ deskthority for you. But the prices of switches are going up and he has to pay 100% for preorders. Buying preordered switches is cheaper, but we are not collecting payments yet and payment for the switches is due soon.
I'm worried that if we collect your money for the switches and pay together it might be too late and the groupbuy will be delayed.
That's why my proposition is that if you want to make sure you get your switches along with the GH60, remove your switch order from the order form (by submitting the "order changes" form) and go to http://deskthority.net/marketplace-f11/cherry-mx-taking-pre-orders-t2760.html (http://deskthority.net/marketplace-f11/cherry-mx-taking-pre-orders-t2760.html) and place your order according to the info there.
You can either have the switches shipped to you (independently from GH60) or we can arrange something with 7bit so that you get them together with GH60 and save shipping (that's the only option for those who checked "assembly" in the order form, of course).
I will post details about it soon.
If you can't pay for switches now or don't want to bother ordering directly from 7bit, you can leave your order as it it. We will then order the switches for you when the money is fully collected, but the prices might be a tad higher and the switches may come later.
Just to confirm: the GH60 (max keys) layout can be achieved with the universal plate, correct?
Is there any advantage to the GH60 plate? I feel like if a plate can use every key position (the universal plate) it should be basically the same as the plate that uses maximum keys (the GH60 plate).
Is Last Pilot's design going to be a sticker option? i would get one maybe to go along with the main design
Is Last Pilot's design going to be a sticker option? i would get one maybe to go along with the main design
Lastpilot's design will be THE official sticker design, and will be offered separately from this GB.
I should suggest to komar that he use that design on the final PCB revision, huh?
aggiejy, that first one looks really nice. Clean, yet not boring. I'm not digging the rust or the ice though. That ice looks a bit fake lol.
What do you think the per unit price for Whites will be? I'm still on the fence between spending too much and buying some Whites and tossing the springs from my Clears into some Reds I have (since there's no name for that yet that I've seen, I am naming them Ghost Reds). If it's not too expensive, I'll probably get some.
So, any guesstimate on switch prices?
this would be awesome!!!! was going to suggest that! nice one jdcarpe!Is Last Pilot's design going to be a sticker option? i would get one maybe to go along with the main design
Lastpilot's design will be THE official sticker design, and will be offered separately from this GB.
I should suggest to komar that he use that design on the final PCB revision, huh?
A brushed aluminum looking sticker would be cool... though perhaps too detailed on the keyboard.this looks good! i think if it is a plate, it would be perfect! like the one jdcarpe make to put on his alu case!
(Attachment Link)
We're still working on it. You're welcome to order directly from 7bit on DT, but we're no longer integrating preorders with this GB. What I have NOT posted yet was that he increased in preorder prices (compared to what I previously mentioned in the OP), and they will be even higher once preorders are over. Also MOQ for each switch was increased to 4000. This is straight from 7bit.Shipping from me to the distributors is free and I doubt there will be another source except you find old stock.
We're working on another source right now, and if it works out, it should be either same or cheaper than the lowest price I have linked in the OP right now (60cents per switch). We still need to account for added fees and shipping though.
Can I request a PM to confirm my order is what I'd like it to be? I've made a few modifications to my order since I placed it, so I just want to make sure everything is what it should be.
If it becomes reality, it looks like alixinhzai (http://geekhack.org/index.php?action=profile;u=16908) has brought my Acrylic case to life, and quite nicely, too.Show Image(https://fbcdn-sphotos-c-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/20923_355899284531027_953751514_o.jpg)
So unless that case (thread here (http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=40468.msg802930#msg802930)) doesn't happen, I'm asking my supporters to switch to alixinhzai.
- Ron | samwisekoiShow Image(http://www.samwisekoi.com/pixelart/Leo.png)
yep. i am switching to him. just asking him for w/r/w case like LZ. :D
Just to confirm,You are correct. :)
I've already got another source for switches, so except a USB cable, case and keycaps, that's all I need?
Could someone please pm me my order.
I would like to check if I need to do any last minute changes.
Also I like to clarify that I'm fully aware that the stabilizers come in complete sets.
And yes I have order quite a lot of them. I might even add a couple more.
Better safe than sorry. You never know when you might need a stabilizer.
Just to confirm, I've posted a request to change my order to:
0 x Switches
2 x GH60 PCBs
1 x ISO 1.5x (Pure Shift) Plate
1 x Cherry Plate Stabs
1 x Cherry PCB Stabs
I've already got another source for switches, so except a USB cable, case and keycaps, that's all I need?
So has it been figured out about how this GB might proceed with the 10x spacebar layout plates?
So has it been figured out about how this GB might proceed with the 10x spacebar layout plates?
Then, because it would look extra-awesome, we'll include long spacebars in the Retro Green/Blue GB so that people can make GH60 versions of the Nuclear Data boards.
So has it been figured out about how this GB might proceed with the 10x spacebar layout plates?10x spacebar layout plates?
I would think it could replace any of the 1.5x plates, including "True HHKB" etc.Mhm, mhm. I like where this is going.
I would think it could replace any of the 1.5x plates, including "True HHKB" etc.
I think we should add this plate (I can add ISO version as well), which supports bottom row layouts of:
1.50-1.00-10.00-1.00-1.50
1.25-1.25-10.00-1.25-1.25
1.50-1.00-1.50-7.00-1.50-1.00-1.50Show Image(http://i.imgur.com/HppIxBO.png)
If you have a plate, might as well take advantage of using plate-mounted stabilizers. Also, you can swap them out much easier. If you use PCB-mounted cherry stabilizers, it's impossible to remove without desoldering all your switches and taking off the plate. If you don't use a plate, then well, you don't really have a choice. And also the universal plate doesn't give you a choice either, you need to use PCB-mounted cherries.
one last thing...what's the difference between the Universal ANSI plate and the Poker Plate?
if i want a standard poker layout...i should get a poker plate correct
(herp derp question)
How do i know if i did my order right?can PM the organizers... :D
How do i know if i did my order right?can PM the organizers... :D
Can an ANSI Poker be converted to ISO without having to buy new Cherry stabilizers?Left shift doesn't have any stabilizers in ISO layout and right shift is the same I think.
I think the Return key might still work when the stabilizer is mounted 90º, but what about the shift keys?
Also, what if you want to add to your order, is that an "order change" or a new order under the same forum name?
Also, what if you want to add to your order, is that an "order change" or a new order under the same forum name?
How's the thing with the switches going? Is the goddess of cherry mx providing smiling upon us?
How's the thing with the switches going? Is the goddess of cherry mx providing smiling upon us?
Looking really good, unless you want MX Clear or MX White. Still need to order from 7bit for those.
We should be able to provide MX Red, Blue, Brown, Black, Green, Grey for $0.60/ea.
So should we re-add switches to our orders?How's the thing with the switches going? Is the goddess of cherry mx providing smiling upon us?
Looking really good, unless you want MX Clear or MX White. Still need to order from 7bit for those.
We should be able to provide MX Red, Blue, Brown, Black, Green, Grey for $0.60/ea.
Please add 60 MX Green to my order. Thanks.
Looking really good, unless you want MX Clear or MX White. Still need to order from 7bit for those.
We should be able to provide MX Red, Blue, Brown, Black, Green, Grey for $0.60/ea.
Tactile gray, linear dark gray, or both??
How's the thing with the switches going? Is the goddess of cherry mx providing smiling upon us?
Looking really good, unless you want MX Clear or MX White. Still need to order from 7bit for those.
We should be able to provide MX Red, Blue, Brown, Black, Green, Grey for $0.60/ea.
Please add 60 MX Green to my order. Thanks.
Done. Everyone please use the order change form if you want to add switches back to your order. ORDER CHANGES (https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1Q7zSzyaoNe9NORlLav84CtTVoMF22OZJyuW9Zr-c5Is/viewform)
Tactile gray, linear dark gray, or both??
Grey is Grey, and never Dark Grey. Tactile only. :D
Tactile gray, linear dark gray, or both??
Grey is Grey, and never Dark Grey. Tactile only. :D
True, but I've seen people using it wrong before (not you). I wanted to clarify so people knew they could do ergo clears by using mx gray instead.
If you already had switches in your order, we will fill them.
If you have MX White or MX Clear in your order, we will fill those by ordering from 7bit. Or you can choose to order them from 7bit yourself, and have them sent to us, using the tag "GH60." See his thread on Deskthority here (http://deskthority.net/marketplace-f11/cherry-mx-taking-pre-orders-t2760.html).
So I can still put MX whites on my order? Only difference will be a bit more expensive and take longer?
So I can still put MX whites on my order? Only difference will be a bit more expensive and take longer?
Correct.
So I can still put MX whites on my order? Only difference will be a bit more expensive and take longer?
Correct.
Ok cool .. Would ordering myself from 7bot make a difference time wise?
So I can still put MX whites on my order? Only difference will be a bit more expensive and take longer?
Correct.
Ok cool .. Would ordering myself from 7bot make a difference time wise?
It will make a difference if you are able to order in his "pre-order" batch, instead of waiting until the end of the GH60 GB. If you don't get your order in the pre-order batch, you might be waiting some months after the GH60s arrive for your switches to arrive.
So I can still put MX whites on my order? Only difference will be a bit more expensive and take longer?
Correct.
Ok cool .. Would ordering myself from 7bot make a difference time wise?
It will make a difference if you are able to order in his "pre-order" batch, instead of waiting until the end of the GH60 GB. If you don't get your order in the pre-order batch, you might be waiting some months after the GH60s arrive for your switches to arrive.
:0 looks like I'm going for the pre-order batch. When I get em, can I send em to you to hold onto for the gh60?
How much do MX Clears cost for each switch in this GB?
If you're desperate for clear switches, I'll probably be getting some that are desoldered from keyboards. They're not directly offered in this GB because they're not brand new. Brand new ones still need to be directly from 7bit unless we can find some.
I really wish we could have gotten some white switches. Those are the only ones I really wanted too :/
^ light grey ;)
I already have all the plate designs worked out after this (http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=41464.msg845617#msg845617) post, so here's what is happening:
All plates with 1.5x modifier spacing will have additional cutouts for a 10x (also 8x and 9x) spacebar. Meaning it's compatible with both 7x - 10x spacebars. There is also a "universal" plate that supports every layout except ones with inner 1.25x modifiers. It's basically the same exact one as this (http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=41464.msg844848#msg844848) post but with cuttouts for 7x spacebar, which is almost identical to the one jdcarpe just posted. This will probably be special made one since I don't imagine will get high quantity orders. I tried to integrate this with the current universal plate, but the overlaps make this impossible.
The replica HHKB layout with 6x offset spacebar can just use the current univeral plate design, it's perfectly compatible.
I'll post a pic this new plate and updated plates when I get home. I already sent the universal plate design for prototype.
Unfortunately (lol) you are correct Ron. A spacebar size 6x through 10x will physically fit and can mount, but I don't think there are switch supports for proper spacing if you use 8x and 9x spacebar sizes.
If you're desperate for clear switches, I'll probably be getting some that are desoldered from keyboards. They're not directly offered in this GB because they're not brand new. Brand new ones still need to be directly from 7bit unless we can find some.
I really wish we could have gotten some white switches. Those are the only ones I really wanted too :/
I could trade 61 mx whites for clears if you want.
Do you have a second batch of 61 whites? I'll trade you stems if so :)
Do you have a second batch of 61 whites? I'll trade you stems if so :)
I just have the 61 I pulled out of my poker and temporarily replaced with clears until the gh60 arrives. Found out that I like clears a lot more than whites once I did so. I would like to try ergo clears though.
MX lock is ok for any key EXCEPT capslock, in case that's what you were thinking. The key presses for capslock doesn't work exactly the same way as any other key.
how would one type with an all mx lock board? :confused:
how would one type with an all mx lock board? :confused:Caps lock haha
Nvm I just saw the rest of the posts. Sad
how would one type with an all mx lock board? :confused:Caps lock haha
Nvm I just saw the rest of the posts. Sad
Could use it for a shift lock and get approximately the same thing.
MX lock is ok for any key EXCEPT capslock, in case that's what you were thinking. The key presses for capslock doesn't work exactly the same way as any other key.
I am going to try them out as the Fn keyswitch, since that is a key that works on key-down events and could be useful if it stays down for the WASD arrows on a Poker. (It might also turn out to be completely annoying!)
It is really too bad the logic of Caps Lock gets all twisted around if you try to use a lock switch, since on the old typewriters and even some terminals that was exactly how they worked.
- Ron I samwisekoi
hmm, I've got a few questions:
1) Are casing sold separately from this thread or from this thread ? I really like the CNC casing, but I think it's completely sold.
2) As someone who has never soldered anything before, is it possible for someone like me to assemble the keyboard ? Just soldering the switches and stuff, not the smt.
Thanks !
Stabilizers aren't something that needs to be installed more than once, unlike keycaps. But you're right, for whatever reason you need to take them off, PCB-mounted cherry stabilizers are the hardest out of the 3 types if you have a plate on there. Desoldering is no fun either.
how would one type with an all mx lock board? :confused:Caps lock haha
Nvm I just saw the rest of the posts. Sad
Could use it for a shift lock and get approximately the same thing.
actually a decent idea for an hhkb layout on the right shift :P
how would one type with an all mx lock board? :confused:Caps lock haha
Nvm I just saw the rest of the posts. Sad
Could use it for a shift lock and get approximately the same thing.
actually a decent idea for an hhkb layout on the right shift :P
Unforunately the computer will register any key-up event on the other shift and release the shifted state, leaving you with the shift button locked down and the computer unshifted. Try it on your computer by holding one shift key down and pressing and releasing the other, while typing with a third ? hand.
- Ron I samwisekoi
how would one type with an all mx lock board? :confused:Caps lock haha
Nvm I just saw the rest of the posts. Sad
Could use it for a shift lock and get approximately the same thing.
actually a decent idea for an hhkb layout on the right shift :P
Unforunately the computer will register any key-up event on the other shift and release the shifted state, leaving you with the shift button locked down and the computer unshifted. Try it on your computer by holding one shift key down and pressing and releasing the other, while typing with a third ? hand.
- Ron I samwisekoi
... or you could use your pinky fingers.
Unforunately the computer will register any key-up event on the other shift and release the shifted state, leaving you with the shift button locked down and the computer unshifted. Try it on your computer by holding one shift key down and pressing and releasing the other, while typing with a third ? hand.
- Ron I samwisekoi
Unforunately the computer will register any key-up event on the other shift and release the shifted state, leaving you with the shift button locked down and the computer unshifted. Try it on your computer by holding one shift key down and pressing and releasing the other, while typing with a third ? hand.
- Ron I samwisekoi
I tried it and everything was still shifted...
Unforunately the computer will register any key-up event on the other shift and release the shifted state, leaving you with the shift button locked down and the computer unshifted. Try it on your computer by holding one shift key down and pressing and releasing the other, while typing with a third ? hand.
- Ron I samwisekoi
I tried it and everything was still shifted...
Depends on how the OS handles the keyup event. My guess is that Windows would unshift as described. I'm on Linux, and it doesn't unshift if I hold one shift, then press and release the other.
I'm starting to wonder if I made the right plate choices. Hmmm...
Attention everybody. The price of GH60 assembled PCB goes down to $30. WFD, could you update the op, please?
I ordered one but How do I know my order went through?It did.
Only $5 more for predone SMD hell? I'll have to change my order!The DIY prices will hopefully go down as well, though everybody who orders them has to understand that these boards were designed for automatic assembly and you do need at least some experience and hardware to solder them correctly.
Attention everybody. The price of GH60 assembled PCB goes down to $30.
I don't suppose the DIY goes down a little too? Or is this just an assembly efficiency?
dang.. just changed my order to one PCB instead of the two I originally ordered, and then I find out its gone down in price.. :P
If I change my order again, do you guys think it would be easy to sell one (PCB or maybe with switches..) if I decide I only need one efter getting the board?
I wonder if the price of the plates will go down. The first round of plates by Beast were only $10
I wonder if the price of the plates will go down. The first round of plates by Beast were only $10
Also, would it be cheaper just to have everything pre-SMD soldered and combine the DIY and the non-DIY for a larger, cheaper, single price (also easier to pack/ship/sort)?
Order submitted :)
Keen as for this!
Not sure it would be cheaper, but for sure it would be less hassle. We wouldn't have to pack the components into bags. 14 prototypes took me a few hours of cutting tape and counting, and the shielded bags aren't cheap either.I wonder if the price of the plates will go down. The first round of plates by Beast were only $10
There are a lot more plate variations in this GB then there were in my first GB. I essentially had one design, and one that was 99% the same with a slight variation
Also, would it be cheaper just to have everything pre-SMD soldered and combine the DIY and the non-DIY for a larger, cheaper, single price (also easier to pack/ship/sort)?
We're sourcing the cheapest parts from the US and Europe for the DIY kit.
We're sourcing the cheapest parts from the US and Europe for the DIY kit.
It's cool that you save everyone money, but won't "getting the cheapest parts" make the final product suffer?
We're sourcing the cheapest parts from the US and Europe for the DIY kit.
It's cool that you save everyone money, but won't "getting the cheapest parts" make the final product suffer?
Not really in this case. Keyboard is more of a digital thing than analog so there is no space for distortions and so on. What matters more is the soldering which affects the durability of the keyboard.
Just wondering how I can go about amending my order to add a 2nd pcb? At $30 I best get a 2nd for work!
It seems I have to cancel my order because I'm not going to have much money for a while because I'm unemployed and I have to spend it for living. Hope this message reaches before the deadline :)
Just wondering how I can go about amending my order to add a 2nd pcb? At $30 I best get a 2nd for work!
There's a huge link in the OP to modify your order ;D
Just wondering how I can go about amending my order to add a 2nd pcb? At $30 I best get a 2nd for work!
There's a huge link in the OP to modify your order ;D
Hah! I guess where it says order changes.... that's the spot right?? ;D
I guess I was hoping to find a place where I could see what I had originally ordered.
Just wondering how I can go about amending my order to add a 2nd pcb? At $30 I best get a 2nd for work!
There's a huge link in the OP to modify your order ;D
Hah! I guess where it says order changes.... that's the spot right?? ;D
I guess I was hoping to find a place where I could see what I had originally ordered.
I believe the only way to see your order is to ask the staff for a PM with it.
Sidenote: Hasn't anyone come around to make something like a "group buy organizing web app"?
Sidenote: Hasn't anyone come around to make something like a "group buy organizing web app"?
There is one. It was used for the Retro DSA GB. I have no idea why they went with the awkward Google Docs system here when a much better system was available
Sidenote: Hasn't anyone come around to make something like a "group buy organizing web app"?There is one. It was used for the Retro DSA GB. I have no idea why they went with the awkward Google Docs system here when a much better system was available
Matt3o has a very efficient app that lets you check your own order and modify it. I've already PMed a while ago and he said he was working on the software, but not finished yet. Trust me, I would want that system up and running more than anyone. I'm getting a lot of PMs just to verify order, but there is no other way. Google doc is the 2nd most efficient way so the requests are saved somewhere until we have time to change it. Changing order by PM could be a big mess if they aren't done right when they're read.
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Why not link all the order data (no addresses or names) to another google doc and then make that one public?
Sidenote: Hasn't anyone come around to make something like a "group buy organizing web app"?There is one. It was used for the Retro DSA GB. I have no idea why they went with the awkward Google Docs system here when a much better system was available
Matt3o has a very efficient app that lets you check your own order and modify it. I've already PMed a while ago and he said he was working on the software, but not finished yet. Trust me, I would want that system up and running more than anyone. I'm getting a lot of PMs just to verify order, but there is no other way. Google doc is the 2nd most efficient way so the requests are saved somewhere until we have time to change it. Changing order by PM could be a big mess if they aren't done right when they're read.
Why not link all the order data (no addresses or names) to another google doc and then make that one public?
Why not link all the order data (no addresses or names) to another google doc and then make that one public?
Show me how to do this please.
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^ THANK YOU, I got it working :-* ;)
Here are your orders. I think from now on, if you need to change an order, just submit a new order, fill now the order change sheet to delete old order. That's faster than us manually changing stuff. But in the new order, put in the comments section "new updated order". Use Ctrl + F and search for yourself since there are a lot of entries.
red = GH PCB
green = plates
Order confirmation (https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AraAg2A1x5csdGhmV2xKd2h5SmZQUFFSa3ZSZ3BjWkE&usp=sharing)
The case thing is a huge bummer. :confused:You just missed the custom acrylic case GB
I would love to order a GH60. But there's no abundant, cheap cases to be had. Something simple like Poker/Pure.
The case thing is a huge bummer. :confused:You just missed the custom acrylic case GB
I would love to order a GH60. But there's no abundant, cheap cases to be had. Something simple like Poker/Pure.
The case thing is a huge bummer. :confused:You just missed the custom acrylic case GB
I would love to order a GH60. But there's no abundant, cheap cases to be had. Something simple like Poker/Pure.
The case thing is a huge bummer. :confused:You just missed the custom acrylic case GB
I would love to order a GH60. But there's no abundant, cheap cases to be had. Something simple like Poker/Pure.
I saw the ones by alixinhzai, I wasn't 100% into them. And $55 shipped, is more than I need. A mass-produced, cheap tray like Poker/Pure would be ideal.
*** I looked at them again, it's not so bad. But still...
The case thing is a huge bummer. :confused:You just missed the custom acrylic case GB
I would love to order a GH60. But there's no abundant, cheap cases to be had. Something simple like Poker/Pure.
I saw the ones by alixinhzai, I wasn't 100% into them. And $55 shipped, is more than I need. A mass-produced, cheap tray like Poker/Pure would be ideal.
*** I looked at them again, it's not so bad. But still...
Give it a bit and I'm sure more stock poker cases will come available as people migrate to Custom ones.
It should auto update when we change it. But if you just put in a request yesterday, then it probably won't be changed that quick. Total order change, not including the ones in PMs are at 142 right now.
Geez you guys are so indecisive.
I've not got time to read the first post and I've never done a group buy but how do I get in on this? All I've literally done is look at the pictures and fell in love with the ANSI WKL.
I've not got time to read the first post and I've never done a group buy but how do I get in on this? All I've literally done is look at the pictures and fell in love with the ANSI WKL.
There will be options for assembly service if you cannot build it yourself.
Lol, I didn't mean like a whole walkthrough. I meant just a run down of how to order and whatnot while I was in queue for SC2. :3 Sorry for acting a moron, m'bad.
So after reading, I don't think I should order since I have no clue how to use a solder. I could ask my old man as he's an electrician but not sure if he'd do all what needed to be done for me. Once again, sorry for acting a prat. I'll just wait until one comes up for sale, if one comes up for sale fully made.
You can have it shipped with switches assembled, but you still have to find case, cable, and key caps on your own.
Here are your orders. I think from now on, if you need to change an order, just submit a new order, fill now the order change sheet to delete old order. That's faster than us manually changing stuff. But in the new order, put in the comments section "new updated order". Use Ctrl + F and search for yourself since there are a lot of entries.Awesome, thanks WFD!
red = GH PCB
green = plates
Order confirmation (https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AraAg2A1x5csdGhmV2xKd2h5SmZQUFFSa3ZSZ3BjWkE&usp=sharing)
Are off center caps-lock available with all plates?Anyone have an answer to this?
Are off center caps-lock available with all plates?Anyone have an answer to this?
Are off center caps-lock available with all plates?Anyone have an answer to this?
So I specify that in the additional notes section? because I will buy assembly service.
Thank you :)So I specify that in the additional notes section? because I will buy assembly service.
Yes, specify whether you want center or off-center Caps Lock in the notes.
Those space bar wires, can anyone explain if they're required for cherry stabs on an ISO 1.25x?
Also, everyone order switches! :D
Throught the GBAlso, everyone order switches! :D
...Through this GB? Or, via 7-Bit directly? ...Or, just in general? =)
The grooves that you're referring to won't work with a plate no matter which way your orient it. That kink will either hit the plate or the PCB and make the stabilizer get stuck. You need a perfectly straight wire.
I'm just going to organize them in "sets." It's too hard to micro manage every small request when it comes time to invoice and packaging/shipping.
So the HHKB plate with splitted backspace and ANSI 1.5 bottom row doesn't exists any more, or is it still possibble to have one ?
What switches are available?, all of them or what?Throught the GBAlso, everyone order switches! :D
...Through this GB? Or, via 7-Bit directly? ...Or, just in general? =)
What switches are available?, all of them or what?
Looking really good, unless you want MX Clear or MX White. Still need to order from 7bit for those.
We should be able to provide MX Red, Blue, Brown, Black, Green, Grey for $0.60/ea.
Are the gray switches light or dark grey?
What switches are available?, all of them or what?
Looking really good, unless you want MX Clear or MX White. Still need to order from 7bit for those.
We should be able to provide MX Red, Blue, Brown, Black, Green, Grey for $0.60/ea.
Are the gray switches light or dark grey?
What switches are available?, all of them or what?
Looking really good, unless you want MX Clear or MX White. Still need to order from 7bit for those.
We should be able to provide MX Red, Blue, Brown, Black, Green, Grey for $0.60/ea.
Yes, gray switches are a lighter gray, but their names are mx gray and mx dark gray. Dark gray will also not be offered :)
Light grey ones have the same stem as clears right?
Will ordering switches delay the shipment,or will they be ready when the shipment of the keyboards will start?Also,are the switches pcb or plate mounted? :)
Will ordering switches delay the shipment,or will they be ready when the shipment of the keyboards will start?Also,are the switches pcb or plate mounted? :)
if using plate, both pcb and plate mounted switches can be used.
if not using a plate, only use pcb mounted switches
does gh60 have reattachable usb cable or how does it work?
oh okay, thanksdoes gh60 have reattachable usb cable or how does it work?
PCB has a mini USB plug. You need to find a cable on your own. Mimic's cables seem to be quite popular, but I guess any A-MiniB cable will work, if you happen to have one lying around.
Those space bar wires, can anyone explain if they're required for cherry stabs on an ISO 1.25x?
You would need a 6.25 spacebar wire
Those space bar wires, can anyone explain if they're required for cherry stabs on an ISO 1.25x?
You would need a 6.25 spacebar wire
How would one change my order, especially as its not listed on the front page as an order-able item?
I don't know how much and where to pay. Please send me the invoice or can you provide any functionality to see what I really ordered?Read the thread. All that info was posted
Thanks
Can we get MX Green switches?
Can we get MX Green switches?
You can get Red, Blue, Brown, Black, Green, or (Light) Grey.
Plate mount or PCB mount.
:D
Can we get MX Green switches?
You can get Red, Blue, Brown, Black, Green, or (Light) Grey.
Plate mount or PCB mount.
:D
Can we get MX Green switches?
You can get Red, Blue, Brown, Black, Green, or (Light) Grey.
Plate mount or PCB mount.
:D
There isn't any clear switches ? Because I ordered some.
Can I get a PM confirming my order update?
Here are your orders. I think from now on, if you need to change an order, just submit a new order, fill now the order change sheet to delete old order. That's faster than us manually changing stuff. But in the new order, put in the comments section "new updated order". Use Ctrl + F and search for yourself since there are a lot of entries.
red = GH PCB
green = plates
Order confirmation (https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AraAg2A1x5csdGhmV2xKd2h5SmZQUFFSa3ZSZ3BjWkE&usp=sharing)
Ordered :D Can someone please tell me if what I wrote on the comment section is possible?Thank you
Quick question:
Am I able to use six 1.25x instead of the four 1.5x and the two 1x(?) keys on the bottom row with the Ansi 1.5x-Plate? If yes, does it affect the spacebar/stabilizer?
And if I buy the switches from 7bit (sorry... but I want white ones :D) and don't want the assembly service, it is recommend to let him sent the switches directly to me. Am I right?
BTW ty for this great group buy! Really looking forward to my GH60 :)
Edit: Think I got it... I could use six 1.25x but I would need a 7.5x Spacebar which seems to be pretty rare...
Yes, we can do that. Don't you want your name on the package if it gets delivered to your office, so they know who the package is for?
Someone just pointed me at massdrop when I asked about group buy platforms. I assume you've seen it, and decided it's no good for this. Would you mind sharing your reasoning?
Universal ANSI plate + Acrylic GH60 Poker(from acrylic case) will be ok together,right? :p Sorry again,just want to be sure :D
Yes, just fine, as long as you remembered to order the Cherry PCB mount stabilizers. :)
Also, being international, I'm pretty sure we will have to put some name on the customs form.
Thank you so much :D
Do I need to update the order by myself?
HOLY ****...430+ PCB's ordered.
I'm having it either way but is the part assembled PCB $30 (as in the first post) or $40 (as on the order form)? Also, seriously, b****r the DIY kit - that looks impossible! Especially for the sake of $5 but even for $15!
I'm having it either way but is the part assembled PCB $30 (as in the first post) or $40 (as on the order form)? Also, seriously, b****r the DIY kit - that looks impossible! Especially for the sake of $5 but even for $15!
It's $30.
And it's not impossible, just improbable!
Question... I placed a switch order with 7bit for some Whites and put "GH60" on it. However, I don't want to hold up my Gh60 order if it's ready before the switches. (They aren't my only switches, so most impt to get my Gh60s first!)
So the question is: should I ask to add direct shipping to my 7bit order, or would I have the option of paying you guys additional shipping to proxy the switches later?
Thanks!
Does the HHKB plate still has a bottom row for 1.5 1 1.5 7 1.5 1 .15 ? I'm quite confused with this plate, it's tagged as "true" HHKB in the order confirmation page. Wondering if things have changed.
Thanks.
Couple of questions pertaining to the spreadsheet (http://api.viglink.com/api/click?format=go&key=ae397ad5dec9dcac1cf8902258ac4def&loc=http%3A%2F%2Fgeekhack.org%2Findex.php%3Ftopic%3D41464.msg858832%23new&v=1&libid=1366385510772&out=https%3A%2F%2Fdocs.google.com%2Fspreadsheet%2Fccc%3Fkey%3D0AraAg2A1x5csdGhmV2xKd2h5SmZQUFFSa3ZSZ3BjWkE%26usp%3Dsharing&ref=http%3A%2F%2Fgeekhack.org%2Findex.php%3Fboard%3D70.0&title=GH60%20Group%20Buy&txt=Order%20confirmation&jsonp=vglnk_jsonp_13663856770662)...
One, the row 2 is hidden in the spreadsheet, is that my order?
Two, a couple of users have had nothing in their order, ones that popped out at me were Jcrouse, Halverson, and Longweight to name a few... That seems to be a slight problem?
Three, is the form auto updating? If so, I don't see my order. (Placed by Prldm2009, but shipping to me)
Does the HHKB plate still has a bottom row for 1.5 1 1.5 7 1.5 1 .15 ? I'm quite confused with this plate, it's tagged as "true" HHKB in the order confirmation page. Wondering if things have changed.
Thanks.
Yes, that is still the layout. The other HHKB layout with the 6u spacebar is just for a few of us fools who may want that option with a case, and has nothing to do with any plates offered in this GB.
Gotcha, I edited my post after I realized my mistakes etc. Thank ya. BTW look at IMSTO go. 50 DIY kits. :eek:Couple of questions pertaining to the spreadsheet (http://api.viglink.com/api/click?format=go&key=ae397ad5dec9dcac1cf8902258ac4def&loc=http%3A%2F%2Fgeekhack.org%2Findex.php%3Ftopic%3D41464.msg858832%23new&v=1&libid=1366385510772&out=https%3A%2F%2Fdocs.google.com%2Fspreadsheet%2Fccc%3Fkey%3D0AraAg2A1x5csdGhmV2xKd2h5SmZQUFFSa3ZSZ3BjWkE%26usp%3Dsharing&ref=http%3A%2F%2Fgeekhack.org%2Findex.php%3Fboard%3D70.0&title=GH60%20Group%20Buy&txt=Order%20confirmation&jsonp=vglnk_jsonp_13663856770662)...
One, the row 2 is hidden in the spreadsheet, is that my order?
Two, a couple of users have had nothing in their order, ones that popped out at me were Jcrouse, Halverson, and Longweight to name a few... That seems to be a slight problem?
Three, is the form auto updating? If so, I don't see my order. (Placed by Prldm2009, but shipping to me)
Row 2 is private. It's just order totals.
The users with nothing in their order have placed new updated orders. So I had to delete those old orders. But I don't delete rows from the spreadsheet, just in case something goes wrong. It's nothing for you to worry about. :)
I see the order. In the public spreadsheet. Maybe you are typing his username wrong? The "comments" field is also private.
I have a semi-important update soon...
I have a semi-important update soon...
I have a semi-important update soon...
Hmmmm I was about to submit my order, but I guess I'll wait a little longer :)
Haha.
How intriguing :P
Sorry I havent been keeping up with this. what switches will be avaliable? and will the plates fit the prototype?Green, Grey, Blue, Red, Black, Brown, and.... I think that's it.... No White or Clear, I remember that and those Greys are tactile 80cn ones, not Dark Grey linear.
Do we still need to order switches from the DT bot? or no.
1. GH60 PCB (SMD Presoldered)
2. ANSI 1.5x with short R-shift and split backspace
3. 1x cherry (plate-mounted) stabilizer set
4. ??x MX blue switches
5. Assembly service
What kind of spacebar wire do I need? And how many switches should I order?
How much work should I expect to do myself (other than ordering keycaps, case and usb-wire)?You're getting the PCB with plate and switches mounted, and a standard layout firmware installed. Just drop into the case (or whatever your case requires you to do), plop the caps on, plug the cable in, done.
EDIT: Oh, and what color(switches) do you recomend? (The keyboard is for programming in emacs) :)
Does this new switch supplier have different colors? I selected light grey on my order, but would prefer clears if possible.
Green, Grey, Blue, Red, Black, Brown, and.... I think that's it.... No White or Clear, I remember that and those Greys are tactile 80cn ones, not Dark Grey linear.
Thanks a lot!
There's no way anyone can tell you what switches are good for you. What you use your keyboard for doesn't really influence it as much as how you type. People say MX Blue are good for typing/coding, but that doesn't mean anything, really. It's all purely down to taste.
Grab yourself a sampler kit from WASD (http://www.wasdkeyboards.com/index.php/wasd-sampler-kit.html) if you've really never laid fingers on a mechanical switch. It doesn't give you the full picture of actually typing on them, but at least you'll have an idea.
Thanks a lot!
There's no way anyone can tell you what switches are good for you. What you use your keyboard for doesn't really influence it as much as how you type. People say MX Blue are good for typing/coding, but that doesn't mean anything, really. It's all purely down to taste.
Grab yourself a sampler kit from WASD (http://www.wasdkeyboards.com/index.php/wasd-sampler-kit.html) if you've really never laid fingers on a mechanical switch. It doesn't give you the full picture of actually typing on them, but at least you'll have an idea.
Is it possible to replace the switches later on?
Thanks a lot!
There's no way anyone can tell you what switches are good for you. What you use your keyboard for doesn't really influence it as much as how you type. People say MX Blue are good for typing/coding, but that doesn't mean anything, really. It's all purely down to taste.
Grab yourself a sampler kit from WASD (http://www.wasdkeyboards.com/index.php/wasd-sampler-kit.html) if you've really never laid fingers on a mechanical switch. It doesn't give you the full picture of actually typing on them, but at least you'll have an idea.
Is it possible to replace the switches later on?
Most certainly. It requires some soldering, though. It's not hard, but pretty laborious. Still, make sure you do your homework first.
I'm currently rendering all the additional layouts and I'm posting them one by one as they finish. Look at the OP for now. Takes a bit of setup time for each one :/
Basically just some price updates, PCB, plates, layouts, etc.
Hey JD or WFD, are the people assembling these willing to lube and sticker (at extra cost) or should I line someone up to do this?
Hi ***,
With my apologies, we will not be able to provide any preliminary pricing. Our Estimating Department has limited resources and that preparing quotes for budgetary estimates is not cost effective for our company. We would prefer to quote quantities only when they’re ready for production.
Please submit your RFQ once you’ve finalized your quantities and anticipate placing an order.
Yeah I was thinking about that after I posted that. I guess it's time to step up! Thanks WFD.Hey JD or WFD, are the people assembling these willing to lube and sticker (at extra cost) or should I line someone up to do this?
I can probably do this, and I"m sure jdcarpe is willing to do it also, but I sure komar won't lol. And there's no reason why you can't do it yourself, the plate supports removable switches. Not being able to solder is understandable because it requires equipment, but lubing and stickers doesn't only requires the lube/sticker and patience.
Will Teensys be sold separatly?
Rephrasing my question from before, those get lost easily in this thread:
Couldn't most of the plates have a wider hole for the spacebar switch to allow for cherry off-center 6.25 spacebars?
p.s: awesome price on the bare pcb, thanks
Will Teensys be sold separatly?gh60 has a atmega controller
there are no teensys :)
Unfortunately got a KBT Pure before I learned of the GH60s existance :/ I was wondering if ordering the Universal ANSI Plate would work to serve as a plate for a Pure PCB?
FYI, if you want Clears, but don't plan on using them stock, i.e. you are planning to make ergo clears, then MX Greys will work the same for you. They have the exact same stem profile as clears, only a stiffer spring, which you wouldn't be using anyway.
Aww! :mad: Something came up, I have to cancel my order. Feels bad :(surely someone got an extra they would part with later. no worries moe!
I changed some things on my order yesterday but they haven't changed on the spreadsheet yet :(
If you used the "Order Changes" link, it is updated manually by us organizers. I have been busy this weekend, and haven't even looked at it in a couple days. You are better off submitting a new order, and in the comments section, write "new updated order."
http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=a1z10.3.w4996320547.11.GzLLrv&id=24215712204&
looks like the chinese are going to be very happy :)
Misc
Some orders requested for costar 7x wires. I'm not sure this will be available, as WASDkeyboards is not able to provide them. Costar stabilizers are $7 per set.
Misc
Some orders requested for costar 7x wires. I'm not sure this will be available, as WASDkeyboards is not able to provide them. Costar stabilizers are $7 per set.
If costar 7x wires aren't available, then can you change mine to PCB-mounted stabilizers with 7x wires?
Is it simple to make your own?
So I'm sorta confused, does one order the switches via the order form, or separately via deskthority?
What spacebar stabilizer is for the HHKB, standard and Pure?1
Would you still need a 7 stabilizer if you are going to do the split spacebar? or would you need two 3.5 or something?
For clears, you can get mx greys, they have the exact same stem. I don't imagine very many will use the stock clear springs.
Lastly, which switches are available for this gb?
Lastly, which switches are available for this gb?
blue, green, tactile grey(corret me if i am wrong), red, black, brown except for clear and white mx.
Misc
Some orders requested for costar 7x wires. I'm not sure this will be available, as WASDkeyboards is not able to provide them. Costar stabilizers are $7 per set.
According to "Phantom Group Buy" in DT wiki, there was STAB700(Costar 7 units stabiliser). http://deskthority.net/wiki/Phantom_Group_Buy
Does anyone know how did the Phantom organizers provide Costar 7 units stabilizer?
So umm yea gb for the pre soldered pcbs went through already?No?
still deciding on switches for my second GH60...
what i decide on won't be able to be changed until september... so much pressure
still deciding on switches for my second GH60...
what i decide on won't be able to be changed until september... so much pressure
How did you order your switches? The OP says to go over to deskthority and order there, but I see people ordering them through this thread's gh60 official order form. I'm wondering which way will get you your switches faster?
Hi, I'm sorry to be dense. One question I had was clarification on where to order switches. Thank you Mauri and Mkaito for clarifying to order here, not 7-bit.
Do I need to get 12 of the switches PCB-mount and the others plate-mount if I'm using the universal plate?
Did we ever decide about WASD LED's? What is the LED color? Is there a choice?
Could someone please check my order? I want 2x Poker clones with the option to switch to HHKB layout later. Just switches for 1 now. I can solder myself. (maybe this will also help others who are a little unsure of their order)
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GH60 PBC quantity *$40 per PCB, SMD presoldered: 2
GH60 DIY kit quantity*$25, requries SMD soldering: 0
Universal ANSI plate: 2
Universal ISO plate: 0
Poker plate quantity ANSI 1.25x: 0
...
Switches and stabilizers (stabilizers are in sets, each set is enough for 1 whole keyboard. Switches are per switch)
Costar stabs, Plate-mounted, PCB-mounted cherry stabs (specify spacebar wire size). The switch color you want. FORMAT: quantity x item
2 sets PCB-mounted cherry stabs (6.25 spacebar)
14x PCB-mount brown switches (a few extras)
53x plate-mount brown switches (a few extras)
Assembly service *
No
...
Thanks for the help!
Can someone remove my first order from the spreadsheet? I have 2 orders :p
still deciding on switches for my second GH60...
what i decide on won't be able to be changed until september... so much pressure
How did you order your switches? The OP says to go over to deskthority and order there, but I see people ordering them through this thread's gh60 official order form. I'm wondering which way will get you your switches faster?
I submitted a brand-new order because I freaked out and I wasn't sure if I had my order correct for a poker layout board. Please delete all previous orders and order changes and go with the latest one (submitted Sunday April 21st). I added a note in the comments section on the order form to delete all previous orders and order changes.
Thanks again!
-Tad
I put in a new order to replace my existing one (noted it in the comments). The new one landed, but it appears the original hasn't been removed.
Not trying to be impatient, I know there is a lot of churn going on right now as the deadline nears. Just wanted to make sure I noted it. As much as I would love more GH60's, I'm pretty sure that would not be "good for my marriage." :)
Thanks!
Hi, I'm sorry to be dense. One question I had was clarification on where to order switches. Thank you Mauri and Mkaito for clarifying to order here, not 7-bit.
Do I need to get 12 of the switches PCB-mount and the others plate-mount if I'm using the universal plate?
Did we ever decide about WASD LED's? What is the LED color? Is there a choice?
Could someone please check my order? I want 2x Poker clones with the option to switch to HHKB layout later. Just switches for 1 now. I can solder myself. (maybe this will also help others who are a little unsure of their order)
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GH60 PBC quantity *$40 per PCB, SMD presoldered: 2
GH60 DIY kit quantity*$25, requries SMD soldering: 0
Universal ANSI plate: 2
Universal ISO plate: 0
Poker plate quantity ANSI 1.25x: 0
...
Switches and stabilizers (stabilizers are in sets, each set is enough for 1 whole keyboard. Switches are per switch)
Costar stabs, Plate-mounted, PCB-mounted cherry stabs (specify spacebar wire size). The switch color you want. FORMAT: quantity x item
2 sets PCB-mounted cherry stabs (6.25 spacebar)
14x PCB-mount brown switches (a few extras)
53x plate-mount brown switches (a few extras)
Assembly service *
No
...
Thanks for the help!
Is there anyone who could please help with my questions and review my order? Do I need to order a mix of plate- and pcb-mount switches??
There will be holes with solder pads for LEDs on every switch, but no traces to them. I'm still not 100% sure if the WASD-Esc will have traces for LEDs, but I believe that is the plan.
I ordered my switches from the GB on Deskthority and had them shipped to the gh60 distributor. How do you associate my order with those switches?
Can someone please clarify - If I'm going for ANSI 1.5x - full 1.5x mod, WKL, or HHKB do I a need 7x or 6.25x spacebar wire?
Can someone please clarify - If I'm going for ANSI 1.5x - full 1.5x mod, WKL, or HHKB do I a need 7x or 6.25x spacebar wire?
You need a 7x wire, which is why I ignored your last order change request. :)
I was trying to read through everything to see what I need to change in my order, but is the Universal 10x the only one that will support a 10x spacebar or do all ansi 150 layouts support it also?
There will be holes with solder pads for LEDs on every switch, but no traces to them. I'm still not 100% sure if the WASD-Esc will have traces for LEDs, but I believe that is the plan.
Can you actually make your own traces, in case you want LEDs at some point?
I can't promise anything, but it looks like there is enough space so I may provide traces for most (probably not all) of the LEDs. The connections will form a matrix with rows and columns so it will be reasonably configurable.There will be holes with solder pads for LEDs on every switch, but no traces to them. I'm still not 100% sure if the WASD-Esc will have traces for LEDs, but I believe that is the plan.Can you actually make your own traces, in case you want LEDs at some point?
There won't be traces on the PCB; you can solder jumper wires to connect the LEDs. I imagine you could design another PCB daughtherboard to go underneath for the LEDs to, but it would be expensive to prototype it.
I can't promise anything, but it looks like there is enough space so I may provide traces for most (probably not all) of the LEDs. The connections will form a matrix with rows and columns so it will be reasonably configurable.There will be holes with solder pads for LEDs on every switch, but no traces to them. I'm still not 100% sure if the WASD-Esc will have traces for LEDs, but I believe that is the plan.Can you actually make your own traces, in case you want LEDs at some point?
There won't be traces on the PCB; you can solder jumper wires to connect the LEDs. I imagine you could design another PCB daughtherboard to go underneath for the LEDs to, but it would be expensive to prototype it.
Still, not promising anything, if that delays things or causes other problems, I'll drop it.
Quick question, I didn't specifiy that I wanted plate mounted cherrys, I only wrote 63x browns. I did however order a plate, is it implied that I want plate mounted switches?
Quick question, I didn't specifiy that I wanted plate mounted cherrys, I only wrote 63x browns. I did however order a plate, is it implied that I want plate mounted switches?
Yes, if you ordered a plate, we will assume you want plate mounted switches, unless you specify otherwise.
What would be the point of a plat sitting over PCB mounted switches?
How should we order Bare PCBs?
I just put it in the comments section since I didn't see an option on the order form... Just want to confirm this will work.
Almost forgot to order this, OOPS
Bare PCB is $6. Includes nothing but the PCB, meaning you have to source your own controller and electronics.
Provides good insurance for the future though... for instance I'm fairly certainly I wont need/want more than 3 boards, but I ordred an extra 2 bare PCBs just in case I change my mind later and they are hard to come by. Can always track down the components... probably costing more granted.
So how are the orders for plates "samwisekoi" and "universal 10x" coming?
Certainly the "ANSI universal" will support the arrow keys the "samwisekoi" plate is designed for, and the only real reason to use the "universal 10x" (I think) would be to use a 10x spacebar with 1.25 modifiers.
Anyhow, I am about to place an order for more PCBs and plates, and I want to know how those two plates are going before I add to the mess.
Thanks!
- Ron | samwisekoi
So how are the orders for plates "samwisekoi" and "universal 10x" coming?
Certainly the "ANSI universal" will support the arrow keys the "samwisekoi" plate is designed for, and the only real reason to use the "universal 10x" (I think) would be to use a 10x spacebar with 1.25 modifiers.
Anyhow, I am about to place an order for more PCBs and plates, and I want to know how those two plates are going before I add to the mess.
Thanks!
- Ron | samwisekoi
Where's the link to the order spreadsheet? :)
Where's the link to the order spreadsheet? :)Just for you, a bump:
Submitted an addition to my order (2x bare pcbs) that's not showing up in the confirmation
Just to confirm (i know you hate that word now) ISO/ANSI 1.5x with short shift will require a 7x spacebar wire with the costars which is not available am I right?
Do Cherrys need wires? Are there 7x wires for those?
It's not automated, bro. We have to update by hand... :)
It's not automated, bro. We have to update by hand... :)
No worries! Question though: does that mean standard clears are not available through this group buy? I'm not interested in Ergo, just want regular old clears.
For those of us who got ali's acrylic case, will we be able to send the case to whoever is assembling or something?
Ali's case has a custom plate.For those of us who got ali's acrylic case, will we be able to send the case to whoever is assembling or something?
The assembly service only assembles switches and plates. Mounting a case is ezpz anyway, so don't worry.
Ali's case has a custom plate.For those of us who got ali's acrylic case, will we be able to send the case to whoever is assembling or something?
The assembly service only assembles switches and plates. Mounting a case is ezpz anyway, so don't worry.
UPDATE:
THE SWITCH SUPPLIER JUST INFORMED ME THAT THE ONLY GREY SWITCHES HE HAS ARE ACTUALLY LINEAR (DARK GREY).
THESE WILL NOT WORK FOR "ERGO-CLEAR" MOD.
SORRY FOR ANY CONFUSION, AS I WAS JUST INFORMED OF THIS JUST NOW. IF YOU NEED TO CANCEL SWITCHES, PLEASE SUBMIT AN ORDER CHANGE REQUEST.
You can still order MX Clear or MX Grey (tactile) from 7bit on Deskthority, or we will place the order with 7bit if you order them through this GB.
Is it likely there will be a R2? I have a feeling if I buy the PCB now it'll just be sitting under my bed for half a year, and I don't have the cash for a plate etc atm.
Also, I'm going to put this on every page:
Any switches ordered that we cannot source from our new supplier will be ordered from 7bit. We won't be finished collecting payments before his "preorder sale" ends, so prices may be higher, and lead times may be longer.
Ali's case has a custom plate.For those of us who got ali's acrylic case, will we be able to send the case to whoever is assembling or something?
The assembly service only assembles switches and plates. Mounting a case is ezpz anyway, so don't worry.
^^^ This.
I don't have a problem doing that.
Also, I'm going to put this on every page:
jd could you shine some light on this?Is it likely there will be a R2? I have a feeling if I buy the PCB now it'll just be sitting under my bed for half a year, and I don't have the cash for a plate etc atm.
Any switches ordered that we cannot source from our new supplier will be ordered from 7bit. We won't be finished collecting payments before his "preorder sale" ends, so prices may be higher, and lead times may be longer.
You must be new to GeekHack!
Since when do I have strict deadlines?
Hm, I wonder if I should get a second one...
I've got whites coming for the one I've already ordered and I kinda want a heavy linear still...
I asked this before but it quickly got lost a few pages back - any (rough) idea as to production time for these once payments are done with?
I asked this before but it quickly got lost a few pages back - any (rough) idea as to production time for these once payments are done with?
Your answer is also in the thread, even before you had asked the question, but it was also lost pages back. :)
No clue. We are hoping for late-August/early-September, but that may be too optimistic.
THE SWITCH SUPPLIER JUST INFORMED ME THAT THE ONLY GREY SWITCHES HE HAS ARE ACTUALLY LINEAR (DARK GREY).
THESE WILL NOT WORK FOR "ERGO-CLEAR" MOD.
SORRY FOR ANY CONFUSION, AS I WAS JUST INFORMED OF THIS JUST NOW. IF YOU NEED TO CANCEL SWITCHES, PLEASE SUBMIT AN ORDER CHANGE REQUEST.
You can still order MX Clear or MX Grey (tactile) from 7bit on Deskthority, or we will place the order with 7bit if you order them through this GB.
Clears and Greys are available, but since you'd be going through 7bit, the switches may be more expensive and/or delay your order?
hmmm.... i am starting to second guess my switch choices.
i am getting 2 gh60s.
1 red
1 green
but i dont know if i still want to make a green board. i like the idea of making a panda clear or ergo clear board but i have never messed with opening up switches. but what better a time to start!
so if i want to make ergo clears i need clear switches and blues springs? how do you guys get the springs?
i feel sorry for JD and WFD who are rushing to modify everyone's order. this is a massive undertaking guys. we need to figure out how to show our gratitude for the guys who helped organize this (komar, JD, WFD etc.) i dont know how.. perhaps a spock themed geekhack keycap later this year? lol.
Is deadline forum time? Because I'm currently still traveling, can't really order atm! :(
I'll order it when I get home, shouldn't be too long.Is deadline forum time? Because I'm currently still traveling, can't really order atm! :(
Yes. What would you like, Neal?
Are Darkgrey stems like Reds, Blacks, or Vintage blacks?
Vintage blacks is a myth, sir. :P
As I'm updating and modifying orders, I realized some people still don't fully understand plates and stabilizers. Just to say it again, Universal plates can't use Costar or plate-mounted cherry stabilizers, only PCB-mounted cherry is compatible.sorry please change my 3 to cherry PCB please. I am on my phone at a grocery store. Sorry for the poor quality post from tapatalk
As I'm updating and modifying orders, I realized some people still don't fully understand plates and stabilizers. Just to say it again, Universal plates can't use Costar or plate-mounted cherry stabilizers, only PCB-mounted cherry is compatible.
Probably answered a million times now: the switches are still 7bit processed right?
As I'm updating and modifying orders, I realized some people still don't fully understand plates and stabilizers. Just to say it again, Universal plates can't use Costar or plate-mounted cherry stabilizers, only PCB-mounted cherry is compatible.
Finally was able to "somewhat" get my plates figured out. I couldn't do universal because I plan to go Costar all the way. So, let's just say, I might have extra plates in the near future :)
Thanks again everyone for organizing this!
Where can we review order? just want to make sure i didnt forget anything :)
Seriously don't want to wait till September. That's gonna kill me
And hoping imsto does a round3 of his aluminum case.
Why do you do this things to my wallet GH?And hoping imsto does a round3 of his aluminum case.
He is :p
I'm hoping for a r2 of ali's caseAwaiting your orange as **** keyboard...
I'm hoping for a r2 of ali's caseAwaiting your orange as **** keyboard...
And hoping imsto does a round3 of his aluminum case.
He is :p
who wants to be a pal and gift me one? i'll name my first child after your username!
who wants to be a pal and gift me one? i'll name my first child after your username!
I'll be more than happy to buy you one, but I want his name to be Lionel instead of bavman.
i mean i hate kids, but i dont hate them THAT much.who wants to be a pal and gift me one? i'll name my first child after your username!
I'll be more than happy to buy you one, but I want his name to be Lionel instead of bavman.
You guys are killing me and jdcarpe with the never ending order changes.
Well the options keep changing!!! Every time I check this thread there is a new or changed option.
Either way I don't think any of us can thank you four enough for all the hard work.
You guys are killing me and jdcarpe with the never ending order changes.
I may be able to get the electronics components cheaper, so out the door price for the DIY kit could be around ~$15, maybe more, maybe less. I hate saying this, but if this could affect your decision, fill out a request for order change.
In addition, there will be 2 more “universal” plates available. These plates’ main feature is the support for any possible hybrid layout from above. You’ll also be able to completely change layout using the same plate, by desoldering only a few switches and shifting them over (or adding/subtracting switches) rather than desoldering all switches and installing a new plate
Sorry for being dumb. I just wasn't clear to me.
I didn't specify a spacebar wire size with my request for a Costar set. Do I need to? I'm getting the Samwisekoi plate if that matters.
I guess I shudn't post it here, but did anyone order their switches from 7bit recently, are you supposed to get some kind of confirmation and when is the payment due?
Once I get to a computer I'm going to look up the totals. Maybe ~550 pcbs total?
I guess I shudn't post it here, but did anyone order their switches from 7bit recently, are you supposed to get some kind of confirmation and when is the payment due?
Yeah, I ordered the switches for my GH 60 like 2 weeks ago. I got the invoice the same day. If I am not mistaken you'll have to pay within 7 days via paypal.
Is costar 6.25 sapcebar wire not compatible with 1.5x short right shift ISO plate?
I could really care less if I wind up getting a second plate (GH60), but I did put in a change to add one and would love to know if it was added or not. It's not currently showing on the order sheet.
You guys are killing me and jdcarpe with the never ending order changes.Any word on this price change?
I may be able to get the electronics components cheaper, so out the door price for the DIY kit could be around ~$15, maybe more, maybe less. I hate saying this, but if this could affect your decision, fill out a request for order change.
Just for clarification, if you're planning on a 1.5x layout of any kind, Costar stabilizers will not be in your future. The only spacebar wire available for Costar is 6.25. There will be no 7x spacebar wire for Costar.
I haven't made any updates from the order changes spreadsheet since yesterday evening. I've been battling a cold. I'll work on them today. Not sure what WFD has done, as I haven't checked yet.
It must be their fault. Probably for trying to get you out of your nerd cave. It's cold out there, gotta be careful. Mean guys...
PS - I haven't been sick in over five years. Number of years I haven't "been" with any guys? Five lol
Easy killer! ;D I think most men have earned a little bashing here and there. It's all in good fun.I haven't made any updates from the order changes spreadsheet since yesterday evening. I've been battling a cold. I'll work on them today. Not sure what WFD has done, as I haven't checked yet.
That's promising, Thank You for the reply, and I hope you feel better soon.
PS - I haven't been sick in over five years. Number of years I haven't "been" with any guys? Five lol
I haven't made any updates from the order changes spreadsheet since yesterday evening. I've been battling a cold. I'll work on them today. Not sure what WFD has done, as I haven't checked yet.
Holy EFFF 370 boards?!?
Damn I love this forum
Holy EFFF 370 boards?!?
Damn I love this forum
Indeed! I would not have guessed such interest in 60% boards without dedicated arrow keys. :)
Hope my order is clear that I want Ergo Clears. It says "Clears/Greys" in the comments, and that I'm about to source the springs myself :)
After WFD's informative post about the universal plates requiring cherry pcb stabilizers I had submitted a request to have my 3 changed to meet this requirement. now they show as cherry plate stabilizers?
My order looks good except it doesn't show "Universal 10x spacebar (special order)" and I guess no one will be custom bending 7x costar wires so that could be removed and then everything will be about square :p
I haven't made any updates from the order changes spreadsheet since yesterday evening. I've been battling a cold. I'll work on them today. Not sure what WFD has done, as I haven't checked yet.
Uh oh! I hope you're feeling better soon.
I sent a last-minute order modification to WFD via PM yesterday, but I don't think it has been applied. Should I have sent that to you instead, jdcarpe? I just wanted to have 65x Cherry MX Clears instead of the 65x Cherry MX Greys. Thanks!
I sent a last-minute order modification to WFD via PM yesterday, but I don't think it has been applied.You PMed me at 4am today. I sleep sometimes ^-^
We're going through orders right now and finalizing everything right now. Tallying up all the switches and stabilizers will be a *****. Invoicing will be a ***** since every order is different, but that's on tjcaustin :p
I think it'll be a lot easier if we just got all PCB-mounted switches. The PBC has holes for them, and taking advantage of the extra plastic pegs is a really secure and solid way to mount the switches, even with the plate. If you ordered switches for other keyboards that can only use plate-mounted switch, just clip those plastic legs off. It takes 5-10 minutes to do a whole bag of switches:
t=5m3s
Any mass objections to getting only PCB-mounted switches? It'll simplify invoicing, ordering swithches, and sorting the thousands of switches.
Any mass objections to getting only PCB-mounted switches? It'll simplify invoicing, ordering swithches, and sorting the thousands of switches.
Any mass objections to getting only PCB-mounted switches? It'll simplify invoicing, ordering swithches, and sorting the thousands of switches.
Any mass objections to getting only PCB-mounted switches? It'll simplify invoicing, ordering switches, and sorting the thousands of switches.
Any mass objections to getting only PCB-mounted switches? It'll simplify invoicing, ordering switches, and sorting the thousands of switches.
Any mass objections to getting only PCB-mounted switches? It'll simplify invoicing, ordering switches, and sorting the thousands of switches.
I don't know what difference it makes, honestly. If you think it's just as solid, go ahead.
You can use PCB mounted switches without or with a plate. You can only use plate mounted switches with a plate. Hope that helps.Any mass objections to getting only PCB-mounted switches? It'll simplify invoicing, ordering switches, and sorting the thousands of switches.
I don't know what difference it makes, honestly. If you think it's just as solid, go ahead.
You can use PCB mounted switches without or with a plate. You can only use plate mounted switches with a plate. Hope that helps.Any mass objections to getting only PCB-mounted switches? It'll simplify invoicing, ordering switches, and sorting the thousands of switches.
I don't know what difference it makes, honestly. If you think it's just as solid, go ahead.
You have to snip the plastic peg things off.You can use PCB mounted switches without or with a plate. You can only use plate mounted switches with a plate. Hope that helps.Any mass objections to getting only PCB-mounted switches? It'll simplify invoicing, ordering switches, and sorting the thousands of switches.
I don't know what difference it makes, honestly. If you think it's just as solid, go ahead.
So you can mount PCB switches into the plate? Well, that's convenient.
You have to snip the plastic peg things off.
So you can mount PCB switches into the plate? Well, that's convenient.You have to snip the plastic peg things off.
Huh the more you know eh? Thanks for this tip m8So you can mount PCB switches into the plate? Well, that's convenient.You have to snip the plastic peg things off.
No you don't have to. If you're just mounting on the plate, they don't need to be snipped off. The only time you'd need to snip them off is when the PCB doesn't have holes for the pegs, like Filco or Phantom. But for all Korean boards, pokers/pure, and GH60, there are holes in the PCB so you should leave them on. Installing a plate and using those two pegs makes a rock solid mount of switches. I would advise to leave them on.
I should have mentioned this little tip earlier.
Hope my order is clear that I want Ergo Clears. It says "Clears/Greys" in the comments, and that I'm about to source the springs myself :)
Just so you know, the $25 assembly fee doesn't include opening every switch to replace springs. That will definitely be extra.
Geekhack op price for switch is $0.60 but on 7bit it is $0.71. Would ordering on geekhack be cheaper? Price is not guaranteed but possibly?In theory it is cheaper, except that nobody answered the question if this will be the final price.
I'm new to geekhack, one question, only the right keycaps are double shots rights?
(http://abload.de/thumb/keycapsupk13.jpg) (http://abload.de/image.php?img=keycapsupk13.jpg)
Awesome! Thanks for the info.Geekhack op price for switch is $0.60 but on 7bit it is $0.71. Would ordering on geekhack be cheaper? Price is not guaranteed but possibly?In theory it is cheaper, except that nobody answered the question if this will be the final price.
Also, there is still no definite information about which switches are available and if they are in stock and when they will be delivered ...
It surely does not make sense that people order from me and pay a bit extra to get them later. So, some more definite information from the GB organisers about the switches they can source would be nice.
:-)
I'm scared to see what my invoice is gonna look like...
I'm scared to see what my invoice is gonna look like...
It'll be white with black and blue letters. Perhaps some yellow too.
I think i'm gonna be sick.
I forgot about this for a while, and just came back today to check on it...
And this is the first time i'm learning the GH60 has entered group buy status... and the deadline is already passed!!!
****.
If anyone wants to give up one spot for a full ansi kit w/ plate...
Or if you guys could possibly (and i realize this is unlikely) add another order, despite the passed deadline (that i've just learned about)...
That would be pretty great.
Meanwhile, i'll be sulking with the force of 1000 facepalms.
Which type of usb connector has been chosen?Mini B
Hmm... if I can find the right kind of female micro usb connector for the ErgoDox, I might use one for this as well.
Which type of usb connector has been chosen?
Question... Does a 1.25x Enter key currently exist for a GH60 plate layout?
I think i'm gonna be sick.
I forgot about this for a while, and just came back today to check on it...
And this is the first time i'm learning the GH60 has entered group buy status... and the deadline is already passed!!!
****.
If anyone wants to give up one spot for a full ansi kit w/ plate...
Or if you guys could possibly (and i realize this is unlikely) add another order, despite the passed deadline (that i've just learned about)...
That would be pretty great.
Meanwhile, i'll be sulking with the force of 1000 facepalms.
Massdrop has a pure gb atm
I like weird layouts. That's why I like GH60 :DGH60 FTW
I'd imagine it'll be a little while yet as the organisers need to sort through ~400 orders including PCBs, plates, switches, stabilizers, assembly requests and checking that people haven't ordered totally the wrong things...
I think i'm gonna be sick.
I forgot about this for a while, and just came back today to check on it...
And this is the first time i'm learning the GH60 has entered group buy status... and the deadline is already passed!!!
****.
If anyone wants to give up one spot for a full ansi kit w/ plate...
Or if you guys could possibly (and i realize this is unlikely) add another order, despite the passed deadline (that i've just learned about)...
That would be pretty great.
Meanwhile, i'll be sulking with the force of 1000 facepalms.
I'm sure there will be a lot of pokers coming on the market soon. They won't be as versatile as the Gh60, but they're still a damn nice keyboard
Also, much of this is being sourced/manufactured in China, as you might imagine. We are still in the process of getting prices locked in for everything. The good news for you guys is that we are trying out best to save everyone money where we can. Invoicing can't happen until we know for certain what all the prices are. We had no way of knowing when this GB began that we would be placing an order for over 700 PCBs. But it's a nice surprise, to be sure. :D
Has any of you come across a PBT set for a poker layout? I'd like thick PBT, blank, not sure about the colour yet. Depends on the case, too.
Also, much of this is being sourced/manufactured in China, as you might imagine. We are still in the process of getting prices locked in for everything. The good news for you guys is that we are trying out best to save everyone money where we can. Invoicing can't happen until we know for certain what all the prices are. We had no way of knowing when this GB began that we would be placing an order for over 700 PCBs. But it's a nice surprise, to be sure. :D
hmmm. 700 is awesome. way to go guys. JD if you dont mind me asking how many did you think we would order? 500? 250?
Congrats guys!
Now the problem is: Where can we get key caps for a GH60 max layout? I would so love a nice, complete set for it. But I haven't even seen that 1.25x enter key before. What are you guys gonna go for?
Or by mine (http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=42862.msg869442#msg869442)! :p
Jocelyn is right though. If you're looking for thick PBT, IMSTO is probably your best bet at the moment.
Or by mine (http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=42862.msg869442#msg869442)! :p
Jocelyn is right though. If you're looking for thick PBT, IMSTO is probably your best bet at the moment.
Are they the same thickness?
http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=a1z10.3.w4996320547.35.eL46HE&id=16968282424&
http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=a1z10.3.w4996320547.39.eL46HE&id=19889396405&
http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=a1z10.3.w4996320547.45.TtRH2s&id=17187230878&
http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=a1z10.3.w4996320547.12.QazpLb&id=17533723291&
I am split between the Cherry replica and the Olivetti.
I am not sure if imsto has Black blanks in his site.
Or by mine (http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=42862.msg869442#msg869442)! :p
Jocelyn is right though. If you're looking for thick PBT, IMSTO is probably your best bet at the moment.
Are they the same thickness?
http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=a1z10.3.w4996320547.35.eL46HE&id=16968282424&
http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=a1z10.3.w4996320547.39.eL46HE&id=19889396405&
http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=a1z10.3.w4996320547.45.TtRH2s&id=17187230878&
http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=a1z10.3.w4996320547.12.QazpLb&id=17533723291&
I am split between the Cherry replica and the Olivetti.
I am not sure if imsto has Black blanks in his site.
My Chinese is a little bit rusty :p
Is that imsto's stuff? If not, where do I have a peek?
Congrats guys!
Now the problem is: Where can we get key caps for a GH60 max layout? I would so love a nice, complete set for it. But I haven't even seen that 1.25x enter key before. What are you guys gonna go for?
Pretty sure the 1.25 set from DSA Retro has a 1.25 Enter key in it. DSA Retro had ALL the cool options! ;)
Will have Cherry thick PBT blanks in new groupbuy soon if you want 2tone white/beige.
Will have Cherry thick PBT blanks in new groupbuy soon if you want 2tone white/beige.
Yesssssss, any chance there will ever be gray/ charcoal blank IMSTOs?
Where were the Ovilettis from? Was that a GH GB?
Will have Cherry thick PBT blanks in new groupbuy soon if you want 2tone white/beige.
Hopefully it will be cheaper than MassDropWill have Cherry thick PBT blanks in new groupbuy soon if you want 2tone white/beige.
Yesssssss, any chance there will ever be gray/ charcoal blank IMSTOs?
Or by mine (http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=42862.msg869442#msg869442)! :p
Jocelyn is right though. If you're looking for thick PBT, IMSTO is probably your best bet at the moment.
I buy them from feng here on geekhack. here is his ebay.Yes, I failed to mention Feng (my bad), but he doesn't have as many color options, legends in every color, blanks in every color, or sets with Hangul or other legends.
http://www.ebay.com/sch/geek_feng/m.html
Also, much of this is being sourced/manufactured in China, as you might imagine. We are still in the process of getting prices locked in for everything. The good news for you guys is that we are trying out best to save everyone money where we can. Invoicing can't happen until we know for certain what all the prices are. We had no way of knowing when this GB began that we would be placing an order for over 700 PCBs. But it's a nice surprise, to be sure. :D
hmmm. 700 is awesome. way to go guys. JD if you dont mind me asking how many did you think we would order? 500? 250?
I thought it would be 250-300. Never imagined 700. :)
Also change the ISO 1.5x pure shift plate to the short right shift version."pure shift" is the short R-shift, so these mean the same thing.
er, on the original page, the plates show one with a short shift (ISO 1.5x with short R-shift - full 1.5x mod, WKL, or HHKB) and the other with a full size shift? How are they the same thing? Am I getting confused?
i want the short right shift with the x1 key to the right of the shift...
Is it confirmed yet if there will be WASD leds? And I updated my stabilizers to costar by the way.
Quick question that I'm sure has been answered, but I can't seem to find it.
Is the wire interchangeable between the different cherry stabilizers?
Why isn't my name on the [Order Confirmation] list ?
cusx is my GH ID
Is it confirmed yet if there will be WASD leds? And I updated my stabilizers to costar by the way.
can i change my shipping address??
Would simple orders (aka no switches/plates/stabilizers) be able to ship out sooner than more complicated orders? Also, still lookin' at around august/september to get these all out?
Would simple orders (aka no switches/plates/stabilizers) be able to ship out sooner than more complicated orders? Also, still lookin' at around august/september to get these all out?
I'd like to know this too.
Just a quick question. We're all buying these boards but where's everyone getting cases for them? Been trawling around for an aluminium poker case to go with it but nothing appearing in the classifieds.
Just a quick question. We're all buying these boards but where's everyone getting cases for them? Been trawling around for an aluminium poker case to go with it but nothing appearing in the classifieds.
They're listed in the OP and most of those listed will have a GB in the near future :)
When do we get invoices?
Just did, I can't decide. lol
Thanks!
If you want to change switches, just submit an order change. It's not too late. Things haven't been updated in a few days, as I have just honestly been very busy.
If you want to change switches, just submit an order change. It's not too late. Things haven't been updated in a few days, as I have just honestly been very busy.
Do i just pm you?
so i just checked my order. I am one of the first ones and nothing is highlighted. good stuff, but holy crap is there a lot of nonsense orders. anywho, i ordered green switches and i am thinking now that i actually want to get clears to make ergos. If i cant change my order that is fine, Green Switches are hard to come by so i am sure i can sell them or find a use for them. with that said, i am nervous about finding plate mounted clear switches to make my ergos.You can still change your order, but last I heard was they couldn't source white or clear switches. If you're looking to get some check out this IC
so how do you guys feel about me adding swtiches to my order? if no is the answer that is cool. i will try to source them independently through 7-bit.
:'( that really sucks.
:'( that really sucks.
Why does it suck?
I'm curious why some people want a mini USB to PS/2 cable. Is it the cool thing to do? Or do you not have any USB ports open? You do know once it's plugged into the back of your computer, you'll never see the connector. And PS/2 isn't needed if you're looking for NKRO. You'll be just fine with USB.
I know it's probably a shot in the dark, but would there be a chance for me to get a ballpark figure for shipping costs? And what shipping method will be used for Europe? Yeah, I'm way late asking this, but it's time I estimate the shipping costs for this baby.
I know it's probably a shot in the dark, but would there be a chance for me to get a ballpark figure for shipping costs? And what shipping method will be used for Europe? Yeah, I'm way late asking this, but it's time I estimate the shipping costs for this baby.
There is a European Distributor, and i think it was like $18.
I bet he could wire the cable to actively or passively adapt the signal. Might cost you more, but I've seen it done with other cables, so I imagine it is possible.
I bet he could wire the cable to actively or passively adapt the signal. Might cost you more, but I've seen it done with other cables, so I imagine it is possible.
cost more from who?
I bet he could wire the cable to actively or passively adapt the signal. Might cost you more, but I've seen it done with other cables, so I imagine it is possible.
cost more from who?
Mimic
Mimic
It has been brought to my attention that my request to split the L-Shift key into two on the 'samwisekoi' plate effectively broke the design. I assume that that plate still is in the low-volume category, so I have waited to mention anything until this thread calms down at least somewhat.
However, I think that the five or so people who wanted the GH60 plate with arrow keys (the 'samwisekoi' plate) should have the opportunity to have the left shift not be broken.
So unless people object, please REVERT the 'samwisekoi' plate to its original layout with a 2.25x L-Shift key.
Thank you and my apologies for fixing something that wasn't broken.
- Ron I samwisekoi
^ This. The messed-up left shift was the main issue blocking my interest in this plate.
I bet the poker doesn't allow PS/2 either thenYou would lose that bet, I hooked up a Soarer Converter to my Poker and it worked just fine. It does use an off-the-shelf keyboard controller though with some slightly customized firmware, whereas the GH60 uses a general-purpose micro-controller.
please cancel my order of plate and stuff I will not be able to pay when the time comes.
Is there still time to change my order?
If you need anything else changed, do it now.
please cancel my order of plate and stuff I will not be able to pay when the time comes.so umm yea just realised again i kinda do need my order. One thing though my prototype doent have a split backspace so the GH60 plate wont work which one would I need instead then? Or should I not hastle with a plate cause its a prototype?
I'm still catching up with older PMs and order changes. I'll ask Ron again and once he confirms, I'll make the plate change. It's also questionable where the 1x key on the split R-shift should be, so I need to ask him about this as well.
(Attachment Link)
Rev A GH60 'samwisekoi' layout. 60% ANSI plus an arrow cluster.
I'm still catching up with older PMs and order changes. I'll ask Ron again and once he confirms, I'll make the plate change. It's also questionable where the 1x key on the split R-shift should be, so I need to ask him about this as well.
Naturally, all my designs for this particular item are at home while I am at work, but here is the Rev A version of the GH60 'samwisekoi' design. It is fundamentally normal ANSI except for the lower RH corner, where an inverted T arrow set has been squeezed in. (This is the best alignment that the GH60 can support for the UP and DOWN arrow keys.) The bottom row is 1.25 - 1.25 - 1.25 - 6.25 - 1.5 - 1 - 1 - 1.5. The ANSI R-Shift has been split into 1 - 1.75.
In this layout, you will have to put tilde/backtick in a function layer, but except for the 1.5 RIGHT arrow key, all the other keys are readily obtainable.
(Attachment Link)
Rev A GH60 'samwisekoi' layout. 60% ANSI plus an arrow cluster.
Hope this helps!
- Ron | samwisekoi
I'm still catching up with older PMs and order changes. I'll ask Ron again and once he confirms, I'll make the plate change. It's also questionable where the 1x key on the split R-shift should be, so I need to ask him about this as well.
Naturally, all my designs for this particular item are at home while I am at work, but here is the Rev A version of the GH60 'samwisekoi' design. It is fundamentally normal ANSI except for the lower RH corner, where an inverted T arrow set has been squeezed in. (This is the best alignment that the GH60 can support for the UP and DOWN arrow keys.) The bottom row is 1.25 - 1.25 - 1.25 - 6.25 - 1.5 - 1 - 1 - 1.5. The ANSI R-Shift has been split into 1 - 1.75.
In this layout, you will have to put tilde/backtick in a function layer, but except for the 1.5 RIGHT arrow key, all the other keys are readily obtainable.
(Attachment Link)
Rev A GH60 'samwisekoi' layout. 60% ANSI plus an arrow cluster.
Hope this helps!
- Ron | samwisekoi
I'm still catching up with older PMs and order changes. I'll ask Ron again and once he confirms, I'll make the plate change. It's also questionable where the 1x key on the split R-shift should be, so I need to ask him about this as well.
Naturally, all my designs for this particular item are at home while I am at work, but here is the Rev A version of the GH60 'samwisekoi' design. It is fundamentally normal ANSI except for the lower RH corner, where an inverted T arrow set has been squeezed in. (This is the best alignment that the GH60 can support for the UP and DOWN arrow keys.) The bottom row is 1.25 - 1.25 - 1.25 - 6.25 - 1.5 - 1 - 1 - 1.5. The ANSI R-Shift has been split into 1 - 1.75.
In this layout, you will have to put tilde/backtick in a function layer, but except for the 1.5 RIGHT arrow key, all the other keys are readily obtainable.
(Attachment Link)
Rev A GH60 'samwisekoi' layout. 60% ANSI plus an arrow cluster.
Hope this helps!
- Ron | samwisekoi
It's amazing one small key change can have. I'm just waiting for Ron to confirm my PM before I make the official change to the plate and layout.
It's amazing one small key change can have. I'm just waiting for Ron to confirm my PM before I make the official change to the plate and layout.
Yes, universal plate supports the samwisekoi layout.
I'm sure this was probably discussed earlier but I don't want to dig through all the threads but will the GH60 support custom backlighting? I'm hoping to light the wasd cluster with white, the esc in red, and the RGB modifiers in their respective colors.
universal plates have the huge gaps for a big left shift, do they still support short left shift? Someone said earlier they support the samwisekoi layout, which has one but I have to be sure.
mm, just a quick question/confirmation:
There is no way to get this configuration right?
- long right shift,
- split backspace,
- HHKB/WKL style 1.5 mods for bottom row.
Ah, okay. mmm. Are there any drawbacks on using a universal plate, as opposed to one thats fixed to a certain config?
Ah, I see. Thanks! I'll have to quickly consider the config again D:
speaking of, when is invoicing!?Once they finish all the order changes and count/price everything.
speaking of, when is invoicing!?
A $10~ reduction is a nice surprise. Thanks for the update.speaking of, when is invoicing!?
Probably won't happen until the end of the week. We're still waiting to get final quotes back from the PCB company. It may be a tad lower than $30 for presoldered PCBs :). Everything else has been counted already.
I'll be stoked if it comes in a little cheaper than $30.Same here! So I would guess money collection might run passed the 13th? No later than the 27th?
Sorry, this was not my question.
My question is:
Will it make sense to order from you?
It does not make sense if your supplier does not have them in stock and waiting time is the same as for ordering from my supplier.
Also, I don't know the price including shipping to me.
Sorry, this was not my question.
My question is:
Will it make sense to order from you?
It does not make sense if your supplier does not have them in stock and waiting time is the same as for ordering from my supplier.
Also, I don't know the price including shipping to me.
...So I can;t be the only one here who is confused...I cancelled my switches from this GB to order from 7 bit directly and now 7 bit is trying to order from this GB...I thought switches from this GB were coming later than 7 bit...
I know things are volatile, but can someone shed light here on how we can best guarantee that can get switches by the earliest possible time?
Our supplier has MX Red, Brown, Blue, Black, Green, Dark Grey. Both plate mount and PCB mount.
I'm not sure if they have stock to fill orders above the numbers I gave him. Greens are short stocked, but he says the Greens will be delivered in September.
What about light grey?
What about light grey?
Nope, they can't get tactile grays
So, what do I do? Do I change my order?
So, what do I do? Do I change my order?
Probably. Choices would be to cancel, change to a different switch color, or order clears/gray tactile from 7bit or somewhere else.
PS - Grays and clears use the same stem.
UPDATE:
THE SWITCH SUPPLIER JUST INFORMED ME THAT THE ONLY GREY SWITCHES HE HAS ARE ACTUALLY LINEAR (DARK GREY).
THESE WILL NOT WORK FOR "ERGO-CLEAR" MOD.
SORRY FOR ANY CONFUSION, AS I WAS JUST INFORMED OF THIS JUST NOW. IF YOU NEED TO CANCEL SWITCHES, PLEASE SUBMIT AN ORDER CHANGE REQUEST.
You can still order MX Clear or MX Grey (tactile) from 7bit on Deskthority, or we will place the order with 7bit if you order them through this GB.
I guess I should have kept reposting this on every page. :(
UPDATE:
THE SWITCH SUPPLIER JUST INFORMED ME THAT THE ONLY GREY SWITCHES HE HAS ARE ACTUALLY LINEAR (DARK GREY).
THESE WILL NOT WORK FOR "ERGO-CLEAR" MOD.
SORRY FOR ANY CONFUSION, AS I WAS JUST INFORMED OF THIS JUST NOW. IF YOU NEED TO CANCEL SWITCHES, PLEASE SUBMIT AN ORDER CHANGE REQUEST.
You can still order MX Clear or MX Grey (tactile) from 7bit on Deskthority, or we will place the order with 7bit if you order them through this GB.
I guess I should have kept reposting this on every page. :(
Our supplier has MX Red, Brown, Blue, Black, Green, Dark Grey. Both plate mount and PCB mount.
I'm not sure if they have stock to fill orders above the numbers I gave him. Greens are short stocked, but he says the Greens will be delivered in September.
Negative ghost rider! 60 cent each (if we're lucky) will most likely be a little more.Our supplier has MX Red, Brown, Blue, Black, Green, Dark Grey. Both plate mount and PCB mount.
I'm not sure if they have stock to fill orders above the numbers I gave him. Greens are short stocked, but he says the Greens will be delivered in September.
all of these switches are $0.6 each?
Can we expect the invoicing to be done by early next month? I'm in no hurry. In fact, it would benefit me if the payment deadline was extended until around June 5th.Payment is a little behind, BUT! I would be setting aside money as soon as possible cause invoice could start at anytime.
all of these switches are $0.6 each?Negative ghost rider! 60 cent each (if we're lucky) will most likely be a little more.
^ Math fail :))
We're just waiting for komar to confirm everything before invoicing starts. I'm trying to push for it but he requested to wait a tad longer.
I apologize to anyone whose order change hasn't been processed. I am responsible for the switch order changes and I will get them done, you can be sure. I've just been very busy, and life has gotten in the way of GB stuff for me right this moment. If you have placed an order change, we do have it, and it will be processed. Thanks for your understanding.
^ Math fail :))Derp ;D
We're just waiting for komar to confirm everything before invoicing starts. I'm trying to push for it but he requested to wait a tad longer.
I was going to allow you to place a late order, but you just killed my hopes and dreams with that Duck Poker case. :'(
I was going to allow you to place a late order, but you just killed my hopes and dreams with that Duck Poker case. :'(
I can let you touch it if you fly up here. ;)
So are we going to be invoiced?
So are we going to be invoiced?
No, free GH60s for everyone!
I was going to allow you to place a late order, but you just killed my hopes and dreams with that Duck Poker case. :'(
I can let you touch it if you fly up here. ;)
I was going to allow you to place a late order, but you just killed my hopes and dreams with that Duck Poker case. :'(
I can let you touch it if you fly up here. ;)
Easy. This is a family forum.
I was going to allow you to place a late order, but you just killed my hopes and dreams with that Duck Poker case. :'(
I can let you touch it if you fly up here. ;)
Easy. This is a family forum.
I was going to allow you to place a late order, but you just killed my hopes and dreams with that Duck Poker case. :'(
I can let you touch it if you fly up here. ;)
Easy. This is a family forum.
i want to touch your penus
but i won't if you don't want me to
I was going to allow you to place a late order, but you just killed my hopes and dreams with that Duck Poker case. :'(
I can let you touch it if you fly up here. ;)
Easy. This is a family forum.
i want to touch your penus
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When is invoicing? Did I miss that post?
When is invoicing? Did I miss that post?Start saving dah moneys!!! It can't be that far away!
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sth is an attractive man.
You do realize there were like 700 PCBs orderd, right? Plenty of people are bound to back out / sell their spot
You do realize there were like 700 PCBs orderd, right? Plenty of people are bound to back out / sell their spot
i think sth is selling his order in his wtb/wtt thread
You do realize there were like 700 PCBs orderd, right? Plenty of people are bound to back out / sell their spot
i think sth is selling his order in his wtb/wtt thread
He does, along with 1.5x ANSI and stabs. I wish I had picked up a universal plate, but I'm sure at least one will pop up for sale.
Selling something he hasn't even paid for? Why doesn't he just transfer the item to the guy who wants it. Unless..
Selling something he hasn't even paid for? Why doesn't he just transfer the item to the guy who wants it. Unless..
Invoiving? That's more than a little exciting... (I presume it was just a test invoice though - even still :D :D :D)
If this is correct then I'm surprised by the $21 shipping costs. Oh well.Are the PCBs being produced in EU, shipped to komar, and then shipped by komar to the us or are they being produced in the us?
I'm only asking because I swear someone said komar would be shipping EU orders.
I think Komar is producing them; then shipping the US ones to the states and dispatching the EU ones.
PCBs are made in China, and package is split to go to US and Poland. jdcarpe and I are taking care of US and Canada orders, komar is shipping to the rest of the world.Thanks for clarification.
A pcb? 1kg? My spare blackwidow pcb and metal plate only weighs 600g. I think a cheaper shipping method should be worked out for those who only ordered a pcb because if I'm honest $21 is far too high.
I cant speak or read Polish, but I am sure the local Post Office in Poland would be able to do it cheaper than 21 USD
So does the $21 postage include full tracking? I don't mind paying $21 if it's fully tracked.I cant speak or read Polish, but I am sure the local Post Office in Poland would be able to do it cheaper than 21 USD
Yes, it could. Without tracking.
Well it could be around $18 for UK if I ship with economy.
I could also do a super-dooper cheap $8 letter, but I have no idea in what state it'll get to you.
If anyone in Europe can offer better shipping prices, I don't insist on being the distributor.
I cant speak or read Polish, but I am sure the local Post Office in Poland would be able to do it cheaper than 21 USD
Yes, it could. Without tracking.
Well it could be around $18 for UK if I ship with economy.
I could also do a super-dooper cheap $8 letter, but I have no idea in what state it'll get to you.
If anyone in Europe can offer better shipping prices, I don't insist on being the distributor.
I cant speak or read Polish, but I am sure the local Post Office in Poland would be able to do it cheaper than 21 USD
Yes, it could. Without tracking.
Well it could be around $18 for UK if I ship with economy.
I could also do a super-dooper cheap $8 letter, but I have no idea in what state it'll get to you.
If anyone in Europe can offer better shipping prices, I don't insist on being the distributor.
EDIT: so far, if your cost seems too high (you've ordered just a PCB for example), please contact me before paying and we'll modify that. The $21 price is for 1kg package, I assumed at least one assembled GH60, switches and a plate.
Area | Small | Medium |
UK | £4.10($6.10) | £6.75($10.20) |
Europe | £7.85($11.91) | £?.?? |
RoW | £12.60($19.12) | £?.?? |
Yup, you're right. $21 is a bit steep for EU, but there's not much I can do about it. This is for a regular mail priority int'l mail, 1kg.Is the regular mail priority fully tracked/recorded all the way to its destination?
If anyone can offer better prices (Germany, anyone?) and would like to do all or part of the EU distribution and get their GH60 order for free, please write to me.
Yup, you're right. $21 is a bit steep for EU, but there's not much I can do about it. This is for a regular mail priority int'l mail, 1kg.Is the regular mail priority fully tracked/recorded all the way to its destination?
If anyone can offer better prices (Germany, anyone?) and would like to do all or part of the EU distribution and get their GH60 order for free, please write to me.
I think what he is saying; there is no cheaper shipping option for him to use.
Since komar is handling the shipping for non US, Canada, are these shipments subject to VAT?
Since komar is handling the shipping for non US, Canada, are these shipments subject to VAT?
I'd assume not, no receipts, no price. Who determines the price on an innocent looking pcb and slab of metal? Of course every country has different protocols so I can't tell.
@komar how many orders are at all for EU? my be i can manage something, but first i should check the price in our Company fo DHL EU normaly it is 8,90€ until 2kg. ink. inshurance of 500€. and Tracking.
@komar how many orders are at all for EU? my be i can manage something, but first i should check the price in our Company fo DHL EU normaly it is 8,90€ until 2kg. ink. inshurance of 500€. and Tracking.This would be awesome. DHL is by far the best courier.
One thing I was thinking - do all of the above estimates include the tax that would be incurred importing this stuff into Poland / Germany / wherever else? As that may wipe out any savings on postage - just a thought.
@komar how many orders are at all for EU? my be i can manage something, but first i should check the price in our Company fo DHL EU normaly it is 8,90€ until 2kg. ink. inshurance of 500€. and Tracking.
Would be great!
I'll count the EU orders in a minute.
So all the invoices have not gone out correct?
Sorry, I just realize how awkwardly I had worded that question..So all the invoices have not gone out correct?
No??
So all the invoices have not gone out correct?
Wow, I totally misread your post and thought you had said "So all the invoices have gone out correct?" :pSorry, I just realize how awkwardly I had worded that question..So all the invoices have not gone out correct?
No??
Correct, I woke up to a water heater trying to flood my house so I've not had time to create/send more.
Correct, I woke up to a water heater trying to flood my house so I've not had time to create/send more.
otherwise your shipping will default to envelope or economy box.
So uhh if you've ordered a pcb and accessories the package is by default envelope (10$) If more pcbs it's 18$? And priority on request?
So uhh if you've ordered a pcb and accessories the package is by default envelope (10$) If more pcbs it's 18$? And priority on request?
For your specific case, you have a PCB, plate and stab set, no switches. That can be shipped for $5 envelope. But for example if someone ordered 2 or 3 PCB and no plate, this can also be shipped $5 envelope. There's no way I can list all possibilities, but you should be able to know the approximate weights based on what I already listed.
You can request for priority, but they any weight under 1kg will be charged the same rate as 1kg. So even if you bought just a PCB and wanted to ship priority, it's still $21. I'm not arbitrarily setting these prices, everything is verifiable on all the post office websites.
So uhh if you've ordered a pcb and accessories the package is by default envelope (10$) If more pcbs it's 18$? And priority on request?
For your specific case, you have a PCB, plate and stab set, no switches. That can be shipped for $5 envelope. But for example if someone ordered 2 or 3 PCB and no plate, this can also be shipped $5 envelope. There's no way I can list all possibilities, but you should be able to know the approximate weights based on what I already listed.
You can request for priority, but they any weight under 1kg will be charged the same rate as 1kg. So even if you bought just a PCB and wanted to ship priority, it's still $21. I'm not arbitrarily setting these prices, everything is verifiable on all the post office websites.
Yeah I'm not asking how my order "can" be shipped, rather how it will be shipped if I don't specify what kind of shipment I want. Will it be the original 21$ or 5/10$
Also, I've ordered my switches from 7bit with the gh60 tag so they'll be shipped to komar (Or that's what I gathered), no relevance here tho : D
I got a lot of PMs, mostly on order changes. I suppose you can still change orders (just fill it out HERE (https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1Q7zSzyaoNe9NORlLav84CtTVoMF22OZJyuW9Zr-c5Is/viewform) instead of PMing me), but once you've been invoiced, there will no more changes. We need stable numbers for quotes and invoicing.
If they aren't available then Pexon is running a groupbuy for them right now
I've folded cardboard around plates and it seems to be good in protecting them.
Does it matter if switches are pcb or plate mounted if you are using a plate though?
Does it matter if switches are pcb or plate mounted if you are using a plate though?
Not with this PCB. :)Does it matter if switches are pcb or plate mounted if you are using a plate though?
You have to remove two pins if you want to use a pcb mount switch to a plate.
Does it matter if switches are pcb or plate mounted if you are using a plate though?Depends on the case. If you're using a plate from this groupbuy then you'd be best off using pcb since the plate isn't actually attached to anything. It's held in position by the switches. If you're using a user-designed case that comes with a custom plate that is screwed into the case then you won't need pcb mount switches.
Does it matter if switches are pcb or plate mounted if you are using a plate though?
Does it matter if switches are pcb or plate mounted if you are using a plate though?
Does it matter if switches are pcb or plate mounted if you are using a plate though?
Wasnt it so that universal plates require pcb mounted switches?
Does it matter if switches are pcb or plate mounted if you are using a plate though?
Wasnt it so that universal plates require pcb mounted switches?
it is better to use them for the modifiers but you have to use pcb mount stabs with the uni plates.
Please at least add some sort of a hard board when shipping Plates. Thick cardboards are useless.
I previously had a shipment of a single Phantom plate with just bubble wrap, the condition it arrived in was ridiculous, and the Phantom GB organizers had to ship me another one.
(http://i.imgur.com/6AKXWnP.jpg) (http://i.imgur.com/6AKXWnP.jpg)
Does it matter if switches are pcb or plate mounted if you are using a plate though?You have to remove two pins if you want to use a pcb mount switch to a plate.
Depends on the case. If you're using a plate from this groupbuy then you'd be best off using pcb since the plate isn't actually attached to anything. It's held in position by the switches. If you're using a user-designed case that comes with a custom plate that is screwed into the case then you won't need pcb mount switches.
Btw, I received a prototype of the universal plate, pics will come soonish.
Is invoicing just though paypal? I still haven't received an invoice yet and I'm beginning to worry.
I previously had a shipment of a single Phantom plate with just bubble wrap, the condition it arrived in was ridiculous, and the Phantom GB organizers had to ship me another one.Mine was the same way, though not as bad. I have to do some serious work to straighten it out before I can use it (haven't had time).
Is invoicing just though paypal? I still haven't received an invoice yet and I'm beginning to worry.
Check the spread sheet.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AraAg2A1x5csdGhmV2xKd2h5SmZQUFFSa3ZSZ3BjWkE#gid=0
You are all the way down in the middle of the list.
The plate looks great!
Are you going to bend each and every plate? :p
Is invoicing just though paypal? I still haven't received an invoice yet and I'm beginning to worry.
Check the spread sheet.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AraAg2A1x5csdGhmV2xKd2h5SmZQUFFSa3ZSZ3BjWkE#gid=0
You are all the way down in the middle of the list.
So all the invoices have not gone out correct?
Correct, I woke up to a water heater trying to flood my house so I've not had time to create/send more.
pcb mounted is what you use with the universal plate, if that's what you were asking;
Several weeks ago, I changed my order.
Looking at order confirmation form, my order is still highlighted. I am not sure what I am doing wrong . Can somebody help me?
I know, but the location of the spacebar switch, can it be altered as I please, so that the cherry g80 series 6x spacebars fit.Now i understand, you probably mean the bump in the wire that goes around the switch.
Just got my invoice, but earlier today I removed switches from the order advised by this post (http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=41464.msg828904#msg828904), but they're still invoiced.That was fast, paid!
PM'd tjc about some order issues. Hope you can get around to looking it over soon!
Just got my invoice, but earlier today I removed switches from the order advised by this post (http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=41464.msg828904#msg828904), but they're still invoiced.
Got my invoice, but I think my shipping should be $11 (Czech Republic) instead of $21.
Fixed and edited
Row 265 is hide, that's me. Whats wrong?
Should the invoice say the type of plate we ordered? Does it say GH60 plate for everyone else?
Uh oh, I was just looking at the public spreadsheet and I noticed that my order is missing! Should I be concerned?
Please forgive me if this has been asked before, but will a shipping payment be dealt with at a later point? I don't see it included in the invoice.
Row 265 is hide, that's me. Whats wrong?
Row 265 is hide, that's me. Whats wrong?
I'm hidden as well, is there a problem?
Please forgive me if this has been asked before, but will a shipping payment be dealt with at a later point? I don't see it included in the invoice.
Inv resent
The row I was on was hidden, I refreshed and its back now!
I'm scared of my invoice... :eek:I know that feeling. Just bought more keycaps too... Fortunately I won't be buying anything else until imsto aluminum case gb comes back.
I'm scared of my invoice... :eek:I know that feeling. Just bought more keycaps too... Fortunately I won't be buying anything else until imsto aluminum case gb comes back.
LOLI'm scared of my invoice... :eek:I know that feeling. Just bought more keycaps too... Fortunately I won't be buying anything else until imsto aluminum case gb comes back.
Well, since I couldn't make up my mind which GH60 layout I wanted, I think I ordered 5. I'm sure I won't keep them all though. And I did get a DIY kit to test my skill
I suggest these (http://stores.ebay.com/IC-Touch-Store/2x3x4-Rectangle-LEDs-/_i.html?_fsub=4091520013&_sid=1028435323&_trksid=p4634.c0.m322) LEDs.No purple :(
I'm scared of my invoice... :eek:Same here... ;D
I'm scared of my invoice... :eek:I know that feeling. Just bought more keycaps too... Fortunately I won't be buying anything else until imsto aluminum case gb comes back.
Well, since I couldn't make up my mind which GH60 layout I wanted, I think I ordered 5. I'm sure I won't keep them all though. And I did get a DIY kit to test my skill
I suggest these (http://stores.ebay.com/IC-Touch-Store/2x3x4-Rectangle-LEDs-/_i.html?_fsub=4091520013&_sid=1028435323&_trksid=p4634.c0.m322) LEDs.No purple :(
From me. You can change it to $5 or $10 depending on how much you ordered (your order will most probably fit in $5 option).
Lower shipping cost means no tracking though!
Yup, wondering the same thing! $10 for tracked shipping sounds like music to my ears, but I haven't the slightest about how one'd go about to change his invoice. :>From me. You can change it to $5 or $10 depending on how much you ordered (your order will most probably fit in $5 option).
Lower shipping cost means no tracking though!
I would like to change my shipping too, but how do I do that? :)
Exciting things are happening!Wait, what keys besides caps can have leds?!
Paid.
Contemplating if I want to deal with LEDs considering I don't have keys for backlighting.
Exciting things are happening!Wait, what keys besides caps can have leds?!
Paid.
Contemplating if I want to deal with LEDs considering I don't have keys for backlighting.
Are the switches plate mounted/PCB mounted by default if you never specify which?
All shows gh60 plate. I am handling finances alone and all plates cost the same. The or
I thought they were pcb mounted but pate supported. If that makes any sense.
Contemplating if I want to deal with LEDs considering I don't have keys for backlighting.Wait, what keys besides caps can have leds?!
I thought they were pcb mounted but pate supported. If that makes any sense.All are plate supported.
ow my bank account.
paid :)
edit: hang on. My order was changed on the sheet.
I ordered 2 PCBs, 1 ISO 1.5x Pure Shift + PCB and Plate stabs and 65x MX greens.
But the order sheet says a "true" HHKB plate.
That layout is possible. That would be the Max Keys plate, though the Left shift and the key next to it would be switched around. Or you could just do it without a plate.
That layout is possible. That would be the Max Keys plate, though the Left shift and the key next to it would be switched around. Or you could just do it without a plate.
I thought the Universal ANSI plate could do all the layouts including the max keys layout?
My main concern was the pcb switch positions. Thanks!
Can I add more to my order if I already paid?
Hi! My invoice had shipping (international price) added to it but I really dont know where I'll be by the time this ships (will be in California if it's September.) This caused my order to be 150.37 :/ Can I, instead, have a shipping invoice resent for when the board is ready to ship to me or when a shipping time is confirmed? Because I really don't want to pay extra if i'm going to be in the USA by the time this ships :/
Thanks~
edit: hang on. My order was changed on the sheet.
I ordered 2 PCBs, 1 ISO 1.5x Pure Shift + PCB and Plate stabs and 65x MX greens.
But the order sheet says a "true" HHKB plate.
It's been a couple days since I paid... still cringing when I hear footsteps as I'm pretty sure my wife is going to sneak up behind me with a Model M...
It's been a couple days since I paid... still cringing when I hear footsteps as I'm pretty sure my wife is going to sneak up behind me with a Model M...I haven't got mine yet, but I fear the wife seeing it... Glad my Filco case is plastic.
It's been a couple days since I paid... still cringing when I hear footsteps as I'm pretty sure my wife is going to sneak up behind me with a Model M...
Mmm I didn't receive my invoice can you check please ?
TIA
That layout is possible. That would be the Max Keys plate, though the Left shift and the key next to it would be switched around. Or you could just do it without a plate.
I thought the Universal ANSI plate could do all the layouts including the max keys layout?
My main concern was the pcb switch positions. Thanks!
if i see it correctly your enter and scroll lock don't work out. the 1u would be on the left and the 1.25 on the right
Just got my invoice and paid it.
One question though:
I ordered 2 different plates and chose 1x assembly service. I wrote in the order form which of the two I want to have assembled, but this information doesn't show in the confirmation spread sheet anymore.
How does the assembly guy know which switches to solder on which PCB/plate combo?
Just got my invoice and paid it.
One question though:
I ordered 2 different plates and chose 1x assembly service. I wrote in the order form which of the two I want to have assembled, but this information doesn't show in the confirmation spread sheet anymore.
How does the assembly guy know which switches to solder on which PCB/plate combo?
This:
I want 1 board with these specifications assembled by you guys:
1x GH60 PCB
1x ISO 1,25 Plate
1x Costar stabs, Plate-mounted
+ white Cherry MX switches ordered via 7Bit on Deskthority.net
The rest of my order is for me to build a second board:
1x GH 60
1x ISO universal plate
1x Costar stabs, Plate-mounted
1x PCB mounted cherry stabs (spacebar 6,25)
is still in the comments.
Invoice recieved, however my shipping costs are $21? Isn't my board being assembled and shipped within the EU from komar? Switches were ordered from 7bit.
Shipping to EU will be from EU, most probably from me. Depending on the country and availability of tracking it will be between $8 and $18 (assuming < 1kg per package)
I got my invoice, but it says payment due... yesterday. Can I still pay the invoice? If so, when should I pay by?Dont worry u have time. I dont think theres an exact date but u have plenty of time. Alot of invoices havnt gone out yet:P
I haven't got an invoice yet, have they all gone out?
Did all invoices get out already?
Never received one so far...
Check the Order Confirmation link in the OP. You can check if you've been invoiced and if the payment is processedAh, didn't notice there is a column for that.
PAID!
Just looked at the spreadsheet and see there is a "TRUE HHKB layout plate". I want to emulate the HHKB layout as much as possible (as it is my absolute favorite layout). I assume I want these plates instead of the ANSI ones??
Can my order be modified?
EDIT: TJ, I just noticed the wrong plate is on my invoice. Should be a Poker plate. Thanks!
Just paid my invoice! It didn't seem to indicate anywhere that it included shipping, is this normal?
I see $5 for basic shipping, sir.
And for those that may have missed, I have no need to individually list plate skus as I'm not having anything to do with the actual ordering, just fund collection.
And for those that may have missed, I have no need to individually list plate skus...
I submitted a change. (dam my fickle mind! :-[)
Could one of you confirm that change before i pay the invoice?
Check the Order Confirmation (https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AraAg2A1x5csdGhmV2xKd2h5SmZQUFFSa3ZSZ3BjWkE&usp=sharing).I submitted a change. (dam my fickle mind! :-[)
Could one of you confirm that change before i pay the invoice?
anyone? :(
Check the Order Confirmation (https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AraAg2A1x5csdGhmV2xKd2h5SmZQUFFSa3ZSZ3BjWkE&usp=sharing).I submitted a change. (dam my fickle mind! :-[)
Could one of you confirm that change before i pay the invoice?
anyone? :(
Just received my invoice, and everything looks good except that it reflects I requested Cherry Stablizers instead of what I put in my original request, which was Costar Stabilizer with 7" spacebar wire. Should I just put that in the payment notes, or do I need an updated invoice? Thanks :D
Just received my invoice, and everything looks good except that it reflects I requested Cherry Stablizers instead of what I put in my original request, which was Costar Stabilizer with 7" spacebar wire. Should I just put that in the payment notes, or do I need an updated invoice? Thanks :D
Costar stabs don't come in 7" wire size. If you need a 7" wire I think cherry is your only option
but I realized I payed with wrong paypal shipping address but the address I submitted to geekhack is correct. This should not mess things up, right?
but I realized I payed with wrong paypal shipping address but the address I submitted to geekhack is correct. This should not mess things up, right?
Reading this I looked up my Paypal Address and realized I'm having the same problem. You are using the GeekHack address, right? Confirmation of address before you post things would be awesome, too, I guess.
but I realized I payed with wrong paypal shipping address but the address I submitted to geekhack is correct. This should not mess things up, right?
Reading this I looked up my Paypal Address and realized I'm having the same problem. You are using the GeekHack address, right? Confirmation of address before you post things would be awesome, too, I guess.
Since I'm shipping nothing and I'm the only one that sees anything paypal related, no, we're not using the address tied to paypal, it's the one you put on the google doc to join the buy.
I'm considering dropping out. I just got a FC660C and I'm not sure whether I can really afford to dump much more into keybs.
Should I send the switches directly?
In that case I really need the 4 EUR ($5.20) for shipping.
But if I ship them to komar or to you, as I told you before, shipping is free.
I'm considering dropping out. I just got a FC660C and I'm not sure whether I can really afford to dump much more into keybs.
Will the value be declared as something low by default? If not, can I request that mine is declared as around $10. I simply cannot afford to pay customs at the moment.
Will the value be declared as something low by default? If not, can I request that mine is declared as around $10. I simply cannot afford to pay customs at the moment.
Isn't the EU orders shipped from komar007 (Poland)?
I just received another invoice with $5.5 which is for switch errata. Can anyone explain me what is this?
Well, I ordered only clears and I already paid for them in my first invoice. Maybe the price just increased for them since it is "Switches Errata 63 $0,08 $5,04"
UPDATE
For those people who ordered switches that we have to source from 7bit rather than from our supplier (specifically MX Clear, MX (light) Grey, MX White, MX Lock), you should expect a supplemental invoice soon for the price difference between the GB switch price and 7bit's preorder price, plus a share of the shipping cost. Basically, we will be charging you the same price as if you ordered from 7bit individually, since that is what we will be paying for them.
The price difference for those switches is only $0.08/per switch, with shipping at $5.20 per order. Most people who ordered those switches should see a supplemental invoice for about $10 or so for the difference.
If you want to change your switch order to one of the switch types offered by our GB (specifically MX Red, MX Brown, MX Blue, MX Black, MX Green, or MX Dark Grey), just send me a PM, and you won't be billed any extra.
I got the invoice. I put down a Korean address and I was asked to pay $28 for the shipping. I was expecting much less reading the following post on shipping. Was the post relevant for EU countries only?Shipping to EU will be from EU, most probably from me. Depending on the country and availability of tracking it will be between $8 and $18 (assuming < 1kg per package)
May I ask what has changed since and from where my package is sent? I do not see any information on shipping in the OP. I understand there is a lot of uncertainty, but I would appreciate any information, at least information you used to come up with the current quote. Thank you.
What's happening with the switches pre-ordered from 7bit on DT? Will they be shipped with my GH60 or separately?
What's happening with the switches pre-ordered from 7bit on DT? Will they be shipped with my GH60 or separately?
The plan is to hold your order until everything is received, and your order is complete and ready to ship. Unless you want to make other arrangements, anyway.
What's happening with the switches pre-ordered from 7bit on DT? Will they be shipped with my GH60 or separately?
The plan is to hold your order until everything is received, and your order is complete and ready to ship. Unless you want to make other arrangements, anyway.
What's happening with the switches pre-ordered from 7bit on DT? Will they be shipped with my GH60 or separately?
The plan is to hold your order until everything is received, and your order is complete and ready to ship. Unless you want to make other arrangements, anyway.
What if we only have PCB ordered? Would those still be held up by switches?
What's happening with the switches pre-ordered from 7bit on DT? Will they be shipped with my GH60 or separately?
The plan is to hold your order until everything is received, and your order is complete and ready to ship. Unless you want to make other arrangements, anyway.
Hmm, maybe i should just get the switches shipped to me so i don't have to wait around for too long.
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is it too late to add 2 sets of pcb cherry stabs to my order?
What's happening with the switches pre-ordered from 7bit on DT? Will they be shipped with my GH60 or separately?
The plan is to hold your order until everything is received, and your order is complete and ready to ship. Unless you want to make other arrangements, anyway.
What if we only have PCB ordered? Would those still be held up by switches?
No, if your order is complete before the switches are delivered, I see no reason to wait on anything else to arrive before shipping out to you.
should i be expecting another invoice? i onlygot one like a week ago and paid it immediately. i am confused about the second invoice. i did order switches.
Paid, now I just need some need some nice nordic caps and a case.Well there are a lot of options for cases. :)
I just received my invoice. Can you confirm my switches a bit more? I asked for Ergo Clears. I want to make sure that is what is listed on the invoice.
I just received my invoice. Can you confirm my switches a bit more? I asked for Ergo Clears. I want to make sure that is what is listed on the invoice.
What's listed on your invoice? To make ergo clears, you need clear or gray tactile switches.
Edit - What I'm trying to say is that you cannot order "ergo clears". They're a modified switch and not something Cherry makes.
Paid, now I just need some need some nice nordic caps and a case.Well there are a lot of options for cases. :)
Would love if I could get one like this. (http://i.imgur.com/KOy0jwY.jpg) Never made a case before so I don't know where to start.
...you may be interested in this, http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=43407.0
And found it:Paid, now I just need some need some nice nordic caps and a case.Well there are a lot of options for cases. :)
Would love if I could get one like this. (http://i.imgur.com/KOy0jwY.jpg) Never made a case before so I don't know where to start.
Same! That is the case I want too!
should i be expecting another invoice? i onlygot one like a week ago and paid it immediately. i am confused about the second invoice. i did order switches.
What color?
And you would have already received it if you were on the list. It was only 40ish people
And found it:
http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=44147.0
Yeah, I just saw that. I'm not sure why not, it looks like a pretty standard layout, but if I can bug him (with enough peoples interest) into making a HHKB style one for the GH60 I'd be super happy.And found it:
http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=44147.0
This would be the case I'd get, unfortunately GON has stated the GH60 PCB won't fit into the 38GT case :( :( :(
Yeah, I just saw that. I'm not sure why not, it looks like a pretty standard layout, but if I can bug him (with enough peoples interest) into making a HHKB style one for the GH60 I'd be super happy.
I asked him about it and he currently doesn't have anything planned which is fully understandable when you look at the work he puts in to these. Really I think it'd only happen if we were able to have enough quantity to make it worth it which is made 10x harder with all the different layouts people want.Yeah, I just saw that. I'm not sure why not, it looks like a pretty standard layout, but if I can bug him (with enough peoples interest) into making a HHKB style one for the GH60 I'd be super happy.
^This would be absolutely fantastic. I know I'd be in for one at least, and I know there are a lot of people looking for nice GH60 cases, so he'd have a ready market.
WFD,
When you get some time my order needs to be corrected as I filled out the change forum before I got the invoice.
Thanks
Boost
I asked him about it and he currently doesn't have anything planned which is fully understandable when you look at the work he puts in to these. Really I think it'd only happen if we were able to have enough quantity to make it worth it which is made 10x harder with all the different layouts people want.Yeah, I just saw that. I'm not sure why not, it looks like a pretty standard layout, but if I can bug him (with enough peoples interest) into making a HHKB style one for the GH60 I'd be super happy.
^This would be absolutely fantastic. I know I'd be in for one at least, and I know there are a lot of people looking for nice GH60 cases, so he'd have a ready market.
I don't know if it's appropriate for an IC to be made, but I'm not sure how else to gauge interest.
The case is the plate, so he'd have to make:I asked him about it and he currently doesn't have anything planned which is fully understandable when you look at the work he puts in to these. Really I think it'd only happen if we were able to have enough quantity to make it worth it which is made 10x harder with all the different layouts people want.Yeah, I just saw that. I'm not sure why not, it looks like a pretty standard layout, but if I can bug him (with enough peoples interest) into making a HHKB style one for the GH60 I'd be super happy.
^This would be absolutely fantastic. I know I'd be in for one at least, and I know there are a lot of people looking for nice GH60 cases, so he'd have a ready market.
I don't know if it's appropriate for an IC to be made, but I'm not sure how else to gauge interest.
It's 2 plates universal ANSI & ISO and 3 cases winkey, winkeyless and hhkb
The case is the plate, so he'd have to make:I asked him about it and he currently doesn't have anything planned which is fully understandable when you look at the work he puts in to these. Really I think it'd only happen if we were able to have enough quantity to make it worth it which is made 10x harder with all the different layouts people want.Yeah, I just saw that. I'm not sure why not, it looks like a pretty standard layout, but if I can bug him (with enough peoples interest) into making a HHKB style one for the GH60 I'd be super happy.
^This would be absolutely fantastic. I know I'd be in for one at least, and I know there are a lot of people looking for nice GH60 cases, so he'd have a ready market.
I don't know if it's appropriate for an IC to be made, but I'm not sure how else to gauge interest.
It's 2 plates universal ANSI & ISO and 3 cases winkey, winkeyless and hhkb
ANSI winkey
ANSI winkeyless
ANSI hhkb
ANSI 1.5 full mods
ISOwinkey
ISO winkeyless
ISO hhkb
ISO 1.5 full mods
which is going to be hard, and most likely not going to happen, to get all of those with enough interest. More so for the ISO as they already don't sell all that many to my knowledge (164 total ISO plates bought vs 692 ANSI and that isn't counting HHKB). Then of all those people, who will spend an additional ~$150 on the case.
An IC is the only way to be certain and I'm asking GON if he is okay with it. Don't want to put pressure on him to do anything he doesn't want to do.
We will have plenty of choices:
- Plastic Poker case
- Plastic Pure case
- Imsto aluminum tray
- Oneproduct aluminum case
- Treble aluminum tray
- Pure’s aluminum CNC
- WhiteFireDragon’s design
- The_Beast’s design
- alixinhzai's acrylic case
We will have plenty of choices:
- Plastic Poker case
- Plastic Pure case
- Imsto aluminum tray
- Oneproduct aluminum case
- Treble aluminum tray
- Pure’s aluminum CNC
- WhiteFireDragon’s design
- The_Beast’s design
- alixinhzai's acrylic case
This^We will have plenty of choices:
- Plastic Poker case
- Plastic Pure case
- Imsto aluminum tray
- Oneproduct aluminum case
- Treble aluminum tray
- Pure’s aluminum CNC
- WhiteFireDragon’s design
- The_Beast’s design
- alixinhzai's acrylic case
Also, piece of cardboard. :)
We will have plenty of choices:
- Plastic Poker case
- Plastic Pure case
- Imsto aluminum tray
- Oneproduct aluminum case
- Treble aluminum tray
- Pure’s aluminum CNC
- WhiteFireDragon’s design
- The_Beast’s design
- alixinhzai's acrylic case
It won't fit in the Duck Poker case? Don't forget that beautiful case!
As far as I can tell, and after some light research, getting a case is either going to require a lot of luck, a lot of money, or both. Unless you happen to have a poker case lying around, which I suspect is the case for a lot of you guys.
After looking at WFD's case design, which I really like, I realized it might have been a mistake to order an assembled GH60 with plate, since a lot of cool cases seem to come with an integrated plate. Tough luck for someone who doesn't know any soldering...
I made an order change request but received my invoice without the change applied. I just paid it assuming that it wouldn't happen. Just want to make sure it doesn't get applied retroactively and cause issues.
After looking at WFD's case design, which I really like, I realized it might have been a mistake to order an assembled GH60 with plate, since a lot of cool cases seem to come with an integrated plate. Tough luck for someone who doesn't know any soldering...
If you're looking specifically at my case design, then it will fit all these plates in here, as well as the custom plate for that case. But just letting you know now that it won't be cheap because of all the details. I hope to have a budget case around $50-$100 around the same time though.I made an order change request but received my invoice without the change applied. I just paid it assuming that it wouldn't happen. Just want to make sure it doesn't get applied retroactively and cause issues.
You mean the recent change request on the stabilizers? I'll send you a PM about this.
After looking at WFD's case design, which I really like, I realized it might have been a mistake to order an assembled GH60 with plate, since a lot of cool cases seem to come with an integrated plate. Tough luck for someone who doesn't know any soldering...
If you're looking specifically at my case design, then it will fit all these plates in here, as well as the custom plate for that case. But just letting you know now that it won't be cheap because of all the details. I hope to have a budget case around $50-$100 around the same time though.
Anyone working on hhkb case layout?there was a sale for acrylic cases. I believe hes doing Round 2 once gh60 is finished
Seen late, I can still submit an order?
I'm sure there will be some people that will decide they don't need as many PCB as they ordered. Hell I may even be one of those people.Yeah me as well! I think 3 is a bit much :\
Where are the invoices typically sent to? Am not seeing anything in my PMs or at my email address - am probably being daft though :)
Update: payment deadline is the end of June 30. If invoices are not paid by the end of that date, your order gets dropped, simply because waiting for you slows down the whole GB.
The last batch of order changes are done with, and from now on, no more order changes. I think we were pretty lenient with this, because no other GB accepts constant order changes, even after invoicing. Thank you to all who have paid quickly, and/or had no requests for any changes.
I have a feeling there maybe another round of orders. I also imagine that there will be gh60s pure built on the classifieds. You may not get a great selection of switches though.
You don't need to be an engineer to solder.
I have a feeling there maybe another round of orders (it has been talked about somewhere on this thread I believe).
Like with every GB, there will always be people that changed their minds after payment, but likewise, there will always be people that missed it and want in.I have a feeling there maybe another round of orders (it has been talked about somewhere on this thread I believe).
Where was it mentioned? It's a small possibility, but I wouldn't count on it.
Like with every GB, there will always be people that changed their minds after payment, but likewise, there will always be people that missed it and want in.
There was an assembly option.Like with every GB, there will always be people that changed their minds after payment, but likewise, there will always be people that missed it and want in.
I want in but, probably like kenmai9, the finished product is more interesting than coordinating the pieces (the case in particular) and then soldering it all together. If it were all a packaged deal then I'd jump on this. Anyone interested in soldering and casing one up for others? ;D
If some people choose not to pay their orders, would it be possible to let someone else claim their order and pay it? This way you can possibly lose less orders and people that missed out can join.I'm also interested in this possibility. (Am one of those unlucky few who haven't visited and/or known about the new GH60 group buy until it's too late.)
If some people choose not to pay their orders, would it be possible to let someone else claim their order and pay it? This way you can possibly lose less orders and people that missed out can join.
I'm also interested in this possibility. (Am one of those unlucky few who haven't visited and/or known about the new GH60 group buy until it's too late.)
i'm going to sound like a **** here, but out of the hundreds of these sold and a majority of the orders now listed as paid i don't think they are worried about losing a few orders. They really gave a lot of time with this; your best bet is to wait till after these are produced and people who paid have second thoughts, happened with a bunch of people in the phantom group buy.I understand that, and you don't sound rude at all. That's certainly what I plan to do, and if that doesn't work, having to wait the next year or so for a new GH60 group buy won't kill me. It doesn't hurt to ask, and it's really more a case of "why not?"--so long as the substituters must pay ASAP (like, say, within that very day) and don't hold up the line.
I have a feeling there maybe another round of orders (it has been talked about somewhere on this thread I believe). I also imagine that there will be gh60s pre-built on the classifieds. You may not get a great selection of switch choices though.
You don't need to be an engineer to solder.
I have a feeling there maybe another round of orders (it has been talked about somewhere on this thread I believe). I also imagine that there will be gh60s pre-built on the classifieds. You may not get a great selection of switch choices though.
You don't need to be an engineer to solder.
I kind of hope that they don't do another round. It might sound selfish, but I like the idea of the GH60 being limited edition.
Gh60 V2 full backlit programable version ;D
The GH60 is fully programmable, whether or not it is also fully backlit remains to be seen, but it will have some spots for backlighting.
I think it's getting non connected led solder pads for a handwiring diy solution.
I should have been clearer in my post, i was referring to led portion being programmable.
I should have been clearer in my post, i was referring to led portion being programmable.
I think what you are looking for is called "Ducky." :cool:
I should have been clearer in my post, i was referring to led portion being programmable.
I think what you are looking for is called "Ducky." :cool:
I would rather have a custom gh60 with the ability to program leds the way i see fit rather than have set of led functions that i cannot configure. :p
I think it's getting non connected led solder pads for a handwiring diy solution.
I think it's getting non connected led solder pads for a handwiring diy solution.
This is correct, also.
I think it's getting non connected led solder pads for a handwiring diy solution.
This is correct, also.
So the GH60, can be fully backlit?
Will there be a tutorial for this (WFD)?? :)
The final PCB will have 11 holes for optional LEDs (Esc, Caps, WASD, spacebar, arrow cluster). White or red LEDs with appropriate resistors will be included for the all PCBs except the bare PCBs (duh). If you choose to install these, you must solder them on yourself unless you got the assembly service.
I kind of hope that they don't do another round. It might sound selfish, but I like the idea of the GH60 being limited edition.
Clearing up the LED question:The final PCB will have 11 holes for optional LEDs (Esc, Caps, WASD, spacebar, arrow cluster). White or red LEDs with appropriate resistors will be included for the all PCBs except the bare PCBs (duh). If you choose to install these, you must solder them on yourself unless you got the assembly service.
Clearing up the LED question:The final PCB will have 11 holes for optional LEDs (Esc, Caps, WASD, spacebar, arrow cluster). White or red LEDs with appropriate resistors will be included for the all PCBs except the bare PCBs (duh). If you choose to install these, you must solder them on yourself unless you got the assembly service.
Can someone talk to Feng so he can get some of these from MKC :p
http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=a1z10.1.w4-5577807997.1.HPvpTD&id=20724947952
Okay, i knowwwww you said no more order changes...
But... if possible, i would like to subtract assembly from my order. I don't want to change any parts or anything "crazy" like that, just a little light on funds and still not sure which layout i want to use on my universal plate, so i don't even know how you'd assemble it... unless of course all the plate-mount-able switches can be assembled, prior to the pcb-mount-required switches, allowing me to finish that part myself, once i decide which layout i want, and can find keys for.
I asked this pages ago, but i don't think anyone answered: is this a reasonable thing to attempt? Assembling all the plate-mount switches first, then adding the pcb-mount switches to the board After the plate and plate-switches are already mounted? Or is that a wicked-bad ultra-hassle thing? Is it just better to wait to mount the plate and plate-switches, until after the pcb-mount switches are mounted?
If it's not a big deal to add pcb-mounted switches in the "universal" holes, after the plate and plate-switches are already assembled, then maybe i don't need to change anything. But if it's a huge hassle to mount the pcb-mounted switches after the plate-mounted switches and plate, then i do. Or, i need to decide which layout i want, prior to assembly... which is what i hoped to avoid by going with the universal plate. :P
That's right, i'm noob, i just need to know what, if any, are my options here, and which way to proceed. Or, if there is but a single way forward, then i guess knowing that would work too. <.<
Can someone link me a png of the final PCB or at least the latest revision? Thanks :)
How (and why) is it being changed?Can someone link me a png of the final PCB or at least the latest revision? Thanks :)
Not fully done yet. It's basically totally different than the first prototypes that we got.
In which case, when the new boards work, where will the files be released (since Komar has made this project Open Source Hardware)?
^ Some traces rerouted, standoff holes and USB shifted, no more rotated switches, optional LEDs, expansion option. It's for the better.In which case, when the new boards work, where will the files be released (since Komar has made this project Open Source Hardware)?
When it's done, there should be a link. Here is the latest, but this will be changed.
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/59077581/gerber-2013-05-05.zip (https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/59077581/gerber-2013-05-05.zip)
i would hope they dont **** us over this bad :p^ Some traces rerouted, standoff holes and USB shifted, no more rotated switches, optional LEDs, expansion option. It's for the better.In which case, when the new boards work, where will the files be released (since Komar has made this project Open Source Hardware)?
When it's done, there should be a link. Here is the latest, but this will be changed.
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/59077581/gerber-2013-05-05.zip (https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/59077581/gerber-2013-05-05.zip)
I hope it still fits in alis case :eek:
i would hope they dont **** us over this bad :p^ Some traces rerouted, standoff holes and USB shifted, no more rotated switches, optional LEDs, expansion option. It's for the better.In which case, when the new boards work, where will the files be released (since Komar has made this project Open Source Hardware)?
When it's done, there should be a link. Here is the latest, but this will be changed.
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/59077581/gerber-2013-05-05.zip (https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/59077581/gerber-2013-05-05.zip)
I hope it still fits in alis case :eek:
Okay, i knowwwww you said no more order changes...
But... if possible, i would like to subtract assembly from my order. I don't want to change any parts or anything "crazy" like that, just a little light on funds and still not sure which layout i want to use on my universal plate, so i don't even know how you'd assemble it... unless of course all the plate-mount-able switches can be assembled, prior to the pcb-mount-required switches, allowing me to finish that part myself, once i decide which layout i want, and can find keys for.
I asked this pages ago, but i don't think anyone answered: is this a reasonable thing to attempt? Assembling all the plate-mount switches first, then adding the pcb-mount switches to the board After the plate and plate-switches are already mounted? Or is that a wicked-bad ultra-hassle thing? Is it just better to wait to mount the plate and plate-switches, until after the pcb-mount switches are mounted?
If it's not a big deal to add pcb-mounted switches in the "universal" holes, after the plate and plate-switches are already assembled, then maybe i don't need to change anything. But if it's a huge hassle to mount the pcb-mounted switches after the plate-mounted switches and plate, then i do. Or, i need to decide which layout i want, prior to assembly... which is what i hoped to avoid by going with the universal plate. :P
That's right, i'm noob, i just need to know what, if any, are my options here, and which way to proceed. Or, if there is but a single way forward, then i guess knowing that would work too. <.<
here's a tip: make changes before the group buy is in invoicing stage. don't make order changes after the fact.
Is it sure, that the design of the PCB remains the way that it fits in imstos case?Yeah, I couldn't see them changing that. It would put out every other case as well.
MoreHuh. That doesn't answer any of my questions!
I would like to assemble it myself, instead of having someone else do it, because my questions apparently cannot be answered, and so i cannot determine what assembly i am actually getting.
I am not asking to change which board version, which switches, or the amounts of anything i've ordered.
I am simply asking to not pay for assembly, as i initially thought i would like someone else to do for me, and instead, assemble it myself (as far as switches and plates go).
I don't know why that's a big deal. The only "change" is that it's one less thing for someone else to have to do, which i am willing to do myself.
Is that so wrong?
Since no one has answered my question yet, here it is again:
Would it be okay, or not okay, to have all the "normal" keys (switches) assembled (affixed to the board and plate), but then add the rest of the switches later (those which can be positioned differently than "standard," due to universal plate design)? Or is this a case of "you have to do it all at once or it's a huge hassle" ?
I feel these are valid questions. I attempted to ask this before invoicing began.
I am still asking.
I don't understand what would be the problem with asking to void the assembly fee (aka "change the order") and do that part myself, without changing anything else. I feel this is a reasonable request. Surely no one would be butt-hurt over being relieved from the paid obligation to assemble one more board?
MoreHuh. That doesn't answer any of my questions!
I would like to assemble it myself, instead of having someone else do it, because my questions apparently cannot be answered, and so i cannot determine what assembly i am actually getting.
I am not asking to change which board version, which switches, or the amounts of anything i've ordered.
I am simply asking to not pay for assembly, as i initially thought i would like someone else to do for me, and instead, assemble it myself (as far as switches and plates go).
I don't know why that's a big deal. The only "change" is that it's one less thing for someone else to have to do, which i am willing to do myself.
Is that so wrong?
Since no one has answered my question yet, here it is again:
Would it be okay, or not okay, to have all the "normal" keys (switches) assembled (affixed to the board and plate), but then add the rest of the switches later (those which can be positioned differently than "standard," due to universal plate design)? Or is this a case of "you have to do it all at once or it's a huge hassle" ?
I feel these are valid questions. I attempted to ask this before invoicing began.
I am still asking.
I don't understand what would be the problem with asking to void the assembly fee (aka "change the order") and do that part myself, without changing anything else. I feel this is a reasonable request. Surely no one would be butt-hurt over being relieved from the paid obligation to assemble one more board?
You may think it's just one change from one order, we should just do it, no big deal. But consider this: there are a couple hundred orders, and there are constant requests for order changes. Now if everyone reasoned it like this, it's pretty tiresome to constantly make changes for every one of these requests. Multiple spreadsheets needs update, and old invoice canceled to type out another one for you. When orders are closed, there were not suppose to be anymore changes. But we've been pretty lenient with allowing changes, even after invoices were already sent out. No other GB does this, and especially one on this magnitude. I had to send to tjcaustin a whole list of people that wanted changes and needed to be reinvoiced, and that's already done with.
If you need another invoice sent, you'll have to bug tjcaustin to see if he's up for it. Invoicing is out of my and jdcarpe's control.
Thank you for your response (and leniency).MoreHuh. That doesn't answer any of my questions!
I would like to assemble it myself, instead of having someone else do it, because my questions apparently cannot be answered, and so i cannot determine what assembly i am actually getting.
I am not asking to change which board version, which switches, or the amounts of anything i've ordered.
I am simply asking to not pay for assembly, as i initially thought i would like someone else to do for me, and instead, assemble it myself (as far as switches and plates go).
I don't know why that's a big deal. The only "change" is that it's one less thing for someone else to have to do, which i am willing to do myself.
Is that so wrong?
Since no one has answered my question yet, here it is again:
Would it be okay, or not okay, to have all the "normal" keys (switches) assembled (affixed to the board and plate), but then add the rest of the switches later (those which can be positioned differently than "standard," due to universal plate design)? Or is this a case of "you have to do it all at once or it's a huge hassle" ?
I feel these are valid questions. I attempted to ask this before invoicing began.
I am still asking.
I don't understand what would be the problem with asking to void the assembly fee (aka "change the order") and do that part myself, without changing anything else. I feel this is a reasonable request. Surely no one would be butt-hurt over being relieved from the paid obligation to assemble one more board?
You may think it's just one change from one order, we should just do it, no big deal. But consider this: there are a couple hundred orders, and there are constant requests for order changes. Now if everyone reasoned it like this, it's pretty tiresome to constantly make changes for every one of these requests. Multiple spreadsheets needs update, and old invoice canceled to type out another one for you. When orders are closed, there were not suppose to be anymore changes. But we've been pretty lenient with allowing changes, even after invoices were already sent out. No other GB does this, and especially one on this magnitude. I had to send to tjcaustin a whole list of people that wanted changes and needed to be reinvoiced, and that's already done with.
If you need another invoice sent, you'll have to bug tjcaustin to see if he's up for it. Invoicing is out of my and jdcarpe's control.
Thank you also.MoreHuh. That doesn't answer any of my questions!
I would like to assemble it myself, instead of having someone else do it, because my questions apparently cannot be answered, and so i cannot determine what assembly i am actually getting.
I am not asking to change which board version, which switches, or the amounts of anything i've ordered.
I am simply asking to not pay for assembly, as i initially thought i would like someone else to do for me, and instead, assemble it myself (as far as switches and plates go).
I don't know why that's a big deal. The only "change" is that it's one less thing for someone else to have to do, which i am willing to do myself.
Is that so wrong?
Since no one has answered my question yet, here it is again:
Would it be okay, or not okay, to have all the "normal" keys (switches) assembled (affixed to the board and plate), but then add the rest of the switches later (those which can be positioned differently than "standard," due to universal plate design)? Or is this a case of "you have to do it all at once or it's a huge hassle" ?
I feel these are valid questions. I attempted to ask this before invoicing began.
I am still asking.
I don't understand what would be the problem with asking to void the assembly fee (aka "change the order") and do that part myself, without changing anything else. I feel this is a reasonable request. Surely no one would be butt-hurt over being relieved from the paid obligation to assemble one more board?
You may think it's just one change from one order, we should just do it, no big deal. But consider this: there are a couple hundred orders, and there are constant requests for order changes. Now if everyone reasoned it like this, it's pretty tiresome to constantly make changes for every one of these requests. Multiple spreadsheets needs update, and old invoice canceled to type out another one for you. When orders are closed, there were not suppose to be anymore changes. But we've been pretty lenient with allowing changes, even after invoices were already sent out. No other GB does this, and especially one on this magnitude. I had to send to tjcaustin a whole list of people that wanted changes and needed to be reinvoiced, and that's already done with.
If you need another invoice sent, you'll have to bug tjcaustin to see if he's up for it. Invoicing is out of my and jdcarpe's control.
Agreed. We were very lenient with changes for quite a long time. Everything is now locked in. If TJ wants to send you a new invoice, I have zero problem with him doing it in this one case, but if he doesn't want to, please don't bug him about it, and just accept that it is the way it is.
As to the other part of your question, it would be impossible to assemble the board with a universal plate, without locking in the layout options before soldering all the switches in. Simply because it would not be possible to go back and add the Cherry PCB mount stabilizers for the modifiers once the plate is mounted and covering the PCB.
Question re: assembly:
If someone orders a universal plate (and switches and assembly fee), but isn't yet sure which optional config to use (standard alphanumeric placement notwithstanding)...
What happens? Partial assembly, sans mods?
Would adding pcb-mounted switches in the 'universal' holes (requirement of universal plate), after the rest of the switches have been plate mounted, be problematic? (adding pcb-mounted switches/stabs to an already mostly plate-mounted board?)
Assuming i'm "stuck with" my impossible assembly order, how long might i have, to choose a layout and communicate it? How many stabilizers are used in the "max keys" layout?
Looking for keys for your upcoming gh60?
[GB] DSA Dolch ISO + Expansions/RGBY/Blank Sets
http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=44912
If you buy a base blank tenkeyless set + blank alternate modifers kit or RGBY kit you will be all set for any layout!
I would actually like some blank DSAs, but if I could just buy 61 for gh60, not more. Most sets are either 104 or 87 keys, then those keys lay around useless...
sorry but I had to stick to the tenkeyless kit :(Looking for keys for your upcoming gh60?
[GB] DSA Dolch ISO + Expansions/RGBY/Blank Sets
http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=44912
If you buy a base blank tenkeyless set + blank alternate modifers kit or RGBY kit you will be all set for any layout!
This would be even cooler if there was a 61-key option;)
I would actually like some blank DSAs, but if I could just buy 61 for gh60, not more. Most sets are either 104 or 87 keys, then those keys lay around useless...
I'm all over this DSA DOLCH set with the ISO and RGB add-ons, but would definitely be in for a blank set of PBT DSA keys!
Whenever I see someone supporting ISO I always feel the need to jump on it since it's not always offered in GB's.
Just wondering, is this GB closed or is it still possible to order?
Just wondering, is this GB closed or is it still possible to order?
Just wondering, will there be another GH60 group buy in the future? I'd hope so because I like the idea.Maybe in a year or two. If you want one you should just keep an eye on the classifieds. I'm sure there will be quite a few for sale on there soon.
Hmm I will keep an eye there, thanks.Just wondering, will there be another GH60 group buy in the future? I'd hope so because I like the idea.Maybe in a year or two. If you want one you should just keep an eye on the classifieds. I'm sure there will be quite a few for sale on there soon.
Got 55 people left to pay and a week for them to do it in.
Got 55 people left to pay and a week for them to do it in.
Wow, that many!?!?!
Just wondering, will there be another GH60 group buy in the future? I'd hope so because I like the idea.
Also, is there a keypad that fits with the GH60?
Praying for a chance to make it into this. I'll check a couple times a day and can pay on the spot. Interested in the whole thing of course but if I could at least get the plate and PCB that would be a huge win for me. Obviously I will build myself. :)
Praying for a chance to make it into this. I'll check a couple times a day and can pay on the spot. Interested in the whole thing of course but if I could at least get the plate and PCB that would be a huge win for me. Obviously I will build myself. :)
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Well, there are still 6 days from now until the payment deadline, so F5-ing now would seem a bit premature. :)
Ray's new spam tactic : Spam views.Well, there are still 6 days from now until the payment deadline, so F5-ing now would seem a bit premature. :)
But won't it boost the forum page views!! F5 FTW!! ;)
dont enter a GB without the money set aside for invoicing people!!!
dont enter a GB without the money set aside for invoicing people!!!
don't lose your job for no reason at the behest of your former employer's willingness to violate various federal laws hururhru
dont enter a GB without the money set aside for invoicing people!!!I changed my mind about wanting a custom 60% now that I have an FC660C. Sue me.
dont enter a GB without the money set aside for invoicing people!!!I changed my mind about wanting a custom 60% now that I have an FC660C. Sue me.
dont enter a GB without the money set aside for invoicing people!!!I changed my mind about wanting a custom 60% now that I have an FC660C. Sue me.
dont enter a GB without the money set aside for invoicing people!!!
don't lose your job for no reason at the behest of your former employer's willingness to violate various federal laws hururhru
If this happened to you, I empathize with your situation, and wish you better luck.
However, if you (anyone) can't pay, please let us know so we can cancel your order. Why wait until the last minute and make us drop it, when we could proceed with ordering switches, stabilizers, PCBs, etc.? You just hold things up for everyone else when you simply don't pay and don't communicate with the organizers. This is true for all GBs, not just this one.
Actually, invoice payments were due on the date the invoice was sent. We make allowances for people who may not have the funds to pay right away by setting a hard deadline, beyond which your order will be dropped if not paid. However, a little communication in that regard would be nice. A simple PM saying that you're still in, but need until X date to get the funds together would work. But when it's been several weeks since the invoices went out, and we haven't heard anything from someone regarding an outstanding invoice, we start to think that person simply has no intention of paying and begin to look for other ways to move the GB forward.
Since some people are dropping is it too late to add an order and pay for it right away? I would really like in on this.
Actually, invoice payments were due on the date the invoice was sent. We make allowances for people who may not have the funds to pay right away by setting a hard deadline, beyond which your order will be dropped if not paid. However, a little communication in that regard would be nice. A simple PM saying that you're still in, but need until X date to get the funds together would work. But when it's been several weeks since the invoices went out, and we haven't heard anything from someone regarding an outstanding invoice, we start to think that person simply has no intention of paying and begin to look for other ways to move the GB forward.
Any chance you could answer if there is a lower shipping rate before I pay the invoice? I wouldnt mind waiting on it a little longer if I can save a little on it..! :)
Actually, invoice payments were due on the date the invoice was sent. We make allowances for people who may not have the funds to pay right away by setting a hard deadline, beyond which your order will be dropped if not paid. However, a little communication in that regard would be nice. A simple PM saying that you're still in, but need until X date to get the funds together would work. But when it's been several weeks since the invoices went out, and we haven't heard anything from someone regarding an outstanding invoice, we start to think that person simply has no intention of paying and begin to look for other ways to move the GB forward.
Any chance you could answer if there is a lower shipping rate before I pay the invoice? I wouldnt mind waiting on it a little longer if I can save a little on it..! :)
Actually, invoice payments were due on the date the invoice was sent. We make allowances for people who may not have the funds to pay right away by setting a hard deadline, beyond which your order will be dropped if not paid. However, a little communication in that regard would be nice. A simple PM saying that you're still in, but need until X date to get the funds together would work. But when it's been several weeks since the invoices went out, and we haven't heard anything from someone regarding an outstanding invoice, we start to think that person simply has no intention of paying and begin to look for other ways to move the GB forward.
Any chance you could answer if there is a lower shipping rate before I pay the invoice? I wouldnt mind waiting on it a little longer if I can save a little on it..! :)
Your order contains 2 GH60s and 2 plates. That's close to $100. I just wouldn't risk putting that into an envelope and sending without tracking.
What's your current shipping cost? If it's $18, it really can't be lower.
Then it seems to be a mistake...
I think you could ask tjcaustin why it's so. Apparently one of us made a mistake somewhere.
Since so many people are trying to get in on this that missed out I'd consider letting someone take my order if its cool with WFD. I already paid the invoice but didn't go forward with buying the switches through deskthority so you'd have to source those yourself. I'm going to opt for a GH75 when those are released instead of the 60.
my order is:
1 x Costar stabs
1 gh 60 pcb
1 ansi 1.5x plate
<3
-wd
I wish these would be finished already. I have everything else I need for these just sitting there, feeling abandoned and homeless. :'(
I wish these would be finished already. I have everything else I need for these just sitting there, feeling abandoned and homeless. :'(Yeah that was the case with my Phantom because it was a huge mess. I really hope that isn't the case here.
I wish these would be finished already. I have everything else I need for these just sitting there, feeling abandoned and homeless. :'(Yeah that was the case with my Phantom because it was a huge mess. I really hope that isn't the case here.
Could someone tell me if the plate from a phantom matches up to this board I realize the differences that are obvious all the other keys and mount holes. I am referring to the switch placements for say the HHK150 from the plate group buy for the phantom.
However, if you have a place that can do laser cutting, I can provide you with GH60 plate drawings upon request, for you to have them made locally. Or, The_Beast is sometimes willing to have plates made by his laser cutting guy, you would just have to ask via PM.
Probably 100+ for a one off.However, if you have a place that can do laser cutting, I can provide you with GH60 plate drawings upon request, for you to have them made locally. Or, The_Beast is sometimes willing to have plates made by his laser cutting guy, you would just have to ask via PM.
What sort of ballpark price could I expect to pay to have someone make them locally? $30, $60, $100 (god I hope not)? I have no idea so I'm just curious.
Probably 100+ for a one off.However, if you have a place that can do laser cutting, I can provide you with GH60 plate drawings upon request, for you to have them made locally. Or, The_Beast is sometimes willing to have plates made by his laser cutting guy, you would just have to ask via PM.
What sort of ballpark price could I expect to pay to have someone make them locally? $30, $60, $100 (god I hope not)? I have no idea so I'm just curious.
So would you have to choose between full backlighting and using those extra pins for something like the ghpad?
Great work Komar!!We haven't really taken that into account when preparing this group-buy. I'm not sure how much interest there is for soldering LEDs as well, but the expansion boards may not be available before GH60, so this would incur a lot of extra waiting for you.
With these new LED options, what's the protocol for updating our preferred configuration if we've chosen to make use of the Assembly Service? I'll obviously wait till the PCB is finalised though.
So will they be through hole resistors or SMD?
that pst looks so bad ass. the black and gold is a real winner.
are there going to be guides to use which switch holes for different layouts? cause i could use a guide.
that pst looks so bad ass. the black and gold is a real winner.
are there going to be guides to use which switch holes for different layouts? cause i could use a guide.
i think it is better if someone posted all the swich positions for the layouts in the wiki or a thread, otherwise the pcb would be all white from all the labeling.
i think it is better if someone posted all the swich positions for the layouts in the wiki or a thread, otherwise the pcb would be all white from all the labeling.
The plate determines the switch position.
that pst looks so bad ass. the black and gold is a real winner.
are there going to be guides to use which switch holes for different layouts? cause i could use a guide.
i think it is better if someone posted all the swich positions for the layouts in the wiki or a thread, otherwise the pcb would be all white from all the labeling.
o.0 what if somebody does not use a plate? uh.....
that pst looks so bad ass. the black and gold is a real winner.
are there going to be guides to use which switch holes for different layouts? cause i could use a guide.
i think it is better if someone posted all the swich positions for the layouts in the wiki or a thread, otherwise the pcb would be all white from all the labeling.
Click the highlighted link in my signature. Look at the OP. First image in there...Show Image(http://i.imgur.com/t24N3vd.png)
o.0 what if somebody does not use a plate? uh.....
Look at the plate pictures, look at your PCB, then match the switch locations to the PCB?
Gonna pay for this soon!
is that order confirmation sheet up to date? that is a good amount of people unpaid if so :eek: not a majority though but still.....
Gonna pay for this soon!
As in "within the next 26 hours" soon?
PAYMENT DEADLINE: 06/30/13 >countdown< (http://www.timeanddate.com/countdown/generic?iso=20130701T00&p0=137&msg=GH60+Payment+Deadline)
What this is about
GH60 is a community-developed keyboard designed by komar007 (http://geekhack.org/index.php?action=profile;u=4818), with the original idea by jdcarpe (http://geekhack.org/index.php?action=profile;u=17386). This keyboard's form factor is the same size as the KBC Poker or Pure (60% size of a full keyboard, hence the name). Main feature is that it uses the ATmega32u4 controller, which allows for every key to be programmable and a possibility for a custom secondary function layer as well. This single PCB will support many variants of ANSI, ISO, and other custom layouts detailed below.
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Plate
Plates will make your keyboard will feel more solid overall and help disperse some of the typing stress. They’re optional, but most people do prefer it. Each layout will require a different plate. HHKB and winkeyless layouts can use any ANSI or ISO plate with 1.5x modifiers. I designed these so the top switch housing is removable without desoldering, which helps with swapping switches, springs, stems, lubing, or stickering later on. All the plates offered in here are stainless steel. They can be directly dropped in to existing cases. More details on this in the next post.
compatibility:
- Costar stabilizer
- PCB-mounted cherry stabilizer
- Plate-mounted cherry stabilizer
- Any existing and upcoming 60% case
- Poker and Pure (must be plates with 1.25x modifier)
Cases
- Plastic Poker case
- Plastic Pure case
- Imsto aluminum tray (http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=35213.0)
- Oneproduct aluminum case (http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=29356.0)
- Treble aluminum tray (http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=29827.0)
- Pure’s aluminum CNC (http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=40814.0)
- WhiteFireDragon’s design (http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=39599.0)
- The_Beast’s design (http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=39787.0)
- alixinhzai's acrylic case (http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=40468.0)
Assembly
The PCBs will come with all SMD preassembled, including diodes. Switches and LEDs will require your own soldering. If you’re brave and want to do the SMD soldering yourself, PCB and a bag of SMT components will be cheaper. There will be options for assembly service if you cannot build it yourself.
If you’re assembling it yourself, the minimum equipment you’ll need is a Weller WLC-100 (http://goo.gl/okhmk) soldering station/iron and Rosin-core solder (http://goo.gl/lyrcx) (smaller than 0.04" diameter). Although it is doable with cheap $15 irons, that’s not recommended. In addition to the PCB, you will need the following to complete the build:
- Switches
- Stabilizers
- Case
- Keycaps
- Plate (optional)
- mini-B USB cable.
Costs
PCB (SMD presoldered) - $28
PCB (DIY, includes SMT components) - $15
bare PCB (no components) - $6
Plate - $16
Switches - $0.63
cherry stabilizers - $9
Costar stabilizers - $7
Assembly - $25
The prices listed above isa ballparknow final.PCBs could be a tad lower, depending on quantity at the end, or possibly be a few dollars higher to account for import/VAT taxes or any other unforeseen fees. Same goes with plates and switches, it really depends on how many of each are ordered.
Ordering
Deadline to submit order is Monday, 04/22/13, payment deadline is 06/30/13. You’ve been given the payment date almost 2 months in advance, so start planning your budget accordingly! ETA for all parts will be around September if there are no major delays. Switches might take a little longer if you ordered them.
>ORDER FORM< (https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1s6QEJLRtw16Xt1WuEps6xWKl4EDLLBxhFx6fSUlIWFE/viewform)
Order confirmation (https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AraAg2A1x5csdGhmV2xKd2h5SmZQUFFSa3ZSZ3BjWkE&usp=sharing)
>POLL< (https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1unUyoHLIoy08OD-eu5l3zANaIjEw2We35CHHrZlFE_4/viewform)
poll results could affect the final PCB, plate, or features. So please vote!
>Order Changes<
(https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1Q7zSzyaoNe9NORlLav84CtTVoMF22OZJyuW9Zr-c5Is/viewform)
QuoteOrder example from this GB:
-1x GH60 PCB $30
-1x poker plate $16
-1x cherry (plate-mounted) stabilizer set, 6.25x spacbar wire $9
-63x MX red switches $38 (2 extra switch for defectives or broken pins)
-assembly service $25
total $113
You'll still need to source the following for a complete keyboard:
-1x case
-1x USB cable
-1x keycap set
Logistics
Komar designed and will have the PCBs made, I designed and will have the plates made. Jdcarpe and I will manage orders, but all of us will have access to the spreadsheets. Jdcarpe and I will handle US and Canada assembly and distributions, komar will assemble and distribute for EU and the rest of the world (unless you have a personal request or already have prior arrangements). Main reason is because it’s no longer cheap to ship international from the US.Switches are from 7bit. Tjcaustin will collect money and invoice.
Misc links
IC thread (http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=34959.0)
Prototyping (http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=37570.0)
Further feature development (http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=40514.0)
I'm interested on order 12, but can I change somethings there? like the switches and stabs perhaps?
I'm interested on order 12, but can I change somethings there? like the switches and stabs perhaps?
I don't think you can change things. Otherwise they'd simply reopen the group buy.
Payment deadline has passed. If you haven't paid by now, consider your order canceled.
Open invoice orders are now posted for sale.
Here are the orders for sale. If you want to take over an order, post here in the thread with the row number from the spreadsheet. We will contact you for your info and to send an invoice. Payment will be expected immediately. Thanks! https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Aj13Z1f7GUuzdGY0WlF1SjRkZ0VOVVpUMzV5bjg4dWc&usp=sharing
Payment deadline has passed. If you haven't paid by now, consider your order canceled.
Open invoice orders are now posted for sale.
Here are the orders for sale. If you want to take over an order, post here in the thread with the row number from the spreadsheet. We will contact you for your info and to send an invoice. Payment will be expected immediately. Thanks! https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Aj13Z1f7GUuzdGY0WlF1SjRkZ0VOVVpUMzV5bjg4dWc&usp=sharing
Given recent events I am out a poker pcb and plate, what would be the cheapest way to reproduce that from one of the remaining orders? I don't have time to review everything there, but that is what I would like to do if someone could help me out. Thank you.
I'm interested on order 12, but can I change somethings there? like the switches and stabs perhaps?
I don't think you can change things. Otherwise they'd simply reopen the group buy.
Even just subtracting items and change the stabs? :(
I'm interested on order 12, but can I change somethings there? like the switches and stabs perhaps?
I don't think you can change things. Otherwise they'd simply reopen the group buy.
Even just subtracting items and change the stabs? :(
Yeah, at this point we just want to sell complete orders. We aren't letting anyone else change their order, so it wouldn't be fair to change these.
As a newcomer to mechanical keyboards I'm kind of lost in that list, is there one that would get me a full set? minus the case, etc.
Edit; With assembly
As a newcomer to mechanical keyboards I'm kind of lost in that list, is there one that would get me a full set? minus the case, etc.
Edit; With assembly
It looks like 7 would be best for me? It comes with costar stabilizers which are fine with me, I prefer cherry, but it makes little difference.
Besides the actual switches, this is all I would need to make it work? Is anyone else offering a service to solder the switches/plate/pcb together??
Unfortunately with the loss of one of our great board members, he happened to be in possession of my poker/plate/led's before that horrible accident. Simply trying to replace those small items and move forward :(
thanks.
Payment deadline has passed. If you haven't paid by now, consider your order canceled.you didn't remove my paid order from that list
Payment deadline has passed. If you haven't paid by now, consider your order canceled.you didn't remove my paid order from that list
It looks like 7 would be best for me? It comes with costar stabilizers which are fine with me, I prefer cherry, but it makes little difference.
Besides the actual switches, this is all I would need to make it work? Is anyone else offering a service to solder the switches/plate/pcb together??
Unfortunately with the loss of one of our great board members, he happened to be in possession of my poker/plate/led's before that horrible accident. Simply trying to replace those small items and move forward :(
thanks.
I'm sure once the chaos has settled and the family has had time to grieve, we will be able to get your Poker parts back. I will assemble it free of charge in remembrance of my friend.
I will pay for #10.
if in the end nobody (who has not yet gotten a gh60) takes #34 I would like to combine it with my existing order.
17,27,33 if available
17,27,33 if available
jabar got his 33 - glad it was cleared up :)
Paid for the other 2 just now.
I will need to purchase stabilizers and wires. Anyone know a source ATM?
Mouser has Cherry plate mount stabs in stock, but only with 2x wires. Part number G99-0224. Each is for one switch, so if you have 5 stabilized switches as in a Poker, you need to order 5 qty.
You'll have to source spacebar wires. :(
Mouser has Cherry plate mount stabs in stock, but only with 2x wires. Part number G99-0224. Each is for one switch, so if you have 5 stabilized switches as in a Poker, you need to order 5 qty.
You'll have to source spacebar wires. :(
Now that you brought that up, have you any idea where to source cherry 6.0 wires? Apart from old cherries?
So, I bought the 1.25 iso plate, what else will I need to have a complete keyboard?
Case, USB cable & keycaps right?
Where can I get those, also I'd like to buy blank keycaps, do I need to look at anything in order to make sure I get some that match my switches?
At least pexon and paranoid sell wires in europe, cases you can find in the op and keycaps, and well what comes to key caps there are group buys all the time and there are also quite a few vendors who sell ready key cap sets.Thanks for the quick reply.
1.25 is the more common modifier size but still you'll have to make sure the caps you want have 1.25 unit mods and 6.25 spacebar
So, I bought the 1.25 iso plate, what else will I need to have a complete keyboard?
Case, USB cable & keycaps right?
Where can I get those, also I'd like to buy blank keycaps, do I need to look at anything in order to make sure I get some that match my switches?
Mouser has Cherry plate mount stabs in stock, but only with 2x wires. Part number G99-0224. Each is for one switch, so if you have 5 stabilized switches as in a Poker, you need to order 5 qty.
You'll have to source spacebar wires. :(
So for a Pure I would need 4 sets of cherry stabs, 3 wires 2x, 1 wire for 6.25x spacebar?
I don't understand the wires. Looking at the plate it looks like the stab placement is the same for 3 keys but I know the keys are not all the same size.
For the GH60 just one set of cherry stabs with 1 wire for a 6.25x spacebar?
I requested 23 yesterday but I haven't been contacted yet for payment... Has it already been taken?Give it a day or so. JD and WFD are no doubt getting hammered with PM about this.
I'm interested in row number 10, namely the one that sums to $44.
neverputyouremailonaforum@gmail.com.
I'm interested in row number 10, namely the one that sums to $44.
I'm interested in row number 10, namely the one that sums to $44.
i already paid for this and it is not updated on the spreadsheet
I'm interested in number 2 if it is still available.
Ok, can I take row 21, summing to $88.I'm interested in row number 10, namely the one that sums to $44.i already paid for this and it is not updated on the spreadsheet
FIXED.
Payment deadline has passed. If you haven't paid by now, consider your order canceled.
Open invoice orders are now posted for sale.
Here are the orders for sale. If you want to take over an order, post here in the thread with the row number from the spreadsheet. We will contact you for your info and to send an invoice. Payment will be expected immediately. Thanks! https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Aj13Z1f7GUuzdGY0WlF1SjRkZ0VOVVpUMzV5bjg4dWc&usp=sharing
Oh no, now the man knows where I live.
LOLOh no, now the man knows where I live.
Is it in Birmingham, Alabama?
Oh no, now the man knows where I live.
Is it in Birmingham, Alabama?
i live in mountlake terrace wa and i am sitting in Elliot bay pizza company in mill creak wa drinking a pint of boulder beer co. 2012 honey of a saison. come join me lol.If only!
it's really Dougal County, GA
it's really Dougal County, GA
Haha, yes. Now if you'll excuse me, I have to go ride around in my truck boat truck
Jd, my order is only coming with two sets of cherry stabs is that not enough for both my keyboards? I was under the impression one set does one keyboard. (I've ordered 2). Also do you need wires for the right shift and do they come with the sets?
Just curious May I know When would assembly orders be taken, I need to send my clears to the good man who would assemble it for me :)
At this point, since I cannot edit my order, how could I go about getting a "Universal 10x" plate? It's the last one in this post (http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=41464.msg828888#msg828888). Did anyone even order one of these? I know it was special order anyway, so is there a possibility I could special order one?
Or is there a file available for this that I could take to the local shop and have one cut?
Also, does anyone know where to find a Cherry 10x space bar, preferably black?
At this point, since I cannot edit my order, how could I go about getting a "Universal 10x" plate? It's the last one in this post (http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=41464.msg828888#msg828888). Did anyone even order one of these? I know it was special order anyway, so is there a possibility I could special order one?
Or is there a file available for this that I could take to the local shop and have one cut?
Also, does anyone know where to find a Cherry 10x space bar, preferably black?
Just curious May I know When would assembly orders be taken, I need to send my clears to the good man who would assemble it for me :)
You were supposed to order assembly with the rest of your parts. You may still be able to order it and pay for it from the organizers. If not, there are plenty of people capable of doing it for you, just post in the classifieds or somewhere. Or, you could take some time to learn to solder in the interim. It's not too hard and makes your keyboard feel that much more personal.
Have the boards been printed yet? I think we should print SmallFry name on them.
Wheee!
Have the boards been printed yet? I think we should print SmallFry name on them.
Yes, why not. I think that's the only name we should put on it.
I'm way too late for this GB, will it come again one day ?Watch the classifieds when they are done/shipped etc. Very likely there will be a round 2 i would imagine, or at least a gh60 v2. I think there is a gh-75 in the works but i know nothing about it.
I'm way too late for this GB, will it come again one day ?
There will be 2 sources of distribution. US and Europe. We'll start more or less at the same time.
Yes, why not. I think that's the only name we should put on it.Thank you.
You can try picking up a leftover/abandoned order or wait for the GH60s to come onto the market when they finally ship. I'm sure some people will realize they ordered too much or just not like it for whatever reason. I know for a fact two people are probably going to sell theirs after they build theirs up.
I'm not so sure about a R2 or a V2. I just don't like speculating is all. I'm hoping there will be though since this is awesome :D
You can try picking up a leftover/abandoned order or wait for the GH60s to come onto the market when they finally ship. I'm sure some people will realize they ordered too much or just not like it for whatever reason. I know for a fact two people are probably going to sell theirs after they build theirs up.
I'm not so sure about a R2 or a V2. I just don't like speculating is all. I'm hoping there will be though since this is awesome :D
I hope somebody is going to leave this GB, or just sell me his GH60 kit !
You can try picking up a leftover/abandoned order or wait for the GH60s to come onto the market when they finally ship. I'm sure some people will realize they ordered too much or just not like it for whatever reason. I know for a fact two people are probably going to sell theirs after they build theirs up.
I'm not so sure about a R2 or a V2. I just don't like speculating is all. I'm hoping there will be though since this is awesome :D
I hope somebody is going to leave this GB, or just sell me his GH60 kit !
Im sure after they received their kits, some might not like it very much and sell it off later, I have an ergodox coming later, if I like it, I might sell all my keyboards and purely stick with the Ergodox.
You can try picking up a leftover/abandoned order or wait for the GH60s to come onto the market when they finally ship. I'm sure some people will realize they ordered too much or just not like it for whatever reason. I know for a fact two people are probably going to sell theirs after they build theirs up.
I'm not so sure about a R2 or a V2. I just don't like speculating is all. I'm hoping there will be though since this is awesome :D
I hope somebody is going to leave this GB, or just sell me his GH60 kit !
Im sure after they received their kits, some might not like it very much and sell it off later, I have an ergodox coming later, if I like it, I might sell all my keyboards and purely stick with the Ergodox.
I will take #2 For $91.95, which has the note:
1 x Costar stabilizers, 6.25x spacebar wire
65 x MX brown switches
Would anyone be willing to trade with me or sell me a set of cherry plate mounted stabs?
You can try picking up a leftover/abandoned order or wait for the GH60s to come onto the market when they finally ship. I'm sure some people will realize they ordered too much or just not like it for whatever reason. I know for a fact two people are probably going to sell theirs after they build theirs up.
I'm not so sure about a R2 or a V2. I just don't like speculating is all. I'm hoping there will be though since this is awesome :D
I hope somebody is going to leave this GB, or just sell me his GH60 kit !
Im sure after they received their kits, some might not like it very much and sell it off later, I have an ergodox coming later, if I like it, I might sell all my keyboards and purely stick with the Ergodox.You can try picking up a leftover/abandoned order or wait for the GH60s to come onto the market when they finally ship. I'm sure some people will realize they ordered too much or just not like it for whatever reason. I know for a fact two people are probably going to sell theirs after they build theirs up.
I'm not so sure about a R2 or a V2. I just don't like speculating is all. I'm hoping there will be though since this is awesome :D
I hope somebody is going to leave this GB, or just sell me his GH60 kit !
Im sure after they received their kits, some might not like it very much and sell it off later, I have an ergodox coming later, if I like it, I might sell all my keyboards and purely stick with the Ergodox.
I know I will have a couple of boards, switches and plates that will be extra. I'm going to wait until I get everything and then put up for sale what I don't need. I know I have a Pure plate for sure.
I've got 1x poker and 1x pure layout GH60 + plate in this. I'd be willing to give up my spot if you wanted to buy both.
Interested in a board and Poker or Pure plate if you think of selling any.
Interested in a board and Poker or Pure plate if you think of selling any.
YGPM
Payment deadline has passed. If you haven't paid by now, consider your order canceled.
Open invoice orders are now posted for sale.
Here are the orders for sale. If you want to take over an order, post here in the thread with the row number from the spreadsheet. We will contact you for your info and to send an invoice. Payment will be expected immediately. Thanks! https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Aj13Z1f7GUuzdGY0WlF1SjRkZ0VOVVpUMzV5bjg4dWc&usp=sharing
Are all orders sold? Interested in a PCB and GH60 plate.
The deadly deadline is midnight between Sunday, 14th and Monday, 15th (CST)
After this time we're closing all leftover orders, so that we can count everything up without stuff changing all the time. There will be no deadline moving any more, so grab the final leftovers and pay until deadline!
see if you can get a order with a universal ansi or universal iso plate
I can trade you my gh60 plate for one of those.
Wish I had seen this sooner. There was an order that had that that I could have picked up. Sorry. :-[
is it possible to trade plates with another order?
if yes does anybody want to trade a GH60 plate (from my order) for a unviversal iso?
The deadly deadline is midnight between Sunday, 14th and Monday, 15th (CST)
After this time we're closing all leftover orders, so that we can count everything up without stuff changing all the time. There will be no deadline moving any more, so grab the final leftovers and pay until deadline!
The deadly deadline is midnight between Sunday, 14th and Monday, 15th (CST)
After this time we're closing all leftover orders, so that we can count everything up without stuff changing all the time. There will be no deadline moving any more, so grab the final leftovers and pay until deadline!
Sooo... I've already requested #2 several times (the one with the brown switches), but received no pm, invoice, or instructions on paying... Take my money please?
can we remove assembly from the unclaimed?You mean you want to buy a leftover set but without assembly? I don't mind that. Less work for me;)
can we remove assembly from the unclaimed?You mean you want to buy a leftover set but without assembly? I don't mind that. Less work for me;)
can we remove assembly from the unclaimed?You mean you want to buy a leftover set but without assembly? I don't mind that. Less work for me;)
I'll take over #13 if you can remove assembly service.
But order #13 says "NO ASSEMBLY". Or has this just changed?
But order #13 says "NO ASSEMBLY". Or has this just changed?
there's 1 quantity of "assembly service" in the order. Anyway if I can't change the order, no problem. Maybe I'll get it in round 2 :)
cheers!
Okay, now I get it. It's just specified which board to assemble and which not. Anyway, if tjcaustin doesn't mind changing, I don't mind not assembling.But order #13 says "NO ASSEMBLY". Or has this just changed?
there's 1 quantity of "assembly service" in the order. Anyway if I can't change the order, no problem. Maybe I'll get it in round 2 :)
cheers!
The deadly deadline is midnight between Sunday, 14th and Monday, 15th (CST)
After this time we're closing all leftover orders, so that we can count everything up without stuff changing all the time. There will be no deadline moving any more, so grab the final leftovers and pay until deadline!
Sooo... I've already requested #2 several times (the one with the brown switches), but received no pm, invoice, or instructions on paying... Take my money please?
#2 is gone btw. and there is no order with brown switches available except for #18 and #20
Is mine somehow sorted differently??? I've refreshed several times. #18 and #20 are:
I was afraid this would happen, which is why I specifically posted the exact text in my original request, which was the one that said:
And was why I mentioned that, and it does not say "SOLD" on the spreadsheet.
Did the mod just look at the row and assume I made a mistake? Why didn't I get a PM at least telling me that two weeks ago? I'm a bit upset.
Is mine somehow sorted differently??? I've refreshed several times. #18 and #20 are:
I was afraid this would happen, which is why I specifically posted the exact text in my original request, which was the one that said:
And was why I mentioned that, and it does not say "SOLD" on the spreadsheet.
Did the mod just look at the row and assume I made a mistake? Why didn't I get a PM at least telling me that two weeks ago? I'm a bit upset.
Order 2 was: 1x DIY GH60 PCB, 1x Universal ISO plate = $31
Order 18 was: 1x GH60 PCB, 1x Pure plate, 1x Costar Stabs (6.25x space bar wire), 65x Brown Switch = $91.95
Order 20 was: 2x GH60 PCB, 1x Poker plate, 1x "true" HHKB plate, 1x Cherry PCB Stabs, 1x Cherry Plate stabs, 65x Green Switches, 65x Brown Switches = $243.10
Is mine somehow sorted differently??? I've refreshed several times. #18 and #20 are:
I was afraid this would happen, which is why I specifically posted the exact text in my original request, which was the one that said:
And was why I mentioned that, and it does not say "SOLD" on the spreadsheet.
Did the mod just look at the row and assume I made a mistake? Why didn't I get a PM at least telling me that two weeks ago? I'm a bit upset.
Order 2 was: 1x DIY GH60 PCB, 1x Universal ISO plate = $31
Order 18 was: 1x GH60 PCB, 1x Pure plate, 1x Costar Stabs (6.25x space bar wire), 65x Brown Switch = $91.95
Order 20 was: 2x GH60 PCB, 1x Poker plate, 1x "true" HHKB plate, 1x Cherry PCB Stabs, 1x Cherry Plate stabs, 65x Green Switches, 65x Brown Switches = $243.10
Ok, so apparently it was sorted wrong and I actually wanted order #18. If it is still possible, I will take it and pay for it today (one of the OPs please PM me), otherwise c'est la vis I guess.
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE they are in production. i'm like a little school girl. So excited!!!
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE they are in production. i'm like a little school girl. So excited!!!
you guys suck :(
you guys suck :(
But once the prototypes are done, and the fab proves that their production meets our needs, the production boards will be ordered!
you guys suck :(
But once the prototypes are done, and the fab proves that their production meets our needs, the production boards will be ordered!
you guys suck :(
But once the prototypes are done, and the fab proves that their production meets our needs, the production boards will be ordered!
how long does it take to make the prototypes and also how long for the actual production?
by the way, it would be great if someone can give us (expected) time line of when everything is going to be like, prototype, production, shipping, etc.... so we all can start counting the days!!! ;D
You could PM me your paypal address :P
you guys suck :(
But once the prototypes are done, and the fab proves that their production meets our needs, the production boards will be ordered!
how long does it take to make the prototypes and also how long for the actual production?
by the way, it would be great if someone can give us (expected) time line of when everything is going to be like, prototype, production, shipping, etc.... so we all can start counting the days!!! ;D
When we know something, you will know something. ;D
you guys suck :(
But once the prototypes are done, and the fab proves that their production meets our needs, the production boards will be ordered!
how long does it take to make the prototypes and also how long for the actual production?
by the way, it would be great if someone can give us (expected) time line of when everything is going to be like, prototype, production, shipping, etc.... so we all can start counting the days!!! ;D
When we know something, you will know something. ;D
you guys suck :(
But once the prototypes are done, and the fab proves that their production meets our needs, the production boards will be ordered!
how long does it take to make the prototypes and also how long for the actual production?
by the way, it would be great if someone can give us (expected) time line of when everything is going to be like, prototype, production, shipping, etc.... so we all can start counting the days!!! ;D
When we know something, you will know something. ;D
What is the fate of all the prototypes...
how do I get into this GH 60 goodness?
This round of prototypes are closed. The GB organizers and perhaps a few case designers are the only ones who will be receiving them. This round is more to make sure the final PCB revision is correct, but also to test the capabilities of the fab house, making sure that their pick-and-place process is what we desire.
This round of prototypes are closed. The GB organizers and perhaps a few case designers are the only ones who will be receiving them. This round is more to make sure the final PCB revision is correct, but also to test the capabilities of the fab house, making sure that their pick-and-place process is what we desire.
I meant after testing, I imagine you guys with a stack of prototype GH60's haha.
Those were the initial prototypes, but there has been some design change so need another prototypes to make 100% everything is working as expected. I have been enjoying mine for some time, but am still excited for the new revision with some WASD led action and looking forward to building ISO and JISlike versions.
If everything goes well, there will be an expansion module for backlight sold separately.
How much do you estimate the led module to be?
Crap, i was looking for a Poker like keyboard, with an ISO layout, and i found this thread. A year is way to long for me
Crap, i was looking for a Poker like keyboard, with an ISO layout, and i found this thread. A year is way to long for me
Someone might even use their extra PCBs and cases to build up a custom modded GH60 and sell that. These possibilities exist. :)
Led module sounds like fun specially with the Nathan set coming in the near future. I'll probably need four of them depending on price.
Is order #7 still available? I'll take it if it is.
It looked like a Goodfella might've gone for it, but I don't see a price or name on the spreadsheet.
No worries if I am a little slow piping up here. Just thought having 1 more GH60 would be better.
Is order #7 still available? I'll take it if it is.
It looked like a Goodfella might've gone for it, but I don't see a price or name on the spreadsheet.
No worries if I am a little slow piping up here. Just thought having 1 more GH60 would be better.
yep it should still be free, was mine until i changed to no.6
The deadly deadline is midnight between Sunday, 14th and Monday, 15th (CST)
After this time we're closing all leftover orders, so that we can count everything up without stuff changing all the time. There will be no deadline moving any more, so grab the final leftovers and pay until deadline!
Well...****. All I saw was the payments due deadline :(The deadly deadline is midnight between Sunday, 14th and Monday, 15th (CST)
After this time we're closing all leftover orders, so that we can count everything up without stuff changing all the time. There will be no deadline moving any more, so grab the final leftovers and pay until deadline!
interest :)
Thank your info :)
guess when it will be open again? ;D
:( i am too late
the dead line is already over :-X:( i am too late
well, not even close.
the dead line is already over :-X:( i am too late
well, not even close.
I hope I can receive GH60 in this year. Last time I ordered Round 4 double shot keycaps, it took over a year.On page 76 I asked and he said "in the best case shipping will start in the middle of September" so don't worry, this will not take a year.
I hope I can receive GH60 in this year. Last time I ordered Round 4 double shot keycaps, it took over a year.On page 76 I asked and he said "in the best case shipping will start in the middle of September" so don't worry, this will not take a year.
I hope I can receive GH60 in this year. Last time I ordered Round 4 double shot keycaps, it took over a year.On page 76 I asked and he said "in the best case shipping will start in the middle of September" so don't worry, this will not take a year.
Then again, this keyboard would totally be worth it.
Hi guys, this plate is for preparation of the add-on module that will come after the PCB. I'm not sure if I'm going to leave it on just the universal plate, or I should add it on all of them. It allows you to solder the extra pins from the top.
(http://i.imgur.com/GUMQ0f8.jpg) (http://i.imgur.com/GUMQ0f8.jpg)
Hi guys, this plate is for preparation of the add-on module that will come after the PCB. I'm not sure if I'm going to leave it on just the universal plate, or I should add it on all of them. It allows you to solder the extra pins from the top.
(http://i.imgur.com/GUMQ0f8.jpg) (http://i.imgur.com/GUMQ0f8.jpg)
So, will it support LEDS?
So, will it support LEDS?
default i supports esc + wasd + poker arrows and maybe more.
the discussion above is about the addon module that will make it support full led backlighting.
That's the eventual plan, but until it's cone, there is no guarantee.
You could always lay some EL lighting under the keys.
That's the eventual plan, but until it's cone, there is no guarantee.
You could always lay some EL lighting under the keys.
You lost me at EL lighting, care to explain what it is, or give me some links to read up on ;D ?
Look up EL Panel or EL wire, should give you all you need.That's the eventual plan, but until it's cone, there is no guarantee.
You could always lay some EL lighting under the keys.
You lost me at EL lighting, care to explain what it is, or give me some links to read up on ;D ?
Just joined GH recently and i really want to get one of these GH60s. Any idea if and when there will be another Group Buy like this one or if i can put in a late order for one ? Any info is appreciated. Thanks in advance.
Regarding 1.25 ISO, if you're curious about why...
I like the poker style but wanted ISO equivalent.
Wanted a layout that works with a "tray" and doesn't need any top cover like WKL or HHKB layouts.
Will be using a mapping that makes the r-shift/win/menu/ctrl keys arrow keys using the Fn key.
Based on that, 1.25 seemed preferable to me, to keep the keys evenly balanced.
I ordered 2, I don't think I would have done that for a ready-made poker/pure but will use both in different locations.
There's definitely something about being able to say you made (at least some of) it yourself!
I recently took over someone's order for a GH60 without assembly service. This will be my first time doing something like this. Is there existing documentation on how to assemble everything? or will some be provided? would hate to screw it up.If your PCB has pre - installed smd's its not hard to do the switches & led's. All you need is the basic soldering gear & experience. You can practice and get good skill by de-soldering and resoldering some junk-out dated electronics. Also there probably be a thread about the build some time soon.
I recently took over someone's order for a GH60 without assembly service. This will be my first time doing something like this. Is there existing documentation on how to assemble everything? or will some be provided? would hate to screw it up.
I recently took over someone's order for a GH60 without assembly service. This will be my first time doing something like this. Is there existing documentation on how to assemble everything? or will some be provided? would hate to screw it up.
Just curious, did anyone buy extra Poker plates? Seems like I'm too late to pick one up, and I can't find plates anywhere else.
Oh, btw, I realized I probably need to make myself a 7unit space wire for cherry stabs, since i only ordered 6.25 (yes, that was stupid). What thickness is the wire and where can i get the required dimensions?
is there any one have a extra pcb and plate? :( i really want one
Check this out: http://blog.komar.be/gh60-evolution/ (http://blog.komar.be/gh60-evolution/) for graphical comparison between rev. A and rev. B and hi-res renders. Rev. A pictures are available in various threads (http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=41464.0, http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=37570.msg717519#msg717519 (http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=37570.msg717519#msg717519)), and rev. B pictures don't exist yet!
Check this out: http://blog.komar.be/gh60-evolution/ (http://blog.komar.be/gh60-evolution/) for graphical comparison between rev. A and rev. B and hi-res renders. Rev. A pictures are available in various threads (http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=41464.0, http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=37570.msg717519#msg717519 (http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=37570.msg717519#msg717519)), and rev. B pictures don't exist yet!
You should check the classifieds after people received theirs, there are plenty people who bought a butt load of GH60's and dont plan to keep them allThanks for the advice :D
Is there an ETA on when we expect these to ship?
Is there an ETA on when we expect these to ship?
Did the latest prototypes end up working out??
Is there an ETA on when we expect these to ship?
Did the latest prototypes end up working out??
Komar mentioned in the blog post that the latest prototype ships to him on August 22; then there is testing and verification before final manufacturing. I too can hardly wait, but as with any group buy we've gotta be patient guys...
Is there an ETA on when we expect these to ship?
Did the latest prototypes end up working out??
Komar mentioned in the blog post that the latest prototype ships to him on August 22; then there is testing and verification before final manufacturing. I too can hardly wait, but as with any group buy we've gotta be patient guys...
Need to find this blog!! Thanks for posting, had no idea.
http://blog.komar.be/ (http://blog.komar.be/)
Is there an ETA on when we expect these to ship?
Did the latest prototypes end up working out??
Komar mentioned in the blog post that the latest prototype ships to him on August 22; then there is testing and verification before final manufacturing. I too can hardly wait, but as with any group buy we've gotta be patient guys...
Need to find this blog!! Thanks for posting, had no idea.
http://blog.komar.be/gh60-evolution/ (http://blog.komar.be/gh60-evolution/)
Is this still open for orders?
I'm purchasing a mini-B USB cable for the GH60 since I don't have one at the moment, and I'm getting confused by the number of necessary "pins". Looking at Monoprice, would this cable (http://www.monoprice.com/Product/?c_id=103&cp_id=10303&cs_id=1030302&p_id=8634&seq=1&format=1#largeimage) work?
i'm really upset that i missed this. is there likely to be a big markup when people start selling their extra boards? i don't know how these things usually go.
i'm really upset that i missed this. is there likely to be a big markup when people start selling their extra boards? i don't know how these things usually go.
Thanks guys! You're bumping up my pageviews count;)
As for prototypes, pcbcart have already amazed me with their speed and making stuff way before the scheduled date, but this time it seems it's not the case. So we're still waiting.
So who do I contact regarding my order?depends on what service you need.
So when do komar expect the rev C board to arrive?
Quite the contrary. I'm hoping I won't have to change anything except for silkscreen between B and C.So when do komar expect the rev C board to arrive?
as soon as the testing of rev b finished, and he thinks he needs to change quite a bit.
So who do I contact regarding my order?depends on what service you need.
So who do I contact regarding my order?depends on what service you need.
The service I need is a change of shipping address for my order.
Have plates been made yet or is it possible to change layout?
i'm really upset that i missed this. is there likely to be a big markup when people start selling their extra boards? i don't know how these things usually go.I most likely will be selling parts for 2 GH60s once they arrive. I'll probably just sell them with no markup, depends on demand.
My jealousy level just increased
I'm glad I'm getting two pcb's. Now all I need is a frame for the second one since they're so damn beautiful!
I'm glad I'm getting two pcb's. Now all I need is a frame for the second one since they're so damn beautiful!
most people when they say frame mean the plate. is this what you mean or are you saying you still need a case?
I'm so excited! Finally get to install my ergo clears.
I see it has the PCB has holes for LEDs. Is that still something that we'll need a little add-on card thing for later?
I'm so excited! Finally get to install my ergo clears.
I see it has the PCB has holes for LEDs. Is that still something that we'll need a little add-on card thing for later?
I'm so excited! Finally get to install my ergo clears.
I see it has the PCB has holes for LEDs. Is that still something that we'll need a little add-on card thing for later?
The last thing I read about it is that you will have direct asses to some leds with the main controller (wasd and other few) but the others will have the matrix but will require an addon.
That white PCB is beautiful... I might have to work one without a plate.
That white PCB is beautiful... I might have to work one without a plate.
I wholeheartedly agree moose. I think I'll go PCB mount everything for my second one. Perhaps I'll cut a hole behind a stock Poker case and make a window so I can see the ode to SmallFry and the GH60 logo. The PCB looks too exceptional to hide behind a plate.
Ok everybody, your orders are ready to ship out.
(http://i.imgur.com/FYsw82q.jpg) (http://i.imgur.com/FYsw82q.jpg)
That is the universal plate Domo. You can run any setup with those (minus ISO, unless you got a Uni ISO).Show Image(http://i.imgur.com/FYsw82q.jpg)
Is it normal for the plate to be cut like that on the mounting hole?
If we've ordered switches from 7bit over at deskthority, how do we get those delivered?
That is the universal plate Domo. You can run any setup with those (minus ISO, unless you got a Uni ISO).Show Image(http://i.imgur.com/FYsw82q.jpg)
Is it normal for the plate to be cut like that on the mounting hole?
Guys, how do you like the white PCB?
Are we producing the final order white or going back to black matte, as rev A?
I'm glad I'm getting two pcb's. Now all I need is a frame for the second one since they're so damn beautiful!
most people when they say frame mean the plate. is this what you mean or are you saying you still need a case?
Guys, how do you like the white PCB?
Are we producing the final order white or going back to black matte, as rev A?
Guys, how do you like the white PCB?
Are we producing the final order white or going back to black matte, as rev A?
Guys, how do you like the white PCB?
Are we producing the final order white or going back to black matte, as rev A?
I love the white but I wonder if a poll might be better? leave it open a few days?
Guys, how do you like the white PCB?
Are we producing the final order white or going back to black matte, as rev A?
White PCB all the way.
Guys, how do you like the white PCB?I think a brand new white PCB looks nicer. However, soldering discolours white PCBs very, very easily. Because of this I'd prefer a black one.
Are we producing the final order white or going back to black matte, as rev A?
Guys, how do you like the white PCB?I think a brand new white PCB looks nicer. However, soldering discolours white PCBs very, very easily. Because of this I'd prefer a black one.
Are we producing the final order white or going back to black matte, as rev A?
Guys, how do you like the white PCB?
Are we producing the final order white or going back to black matte, as rev A?
I vote purple (no chance, I know) or black
But honestly, all my Gh60s will be behind plates so I don't really care
If we've ordered switches from 7bit over at deskthority, how do we get those delivered?
since the distribution of the pcb/plate gp through jdcarpe/wfd or komar and you would get it with the plates from them in a package I would guess. (if you told 7bit to ship the switches for the GH60 project)
I think a brand new white PCB looks nicer. However, soldering discolours white PCBs very, very easily. Because of this I'd prefer a black one.
I like white best, looks so clean. You only solder on the back, so would it decolor the front?
Either way, I'll be using a plate anyways, so I won't even see it :)
Guys, how do you like the white PCB?
Are we producing the final order white or going back to black matte, as rev A?
I don't really like the white... I think it would look a lot more minimalistic or "pure" with just gold and black, without any third color (like in this case the red). Also I think black looks better for PCB mounted boards.
Guys, how do you like the white PCB?
Are we producing the final order white or going back to black matte, as rev A?
actually it always had a third color. the red was white before.
Ok everybody, your orders are ready to ship out.
jk <-- spoiler here
Since we're doing so many, is there any way we could produce a black and white version?
Damn. I'm going to be majorly disappointed if I get this before my phantom plate :(.Seems likely knowing Prof.
And WFD, sent you a couple of PMs regarding the plate, please have a look, I know you are busy and probably flooded with PMs, thus posting here as well.
Voted for brass. I really like the best and I think it'd be cool to follow the theme that the Base case I made :)
You're too good at this.. :))Voted for brass. I really like the best and I think it'd be cool to follow the theme that the Base case I made :)
FTFY!
WHITE!!! As one that mostly use dark keycap and will always not use a plate I do like a tiny bit of something between the keycaps, and also it will help reflect the led instead of absorbing it like the matte black one. On my prototype I have to look really hard to see if the led is on with non windowed keycap.
WHITE!!! As one that mostly use dark keycap and will always not use a plate I do like a tiny bit of something between the keycaps, and also it will help reflect the led instead of absorbing it like the matte black one. On my prototype I have to look really hard to see if the led is on with non windowed keycap.
I know we're talking about PCB colours right now, but I was just thinking about the assembly service... The LED capabilities of the PCB were only finalised after the GB started moving forward. What's the best way to confirm or make alterations to our preferred configuration?
I think questions regarding assembly will be answered when it's time to actually assemble the boards, which I guess will be after most non-assembled orders has been shipped.
So sad I only got into custom keyboards a few days ago, and now I can't get that bady, damn :|
I will! But I wanted only the PCB, to mount it myself, hopefully I'll find one, and not an already finished one :/So sad I only got into custom keyboards a few days ago, and now I can't get that bady, damn :|
Keep an eye on the classifieds when people get theirs, there are plenty people who ordered more than they need ;)
Man I wish I had gotten in on this. Btw, what good is a PCB bare/with no controller?
There is a PCB that was being offered without any components.
Maybe some people want to source their own parts or something, pixel5. I really have no idea what they would want bare one for. I would buy one just to frame it really.
feng ordered 100 bare pcb's btw.thanks for the info! :D i will probably buy two from him
make sure you watch his vendor forums for pcb's
gnubag, just like I said in the first part of my reply; "some people want to source their own parts".
The reason why I say "I really have no idea" is because I wouldn't bother with sourcing other parts when they are right there for a pretty darn good price already.
I would love to see a group buy for backlit GH-60 PCB.
I would love to see a group buy for backlit GH-60 PCB.
gh60 will have a addon module to be purchased later that will make it fully backlit.
I would love to see a group buy for backlit GH-60 PCB.
gh60 will have a addon module to be purchased later that will make it fully backlit.
How is that even supposed to work? there are no LED holes.
Is there ANY possible way I could be added to this group buy? I could submit payment instantly! I cant go and read all the posts to catch up, only read the last few pages and first few.
can anyone here confirm a teensy is needed to build a gh60?
can anyone here confirm a teensy is needed to build a gh60?
can anyone here confirm a teensy is needed to build a gh60?
You don't need a Teensy for a GH60. A teensy is needed for a Phantom
I guess it would be stupid ask if there is a possibility of any extras in this GB...?
I guess it would be stupid ask if there is a possibility of any extras in this GB...?
Quick question, we can have any key set to what we want with several layers iirc.
What functions are allowed on the keys, can I bind media player - play and such on keys?
What about multiple keys like pressing fn + p = home + refresh?
Quick question, we can have any key set to what we want with several layers iirc.
What functions are allowed on the keys, can I bind media player - play and such on keys?
yesWhat about multiple keys like pressing fn + p = home + refresh?
most custom keyboards do not have good support for full macro recording.
It is being developed/improved by hasu's tmk firmware project.
I think komar is also working on it, but I am not sure of the progress.
The logo is cool too bad it's going to be covered, wish the gh60 sticker gb would be revived :3
E: on the white that is.
Quick question, we can have any key set to what we want with several layers iirc.
What functions are allowed on the keys, can I bind media player - play and such on keys?
yesWhat about multiple keys like pressing fn + p = home + refresh?
most custom keyboards do not have good support for full macro recording.
It is being developed/improved by hasu's tmk firmware project.
I think komar is also working on it, but I am not sure of the progress.
The logo is cool too bad it's going to be covered, wish the gh60 sticker gb would be revived :3
E: on the white that is.
I don't think the logo is being covered...?
Also talk to Shadovved if you want stickers. With permission of jd and friends.
I just checked the confirmed order list and since I took over an order, #93 on the public list that is, the one ordered by numerus originally, I started to wonder, is there a list where it is noted that I infact took over his order?
We have both lists, they just haven't been merged yet. Soon.
We have both lists, they just haven't been merged yet. Soon.
Ah, great to hear that, also since I'm thinking about my future favourite keyboard of all time, the details of assembly will have to be confirmed when assembly is nearing its time right? Since there is one little thing I dont want from assembly that is in the original request, in this case, the LEDs
And secondly, I just checked out the program to set keys, seems like it doesnt support ISO, will this change, I mean, it should change right?
and my sticker GB would include the GH60 logo. Asked lastpilot and he approves.
Please do not construe this as "Official Group Buy Seal of Approval" or anything of that sort, but as I am distributing US orders for both the Vortex $50 cast aluminum case sold by Pexon and the Tex milled aluminum case sold by justin.wu of Tex, perhaps I could combine shipping for some US orders of those cases if you also purchased a GH60.
Pexon's Vortex $50 Alu case GB (http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=47776.0)
justin.wu's Tex Alu case GB (http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=47376.0)
Please do not construe this as "Official Group Buy Seal of Approval" or anything of that sort, but as I am distributing US orders for both the Vortex $50 cast aluminum case sold by Pexon and the Tex milled aluminum case sold by justin.wu of Tex, perhaps I could combine shipping for some US orders of those cases if you also purchased a GH60.
Please do not construe this as "Official Group Buy Seal of Approval" or anything of that sort, but as I am distributing US orders for both the Vortex $50 cast aluminum case sold by Pexon and the Tex milled aluminum case sold by justin.wu of Tex, perhaps I could combine shipping for some US orders of those cases if you also purchased a GH60.
Pexon's Vortex $50 Alu case GB (http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=47776.0)
justin.wu's Tex Alu case GB (http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=47376.0)
Please do not construe this as "Official Group Buy Seal of Approval" or anything of that sort, but as I am distributing US orders for both the Vortex $50 cast aluminum case sold by Pexon and the Tex milled aluminum case sold by justin.wu of Tex, perhaps I could combine shipping for some US orders of those cases if you also purchased a GH60.
Pexon's Vortex $50 Alu case GB (http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=47776.0)
justin.wu's Tex Alu case GB (http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=47376.0)
Any idea if the case will fit the GH60 though?
As i know, the GH60 should fit all poker cases, it was designed with this in mind? Correct me if i'm wrong
So, jdcarpe, have you held a GH60 pcb in your hands? If so, is it as magnificent as it looks in pictures?
how long is that poll for the pcb color going to stay open?
how long is that poll for the pcb color going to stay open?
uh oh what poll? where ಠ_ಠ?
How long until mass production?
How long until mass production?
All testers need to receive, build and test their Rev. B boards first.
How long until mass production?
All testers need to receive, build and test their Rev. B boards first.
I volunteer to be a tester. I shall take on this heavy burden for the good of the people. :p
How long until mass production?
All testers need to receive, build and test their Rev. B boards first.
I volunteer to be a tester. I shall take on this heavy burden for the good of the people. :p
Oh, we did that already with the first round of prototypes, thanks.
Closed beta, sir! ;)
So...you're telling me there's a chance.Show Image(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Bl-Dhb9ZYLc/TwEnAdeepdI/AAAAAAAALJI/vqiTe7S4_t0/s320/jim+carrey.jpg)
So...you're telling me there's a chance.Show Image(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Bl-Dhb9ZYLc/TwEnAdeepdI/AAAAAAAALJI/vqiTe7S4_t0/s320/jim+carrey.jpg)
Well, you know how that movie ended, right?
Is it still possible to sell your spot and/or change shipping address? Didn't plan on this going out so long and I'm having to move. :/
What did you order, I'll be interested int taking your spot.
Thanks. Just saw the doc.Also not included are switches from 7bit. Full order was:
1 GH60 PCB
1 ANSI 1.5x (pure shift)
1 Cherry plate mounted stabilizer set
1 7x spacebar wire
1 MXLOCKP
70 MXWHITEP
Thanks. Just saw the doc.Also not included are switches from 7bit. Full order was:
1 GH60 PCB
1 ANSI 1.5x (pure shift)
1 Cherry plate mounted stabilizer set
1 7x spacebar wire
1 MXLOCKP
70 MXWHITEP
Probably. I'm sure I'd have no problem selling white switches in the classifies.Thanks. Just saw the doc.Also not included are switches from 7bit. Full order was:
1 GH60 PCB
1 ANSI 1.5x (pure shift)
1 Cherry plate mounted stabilizer set
1 7x spacebar wire
1 MXLOCKP
70 MXWHITEP
I've PMed WFD asking if I can take over your order, but only the stuff ordered from WFD. Will that be alright?
Probably. I'm sure I'd have no problem selling white switches in the classifies.Thanks. Just saw the doc.Also not included are switches from 7bit. Full order was:
1 GH60 PCB
1 ANSI 1.5x (pure shift)
1 Cherry plate mounted stabilizer set
1 7x spacebar wire
1 MXLOCKP
70 MXWHITEP
I've PMed WFD asking if I can take over your order, but only the stuff ordered from WFD. Will that be alright?
Probably. I'm sure I'd have no problem selling white switches in the classifies.Thanks. Just saw the doc.Also not included are switches from 7bit. Full order was:
1 GH60 PCB
1 ANSI 1.5x (pure shift)
1 Cherry plate mounted stabilizer set
1 7x spacebar wire
1 MXLOCKP
70 MXWHITEP
I've PMed WFD asking if I can take over your order, but only the stuff ordered from WFD. Will that be alright?
Great project. Can’t wait for the next group buy. :)
Great project. Can’t wait for the next group buy. :)
Great project. Can’t wait for the next group buy. :)
After this GB is done, I think mechanicalkeyboards.com will start selling the PCB and possibly other components.
Great project. Can’t wait for the next group buy. :)
After this GB is done, I think mechanicalkeyboards.com will start selling the PCB and possibly other components.
Really? If that happened, i am very happy :)
Great project. Can’t wait for the next group buy. :)
After this GB is done, I think mechanicalkeyboards.com will start selling the PCB and possibly other components.
Really? If that happened, i am very happy :)
Great project. Can’t wait for the next group buy. :)
After this GB is done, I think mechanicalkeyboards.com will start selling the PCB and possibly other components.
Really? If that happened, i am very happy :)
Yes, it's probably happening. They're selling phantom and ergodox pcbs already :)
Great project. Can’t wait for the next group buy. :)
After this GB is done, I think mechanicalkeyboards.com will start selling the PCB and possibly other components.
Really? If that happened, i am very happy :)
Well, they are selling Phantom PCBs right now, so why not GH60 components ;)
Hey just a quick note: I would like to add GH60 support to my custom firmware project (see here (http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=41390.msg1039957#msg1039957)), but I will not be owning a GH60. Any volunteers to help me work it out? Shouldn't be too much trouble.
I've got to get my hands on the hardware details first.
I added GH60 support. There are many layouts so I just picked the poker layout.
(Attachment Link)
By the way, this is important. Do you use Flip to flash the firmwares on the GH60?
I would assume so because it has the same amtel chip as the bpiphany filco controllers.
I would assume so because it has the same amtel chip as the bpiphany filco controllers.
Actually I'm trying to determine what bootloader he has on it. The code is written to assume that the OEM bootloader is installed. I just want to make sure that there isn't a custom bootloader so I don't brick someone's PCB.
Cool I'll send you something to try :)
I've gotta say, now that I've tinkered with it a bit, I'm really starting to want a GH60... I should have ordered one >.<
Oh no you don't, me first in line for exras :p
Oh no you don't, me first in line for exras :p
Nerd I will fight you.
Oh no you don't, me first in line for exras :p
Nerd I will fight you.
A few things to consider when voting for your preferred color. The white is more resistant to visible marks if you ever scratch it, however it's more prone to burn marks from soldering. The matte black will show marks if you scratch it on something, but there won't be any brown coloration marks if you set your soldering iron temps too high. PCB color shouldn't matter much anyways, because it will be covered by a plate and/or keycaps. No one types without keycaps. With that said, take your pick:
poll for PCB color (https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1JKrDOgc1dAA4p8IbNzcgPlv3U-Zo46U2RlCchVLfhkU/viewform)
Just wondering when these are going to be shipping? I'm buying a PCB off someone in the GB :P
Just wondering when these are going to be shipping? I'm buying a PCB off someone in the GB :P
They are doing a Rev B prototype to double check since major revisions were made from Rev A. It would assume they would start production a few weeks after Rev B prototypes are tested and confirmed to be working.
Is WFD still in charge of this GB? I sent him my new shipping address because im moving again so im getting it sent to my parents. Havn't had a response yet
It looks like he hasnt been on in 3 weeks
I wanted one so I just sent it out to be fabbed. Should have it in a few weeks. Probably 3 months before GB. Yay Internet!
Just wondering when these are going to be shipping? I'm buying a PCB off someone in the GB :P
I wanted one so I just sent it out to be fabbed. Should have it in a few weeks. Probably 3 months before GB. Yay Internet!
MOZ i ordered 3 PCBs. I got ya brother. You put alot of hard work into group buys so i think u deserve to own one :)
MOZ i ordered 3 PCBs. I got ya brother. You put alot of hard work into group buys so i think u deserve to own one :)
I've got some questions... been thinking of these for a bit now.
- Is there going to be a different PCB for each layout (i.e. a different layout for ANSI HHKB-style vs ANSI Poker-style)?
When people have ordered a PCB, is all that is necessary from that point for them to screw it into their desired case, and then put on keycaps?
- Is this something that a person with zero experience in putting keyboards together could make a successful project out of?
One PCB for all layouts..that's the beauty of the gh60
depending on the type of pcb you get, the work load is different. the most common type ordered was the SMD pre-soldered, in which you just need to solder in switches and put in the stabilizers, and then put it in the case and put on the keycaps (etc., etc.)
As long as you read up and get a good idea from all the information here then it shouldn't really be all too hard. do you have any soldering experience at all?
Okay, so when people purchased the assembly option they weren't paying someone to do all the soldering for them? I've done some soldering before but I'll be the first to admit it generally looks terrible when I do it.
Thanks again! So if I wanted to avoid the assembly part of things would it be good to just put an offer in the classifieds? This of course would be after the GB is over... don't have one yet. While it may be fun to do it myself, I'd rather have some degree of confidence that it gets done right :P
What's the current status on this GB? I mean as far as distribution goes.
As far as I know, diodes will be already soldered on unless you ordered the "do it all yourself" kit.
Also, why is this listed as in production when it is still in QA stage?
Sorry if this has already been answered. When the gh60s are all shipped out, are there any plans to mass produce/sell them?No plans to mass produce them. However some vendors like feng and qtan bought a ton of PCB's, so you will be able to get one.
i think it was ek that was going to stock them after the GB
i think it was ek that was going to stock them after the GB
That would be http://www.mechanicalkeyboards.com/ not www.elitekeyboards.com (http://www.elitekeyboards.com) :D
Any ideas on how difficult it will be to get an ISO PCB and plate?
Would it be possible to buy them off of you?!
God. Damn. You are awesome!
How do we do this?
Sorry if this has already been answered. When the gh60s are all shipped out, are there any plans to mass produce/sell them?
**** my face this is awesome... One of the few things I regret to have missed...
Anyone got a ISO HHKB (fully assembled?) I could snack of their hands? :prettyplease:
**** my face this is awesome... One of the few things I regret to have missed...
Anyone got a ISO HHKB (fully assembled?) I could snack of their hands? :prettyplease:
You're in luck sir
http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=47126.0
http://www.gonskeyboardworks.com/housingscases/57-gon-ns-gh60-iso-housing-only.html
Now, all you'd need is the actual pcb, which in theory should be easier than the plate.
They've been producing prototypes even before this group buy started, so that's not a valid reason.Also, why is this listed as in production when it is still in QA stage?
Because they are producing prototypes maybe?
**** my face this is awesome... One of the few things I regret to have missed...
Anyone got a ISO HHKB (fully assembled?) I could snack of their hands? :prettyplease:
You're in luck sir
http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=47126.0
http://www.gonskeyboardworks.com/housingscases/57-gon-ns-gh60-iso-housing-only.html
Now, all you'd need is the actual pcb, which in theory should be easier than the plate.
Well that price is STEEP. I mean like **** me steep. Also not assembled...
Is there any official update on what is happening, reason for delays?
I'm afraid nothing will move with this until WFD returns.
Unless komar wants to move forward with PCB manufacturing without prototype testing. I could take over the plate and stabilizer stuff if needed.
So, WFD is the only one with Rev. B prototypes?
I'm afraid nothing will move with this until WFD returns.
Unless komar wants to move forward with PCB manufacturing without prototype testing. I could take over the plate and stabilizer stuff if needed.
I'm afraid nothing will move with this until WFD returns.
Unless komar wants to move forward with PCB manufacturing without prototype testing. I could take over the plate and stabilizer stuff if needed.
I volunteer myself for a new round of prototyping. I have cases, switches, soldering iron ready to roll.
I'm afraid nothing will move with this until WFD returns.
Unless komar wants to move forward with PCB manufacturing without prototype testing. I could take over the plate and stabilizer stuff if needed.
I volunteer myself for a new round of prototyping. I have cases, switches, soldering iron ready to roll.
I'm afraid nothing will move with this until WFD returns.
Unless komar wants to move forward with PCB manufacturing without prototype testing. I could take over the plate and stabilizer stuff if needed.
I volunteer myself for a new round of prototyping. I have cases, switches, soldering iron ready to roll.
Unfortunately, that doesn't help our situation much. What we really need is a volunteer to show up at WFD's residence and get the prototypes from him and ship them out. Barring that, I'm not really sure how we proceed.
komar, if you want, we could sell some prototype opportunities to fund the manufacture of more prototype boards, which you could ship to me for distribution.
TJ, are you watching this thread? Do you know if WFD has had plates made already, as in you sent the money for them somewhere?
I've got all parts and everything ready to go for a prototype as well, if you guys do want to raise some money to fund something.
I am in for a prototype and have two plates ready to go.
I have so much invested in multiple GH60s that it exceeds the money I spent on my multiple ergodox.
I wish there was something I could do, out of money and feeling helpless.
I have so much invested in multiple GH60s that it exceeds the money I spent on my multiple ergodox.
I wish there was something I could do, out of money and feeling helpless.
I would rather they get it right the before they send out 100+ PCB's.
I've worked in QA for hardware and software before and it is a long process but worth it when the results are 110%.
Thanks for all the hard work you are all putting into this GB. Much different than a set of keycaps.
im going to be mighty mouse for you people.
I GOT THIS.
im going to be mighty mouse for you people.
I GOT THIS.
pick me up please
im going to be mighty mouse for you people.
I GOT THIS.
pick me up please
ROOOAD TRIP
im going to be mighty mouse for you people.
I GOT THIS.
pick me up please
ROOOAD TRIP
Seriously, I might drive back up to NorCal if there is nothing to do this weekend. I'll meet you at Rowland Heights or Irvine where we pick up mkawa and then spend our time skipping clacks into the ocean.
Is WFD actually OK?
Is WFD actually OK?
Yeah he posted last week saying that he was just getting slammed with work and life, he'll be back soon enough.
If its still being considered, I would be interested in a prototype.
The problem with "open beta" prototyping is that everyone wants a proto, just so they can have their GH60 "first." But in the first round, not everyone even built theirs up, do to lack of DIY assembly skills. Also, WFD had to solder almost everyone's SMD components, because hardly anyone was comfortable doing that. And to top it off, there wasn't much testing done, just people who wanted one to say they had a prototype. Most of the actual testing of them came from komar, myself, WFD, IvanIvanovich, Glissant, hasu, and dirge (sorry if I left anyone out). That's why we decided on doing a closed "beta" for this round, so we could work out any actual bugs.I was thinking the same thing lol.
Anyway, we are working on a solution. Hopefully I will have an update within a week or so.
im going to be mighty mouse for you people.
I GOT THIS.
pick me up please
ROOOAD TRIP
Seriously, I might drive back up to NorCal if there is nothing to do this weekend. I'll meet you at Rowland Heights or Irvine where we pick up mkawa and then spend our time skipping clacks into the ocean.
I am just waiting for the okay from jd to go pick them upim going to be mighty mouse for you people.
I GOT THIS.
pick me up please
ROOOAD TRIP
Seriously, I might drive back up to NorCal if there is nothing to do this weekend. I'll meet you at Rowland Heights or Irvine where we pick up mkawa and then spend our time skipping clacks into the ocean.
Ohh, count me in.
what I was thinking is that if someone really wants a rev b. bad enough they can always send the files to oshpark and pay them to have a few made. yes it will be way more expensive but they will have it in purple :D
demik I like the new avatar bro :DShow Image(http://p.twimg.com/A5w5ME5CYAAznol.jpg:large)
Purple rev B
http://oshpark.com/shared_projects/tH85WHtP (http://oshpark.com/shared_projects/tH85WHtP)
design will cost $209.25 per set of three.
i think selling prototypes is a horrible idea; for one it would anger those who are in the queue for one already like me because if the prototypes are fully functional that pretty much means someone skipped the queue and will potentially sell it for profit in the classified down the road. I hope WFD comes back.....
Domo I like your gold fronts pic better. Mine looks constipated.
its way long past after the deadline but the order form is still active. Does this mean people can still place an order? here's me hoping it is... :)
its way long past after the deadline but the order form is still active. Does this mean people can still place an order? here's me hoping it is... :)
Ordering is closed.
its way long past after the deadline but the order form is still active. Does this mean people can still place an order? here's me hoping it is... :)
Ordering is closed.
At least give the guy a little hope. Orders are closed, however you'll be able to buy boards from venders like Feng or MechanicalKeyboards.com
its way long past after the deadline but the order form is still active. Does this mean people can still place an order? here's me hoping it is... :)
Ordering is closed.
At least give the guy a little hope. Orders are closed, however you'll be able to buy boards from venders like Feng or MechanicalKeyboards.com
its way long past after the deadline but the order form is still active. Does this mean people can still place an order? here's me hoping it is... :)
Ordering is closed.
At least give the guy a little hope. Orders are closed, however you'll be able to buy boards from venders like Feng or MechanicalKeyboards.com
Oh Really? Feng or Mechanicalkeyboard.com 'll sell GH60 PCB? When?
Is it still possible to order this?
;)
The problem with "open beta" prototyping is that everyone wants a proto, just so they can have their GH60 "first." But in the first round, not everyone even built theirs up, do to lack of DIY assembly skills. Also, WFD had to solder almost everyone's SMD components, because hardly anyone was comfortable doing that. And to top it off, there wasn't much testing done, just people who wanted one to say they had a prototype. Most of the actual testing of them came from komar, myself, WFD, IvanIvanovich, Glissant, hasu, and dirge (sorry if I left anyone out). That's why we decided on doing a closed "beta" for this round, so we could work out any actual bugs.Thanks for thinking of me in regards to testing the rev a pcb, but I really didn't do much. I tested it out in the only ways I knew how. Solder and desolder, testing funky firmware stuff on different platforms, but that was about it.
Anyway, we are working on a solution. Hopefully I will have an update within a week or so.
Can't wait for WFD to reappear ;D
So now that WFD is back, when should we expect to see shipments going out?
Ok, so have they ordered the PCB components and switches yet?
So now that WFD is back, when should we expect to see shipments going out?
They still have to finish beta testing and finalizing the PCB.
Yeah, I read that... but are they really going to wait until the last minute to order them? The GB has been closed for a while and only thing going on is...well the "testing". These components and switches aren't going to arrive any faster than the testing, so why aren't they ordered yet?I don't think you're in a position to question the management of this buy. These guys know what they're doing. Let them do their thing.
The last thing we want are the PCBs being done and we have to wait for the components.
Well, I can tell you that there is already one known bug in Rev B, so the protos aren't exactly fully functional. Even if we were to sell any prototypes, it would be with "strings attached" so to speak.
They don't know them yet (if they exist) - that's the problem.
I am assuming that there will eventually be a round 2 for the GH60, just have to be patient.....
so hard to be patient thought :(
This GB really went off the rails
This GB really went off the rails
I wouldn't say off the rails either...slight bump in the road brothers..we are almost there...just have to get the focus back from some people ^-^
More like an 18 wheeler running over a Smartcar.... "did we hit something?" ....."nawwww"
So how are we doing? I scanned the thread and caught something about a bug in the beta, and WFD having personal issues, but being back. Are we stuck? Anything we can do to help?
... changes that are required are trivial so the design will be finalized and mass production will begin. From there it's a matter of shipping, assembly and shipping back out, so there's still a lot of work to be done.
This GB really went off the rails
You have to produce test runs before volume production. Hardware patches is much worse than software patches ;-)
I rather wait an have a perfect PCB.
so what is really going on?
so what is really going on?
so what is really going on?
They spent our money on cheap booze and smokes, now they are stalling obviously.
With all the money we spent they should at least invest in a 12 pack of Pabst....not Natural Ice!
On a serious note everybody....it will be more than worth the wait. These guys are putting so much time into this that they don't deserve any grief.
Everything is fine, guys. The prototypes are being shipped, some people have tested the rev. B "unofficially" by getting the PCB made on their own. This has shown one simple error, but otherwise the board works AFAIK.Yes, komar. everything is OK!I made the rev B version on my own. the keyboard is fantastic. thank you !
After we get the prototypes, we need to make sure there are no problems fitting various existing and new cases and we're good to go.
Good to know!Everything is fine, guys. The prototypes are being shipped, some people have tested the rev. B "unofficially" by getting the PCB made on their own. This has shown one simple error, but otherwise the board works AFAIK.Yes, komar. everything is OK!I made the rev B version on my own. the keyboard is fantastic. thank you !
After we get the prototypes, we need to make sure there are no problems fitting various existing and new cases and we're good to go.
Are votes for the PCB color still being taken in? Which one's leading?
I used the Plastic Poker2 case, it fits well~ and Imsto aluminum tray also fits!Good to know!Everything is fine, guys. The prototypes are being shipped, some people have tested the rev. B "unofficially" by getting the PCB made on their own. This has shown one simple error, but otherwise the board works AFAIK.Yes, komar. everything is OK!I made the rev B version on my own. the keyboard is fantastic. thank you !
After we get the prototypes, we need to make sure there are no problems fitting various existing and new cases and we're good to go.
Which case did you use for it?
SIDE NODE: with the next keyboard I design, I'm going to drop the testing part completely. I'll just release all the production files and wait a month or two until the most impatient people go to the effort of making it on their own. This will assert the board is correct, and then we'll start the production. I think it'll be not only cheaper but also faster. I'm not complaining at WFD here, just shipping things twice makes things last ages.
JD and a few others should already have the proto PCBs by now. The international ones will take a little longer to arrive.
JD and a few others should already have the proto PCBs by now. The international ones will take a little longer to arrive.
Yup, got mine in the mail today and should be soldering it together later tonight
Got mine in the mail today, as well. Will build tonight if possible.Can't wait to see this.
Soooo....anyone looking to get rid of their order? :)
I can't solder mine up. I don't have any PCB mounted switches unless I desolder my Dolch (which I could since I'll be getting a custom PCB and have the plate already)....
and I can't use PCB mount since I don't have a south swedish ISO 150 with short right shift plate made........
I can't solder mine up. I don't have any PCB mounted switches unless I desolder my Dolch (which I could since I'll be getting a custom PCB and have the plate already)....
and I can't use PCB mount since I don't have a south swedish ISO 150 with short right shift plate made........
I haven't built mine up, yet, either. For the same reason. The only PCB-mount switches I have have jumpers in them, which I am too lazy to pull out right now.
If you want to do a couple plates quickly, I will send you the files. (Like I already said I was going to do)
I really want to see some gh60 pics, has anyone finished? Sorry for the impatience ^-^
I really want to see some gh60 pics, has anyone finished? Sorry for the impatience ^-^
http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=39702.0 (http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=39702.0)
WHERE ARE MY SWITCHES, DID YOU SEND THEM YET? #0356Hint: He ordered MXDARKGREYP/NW (MX1A-21NW)
Thanks (:
Hi 7bit, just a quick question. How are the switches we ordered from the GB on Deskthority linked to our gh60 orders?Quote from: plasticchairWHERE ARE MY SWITCHES, DID YOU SEND THEM YET? #0356Hint: He ordered MXDARKGREYP/NW (MX1A-21NW)
Thanks (:
:roll:
GH60 proto for sale on taobao? http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=a230r.1.14.75.dOvlTw&id=35830618978
EDIT: Didn't realise it includes switches and caps, man that's cheap.
controller's thereShow Image(http://i.imgur.com/PDFVIMQ.png)
EDIT: Didn't realise it includes switches and caps, man that's cheap.
Doesn't say anything about a controller though and I see it does not have stabilizers, so it definitely still needs components...
Anyone else find it weird that the silk screening is black on the taobao one, but it's red on the prototypes?
http://geekhack.org/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=33130.0;attach=43059;image
I smell something fishy..
Anyone else find it weird that the silk screening is black on the taobao one, but it's red on the prototypes?
http://geekhack.org/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=33130.0;attach=43059;image
I smell something fishy..
Anyone else find it weird that the silk screening is black on the taobao one, but it's red on the prototypes?
http://geekhack.org/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=33130.0;attach=43059;image
I smell something fishy..
something fishy like the files are open source and anyone can go get them printed in whatever colors they wanted?
something fishy like the files are open source and anyone can go get them printed in whatever colors they wanted?Yes, I know that.. No need to be so condescending, man. I'm not a dunce.
GH60 proto for sale on taobao? http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=a230r.1.14.75.dOvlTw&id=35830618978 (http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=a230r.1.14.75.dOvlTw&id=35830618978)
something fishy like the files are open source and anyone can go get them printed in whatever colors they wanted?Yes, I know that.. No need to be so condescending, man. I'm not a dunce.
I just find it weird that someone would go and have a PCB made which, for a one-off, would be expensive, and then they go and sell it along with switches and keycaps for a ridiculously low price.
GH60 proto for sale on taobao? http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=a230r.1.14.75.dOvlTw&id=35830618978 (http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=a230r.1.14.75.dOvlTw&id=35830618978)
This is definitely not from me, because I know who I sent them to. It's not even the same as our batch. Those ones have black letters, the one I originally posted (http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=41464.msg1017557#msg1017557) has red text.
I think this is boarderline shady to capitalize on the fact that no one has one yet, so they can sell it for profit. Komar was the one that designed it. Open source hardware has advantages where others can help crosscheck the PCB or help test it, but the downside is that there are opportunistic people like this that steal someone else's work to profit.
It's possible that they can have it made for super cheap over there, right?Possibly, but they're selling it for $70. Fully assembled with switches. They can't be making profit off that.. And even if they are it would be extremely marginal.
http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=a1z10.1.w4004-4533670328.1.ZwrTZd&id=35861870171GH60 proto for sale on taobao? http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=a230r.1.14.75.dOvlTw&id=35830618978
Wow. Includes switches and keycaps for $74. (According to google translate) Crazy...
http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=a1z10.1.w4004-4533670328.1.ZwrTZd&id=35861870171GH60 proto for sale on taobao? http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=a230r.1.14.75.dOvlTw&id=35830618978
Wow. Includes switches and keycaps for $74. (According to google translate) Crazy...
No,You got it wrong, it does not matter in Taiwan, this is my own doing【i use google 翻译】http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=a1z10.1.w4004-4533670328.1.ZwrTZd&id=35861870171GH60 proto for sale on taobao? http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=a230r.1.14.75.dOvlTw&id=35830618978
Wow. Includes switches and keycaps for $74. (According to google translate) Crazy...
The TEX case on that one gave me the info I needed to deduce that these are from the Taiwanese group buy. It wasn't really publicized, but I knew it was happening. I think they used the Rev B PCB files, so the backlighting bug likely exists in these. I guess the Taiwanese were too anxious to get them to wait for the final production revision. Although, I haven't talked with the Taiwanese organizer, so this just speculation on my part.
Show Image(http://i426.photobucket.com/albums/pp349/lysol8086/DSC01742_zps54a39194.jpg)
one layout that I thought of today, would be Ivan's layout but with the bottom row flipped, so that it would be
1.5x, 1x, 1x, 1.5x, 7x, 1.5x, 1.5x
I only use my right thumb on the right side of the 6.25 spacebar, so this layout would work well for me.
Never use anything to the left of the box in the photo..Show Image(http://i.imgur.com/TwLS46G.jpg)
anyways, just a thought
still can't wait for my pcbs/plates
Damn that top one is sexy, wish there was a way of easily getting new WoB doubleshots.
No,You got it wrong, it does not matter in Taiwan, this is my own doing【i use google 翻译】http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=a1z10.1.w4004-4533670328.1.ZwrTZd&id=35861870171GH60 proto for sale on taobao? http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=a230r.1.14.75.dOvlTw&id=35830618978
Wow. Includes switches and keycaps for $74. (According to google translate) Crazy...
The TEX case on that one gave me the info I needed to deduce that these are from the Taiwanese group buy. It wasn't really publicized, but I knew it was happening. I think they used the Rev B PCB files, so the backlighting bug likely exists in these. I guess the Taiwanese were too anxious to get them to wait for the final production revision. Although, I haven't talked with the Taiwanese organizer, so this just speculation on my part.
Damn that top one is sexy, wish there was a way of easily getting new WoB doubleshots.
They have them on SP's site (http://www.keycapsdirect.com/marketplace.php) for pretty reasonable. Plus the TH groupbuy is shipping so keypop may have some cheap ones soon.
No,You got it wrong, it does not matter in Taiwan, this is my own doing【i use google 翻译】http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=a1z10.1.w4004-4533670328.1.ZwrTZd&id=35861870171GH60 proto for sale on taobao? http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=a230r.1.14.75.dOvlTw&id=35830618978
Wow. Includes switches and keycaps for $74. (According to google translate) Crazy...
The TEX case on that one gave me the info I needed to deduce that these are from the Taiwanese group buy. It wasn't really publicized, but I knew it was happening. I think they used the Rev B PCB files, so the backlighting bug likely exists in these. I guess the Taiwanese were too anxious to get them to wait for the final production revision. Although, I haven't talked with the Taiwanese organizer, so this just speculation on my part.
Not Taiwanese.
BTW, the link in Tao-Bao is selling switches and PCB. not included caps
Sorry for not t reading all 97 pages but what is the status of this? Is the GH60 production ready or still in testing? I haven't missed out on a chance to purchase the finalized design yet have I? ThanksOrder period has ended.
Sorry for not t reading all 97 pages but what is the status of this? Is the GH60 production ready or still in testing? I haven't missed out on a chance to purchase the finalized design yet have I? ThanksOrder period has ended.
The final revision is being tested right now.Sorry for not t reading all 97 pages but what is the status of this? Is the GH60 production ready or still in testing? I haven't missed out on a chance to purchase the finalized design yet have I? ThanksOrder period has ended.
OK what I can't determine is was this the final design and will there be another?
The final revision is being tested right now.Sorry for not t reading all 97 pages but what is the status of this? Is the GH60 production ready or still in testing? I haven't missed out on a chance to purchase the finalized design yet have I? ThanksOrder period has ended.
OK what I can't determine is was this the final design and will there be another?
My address will change before they get shipped. Whom do I tell my new address?
My address will change before they get shipped. Whom do I tell my new address?
Your order should be shipped by komar007 if you aren't in the US, so you should PM him with your address change.
Hey, just wondering roughing when will the international orders be shipping out.
My prediction: GH60 will be finalized once we reach page 100 of this thread.
GO GO GO!
My prediction: GH60 will be finalized once we reach page 100 of this thread.
GO GO GO!
My prediction: GH60 will be finalized once we reach page 100 of this thread.
GO GO GO!
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The number of pages depends on how many posts you have set to view per page ::)
Why do I keep missing GB...
Goddamnit!!!
Why do I keep missing GB...
Goddamnit!!!
you missed this by about 6 months
Why do I keep missing GB...
Goddamnit!!!
you missed this by about 6 months
Yeah I know, been surfing GH for about 5 months, but only created this account recently...
Why do I keep missing GB...
Goddamnit!!!
you missed this by about 6 months
Yeah I know, been surfing GH for about 5 months, but only created this account recently...
So you have other accounts? :eek:
Does anyone want to take my order? gh60 pcb, poker plate, cherry stabs, 63x brown.
I will... noticed the poker plate. Would it be possible to get the hhkb plate, and assembly on it, or is it to late?
I will... noticed the poker plate. Would it be possible to get the hhkb plate, and assembly on it, or is it to late?
I don't think they want to do any order changes at this point.
I will... noticed the poker plate. Would it be possible to get the hhkb plate, and assembly on it, or is it to late?
I don't think they want to do any order changes at this point.
Perfectly fine. What would I do to go about getting the HHKB plate then? :)
Gotchya, didn't realize that those would be available afterwards (thought it was just going to be the PCB).
Yeah, Infallible, I'd be very interested in it. I'm not sure on the specifics of switching the order... I think its a matter of messaging WFD or jdcarpe, but I could be mistaken. If you'd be willing to give me the order just let me know :D
Just consider it like getting a time quote on software development, never a good idea to put much stock in it.
No,You got it wrong, it does not matter in Taiwan, this is my own doing【i use google 翻译】http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=a1z10.1.w4004-4533670328.1.ZwrTZd&id=35861870171GH60 proto for sale on taobao? http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=a230r.1.14.75.dOvlTw&id=35830618978
Wow. Includes switches and keycaps for $74. (According to google translate) Crazy...
The TEX case on that one gave me the info I needed to deduce that these are from the Taiwanese group buy. It wasn't really publicized, but I knew it was happening. I think they used the Rev B PCB files, so the backlighting bug likely exists in these. I guess the Taiwanese were too anxious to get them to wait for the final production revision. Although, I haven't talked with the Taiwanese organizer, so this just speculation on my part.
Not Taiwanese.
BTW, the link in Tao-Bao is selling switches and PCB. not included caps
Ah, okay. Thank you for clearing that up. Seems someone must have run a mini GB for them, since there is more than one showing up for sale on taobao.
Bueller: I think Sherryton may be offering WoB GMK sets on Originative soon. He did mention something about 3 new GMK sets coming soon.
That is the universal plate Domo. You can run any setup with those (minus ISO, unless you got a Uni ISO).Show Image(http://i.imgur.com/FYsw82q.jpg)
Is it normal for the plate to be cut like that on the mounting hole?
I know that it is the universal plate.
I was trying to point out that the upper corner of the right shift is cut where the mounting hole is.
it is hanging in mid air. I know that it is thick steel and can take the flex of being used.
it just looks odd.
Here's the original plate mockupThat is the universal plate Domo. You can run any setup with those (minus ISO, unless you got a Uni ISO).Show Image(http://i.imgur.com/FYsw82q.jpg)
Is it normal for the plate to be cut like that on the mounting hole?
I know that it is the universal plate.
I was trying to point out that the upper corner of the right shift is cut where the mounting hole is.
it is hanging in mid air. I know that it is thick steel and can take the flex of being used.
it just looks odd.
could someone please comment on the weird cut by the right shift mounting hole?
here is what I am asking about zoomed in...
should the hole be a little smaller so that it is not broken like this?
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The connection was probably below the minimum feature width, and thus had to be removed
I know is a long shot... but is anyone willing to exchange a standard poker plate with anything else? (I took a left over pack and I had two poker plates)Matt I will probably have an extra plate because I bought one of those Hammer plates. However the ones I got from this GB are the universal plates if you are cool with that.
I know is a long shot... but is anyone willing to exchange a standard poker plate with anything else? (I took a left over pack and I had two poker plates)Matt I will probably have an extra plate because I bought one of those Hammer plates. However the ones I got from this GB are the universal plates if you are cool with that.
Shoot me a PM once these things get shipped, i'll probably forget :PI know is a long shot... but is anyone willing to exchange a standard poker plate with anything else? (I took a left over pack and I had two poker plates)Matt I will probably have an extra plate because I bought one of those Hammer plates. However the ones I got from this GB are the universal plates if you are cool with that.
sure I'm cool with that, thanks! better than having 2 boring poker plates :)
Shoot me a PM once these things get shipped, i'll probably forget :PI know is a long shot... but is anyone willing to exchange a standard poker plate with anything else? (I took a left over pack and I had two poker plates)Matt I will probably have an extra plate because I bought one of those Hammer plates. However the ones I got from this GB are the universal plates if you are cool with that.
sure I'm cool with that, thanks! better than having 2 boring poker plates :)
Shoot, I'm about half a year late to the party.
I'd love to take over someone's gh60 pcb spot if anyone's looking to get out.
Shoot, I'm about half a year late to the party.
I'd love to take over someone's gh60 pcb spot if anyone's looking to get out.
I'd be excited to buy a gh60 from someone who ordered too many (if that's even possible).
I wish I'd joined geekhack a year ago. Such a cool project and group buy.
There will be plenty to be unloaded when these all come in...
I got 3 60% cases and 3 PCBs just waiting.
Give me mah GH60 teacha biatch!Show Image(http://31.media.tumblr.com/dc1d1211d2b9865ddf6ddc1b819c65e6/tumblr_mjqqy47AfT1s229k8o2_500.gif)
I got 3 60% cases and 3 PCBs just waiting.
Give me mah GH60 teacha biatch!Show Image(http://31.media.tumblr.com/dc1d1211d2b9865ddf6ddc1b819c65e6/tumblr_mjqqy47AfT1s229k8o2_500.gif)
HAHAH
there isn't a better gif for this thread
Shoot, I'm about half a year late to the party.
I'd love to take over someone's gh60 pcb spot if anyone's looking to get out.
I'd be excited to buy a gh60 from someone who ordered too many (if that's even possible).
I wish I'd joined geekhack a year ago. Such a cool project and group buy.
There will be plenty to be unloaded when these all come in...
I mean i still got mad respect for the GH60 GB team but at this rate how is it even possible that it could arrive in Jan-Feb. Plates, Stabilizers, Stitches, and Custom Stabilizer wires have to be acquired/made as well on top of rev3 production and then the packaging and shipment of hundreds of orders. March? April? I'm thinking the worst honestly, prove me wrong guys!
I mean i still got mad respect for the GH60 GB team but at this rate how is it even possible that it could arrive in Jan-Feb. Plates, Stabilizers, Stitches, and Custom Stabilizer wires have to be acquired/made as well on top of rev3 production and then the packaging and shipment of hundreds of orders. March? April? I'm thinking the worst honestly, prove me wrong guys!
On top of that is WFD still involved? He seems to be busy with real life lately.
are there any plans to send out PCBs/plates to people without switch/stab orders before everything comes in?
i don't want to wait for our lives to be over
i need to update my address for the gh60 order i placed approximately 6.7 years ago, one of you kind chaps with 6000 posts tell me how to do this
i need to update my address for the gh60 order i placed approximately 6.7 years ago, one of you kind chaps with 6000 posts tell me how to do this
My prediction: GH60 will be finalized once we reach page 100 of this thread.
GO GO GO!
i need to update my address for the gh60 order i placed approximately 6.7 years ago, one of you kind chaps with 6000 posts tell me how to do this
i need to update my address for the gh60 order i placed approximately 6.7 years ago, one of you kind chaps with 6000 posts tell me how to do this
You ordered before the GB existed?
Amazing! ;)
Whom do i send a new email/pp for the order, please?
Whom do i send a new email/pp for the order, please?
Anyone knowing where you could get stabwire for 7u spacebar, both cherry platemounted and costar?
Whom do i send a new email/pp for the order, please?You should PM jdcarpe or komar007 depending on your location.
My prediction: GH60 will be finalized once we reach page 100 of this thread....
GO GO GO!
My prediction: GH60 will be finalized once we reach page 100 of this thread....
GO GO GO!
How do you mean, we're only at 60?!?
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:D
I am still wondering what the results of the poll for the pcb color was?
I am still wondering what the results of the poll for the pcb color was?
Um, white! Yes, that must be the winner. :)
Okay, the accidental short error is fixed and from my point of view everything is okay now. I sill want to make absolutely sure the backlight module fill fit and work with the current electrical design of GH60. Except for that I'd like to wait until agodinhost gets his prototype to work on the bluetooth module. Then I'll be totally sure we can start production.
Production sounds good :-) l'm sure this PCB is going to be as classic
I never heard back from WFD about this, if I wanted to sell my order who would I go about giving the new information to?
I never heard back from WFD about this, if I wanted to sell my order who would I go about giving the new information to?
I never heard back from WFD about this, if I wanted to sell my order who would I go about giving the new information to?
I never heard back from WFD about this, if I wanted to sell my order who would I go about giving the new information to?
Myself, tjcaustin, WFD, or komar007. :)
NO ORDER CHANGES
Also, I think we may be at the point where, if you sell your order, you just have to ship it yourself. Changing shipping addresses for 206 people ain't happening, folks.
We're in page one hundred guys!
We're in page one hundred guys!
clearly you need to adjust your page display settings....we are on page 60...
My prediction: GH60 will be finalized once we reach page 100 of this thread.
GO GO GO!
what's the status on this? I don't see pg 1 updates
what's the status on this? I don't see pg 1 updates
Is it possible to add another presoldered PCB to my order, or am I way to late?
and anybody have a CAD of ANSI or ISO switch-plate?
NO ORDER CHANGES
Also, I think we may be at the point where, if you sell your order, you just have to ship it yourself. Changing shipping addresses for 206 people ain't happening, folks.
Any chance of an official update on an eta (even roughly) on this? One month, six months?
It's finished but untested. I'll take a final look during Christmas and send the files for production after New Year.
Thanks but that doesn't really answer the question of when they'll be ready to send out - only that they'll be ordered in 2014 at some point...
Thanks but that doesn't really answer the question of when they'll be ready to send out - only that they'll be ordered in 2014 at some point...
Thanks but that doesn't really answer the question of when they'll be ready to send out - only that they'll be ordered in 2014 at some point...
They don't know when they will be ready with production AFAIK, it's not just "when I give in my order they'll make it within the next 2 weeks" just be patient, we're nearing the end sooner or later and it looks like sooner
Thanks but that doesn't really answer the question of when they'll be ready to send out - only that they'll be ordered in 2014 at some point...
They will be ready to send out once we have everything in hand. I don't know what else you want us to say. I can't really give you a firm estimate at this point, as the PCBs haven't been produced yet, plates haven't been cut yet, and all these parts have to be shipped around the world from manufacturers to us organizers, then to the organizer responsible for shipping your particular order. Sorry.
Thanks but that doesn't really answer the question of when they'll be ready to send out - only that they'll be ordered in 2014 at some point...
They don't know when they will be ready with production AFAIK, it's not just "when I give in my order they'll make it within the next 2 weeks" just be patient, we're nearing the end sooner or later and it looks like sooner
I'm not being impatient - unless asking for some idea of a rough time frame after waiting for 6 months is being impatient...Thanks but that doesn't really answer the question of when they'll be ready to send out - only that they'll be ordered in 2014 at some point...
They will be ready to send out once we have everything in hand. I don't know what else you want us to say. I can't really give you a firm estimate at this point, as the PCBs haven't been produced yet, plates haven't been cut yet, and all these parts have to be shipped around the world from manufacturers to us organizers, then to the organizer responsible for shipping your particular order. Sorry.
Thanks for that - I understand that you can't send stuff out until you have it all but was just curious as to whether you'd been given some eta from your suppliers.
Any update on the switches?
People keep asking me.
Any update on the switches?
People keep asking me.
This is such a beautiful PCB.Show Image(http://i.imgur.com/PJkOlx0.jpg)Show Image(http://i.imgur.com/59HyH8n.jpg)Show Image(http://i.imgur.com/C5yyfq1.jpg)Show Image(http://i.imgur.com/KiYFKVX.jpg)
This is such a beautiful PCB.Show Image(http://i.imgur.com/PJkOlx0.jpg)Show Image(http://i.imgur.com/59HyH8n.jpg)Show Image(http://i.imgur.com/C5yyfq1.jpg)Show Image(http://i.imgur.com/KiYFKVX.jpg)
Is that the final revision?
This is such a beautiful PCB.Show Image(http://i.imgur.com/PJkOlx0.jpg)Show Image(http://i.imgur.com/59HyH8n.jpg)Show Image(http://i.imgur.com/C5yyfq1.jpg)Show Image(http://i.imgur.com/KiYFKVX.jpg)
Is that the final revision?
Hi guys. So for those who discovered geekhack a bit too late and missed this like me , is there a way to purchase the GH60 PCB? Looking at building my own keyboard but I only know half of the whole process, tools and required parts. Too lazy to read 100 pages :p
Are there other 60% PCBs like this?
Sorry for being a noob, still learning about keyboards.
Are i am still able to order a GH60?
Are i am still able to order a GH60?
No.
How long will i have to wait to geht one oft these. Sorry but i am New in this segment and i only found this to geht a ANSI layout with ISO in FN. Hope you geht what i Jean.
Mechanical keyboards? That's awesome! I hope It is available toward summer/end of school year so I can experience building my own keyboard.Are i am still able to order a GH60?
No.
But they will be widely available once they're released. Both on classifieds and through mechanicalkeyboards.com.
Mechanical keyboards? That's awesome! I hope It is available toward summer/end of school year so I can experience building my own keyboard.Are i am still able to order a GH60?
No.
But they will be widely available once they're released. Both on classifieds and through mechanicalkeyboards.com.
Will this be mass produced? Or will it be like waves of production every couple months or so?
Hm... I see...that's great, so other than cases (a alu from tex would suit me well or one from spirit GB), PCB (this), and plate(off imsto) and switches and keycaps I think I could build this in the near future, maybe during presidents week or spring break. By then I will most likely know how to build one and do different mods to it.
Thanks riot!
Hm... I see...that's great, so other than cases (a alu from tex would suit me well or one from spirit GB), PCB (this), and plate(off imsto) and switches and keycaps I think I could build this in the near future, maybe during presidents week or spring break. By then I will most likely know how to build one and do different mods to it.
Thanks riot!
don't forget the stabilizers, and you don't have to have a plate you can go PCB mount also.
Hey guys I got ignored. What is the color of the final version of the PCB?
I hope you're WRONG! :/Hey guys I got ignored. What is the color of the final version of the PCB?
white IIRC
I hope you're WRONG! :/Hey guys I got ignored. What is the color of the final version of the PCB?
white IIRC
I am still wondering what the results of the poll for the pcb color was?
Um, white! Yes, that must be the winner. :)
Ugh. Guess I'll get some Taobao ones and sell the white ones.
But I'll know it's there :))Ugh. Guess I'll get some Taobao ones and sell the white ones.
Your probably going to use a plate and never see that color again once you setup your board. :P
But I'll know it's there :))Ugh. Guess I'll get some Taobao ones and sell the white ones.
Your probably going to use a plate and never see that color again once you setup your board. :P
So will we see these before we hit the one year mark in this thread? i mean ill say please no rush but i'm not going to lie, i am wanting these more each month goes by past the original "ETA for all parts will be around September " mark. I have nothing but respect for the organizers--even WFD who has seemed to disappear completely i am guessing because of (grad?) school and work; but i think i'm still allowed to say im disappointed without insulting anyone.
So will we see these before we hit the one year mark in this thread? i mean ill say please no rush but i'm not going to lie, i am wanting these more each month goes by past the original "ETA for all parts will be around September " mark. I have nothing but respect for the organizers--even WFD who has seemed to disappear completely i am guessing because of (grad?) school and work; but i think i'm still allowed to say im disappointed without insulting anyone.
Same thoughts here. Especially with PCBs showing up on other sites
Taobao, you will need a proxy though.So will we see these before we hit the one year mark in this thread? i mean ill say please no rush but i'm not going to lie, i am wanting these more each month goes by past the original "ETA for all parts will be around September " mark. I have nothing but respect for the organizers--even WFD who has seemed to disappear completely i am guessing because of (grad?) school and work; but i think i'm still allowed to say im disappointed without insulting anyone.
Same thoughts here. Especially with PCBs showing up on other sites
Hi beast, do you know which websites? I feel that PCBs are the hardest to find out of all the parts of a keyboard so I kinda wanna stock up for 2-3 keyboards
So will we see these before we hit the one year mark in this thread? i mean ill say please no rush but i'm not going to lie, i am wanting these more each month goes by past the original "ETA for all parts will be around September " mark. I have nothing but respect for the organizers--even WFD who has seemed to disappear completely i am guessing because of (grad?) school and work; but i think i'm still allowed to say im disappointed without insulting anyone.
So will we see these before we hit the one year mark in this thread? i mean ill say please no rush but i'm not going to lie, i am wanting these more each month goes by past the original "ETA for all parts will be around September " mark. I have nothing but respect for the organizers--even WFD who has seemed to disappear completely i am guessing because of (grad?) school and work; but i think i'm still allowed to say im disappointed without insulting anyone.
that's a pretty good summary for me as well. I've been dying for the GH60's since last February once someone told me about it in IRC back then. No frustration with the organizers, they have done fabulous jobs with organization and keeping it all straight forward, it's just time hasn't been on our side. I literally bought my Poker from JD as a temporary board to last me until September 2013..and well... :))
it's all ok and fine with me, once they drop, everything should be near perfection and we will be saying it was well worth the wait. :)
Having a proto PCB, I can personally say that they are really really well designed!
Can't believe this is still going.
Taobao, you will need a proxy though.So will we see these before we hit the one year mark in this thread? i mean ill say please no rush but i'm not going to lie, i am wanting these more each month goes by past the original "ETA for all parts will be around September " mark. I have nothing but respect for the organizers--even WFD who has seemed to disappear completely i am guessing because of (grad?) school and work; but i think i'm still allowed to say im disappointed without insulting anyone.
Same thoughts here. Especially with PCBs showing up on other sites
Hi beast, do you know which websites? I feel that PCBs are the hardest to find out of all the parts of a keyboard so I kinda wanna stock up for 2-3 keyboards
Purple
http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=a230r.1.0.0.YmLqNS&id=36383139120
White
http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=a230r.1.0.0.YmLqNS&id=20184262735
Taobao, you will need a proxy though.So will we see these before we hit the one year mark in this thread? i mean ill say please no rush but i'm not going to lie, i am wanting these more each month goes by past the original "ETA for all parts will be around September " mark. I have nothing but respect for the organizers--even WFD who has seemed to disappear completely i am guessing because of (grad?) school and work; but i think i'm still allowed to say im disappointed without insulting anyone.
Same thoughts here. Especially with PCBs showing up on other sites
Hi beast, do you know which websites? I feel that PCBs are the hardest to find out of all the parts of a keyboard so I kinda wanna stock up for 2-3 keyboards
Purple
http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=a230r.1.0.0.YmLqNS&id=36383139120
White
http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=a230r.1.0.0.YmLqNS&id=20184262735
quote from OPTaobao, you will need a proxy though.So will we see these before we hit the one year mark in this thread? i mean ill say please no rush but i'm not going to lie, i am wanting these more each month goes by past the original "ETA for all parts will be around September " mark. I have nothing but respect for the organizers--even WFD who has seemed to disappear completely i am guessing because of (grad?) school and work; but i think i'm still allowed to say im disappointed without insulting anyone.
Same thoughts here. Especially with PCBs showing up on other sites
Hi beast, do you know which websites? I feel that PCBs are the hardest to find out of all the parts of a keyboard so I kinda wanna stock up for 2-3 keyboards
Purple
http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=a230r.1.0.0.YmLqNS&id=36383139120
White
http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=a230r.1.0.0.YmLqNS&id=20184262735
I am not capable of reading Chinese and with google translate I am still missing some of the details on this page.
do these come with all the smd components pre soldered?
The pics of the purple one has everything on it already...
This is such a beautiful PCB.Show Image(http://i.imgur.com/PJkOlx0.jpg)
yes;)
yes;)
As for PCB, I'll order them just after the Chinese New Year holidays.
Does this mean I can get some actual final measurements so I can finally design a case for it? Please?http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=34959.msg954124#msg954124
PRODUCTION IS GOOD
I WAIT A LONG TIME! :'(
how long does the chinese new year holiday last? until Feb 15th?
http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=34959.msg954124#msg954124
These should be final, so they should hold for rev c. and if they don't then i expect the changes will be very small.
Any update on this?
Any update on this?
Any update on this?
Update: I'm keeping your boards FOREVER .
Any update on this?
God damnit, The_Beast. Do a google search for once.
Any update on this?
Update: I'm keeping your boards.
Any update on this?
God damnit, The_Beast. Do a google search for once.
Can I get an update on the ETA of that google search?Any update on this?
Update: I'm keeping your boards.
What are boards?
No more Pacifist posts, B. We all got it last night when Halverson spammed the forum. Pacifist pisses me off enough with his annoying bull****, but the mock posts are staring to piss me off just as much.
No more Pacifist posts, B. We all got it last night when Halverson spammed the forum. Pacifist pisses me off enough with his annoying bull****, but the mock posts are staring to piss me off just as much.
I know orders are locked, but from a logistic standpoint it doesn't hurt to add additional PCBs to an order, right?
Right? :/
I know orders are locked, but from a logistic standpoint it doesn't hurt to add additional PCBs to an order, right?
Right? :/
There will be plenty of ways to get these once production finishes.
How hard is it to change from ISO to ANSI (poker plate) on my own? I took over an order and it had an ISO plate but now I noticed how much of an annoyance getting ISO keycaps is as most people use ANSI
are you saying that mechanicalkeyboards.com (or someone else) will be given access to all the relevant files and then will be able to source their own manufacturers once everyone in this groupbuy gets their assembled product?
if so, isn't the whole groupbuy stalled on the assembly process with WFD?
theoretically, if he NEVER finishes assembly, that means that no vendor will ever be able to release these to the general public?
How hard is it to change from ISO to ANSI (poker plate) on my own? I took over an order and it had an ISO plate but now I noticed how much of an annoyance getting ISO keycaps is as most people use ANSI
Has your order the assembly service included? If the board was assembled you would have to desolder all switches, if not you just need the ANSI plate (or PCB mounted switches).
It has assembly sadly. Well ****. I guess I'll have to live with ISO with this keyboard for now then.
GB Nightmare :D
"I want to change address, and split the order in two and send one pcb to France and one to Hong Kong, I also want a refund and a replacement. And this GB is too slow."
Sadly I don't have the experience nor the equipment to assemble myself, and i don't really want to mess up my first mechanical keyboard!
I ordered a rev B PCB on Taobao.
I will post here when it comes in, but I suspect it may take a while! :p
I ordered a rev B PCB on Taobao.
I will post here when it comes in, but I suspect it may take a while! :p
Why would you post in here, in our group buy thread? I think maybe you want this (http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=39702.0) thread, instead.
i had a dream last night about finally receiving and using GH60. :))
i had a dream last night about finally receiving and using GH60. :))
I had a dream I would get mine on my birthday. March 16th....
not going to lie, im getting a little bit angry about this group buy, my order was like $250 and because it didn't include switches i have to assume that its not spent yet and being held safely in someone's account, someone who has not disappeared off geekhack. 1 of my GH60s was supposed to be a Christmas present for a family member and that never happened, maybe Christmas 2014.....Ill probably just end up selling most of my order, probably for a loss if mechanicalkeyboards.com and others ends up selling them.
Believe me, it's more frustrating to me than to anyone else that WFD has basically been MIA for quite some time now.
Believe me, it's more frustrating to me than to anyone else that WFD has basically been MIA for quite some time now.
To you than to anyone else?
No, i don't think so...
So does the new pcb support leds? What has improved over these months?
I am in no hurry at this point. I was about 6 months ago but now.... Not so much. Simply because I have moved on to other projects. Still super psyched about these. I am hoping to give a board to my sister for graduation since she is going to be a writer. Any chance that will happen? She graduates late may.
So does the new pcb support leds? What has improved over these months?
I am in no hurry at this point. I was about 6 months ago but now.... Not so much. Simply because I have moved on to other projects. Still super psyched about these. I am hoping to give a board to my sister for graduation since she is going to be a writer. Any chance that will happen? She graduates late may.
It has provisions for LEDs, but will need an external controller (aside from caps, wasd cluster, and one more that I can't remember).
plates are pretty much the least important part of this group buy. additionally dont we have like seven million users who are good with CAD who could be tapped to help with the plates? i don't fault WFD for being busy, but he shouldn't be the bottleneck here... i don't understand.
What bottleneck? I just said above that I would take care of plates if WFD is still AFK when PCBs are done. PCBs were being prototyped and tested, and now the final revision is being sent to the fab for production.
What bottleneck? I just said above that I would take care of plates if WFD is still AFK when PCBs are done. PCBs were being prototyped and tested, and now the final revision is being sent to the fab for production.
I mean this as an honest question: Why are we waiting for the PCB's to be done before we figure out what's up with WFD? Shouldn't orders be put in for plates now, so that these things can get shipped out when we get PCB's back? I mean at this point, it's been 7 months since money changed hands. These things can happen in parallel, right?
Honestly, because I don't want to do it if I don't have to. I work a full time job, have a wife and toddler at home, and I just have very limited free time.
And WFD was in contact with a place local to him to have the plates cut, which I don't have here.
From the beginning, WFD, komar, and I split our duties and responsibilities in this GB. I wanted to be a part of it, but I made it clear that my part would necessarily be limited. If I have to take on other duties, I will, just because I want this GB to succeed. It has already taken quite a long time to get to this point, why do we need to rush things at this point?
Or maybe it's time to just refund plate money and make that a separate group buy so orders aren't completely held up by it.
Or maybe it's time to just refund plate money and make that a separate group buy so orders aren't completely held up by it.
Whoa whoa what? Are you crazy? Do you know how much refunding and other chaos that would provoke? No thanks. Why is it time to do that when we don't have the PCBs yet? There is absolutely no hurry to get the plates made. Please don't start rushing this now. Getting the plates made will not take as long as developing and debugging the PCBs. Please calm down.
I don't understand your reasoning, there is no reason to delay plate orders if the orders are locked in and people aren't allowed to change their selections. For all you know the PCB's could get finished and then we find out the laser cutting place have a month lead time on new orders. What then?
Not only chaos and delays, but also paypal is not free...I don't understand your reasoning, there is no reason to delay plate orders if the orders are locked in and people aren't allowed to change their selections. For all you know the PCB's could get finished and then we find out the laser cutting place have a month lead time on new orders. What then?
I'm talking about making a seperate GB for the plates (the part of his message that I quoted), because that would mean you would have to refund ~300 people and collect payments for those who still want a plate AGAIN. I think that would not only cause chaos but would also delay the plates a lot more.
I agree with you that we could get the plates cut now, but personally I'm not in a hurry.
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yeah JD, i think i have a right to be agitated in addition to losing so much money on geekhack failed group buys last year.
Completly ignoring the fact the GH60 group buy is much more massive in size, Lets look at the history of the phantom group buy to see why i am MAD bro, this really puts a clear picture on how ****ed up these group buys are and why some things are better suited handled by vendors or massdrop.
I agree with Glod. There is no reason to wait for WFD to find time to do this. Waiting now, could turn this into a huge cluster fuk.. :(
Now at the same time, I think everyone one involved has done what they could to keep this rolling. I just see lots of other GBs going south and
people are starting to get gun shy about things going south... :/
Maybe I am naive but with JD involved I can't imagine the GH60 GB will become such a fiasco :)
dude, i'm sorry
I'm not telling you how to run your group buy
i say plates should be ordered as soon as possible, because problems may happen and you have a massive amount of orders.
im asking and your "team" a simple question, how the **** are you going to prevent that from happening again with the plates when you have twice the orders?
If [WFD] doesn't come back with some info about the plates by the time the PCBs are complete, I will probably take over and just have them made somewhere else.
Wow, cry much?..
I hate it when those I look up to fight because it just leaves a bad taste in my mouth that popcorn simply can't mask.
If only there was something I could do to make it all better... I know!Show Image(http://l.mashby.com/j1Iu+)
Hope I don't come off too glib, just trying to lighten things up a little bit.
I really respect both you guys and I hate for things getting out of hand like this when I know that neither of you are intending to hurt one another's feelings, or rub each other the wrong way.
I hate it when those I look up to fight because it just leaves a bad taste in my mouth that popcorn simply can't mask.
If only there was something I could do to make it all better... I know!
Hope I don't come off too glib, just trying to lighten things up a little bit.
I really respect both you guys and I hate for things getting out of hand like this when I know that neither of you are intending to hurt one another's feelings, or rub each other the wrong way.
I know, mashby. The only reason I responded to Glod's post at all is because I like the guy. I hate that he has lost confidence in this buy, for whatever reason.
Other people posting about issues I've already addressed in this thread don't even merit a response, and won't be getting one.
I hate it when those I look up to fight because it just leaves a bad taste in my mouth that popcorn simply can't mask.
If only there was something I could do to make it all better... I know!
Hope I don't come off too glib, just trying to lighten things up a little bit.
I really respect both you guys and I hate for things getting out of hand like this when I know that neither of you are intending to hurt one another's feelings, or rub each other the wrong way.
I know, mashby. The only reason I responded to Glod's post at all is because I like the guy. I hate that he has lost confidence in this buy, for whatever reason.
Other people posting about issues I've already addressed in this thread don't even merit a response, and won't be getting one.
:/ Glod damn it...**** I don't want to make enemies here. Lost my cool for sure.
Just angry lately, really angry, about group buys on geekhack and my own personal finances. so yeah, ill try to stop before i hurt things. I don't regret everything i said though so just please do your best JD, That's all that i can ask really at this point.
Other people posting about issues I've already addressed in this thread don't even merit a response, and won't be getting one.
Jesus christ people, just be patient. You knew what you were signing up for when entering a group buy and one of the requirements is PATIENCE!
ETA for all parts will be around September if there are no major delays
Or you could just sell your order like everyone else that can't wait.Quote from: jdcarpeOther people posting about issues I've already addressed in this thread don't even merit a response, and won't be getting one.
Real classy. Will you be giving me my refund or do I need to file a dispute?
Jesus christ people, just be patient. You knew what you were signing up for when entering a group buy and one of the requirements is PATIENCE!
Whilst I think people are being patient, I also think it's fair to be asking some serious questions - in the first post it still says:ETA for all parts will be around September if there are no major delays
and at this stage we're 5 months past that and things haven't been ordered yet...
Jesus christ people, just be patient. You knew what you were signing up for when entering a group buy and one of the requirements is PATIENCE!
Whilst I think people are being patient, I also think it's fair to be asking some serious questions - in the first post it still says:ETA for all parts will be around September if there are no major delays
and at this stage we're 5 months past that and things haven't been ordered yet...
Well, it also says "if there are no major delays", and there were major delays. Like 3 at least. One was WFD being busy, the other one was longer time to produce the prototypes than we had expected, then after the prototypes were sent there was very little feedback about them, and all in all that was the point of prototypes. And then I couldn't finish bugfixing as fast as I had wished to, because of studies and exams, so I'm sorry, not everything can go as planned.
We're currently about 6 months past deadline and I actually think it's not that bad. Producing a real device takes time and a number of revisions and huge money. I just regret having said the boards could be finished in September. It was just a rough best-case calculation, and I believe I did say it too. Then this information was just copied all over the place and everybody assumed this was our "release" date. And it wasn't.
We've done just one round of prototypes (as rev. A was basically a completely different device...) and we can't rush just because something before slowed the process down, we don't want to end up having faulty boards.
As for plates, just let JD do what he does. I won't take over the plates and the responsibility for them, because I don't know places where they can be cut or even the designs for all our options. It's not such an easy thing to just pass this on to somebody and assume they'll be done correctly.
Here is a suggestion, stop being a little *****.
We're still doing things that should have been done before money was collected (sourcing plates, etc.).
I designed and will have the plates made.
We've accounted for 1 delay so far (the bug in rev b.).
Well, it also says "if there are no major delays", and there were major delays. Like 3 at least. One was WFD being busy, the other one was longer time to produce the prototypes than we had expected, then after the prototypes were sent there was very little feedback about them, and all in all that was the point of prototypes. And then I couldn't finish bugfixing as fast as I had wished to, because of studies and exams, so I'm sorry, not everything can go as planned.
This is not what I signed up for. I want out.
The 2nd issue for me is the fact that a lot of us have handed over a large sum of money that is just sitting in someones account accruing them interest. Yes some would have been spent on prototypes, but the bulk of the money is just sitting there earning someone a little profit. I know this can't be helped due to the length of this GB but for the time this has been going on for and agin going forwards if I do join another group buy it will be one where only a deposit is paid initially until the actual hardware needs ordering. It would also help with budgeting for the GB too.
The good news is, TJ is now sitting on less amount of money, as the PCB production is starting right now. I'll pass the information about the estimated lead time as soon as I get it.
Also... just throwing this out there: how cool/interesting/offensive would it be to do a "toxic" green version? (or maybe just black, or super-dark-gray, w/ toxic green silkscreen...)
Also... just throwing this out there: how cool/interesting/offensive would it be to do a "toxic" green version? (or maybe just black, or super-dark-gray, w/ toxic green silkscreen...)
You can do that if you find a manufacturer that offers these colors since the PCB files will be published once the GB ends ;)
plates will be taken care of soonThe good news is, TJ is now sitting on less amount of money, as the PCB production is starting right now. I'll pass the information about the estimated lead time as soon as I get it.
Exciting! A couple of questions if you don't mind:
1) Are the plates being ordered now too?
I'll try to make up some sensible packing algorithm in case the various parts don't come all together. So probably you can assume yes;)
2) My order only contains 2 PCBs and a plate - once they're in will it be sent out? Obviously I'd rather not wait for the stabs / switches etc to arrive if I'm not getting any of them.
I ordered white, because many people liked them after the prototypes were made. The silkscreen is black this time.
I know we can't please everyone, doing many colors is just too much hassle. I hope this is fine, at least for most people.
pcbcart has no purple option...
pcbcart has no purple option...
Sounds like the wrong manufacturer then, purple or go home.
plates will be taken care of soon
I just don't want white PCB's. Any dark color would be better IMO for not showing solder burn marks.If you clean the flux away after you really don't see any discolouring
I just don't want white PCB's. Any dark color would be better IMO for not showing solder burn marks.
Did the PCB manufacturer give you any ETA on their production time?
The good news is, TJ is now sitting on less amount of money, as the PCB production is starting right now. I'll pass the information about the estimated lead time as soon as I get it.
The good news is, TJ is now sitting on less amount of money, as the PCB production is starting right now. I'll pass the information about the estimated lead time as soon as I get it.
So what is the color going to be?
I ordered white, because many people liked them after the prototypes were made. The silkscreen is black this time.
I know we can't please everyone, doing many colors is just too much hassle. I hope this is fine, at least for most people.
The good news is, TJ is now sitting on less amount of money, as the PCB production is starting right now. I'll pass the information about the estimated lead time as soon as I get it.
plates will be taken care of soonThe good news is, TJ is now sitting on less amount of money, as the PCB production is starting right now. I'll pass the information about the estimated lead time as soon as I get it.
Exciting! A couple of questions if you don't mind:
1) Are the plates being ordered now too?I'll try to make up some sensible packing algorithm in case the various parts don't come all together. So probably you can assume yes;)
2) My order only contains 2 PCBs and a plate - once they're in will it be sent out? Obviously I'd rather not wait for the stabs / switches etc to arrive if I'm not getting any of them.
A very rough ETA on the boards is 4-5 weeks, but it depends on when the components arrive. Probably they'll update me with something more precise later. But basing on my (little) experience I would assume at least 5 weeks from now.
If anyone's interested I'm selling my order of a single PCB (with smd components presoldered).
NO ORDER CHANGES
Also, I think we may be at the point where, if you sell your order, you just have to ship it yourself. Changing shipping addresses for 206 people ain't happening, folks.
The current ETA on the PCB and SMD assembly is "around March 28". Unfortunately they have to wait for atmega32u4 from their supplier.
The current ETA on the PCB and SMD assembly is "around March 28". Unfortunately they have to wait for atmega32u4 from their supplier.
Oooh - a tentative date :) Where in the world are these being produced?
Oooh - a tentative date :) Where in the world are these being produced?
Guess ;D
I agree with Glod. There is no reason to wait for WFD to find time to do this. Waiting now, could turn this into a huge cluster fuk.. :(
Now at the same time, I think everyone one involved has done what they could to keep this rolling. I just see lots of other GBs going south and
people are starting to get gun shy about things going south... :/
Oh good, so will it be you or Glod who volunteers to take over the plate production??
Small update:
Remember this snarky reply?I agree with Glod. There is no reason to wait for WFD to find time to do this. Waiting now, could turn this into a huge cluster fuk.. :(
Now at the same time, I think everyone one involved has done what they could to keep this rolling. I just see lots of other GBs going south and
people are starting to get gun shy about things going south... :/
Oh good, so will it be you or Glod who volunteers to take over the plate production??
Well, ApocalypseMaow somehow looked past my snide remark, stepped up his game, and volunteered to help with getting plates cut at a local laser cutter. He has received a quote back from at least one place, which falls within our budget for what we charged GB participants for the plates. So he will be having a sample made soon, and if all goes well, we could have plates in production in the near future. Now, this does hinge on getting a quality sample from the laser cutter, so nothing is set in stone (steel?) yet, but things are in motion already.
Small update:
Well, ApocalypseMaow somehow looked past my snide remark, stepped up his game, and volunteered to help with getting plates cut at a local laser cutter. He has received a quote back from at least one place, which falls within our budget for what we charged GB participants for the plates. So he will be having a sample made soon, and if all goes well, we could have plates in production in the near future. Now, this does hinge on getting a quality sample from the laser cutter, so nothing is set in stone (steel?) yet, but things are in motion already.
Small update:
Well, ApocalypseMaow somehow looked past my snide remark, stepped up his game, and volunteered to help with getting plates cut at a local laser cutter. He has received a quote back from at least one place, which falls within our budget for what we charged GB participants for the plates. So he will be having a sample made soon, and if all goes well, we could have plates in production in the near future. Now, this does hinge on getting a quality sample from the laser cutter, so nothing is set in stone (steel?) yet, but things are in motion already.
Small update:
Well, ApocalypseMaow somehow looked past my snide remark, stepped up his game, and volunteered to help with getting plates cut at a local laser cutter. He has received a quote back from at least one place, which falls within our budget for what we charged GB participants for the plates. So he will be having a sample made soon, and if all goes well, we could have plates in production in the near future. Now, this does hinge on getting a quality sample from the laser cutter, so nothing is set in stone (steel?) yet, but things are in motion already.
Plates, plates... switch plates, I'm guessing? This doesn't impact those of us who just ordered PCBs, switches, etc.? I already have a couple of those stainless steel Poker plates from The_Beast's earlier GB, just waiting on the PCB so I can get started on a first Poker build.
The current ETA on the PCB and SMD assembly is "around March 28". Unfortunately they have to wait for atmega32u4 from their supplier.
I ordered white, because many people liked them after the prototypes were made. The silkscreen is black this time.
I know we can't please everyone, doing many colors is just too much hassle. I hope this is fine, at least for most people.
Is it possible to remove the 4x PCB Cherry stabilizers from my order?
See you in the classifieds... ;DIs it possible to remove the 4x PCB Cherry stabilizers from my order?
No more order changes at this point.
See you in the classifieds... ;DIs it possible to remove the 4x PCB Cherry stabilizers from my order?
No more order changes at this point.
thank you very much ApocalypseMaow! thanks for stepping up.No problem, now if redline would let me proxy DSA dolch too...
This been asked a few times, but I'm not sure who to contact since I'm from Canada (awkwardly neither US or EU). I'll need to change my shipping address...
This been asked a few times, but I'm not sure who to contact since I'm from Canada (awkwardly neither US or EU). I'll need to change my shipping address...
Canada is handled by jdcarpe
Sorry if this is repetitive, but I can't seem to find the info anywhere. The thread is long, and I can't tell if there have been major updates that negate the info in older posts.
Is this GB still open for new orders? If I'd like to order a GH60, should I use the form in the OP? Another form? If not, will they be readily available somewhere else? I saw someone mention mechanicalkeyboards...
Sorry if this is repetitive, but I can't seem to find the info anywhere. The thread is long, and I can't tell if there have been major updates that negate the info in older posts.
Is this GB still open for new orders? If I'd like to order a GH60, should I use the form in the OP? Another form? If not, will they be readily available somewhere else? I saw someone mention mechanicalkeyboards...
Orders are locked. They will show up on classifieds, and mk.com is rumored to begin carrying them.
Sorry if this is repetitive, but I can't seem to find the info anywhere. The thread is long, and I can't tell if there have been major updates that negate the info in older posts.
Is this GB still open for new orders? If I'd like to order a GH60, should I use the form in the OP? Another form? If not, will they be readily available somewhere else? I saw someone mention mechanicalkeyboards...
Orders are locked. They will show up on classifieds, and mk.com is rumored to begin carrying them.
Sorry, who is mk.com? MechanicalKeyboards.com? If yes, I'd already asked it to them, and they say NO and that it was the first time they here about to sell it.
Sorry if this is repetitive, but I can't seem to find the info anywhere. The thread is long, and I can't tell if there have been major updates that negate the info in older posts.
Is this GB still open for new orders? If I'd like to order a GH60, should I use the form in the OP? Another form? If not, will they be readily available somewhere else? I saw someone mention mechanicalkeyboards...
Orders are locked. They will show up on classifieds, and mk.com is rumored to begin carrying them.
Sorry, who is mk.com? MechanicalKeyboards.com? If yes, I'd already asked it to them, and they say NO and that it was the first time they here about to sell it.
Thanks SpamRay. That's the impression I got.
I'll let jdcarpe know to contact us when it's ready if he would like us to make a run.
I will be sure to do that. Once the GB members start receiving them, MK.com can stock them for everyone who missed out. But it wouldn't be very fair to those who put their faith and money into the GB to get bypassed in the process.
Would there be possible Phantom PCB plates? considering the Phantom PCB is now on sale from the site?
Working on it. Not sure when we'll have them.
I'd like to put together complete kits for Phantom and ErgoDox (and GH60) eventually.
Also, nice Avatar.
What's the latest on GH60? I would still love to get a couple hundred of these made if the creators are on board.
Sorry if this is repetitive, but I can't seem to find the info anywhere. The thread is long, and I can't tell if there have been major updates that negate the info in older posts.
Is this GB still open for new orders? If I'd like to order a GH60, should I use the form in the OP? Another form? If not, will they be readily available somewhere else? I saw someone mention mechanicalkeyboards...
Yo! I'm working on getting a sample plate to JD. Hopefully everything will be to spec regarding cut and finish.
If Captain JD approves, I'm told we can have everything cut in two weeks. Now all those things still need to be
shipped and all that. Anywho! We're getting closer
So keep your pants on... for now.
Yo! I'm working on getting a sample plate to JD. Hopefully everything will be to spec regarding cut and finish.
If Captain JD approves, I'm told we can have everything cut in two weeks. Now all those things still need to be
shipped and all that. Anywho! We're getting closer
So keep your pants on... for now.
I took my pants off. Can't tell me what to do! Except wait I guess :p
Sorry if this is repetitive, but I can't seem to find the info anywhere. The thread is long, and I can't tell if there have been major updates that negate the info in older posts.
Is this GB still open for new orders? If I'd like to order a GH60, should I use the form in the OP? Another form? If not, will they be readily available somewhere else? I saw someone mention mechanicalkeyboards...
For anyone else who can't find this information in this thread, I've placed some info in Simple Question Simple Answers here (http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=40501.msg1227564#msg1227564) with a link at the top of the OP.
it's been so long since i've been in the keyboard game i'm not even sure what i'm going to do with this thing when i get it, haha.
I got an extra to shadow box, no doubt!!!it's been so long since i've been in the keyboard game i'm not even sure what i'm going to do with this thing when i get it, haha.
wall art?
so what is the verdict on the plate jd? do we have the switches? stabs? oh man. i am pumped.
I gave the word on getting the plate made. I was told 2 weeks lead time, but I'm sure that is to coverso what is the verdict on the plate jd? do we have the switches? stabs? oh man. i am pumped.
I'm still waiting on the sample plate to arrive. I believe there is some lead time involved in having it made.
I don't think it can be done much faster than that. Will you post a picture of the sample here before shipping it to JDcarpe?I post all the potatoes you can stomach! ^-^
This is the first time I have actually looked at the pic in the OP and that is one sexy board.
it's been so long since i've been in the keyboard game i'm not even sure what i'm going to do with this thing when i get it, haha.
Alright dudes! This is the sample plate with the 1800 plate from Beast and a phantom plate (beast had those made as well?).
Tell us what you think.
Left: Phantom
Top right: GH60
Bottom right: 1800
(http://i.imgur.com/dNTHjRN.jpg) (http://i.imgur.com/dNTHjRN.jpg)
Ok, so the holes are cut larger so you can open the top of the switch without desoldering... but then it's just the corner bits that are keeping them squared in there?
Hooray!!!!!!!!!!
Woo exciting day! Plate pictures and I machined out the majority of my aluminum case. good things are happening. :thumb:
Yeah, I'm gonna need some pictures of that...Woo exciting day! Plate pictures and I machined out the majority of my aluminum case. good things are happening. :thumb:
Pics or it didn't happen. ;)
I want to ask if there are any chances to get a GH60 which including: PCB, Plate, Clear switches, Cherry stabilizers at the moment. I know the GB ended, but I've just found my interesting in GH60 keyboards for a few weeks.
Alright dudes! This is the sample plate with the 1800 plate from Beast and a phantom plate (beast had those made as well?).
Tell us what you think.
Left: Phantom
Top right: GH60
Bottom right: 1800Show Image(http://i.imgur.com/dNTHjRN.jpg)
Left: GH60
Top right: 1800
Bottom right: PhantomShow Image(http://i.imgur.com/YVL1mGx.jpg)
Back of plates. The GH plate has no burs to clean off! :thumb:
Top right: GH60Show Image(http://i.imgur.com/kzbjaXt.jpg)
Alright dudes! This is the sample plate with the 1800 plate from Beast and a phantom plate (beast had those made as well?).Beauuuuuuutiful!
Tell us what you think.
Left: Phantom
Top right: GH60
Bottom right: 1800Show Image(http://i.imgur.com/dNTHjRN.jpg)
Left: GH60
Top right: 1800
Bottom right: PhantomShow Image(http://i.imgur.com/YVL1mGx.jpg)
Back of plates. The GH plate has no burs to clean off! :thumb:
Top right: GH60Show Image(http://i.imgur.com/kzbjaXt.jpg)
I have to confess I have been a fan of this Project. ;) Cheers!!!
Pics or it didn't happen. ;)
Just for you. ;)
picture taken with an actual potato. :thumb:
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Remaning operations: mill edges to final thickness. mill USB slot. mill bevel on bottom. tap standoff holes.
Looking good! What's the current weight of it? Will you get it anodized?
Is the PCB in production a rev. c board with full led support which does not require external wiring?
Is the PCB in production a rev. c board with full led support which does not require external wiring?
Yes, it requires a separate module though which is not made yet.
So when I have received the pcb, without any other modules, I can only have my led at the 11 spots turned on?
(esc, caps, wasd and poker arrow)
Anything you want to know is here! (http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=37570.0)Is the PCB in production a rev. c board with full led support which does not require external wiring?
Yes, it requires a separate module though which is not made yet.
Thx for your reply! :D
So when I have received the pcb, without any other modules, I can only have my led at the 11 spots turned on?
(esc, caps, wasd and poker arrow)
Anything you want to know is here! (http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=37570.0)
oops... :-[Anything you want to know is here! (http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=37570.0)
I don't know if there's much info (if any at all since it's mostly about Rev A. as far as I can see) about the addon module though?
on a side note, can anyone give me a bill of materials for the smd's? if you don't want to post it here, a pm is perfectly acceptable. thanks in advance!
on a side note, can anyone give me a bill of materials for the smd's? if you don't want to post it here, a pm is perfectly acceptable. thanks in advance!
Can anyone help me out with this?
Giving the fact that the pcb fits every poker case it should also work with the universal plate and a duck v2 case right? :D
Now, you may use Poker 1 PCB, and if the shape of Poker 2 PCB is the same as Poker 1, you may use Poker 2 PCB too. However, since the dip switch hall is not through out the case, you need to detach PCB from the case to adjust dip switch mode.
But to answer the question, yes, only those 11 LEDs will function with a "stock" GH60 PCB (final revision).More than enough, IMHO.
Looks good, I hope it'll fit;)
Update:Cheese and crackers!!!
There seems to be no delay in production, the ETA is still the 28th of March.
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Would my next best bet be to pick up something on the classifieds after its all done and dusted? or anyone who has already changed their minds?
Would my next best bet be to pick up something on the classifieds after its all done and dusted? or anyone who has already changed their minds?
Some people already have sold their orders, but yes, generally keep your eyes on the classifieds.
Also, there are rumors mechanicalkeyboards.com MIGHT eventually have them - http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=40501.msg1227564#msg1227564
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Plate
Plates will make your keyboard will feel more solid overall and help disperse some of the typing stress. They’re optional, but most people do prefer it. Each layout will require a different plate. HHKB and winkeyless layouts can use any ANSI or ISO plate with 1.5x modifiers. I designed these so the top switch housing is removable without desoldering, which helps with swapping switches, springs, stems, lubing, or stickering later on. All the plates offered in here are stainless steel. They can be directly dropped in to existing cases. More details on this in the next post.
From the first post.Plate
Plates will make your keyboard will feel more solid overall and help disperse some of the typing stress. They’re optional, but most people do prefer it. Each layout will require a different plate. HHKB and winkeyless layouts can use any ANSI or ISO plate with 1.5x modifiers. I designed these so the top switch housing is removable without desoldering, which helps with swapping switches, springs, stems, lubing, or stickering later on. All the plates offered in here are stainless steel. They can be directly dropped in to existing cases. More details on this in the next post.
*Sigh*Deep breaths.
*Sigh*Deep breaths.
*pats on the back
Is there a thread which outlines the current state of production, or is this it?
Something like:
Electrical Components: waiting to order / ordered / received
Switches: waiting to order / ordered / received
Stabilizers: waiting to order / ordered / received
Plates: waiting to order / ordered / received
PCBs: waiting to order / ordered / received
Is there a thread which outlines the current state of production, or is this it?
Something like:
Electrical Components: waiting to order / ordered / received
Switches: waiting to order / ordered / received
Stabilizers: waiting to order / ordered / received
Plates: waiting to order / ordered / received
PCBs: waiting to order / ordered / received
Okay guys, so a status update:
The PCBs have been produced and the US/Canada part is being shipped to tjcaustin. imsto's package is on its way too, directly from China.
The plates have been ordered, and they should take another week to finish production, according to ApocalypseMaow.
Since I'm responsible for everything that isn't USA or Canada, here's an extra status update for those people:
I thought I'd manage to ship the plateless orders before the ones with plates, but I won't. This has to do with our European taxes, and my beautiful country's taxes in particular. I will wait until the plates are ready to be shipped to me and then ask our PCB fab to send the boards, so that they come more or less at the same time. I won't go into details, but this is because I'd have to pay extra tax if my whole process takes too long.
Just curious, what are you getting from IMSTO? Stabs?
Just curious, what are you getting from IMSTO? Stabs?
I believe komar meant imsto's order of PCBs was going directly to imsto
If anyone still needs a case, pexon still has extra spots in his group buy for cheap aluminum cases due to canceled orders. http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=47776.0
And: is there a way to DIY LEDs for the whole board, prior to the addon module (which may or may not ever exist)? Should i go ahead and drop a full board worth of LEDs into the GH60, just in case that module happens? Or should i assume i'll have to desolder the whole thing anyway?
Awesome.
Does this mean it's finally time for me to figure out what's up with switches? It's been a long time and i simply don't remember. I'm pretty sure i ordered switches prior to the issue stated in the OP (and idk if there's more recent information about that, buried somewhere in this thread), but i don't recall if i ever did anything with 7bit/deskthority's switch handling. From what i barely recall, there was at first no issue with the GH60 handlers handling the switches. Then, it was "optional" (aka: "we'll handle it if you don't"), but now (and for a while now), the OP's switch detail seems to suggest that anyone who hasn't converted their GH60 switch order to 7bit/deskthority's order form, may be left in limbo regarding switches. (which honestly won't hurt my feelings too much, since i ordered browns originally, but have since wished i'd gone with clears... but that was after the "no more order changes" directive, so i didn't worry about it)
And: is there a way to DIY LEDs for the whole board, prior to the addon module (which may or may not ever exist)? Should i go ahead and drop a full board worth of LEDs into the GH60, just in case that module happens? Or should i assume i'll have to desolder the whole thing anyway?
TL;DR:
Switches? LEDs?If anyone still needs a case, pexon still has extra spots in his group buy for cheap aluminum cases due to canceled orders. http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=47776.0
lol... "AAAAND they're gone!" (jk, idk yet, but seems likely)
Awesome.
Does this mean it's finally time for me to figure out what's up with switches? It's been a long time and i simply don't remember. I'm pretty sure i ordered switches prior to the issue stated in the OP (and idk if there's more recent information about that, buried somewhere in this thread), but i don't recall if i ever did anything with 7bit/deskthority's switch handling. From what i barely recall, there was at first no issue with the GH60 handlers handling the switches. Then, it was "optional" (aka: "we'll handle it if you don't"), but now (and for a while now), the OP's switch detail seems to suggest that anyone who hasn't converted their GH60 switch order to 7bit/deskthority's order form, may be left in limbo regarding switches. (which honestly won't hurt my feelings too much, since i ordered browns originally, but have since wished i'd gone with clears... but that was after the "no more order changes" directive, so i didn't worry about it)
And: is there a way to DIY LEDs for the whole board, prior to the addon module (which may or may not ever exist)? Should i go ahead and drop a full board worth of LEDs into the GH60, just in case that module happens? Or should i assume i'll have to desolder the whole thing anyway?
TL;DR:
Switches? LEDs?If anyone still needs a case, pexon still has extra spots in his group buy for cheap aluminum cases due to canceled orders. http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=47776.0
lol... "AAAAND they're gone!" (jk, idk yet, but seems likely)
FYI, here's the list of people (DT usernames) who ordered switches from 7bit and had them shipped to us:
0190|Strelok
0208|bugsaint
0242|n0rvig
0247|HoffmanMyster
0248|numerus
0249|Affect656
0254|ramshao
0258|LechnerDE
0259|sriak
0260|gruener_Salat
0262|gomez18
0263|mark0331
0264|Viett
0265|Laladila
0267|gtarget
0269|LordBadger
0274|midg1t
0276|Niall
0281|snoozeymon
0282|mauri
0284|tradet
0286|bear95
0291|myndzi
0294|kdash4
0299|annerick
0304|PixelScript
0317|nebo
0337|nil
0352|Robstero
I already have those which will ship from Poland, jdcarpe should also have his part (or they'll get to him soon)
As for LED backlighting, you can solder all the LEDs according to the switch legend, this means anode on the left side and it should work after attaching the LED module. Just remember, if you have a plate, solder 5 standard 100mil 5-pin headers before you solder the switches and mount the plate, or you won't manage to solder the extension module later.
Oh, and BTW, the LED module is nearly finished.
I'm just now reading about the change in how switches are being handled. I didn't know about this before, and have already paid in June 2013 for 130x Green PCB-mount switches. Do I need to order from 7bit instead and get refunded from the GH60 amount I paid?
I'm really, really happy that I ordered 7x wires :))
I'm really, really happy that I ordered 7x wires :))
Me too. I even ordered extras of stabilizers too, just in case I'd want them in the future. :)
I'm really, really happy that I ordered 7x wires :))
Me too. I even ordered extras of stabilizers too, just in case I'd want them in the future. :)
I ordered plate mount stabs, so boohoo :/
I'm just really happy that I have those wires and extra plates and whatnot
I'm really, really happy that I ordered 7x wires :))
Me too. I even ordered extras of stabilizers too, just in case I'd want them in the future. :)
I ordered plate mount stabs, so boohoo :/
I'm just really happy that I have those wires and extra plates and whatnot
Plate mount hardware is harder to come by than PCB mount, in my experience - so good decision there. If you ever need PCB mount hardware, let me know. I have a ton of extras I'd be happy to send your way.
Plate mount hardware is harder to come by than PCB mount, in my experience - so good decision there. If you ever need PCB mount hardware, let me know. I have a ton of extras I'd be happy to send your way.A few months ago I realized that I ordered plate mount, so I went off and got plenty of pcb mount stabs for myself :))
Guys, don't worry about the switches. If you ordered and paid for switches, we have them.
Plate mount hardware is harder to come by than PCB mount, in my experience - so good decision there. If you ever need PCB mount hardware, let me know. I have a ton of extras I'd be happy to send your way.A few months ago I realized that I ordered plate mount, so I went off and got plenty of pcb mount stabs for myself :))
I prefer the feel of pcb mount :p
I'm really, really happy that I ordered 7x wires :))
Plate mount hardware is harder to come by than PCB mount, in my experience - so good decision there. If you ever need PCB mount hardware, let me know. I have a ton of extras I'd be happy to send your way.A few months ago I realized that I ordered plate mount, so I went off and got plenty of pcb mount stabs for myself :))
I prefer the feel of pcb mount :p
I've been looking online.
I can't find stabs anywhere.
Where do you find them?
Plate mount hardware is harder to come by than PCB mount, in my experience - so good decision there. If you ever need PCB mount hardware, let me know. I have a ton of extras I'd be happy to send your way.A few months ago I realized that I ordered plate mount, so I went off and got plenty of pcb mount stabs for myself :))
I prefer the feel of pcb mount :p
I've been looking online.
I can't find stabs anywhere.
Where do you find them?
imsto,gon
Plate mount hardware is harder to come by than PCB mount, in my experience - so good decision there. If you ever need PCB mount hardware, let me know. I have a ton of extras I'd be happy to send your way.A few months ago I realized that I ordered plate mount, so I went off and got plenty of pcb mount stabs for myself :))
I prefer the feel of pcb mount :p
I've been looking online.
I can't find stabs anywhere.
Where do you find them?
imsto,gon
If you just want the hardware (and 2x wires), check out Mouser or other sources. See here (http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=40501.0#post_MM) for more information. If you want wires, then Pacifist is right for buying pre-bent wires. You can also get some wire of the correct thickness and bend your own if you're feeling ambitious. :)
Plate mount hardware is harder to come by than PCB mount, in my experience - so good decision there. If you ever need PCB mount hardware, let me know. I have a ton of extras I'd be happy to send your way.A few months ago I realized that I ordered plate mount, so I went off and got plenty of pcb mount stabs for myself :))
I prefer the feel of pcb mount :p
I've been looking online.
I can't find stabs anywhere.
Where do you find them?
imsto,gon
If you just want the hardware (and 2x wires), check out Mouser or other sources. See here (http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=40501.0#post_MM) for more information. If you want wires, then Pacifist is right for buying pre-bent wires. You can also get some wire of the correct thickness and bend your own if you're feeling ambitious. :)
It looks like imsto has some of the stabilizers but it doesn't look like he has anything for 7x space bar stabilizers.
Can you confirm this query regarding 10u spacebar and PCB mount stabs: http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=55640.msg1277003#msg1277003
Plate mount hardware is harder to come by than PCB mount, in my experience - so good decision there. If you ever need PCB mount hardware, let me know. I have a ton of extras I'd be happy to send your way.A few months ago I realized that I ordered plate mount, so I went off and got plenty of pcb mount stabs for myself :))
I prefer the feel of pcb mount :p
I've been looking online.
I can't find stabs anywhere.
Where do you find them?
imsto,gon
Can you confirm this query regarding 10u spacebar and PCB mount stabs: http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=55640.msg1277003#msg1277003
Just asking again, seems like the post got lost in the sea of switch queries.
Just checking in. I had my order set to ship to WFD for assembly but I haven't heard from him in a while. Can I get it switched to be sent to me? Also I have moved since this group buy started. Who do I pm to send my new shipping address to?
Okay guys, so a status update:
The PCBs have been produced and the US/Canada part is being shipped to tjcaustin. imsto's package is on its way too, directly from China.
The plates have been ordered, and they should take another week to finish production, according to ApocalypseMaow.
Since I'm responsible for everything that isn't USA or Canada, here's an extra status update for those people:
I thought I'd manage to ship the plateless orders before the ones with plates, but I won't. This has to do with our European taxes, and my beautiful country's taxes in particular. I will wait until the plates are ready to be shipped to me and then ask our PCB fab to send the boards, so that they come more or less at the same time. I won't go into details, but this is because I'd have to pay extra tax if my whole process takes too long.
Is there a thread which outlines the current state of production, or is this it?
Something like:
Electrical Components: waiting to order / ordered / received
Switches: waiting to order / ordered / received
Stabilizers: waiting to order / ordered / received
Plates: waiting to order / ordered / received
PCBs: waiting to order / ordered / received
As for LED backlighting, you can solder all the LEDs according to the switch legend, this means anode on the left side and it should work after attaching the LED module. Just remember, if you have a plate, solder 5 standard 100mil 5-pin headers before you solder the switches and mount the plate, or you won't manage to solder the extension module later.
Oh, and BTW, the LED module is nearly finished.
Guys, don't worry about the switches. If you ordered and paid for switches, we have them.
Plate mount hardware is harder to come by than PCB mount, in my experience - so good decision there. If you ever need PCB mount hardware, let me know. I have a ton of extras I'd be happy to send your way.A few months ago I realized that I ordered plate mount, so I went off and got plenty of pcb mount stabs for myself :))
I prefer the feel of pcb mount :p
I've been looking online.
I can't find stabs anywhere.
Where do you find them?
imsto,gon
If you just want the hardware (and 2x wires), check out Mouser or other sources. See here (http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=40501.0#post_MM) for more information. If you want wires, then Pacifist is right for buying pre-bent wires. You can also get some wire of the correct thickness and bend your own if you're feeling ambitious. :)
It looks like imsto has some of the stabilizers but it doesn't look like he has anything for 7x space bar stabilizers.
I've asked him and the kit he sells has both 6,25x and 7x Cherry PCB Mount stabilizers
Plate mount hardware is harder to come by than PCB mount, in my experience - so good decision there. If you ever need PCB mount hardware, let me know. I have a ton of extras I'd be happy to send your way.A few months ago I realized that I ordered plate mount, so I went off and got plenty of pcb mount stabs for myself :))
I prefer the feel of pcb mount :p
I've been looking online.
I can't find stabs anywhere.
Where do you find them?
imsto,gon
In addition to these two, you could probably get them from Sprit as well. I got some from imsto and I have some coming from sprit as well.
So, I was looking over the confirmation spreadsheet, and noticed that the second order that I picked up is not listed under my name. Is this information located somewhere else? I had picked up an unpaid order. I believe I should have two orders under my name now.
Thanks,
-Tad
As for LED backlighting, you can solder all the LEDs according to the switch legend, this means anode on the left side and it should work after attaching the LED module. Just remember, if you have a plate, solder 5 standard 100mil 5-pin headers before you solder the switches and mount the plate, or you won't manage to solder the extension module later.
Oh, and BTW, the LED module is nearly finished.
Would it fit the Pexon-Aluminum-Case? Low-profile Poker-Compatible.
Pictures here: http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=47776.0
It looks similar to the regular Poker case, in this case it should fit.
I have 3/5 GH60 orders left. Anyone want to takeover at GB price?
I have 3/5 GH60 orders left. Anyone want to takeover at GB price?
I have 3/5 GH60 orders left. Anyone want to takeover at GB price?
DIY
I have 3/5 GH60 orders left. Anyone want to takeover at GB price?
I have 3/5 GH60 orders left. Anyone want to takeover at GB price?
The 3 left are presoldered. I'm not sure if I have to get it first since they're not changing orders anymore?
I'll need an address change as well, jdcarpe :)
Shall keep an eye out then :)
Still looking for information regarding what keys this keyboard is able to output? essentially I am looking for an Eject key for OSX. (which I understand is different from a windows one?) Or do I miss the whole point and its all possible?
Want to be able to put a mac to sleep/shutdown/display off with the keyboard.
Shall keep an eye out then :)
Still looking for information regarding what keys this keyboard is able to output? essentially I am looking for an Eject key for OSX. (which I understand is different from a windows one?) Or do I miss the whole point and its all possible?
Want to be able to put a mac to sleep/shutdown/display off with the keyboard.
It's not done by default, especially because this wouldn't fit acrylic cases.Sounds like it will collide with about every aluminium case as well. Added depth below the the top row?
It's not done by default, especially because this wouldn't fit acrylic cases.Sounds like it will collide with about every aluminium case as well. Added depth below the the top row?
It's not done by default, especially because this wouldn't fit acrylic cases.Sounds like it will collide with about every aluminium case as well. Added depth below the the top row?
First off , thank you for those that made this happen.
This has been such a long time since I made the order so forgive me if I miss anything out. I have ordered 70 x red switches initially and intend to do ergo clears. I already have the clear switches and intend to ship them to whoever the kind soul who is gonna assemble them for me. However I do not know how to identify that person. I hope to receive some guidance.
Thanks!
You can run this firmware
https://github.com/tmk/tmk_keyboard
Keycodes
https://github.com/tmk/tmk_keyboard/blob/master/doc/keycode.txt
https://github.com/tmk/tmk_keyboard/blob/master/common/keycode.h
First off , thank you for those that made this happen.
This has been such a long time since I made the order so forgive me if I miss anything out. I have ordered 70 x red switches initially and intend to do ergo clears. I already have the clear switches and intend to ship them to whoever the kind soul who is gonna assemble them for me. However I do not know how to identify that person. I hope to receive some guidance.
Thanks!
You should contact tjcaustin about that. And please be aware that stem/spring swap is not included in the $25 assembly fee that people paid for with the GB orders.
Has they're only been one GB for the GH60? Also is there an eta on another?There has been only one.
Are there any still available?
Are there any still available?
They haven't shipped yet, but there should be some in the Classifieds once they do.
Ok, do you know when they are shipping?
Ok, do you know when they are shipping?
Soon™.
Okay guys, so a status update:
The PCBs have been produced and the US/Canada part is being shipped to tjcaustin. imsto's package is on its way too, directly from China.
The plates have been ordered, and they should take another week to finish production, according to ApocalypseMaow.
Since I'm responsible for everything that isn't USA or Canada, here's an extra status update for those people:
I thought I'd manage to ship the plateless orders before the ones with plates, but I won't. This has to do with our European taxes, and my beautiful country's taxes in particular. I will wait until the plates are ready to be shipped to me and then ask our PCB fab to send the boards, so that they come more or less at the same time. I won't go into details, but this is because I'd have to pay extra tax if my whole process takes too long.
When it's been 2 years since the GB started
Will there be any left overs after the GB? I really want one, but I got here WAY too late.Keep your eye on the classifieds!
Thanks.
Just so no one gets their hopes up prematurely, please realize that ordering stabilizers was one of the responsibilities we "inherited" from WFD. As far as I know, WFD never ordered the stabilizers, and doesn't have any currently. And we are having a slight problem in sourcing them, as everyone seems to be out of stock. If anyone has a source of available stabilizers, please let us know.
Just so no one gets their hopes up prematurely, please realize that ordering stabilizers was one of the responsibilities we "inherited" from WFD. As far as I know, WFD never ordered the stabilizers, and doesn't have any currently. And we are having a slight problem in sourcing them, as everyone seems to be out of stock. If anyone has a source of available stabilizers, please let us know.
Just so no one gets their hopes up prematurely, please realize that ordering stabilizers was one of the responsibilities we "inherited" from WFD. As far as I know, WFD never ordered the stabilizers, and doesn't have any currently. And we are having a slight problem in sourcing them, as everyone seems to be out of stock. If anyone has a source of available stabilizers, please let us know.
Mouser has Cherry PCB mount stabilizers and I've stumbled across some different ones on Taobao.
Just so no one gets their hopes up prematurely, please realize that ordering stabilizers was one of the responsibilities we "inherited" from WFD. As far as I know, WFD never ordered the stabilizers, and doesn't have any currently. And we are having a slight problem in sourcing them, as everyone seems to be out of stock. If anyone has a source of available stabilizers, please let us know.
Mouser has Cherry PCB mount stabilizers and I've stumbled across some different ones on Taobao.
None with 7-unit spacebar wires in stock on Mouser. :(
Screw Cherry stabs, need dem CoStar!!!
(http://static2.hypable.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/crykuzco.gif)Screw Cherry stabs, need dem CoStar!!!
Agreed, but they OOS everywhere I've seen.
It's not done by default, especially because this wouldn't fit acrylic cases.Sounds like it will collide with about every aluminium case as well. Added depth below the the top row?
The most protruding part of the module will be the header pins, which will stand 5.5mm out of the mainboard
If stabs would be the last thing to hold this up at some point, I'd probably choose to get my order without them :o
I saw someone made a lego case for his board. Any lego hackers care to give a gh60-lego case a try?
I saw someone made a lego case for his board. Any lego hackers care to give a gh60-lego case a try?
If it was one of the few Lego cases made for a poker, then it already fits the GH60. :thumb:
Sounds good. I was thinking of trying to build one, instead of forking over nine thousand dollas for a fancy case. I wonder if I could find some sort of schematic...
Just so no one gets their hopes up prematurely, please realize that ordering stabilizers was one of the responsibilities we "inherited" from WFD. As far as I know, WFD never ordered the stabilizers, and doesn't have any currently. And we are having a slight problem in sourcing them, as everyone seems to be out of stock. If anyone has a source of available stabilizers, please let us know.
i can gets 6hg0 pls?
Bit late to this party, but can I check is the PCB $40 as per order form, or $28 as per first post? Thanks...
Sounds good. I was thinking of trying to build one, instead of forking over nine thousand dollas for a fancy case. I wonder if I could find some sort of schematic...
I'm pretty sure I saw a picture of one in that Lego Designer thing, but I couldn't find it. However Halverson has a part list for his case here: http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=40251.0
Sounds good. I was thinking of trying to build one, instead of forking over nine thousand dollas for a fancy case. I wonder if I could find some sort of schematic...
I'm pretty sure I saw a picture of one in that Lego Designer thing, but I couldn't find it. However Halverson has a part list for his case here: http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=40251.0
My design was based off the designs by domoaligato (http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=40251.msg928747#msg928747), which were based off a design by fydo (http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=40251.msg802375#msg802375), which were based off a build by Halverson (http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=40251.msg797333#msg797333).
You can see my post with pictures here (http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=33155.msg1240400#msg1240400), and my Lego Designer files here (https://www.dropbox.com/s/6ygi6w86emvw4si/PokerCase-v3.lxf) and exported parts list here (https://www.dropbox.com/s/yaa4oy44m3os5gx/PokerCase-v3.xlsx).
I prefer the stepped sides of mine over the steep angled sides of the designs I modified. That's the main difference between the two, so seek out the one you want and go from there!
Sounds good. I was thinking of trying to build one, instead of forking over nine thousand dollas for a fancy case. I wonder if I could find some sort of schematic...
I'm pretty sure I saw a picture of one in that Lego Designer thing, but I couldn't find it. However Halverson has a part list for his case here: http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=40251.0
My design was based off the designs by domoaligato (http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=40251.msg928747#msg928747), which were based off a design by fydo (http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=40251.msg802375#msg802375), which were based off a build by Halverson (http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=40251.msg797333#msg797333).
You can see my post with pictures here (http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=33155.msg1240400#msg1240400), and my Lego Designer files here (https://www.dropbox.com/s/6ygi6w86emvw4si/PokerCase-v3.lxf) and exported parts list here (https://www.dropbox.com/s/yaa4oy44m3os5gx/PokerCase-v3.xlsx).
I prefer the stepped sides of mine over the steep angled sides of the designs I modified. That's the main difference between the two, so seek out the one you want and go from there!
Sounds good. I was thinking of trying to build one, instead of forking over nine thousand dollas for a fancy case. I wonder if I could find some sort of schematic...
I'm pretty sure I saw a picture of one in that Lego Designer thing, but I couldn't find it. However Halverson has a part list for his case here: http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=40251.0
My design was based off the designs by domoaligato (http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=40251.msg928747#msg928747), which were based off a design by fydo (http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=40251.msg802375#msg802375), which were based off a build by Halverson (http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=40251.msg797333#msg797333).
You can see my post with pictures here (http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=33155.msg1240400#msg1240400), and my Lego Designer files here (https://www.dropbox.com/s/6ygi6w86emvw4si/PokerCase-v3.lxf) and exported parts list here (https://www.dropbox.com/s/yaa4oy44m3os5gx/PokerCase-v3.xlsx).
I prefer the stepped sides of mine over the steep angled sides of the designs I modified. That's the main difference between the two, so seek out the one you want and go from there!
dude! that is way cooler then the one I have. did you actually mount standoffs in yours?
My design was based off the designs by domoaligato (http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=40251.msg928747#msg928747), which were based off a design by fydo (http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=40251.msg802375#msg802375), which were based off a build by Halverson (http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=40251.msg797333#msg797333).
You can see my post with pictures here (http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=33155.msg1240400#msg1240400), and my Lego Designer files here (https://www.dropbox.com/s/6ygi6w86emvw4si/PokerCase-v3.lxf) and exported parts list here (https://www.dropbox.com/s/yaa4oy44m3os5gx/PokerCase-v3.xlsx).
I prefer the stepped sides of mine over the steep angled sides of the designs I modified. That's the main difference between the two, so seek out the one you want and go from there!
For some it's already here....Show Image(http://i.imgur.com/SJ3v4Jt.jpg)
For some it's already here....Show Image(http://i.imgur.com/SJ3v4Jt.jpg)
For some it's already here....Show Image(http://i.imgur.com/SJ3v4Jt.jpg)Show Image(http://i.imgur.com/ghb1NE8.jpg)
I mean I got sent my revB ages ago, but I want MY FINAL revC ;D
That's Rev A son, Rev B is chilling somewhere else....
That's Rev A son, Rev B is chilling somewhere else....
I know you've got your Rev A, but I've got only Rev B :P
That's Rev A son, Rev B is chilling somewhere else....
I know you've got your Rev A, but I've got only Rev B :P
And meanwhile I don't have any GH60...
Also what about Pcbcart Gh60 Rev B V2 http://oshpark.com/shared_projects/tH85WHtP is it the last revision of PCB ?
Is there any last update 200% working without issue?
Do i need to uy to this store or better group order here?
Also what about Pcbcart Gh60 Rev B V2 http://oshpark.com/shared_projects/tH85WHtP is it the last revision of PCB ?
Is there any last update 200% working without issue?
Do i need to uy to this store or better group order here?
The newest version of the GH60 is Rev. C and it is not public yet - you will have to wait until the PCBs from the group buy are shipped.
You cannot buy the newest version anywhere yet. You will have to wait a bit, some orders will get sold in the classifieds and Mechanicalkeyboards.com will also most likely sell them later.
happy birthday BlueBär
happy birthday BlueBär
Thank you :-*
#itshappeningShow Image(http://i.imgur.com/Gb5F9Qn.jpg)
;) Thank you BBear ...and Happy BD :)
Two geekhackers with the same bday. Happy Birthday BlueBär!!
Selling my order of PCB, poker plate, plate cherry stabs, 63xbrown for $110
Do we know when the next GB for this board will be?
Unless the US orders ship within the next week I'm going to need to change where my order ships to as I'm going to have to move. Hopefully this isn't an issue.
No transfers. If you want to sell your order, you'll have to wait until you have it in hand (per new rules).I forgot if this was answered (forgive me keyboard gods, it's been a year), what if you've moved since you placed your order? I don't remember if I changed where mine is shipped to.
My guess is that they'll ask where to send when that time is here. Since this GB has been going on for so long and some people have moved, including maybe myself if we'll add another couple of months.
WHERE ARE MY SWITCHES? DID YOU SHIP THEM YET?
:o
WHERE ARE MY SWITCHES? DID YOU SHIP THEM YET?Fight me 1v1 bro!
:o
Could someone please update the first post with a summary of the current GB status? I've completely lost track where we are right now.
Could someone please update the first post with a summary of the current GB status? I've completely lost track where we are right now.
seconded. thanks :)
Okay guys, so a status update:
The PCBs have been produced and the US/Canada part is being shipped to tjcaustin. imsto's package is on its way too, directly from China.
The plates have been ordered, and they should take another week to finish production, according to ApocalypseMaow.
Komar said PCB's were being shipped to TJ at the end of MarchOkay guys, so a status update:
The PCBs have been produced and the US/Canada part is being shipped to tjcaustin. imsto's package is on its way too, directly from China.
The plates have been ordered, and they should take another week to finish production, according to ApocalypseMaow.
Komar said PCB's were being shipped to TJ at the end of MarchOkay guys, so a status update:
The PCBs have been produced and the US/Canada part is being shipped to tjcaustin. imsto's package is on its way too, directly from China.
The plates have been ordered, and they should take another week to finish production, according to ApocalypseMaow.
since I had to get the left-overs I ended up with 2 poker plates. if anyone is willing to swap one plate, please let me know. thanks
Could someone please update the first post with a summary of the current GB status? I've completely lost track where we are right now.
seconded. thanks :)
since I had to get the left-overs I ended up with 2 poker plates. if anyone is willing to swap one plate, please let me know. thanks
I can offer you a SamWiseKoy plate if you're interested.
since I had to get the left-overs I ended up with 2 poker plates. if anyone is willing to swap one plate, please let me know. thanks
I can offer you a SamWiseKoy plate if you're interested.
the right shift would drive me crazy... but if I can't find anything else, well better than 2 poker :)
http://www.keyboard-layout-editor.com/#/layouts/d759a9ae71ff032062ee99f79e9fae81
Is this layout possible on the PCB? I've marked anything non-ANSI-standard on the legends.
the right shift would drive me crazy... but if I can't find anything else, well better than 2 poker :)
Still waiting on plates here! I'll see if I can get another status update for you dudes.Well, a week has passed. Any news on that update? I'm getting annoyed with my flaky Soarer-modded Poker...
since I had to get the left-overs I ended up with 2 poker plates. if anyone is willing to swap one plate, please let me know. thanks
I can offer you a SamWiseKoy plate if you're interested.
the right shift would drive me crazy... but if I can't find anything else, well better than 2 poker :)
Matt, I should have an extra Pure layout, if that's of any interest to you.
Still in production. :/Still waiting on plates here! I'll see if I can get another status update for you dudes.Well, a week has passed. Any news on that update? I'm getting annoyed with my flaky Soarer-modded Poker...
Just to know... are order closed already right?
I just found out about this. Is there some way I can purchase one in the future?Either in the classifieds after everyone gets theirs, or hopefully from mechanicalkeyboards.com if they stock them.
I just found out about this. Is there some way I can purchase one in the future?
PLATES ARE DONE!!! JUST GOT THE EMAIL!!! Well, woke up to read my email. I should have all the PayPal stuff worked out tomorrow and will be delivering them in a week or so to TJ!
PLATES ARE DONE!!! JUST GOT THE EMAIL!!! Well, woke up to read my email. I should have all the PayPal stuff worked out tomorrow and will be delivering them in a week or so to TJ!
Can I ask how it'll work from there? Will the EU plates then be sent to the EU proxy and then on to us with the PCBs?
(I realise you may not know the answer to this but one of the other organisers might :thumb:)
I just want my single pcb T_T
/selfish /impatience
I just want my single pcb T_T
/selfish /impatience
Yarr. I don't think I ordered anything except PCBs...
I just want my single pcb T_T
/selfish /impatience
Yarr. I don't think I ordered anything except PCBs...
3 PCB's and a 10x Universal plate and 1 set of cherry plate mounted stabs according to the order confirmation in the first post.....UNLESS that isn't correct
I just want my single pcb T_T
/selfish /impatience
I think there are a lot of us who would pass on stabilizers....I know I would I've got some already.
Either way, many thanks ApocalypseMaow! You were a deus ex machina to usI'm just stoked we will have GH60 soon™
Sorry for asking again, but I needed to change my shipping address and I figured since final products are being shipped to distributors, I should figure out how to verify where things are really going .
So how do I change my address?
Sorry for asking again, but I needed to change my shipping address and I figured since final products are being shipped to distributors, I should figure out how to verify where things are really going .
So how do I change my address?
Is there ever going to be a round 2 on this....There is one similar DIY keyboard coming: http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=57948.0
Is there ever going to be a round 2 on this....There is one similar DIY keyboard coming: http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=57948.0
There will be also several GH60's going straight to aftermarket when this GB finishes.
No cancellations are allowed at this point, otherwise the groupbuy would get too complex.
Just wait for people to throw them on the market.
No cancellations are allowed at this point, otherwise the groupbuy would get too complex.
Just wait for people to throw them on the market.
Totally justified, I wish there were other HHKB layout group buys that looked this promising, not looking forward to getting bled dry by the markup prices that will likely get posted.
:p
No cancellations are allowed at this point, otherwise the groupbuy would get too complex.
Just wait for people to throw them on the market.
Totally justified, I wish there were other HHKB layout group buys that looked this promising, not looking forward to getting bled dry by the markup prices that will likely get posted.
:p
The GH60 is cool and all but you also might want to check this out if your after a HHKB layout MX board.
http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=58074.0
Hi! My first post here. I've been watching this forum for a while and I have to say it's a great community!
Back on topic. Can I still fill out the order form to get new GH60 batch? What should I do now to in order to be able to get one?
Thanks!
Hi! My first post here. I've been watching this forum for a while and I have to say it's a great community!
Back on topic. Can I still fill out the order form to get new GH60 batch? What should I do now to in order to be able to get one?
Thanks!
Ordering is long over with but if you wait these will eventually be delivered and there will be tons of them for sale in the classifieds.
Welcome Thomas
Ordering is long over with but if you wait these will eventually be delivered and there will be tons of them for sale in the classifieds.
So I won't be able to get it from any keyboard shops online any soon? Classifieds availability is good news nevertheless. Thanks!Welcome Thomas
It's (or rather, I'm) Toto. :) Thanks for welcome!
Hi guys,
What is the first column in the GH60 order page ( PD, involved... ) ?
I appear well at the end of the page, is it good or I need to confirm ?
Thx
What is the first column in the GH60 order page ( PD, involved... ) ?
I appear well at the end of the page, is it good or I need to confirm ?
I think PD means paid
When did you enter your data into the form?
An hour ago... :-[
Yeah that's about 323 days too late.
QuoteYeah that's about 323 days too late.
;D ;D ;D
I came across the topic yesterday and I'm a bit rushed.
When I saw that the form was still online I filled directly.
No GH60 for me :thumb:
Should really update OP with a notice that the orders are closed
Should really update OP with a notice that the orders are closed
It would have to be a mod edit since WFD went AWOL.
Yeah, and everyone that put in orders after the deadline, those rows are about to be deleted from the spreadsheet. Nice try.
I just noticed that getting ISO key caps is very very hard compared to ANSI key capsGetting ISO dyesub is much easier than ANSI
I have assembly for my GH60 with an ISO plate, I was wondering if it was possible to change that to ANSI? I know no changes in orders but since this is isnt related to any physical orders I'd guess it's up to the assembler for Europe?
Btw I took over the order for Numerus, if that helps. (Still isnt changed to my name in the order confirmations)
ANSI is the most desireable, and thus there are more ANSI sets produced than ISO. Same reason why ISO is cheaper and easier to get: all the desireable ANSI has already been taken
Getting ISO dyesub is much easier than ANSI
Seems like most of you guys are talking about actual keyboards though, I only wanted keycaps, back to topic though, is there any way to change how my keyboard will be assembled?
Qh crap, I didnt think about the plate mounted stabs, nah I'll be ok with ISO in that case, I'll just have to look extra hard for some nice blank ISO keycaps
Qh crap, I didnt think about the plate mounted stabs, nah I'll be ok with ISO in that case, I'll just have to look extra hard for some nice blank ISO keycaps
https://www.teraset.net/ducky.php
Scroll down to accessories.
The dolch groupbuy has a iso kit also ^_^
What is the latest status of the GH60? I haven't followed this thread for a few month, but i'm still waiting for delivery of my GH60. Are the Boards shipped or not? My location is germany...
Is there a chance for another GH60 group buy in the future?
I'm moving in two weeks, so like a few others, I was also wondering how I can change my address.
Are the majority of the impossible to find stabilizer'd cherry pcb mount?I guess since you can buy costars at wasd, but you can buy mx stabs at imsto and gon for example! :O
What I was thinking was that maybe imsto or gon could help us source stabs for the whole gb. If not them then maybe some friendly people from otd.kr ?
Just so no one gets their hopes up prematurely, please realize that ordering stabilizers was one of the responsibilities we "inherited" from WFD. As far as I know, WFD never ordered the stabilizers, and doesn't have any currently. And we are having a slight problem in sourcing them, as everyone seems to be out of stock. If anyone has a source of available stabilizers, please let us know.
GON told me he thinks he can supply the cherry stabs sets, but not the costar.
I just want my PCBs...Show Image(http://cdn.memegenerator.net/images/300x/6460956.jpg)
please tell me you guys aren't waiting for everything before shipping out anything.
I just want my PCBs...Show Image(http://cdn.memegenerator.net/images/300x/6460956.jpg)
please tell me you guys aren't waiting for everything before shipping out anything.
Link?
Where are we for cases on this? I know they're not a part of this GB but from what I've dug up most people are making buys for poker like plastic shells. Kind of a bummer if you want a not full key layout.
I just found the alu ones, but they're all just shells. Might have to get creative.Where are we for cases on this? I know they're not a part of this GB but from what I've dug up most people are making buys for poker like plastic shells. Kind of a bummer if you want a not full key layout.
GBs for plastic shells? Most are metal and there's one or two acrylic ones, but I've not seen a GB for plastic ones.
It's not the getting of a case, it's that I was either doing winkesless or HHKB style. Neither of which a lot of people want so there are no buys for them.
Link?
http://www2.mouser.com/ProductDetail/CHERRY/0G990224/?qs=%2fha2pyFadujkrJC9EpBCI7nsinH0lnuf2MvuOZ4i0Hs%3d
Okay guys, so a status update:
The PCBs have been produced and the US/Canada part is being shipped to tjcaustin. imsto's package is on its way too, directly from China.
As far as plates go. I still have to pick them up and get them to TJ in TX. After that, I wash my hands of it all!
Hopefully everything else falls into place from here.
Assembly needs to be done for most boards I think (resitors, the controller, etc.). This will take some time.
I thought all that stuff (diodes, controller, resitors) was factory done with pick and place? That the assembly was just switches, plates, stabilizers etc.
Assembly
The PCBs will come with all SMD preassembled, including diodes. Switches and LEDs will require your own soldering. If you’re brave and want to do the SMD soldering yourself, PCB and a bag of SMT components will be cheaper. There will be options for assembly service if you cannot build it yourself.
There are more DIY PCB kits ordered than I thought. I know price is attractive, but I want you to make sure you know exactly what you're getting into when getting a DIY kit. This is not your typical soldering of large through-hole switch pins. All the SMD components are provided, but you'll have to solder them on yourself. The pre-soldered boards have all the SMD done at the factory by a pick-and-place machine.
Ah right, thank you :)
BlueBär, have you let the church of halverson into your heart? :))Show Image(https://i.chzbgr.com/maxW500/3931300864/hF742370C/)
Reread the op please.
RL issues have been really unforgiving, which was why I couldn't fulfill my part of this GB. It shames me to see that my slack was picked up by JD, komar, tj, and some new guys that have stepped up.
I've had most of the stabilizers since last year, including cherries and costars. I just need to get a count on how many I ordered. The custom wires were to be ordered through a company, but I will have to get in contact with them again.
Whatever loose ends are left, I promise to get them done. But I still need to get catch up where this GB currently is at, as well as the rest of the forum status. I have involvement in a few other projects as well.
Reread the op please.
not sure its relevant still, the PCB have been in production for months and i believe the plates also have been received?
Okay guys, so a status update:
The PCBs have been produced and the US/Canada part is being shipped to tjcaustin. imsto's package is on its way too, directly from China.As far as plates go. I still have to pick them up and get them to TJ in TX. After that, I wash my hands of it all!
Hopefully everything else falls into place from here.
Any update on either of these?
Reread the op please.
PCBs: In production:cry:
Plates: In production
Switches: On hand
Stabilizers: Looking for source...
Assembly: to be completed by tjcaustin and komar007 once all components are received
Shipping: Not started
:cry:
Any way you can send switches and other stuff to people who only ordered these?
:cry:
Any way you can send switches and other stuff to people who only ordered these?
This was asked a few times already, I don't think this will be done because it would probably result in chaos.
If that's chaos what the hell do you call the cluster**** this GB has been the whole time?
If that's chaos what the hell do you call the cluster**** this GB has been the whole time?
and that one of the main organizers disappeared for like what, half a year?
Uh... what exactly is that called?
It seemed from prior posts by those involved that certain aspects were completed almost 2 months ago. If I had those pieces ordered available I would want to ship them out to get them the **** out of my house instead of waiting to have everything that was ordered by every person on hand before getting started filling orders and shipping them at all. To me doing that seems like it would make things easier as shipping gets spread out some and doing waves makes keeping track of what has and hasn't been filled very easy.
It seemed from prior posts by those involved that certain aspects were completed almost 2 months ago. If I had those pieces ordered available I would want to ship them out to get them the **** out of my house instead of waiting to have everything that was ordered by every person on hand before getting started filling orders and shipping them at all. To me doing that seems like it would make things easier as shipping gets spread out some and doing waves makes keeping track of what has and hasn't been filled very easy.
Sorry for not reading all 120 pages but is there any chance of getting in on this still? extras/etc? :)
Can't people be unhappy about something that has been delayed excessively? A little empathy for them and understanding from them.
Sorry for not reading all 120 pages but is there any chance of getting in on this still? extras/etc? :)
check the classifieds when everyone got their gh60's also it's rumoured that a certain webstore will sell them in the future (?)
Can't people be unhappy about something that has been delayed excessively? A little empathy for them and understanding from them.
Yes of course! I think everyone would be happier if this was finished already - probably the organizers too. I'm just saying that I wouldn't call it a cluster****.
Can't people be unhappy about something that has been delayed excessively? A little empathy for them and understanding from them.
Yes of course! I think everyone would be happier if this was finished already - probably the organizers too. I'm just saying that I wouldn't call it a cluster****.
Something else being worse, doesn't mean another less-bad thing isn't also bad.
I agree that we've entered cluster**** territory... but that is not intended to offend. **** happens. People get busy, overcommit, or simply get blindsided by stuff beyond their control. I don't think we should "blame" anyone... but i think it's legit to claim "cluster****," even if it's not "the guinness world cluster**** record."
Example: some people have had both arms and legs amputated, against their will. Should you complain about losing just one leg? I think a complaint would still be valid, in that case, even if it isn't the record for "worst possible outcome." I don't recall anyone claiming the GH60 GB was "the worst possible outcome of all group buys, ever!" But yes, it did become a bit of a cluster****, just not the worst possible kind.
But on a positive note: it seems as though things are about to get un-****ed, which i think is pretty great. :)
It's not a cluster**** because that implies activity.Good luck selling your order.
WFD doesn't account for much delay at this point. He disappeared for 6 or 9 months and didn't really miss anything. It's not like the work he committed to is the only part not done.
And sure, a big group buy takes a lot of work. But it doesn't look like much of anything is happening. The PCB's have been "in production" for what? 3 months? We're over a year into the actual Group Buy now and all that's in anyone hands at this point is a pile of switches. I get that folks have lives, but this has gone beyond comical.
Oh well.
It's not a cluster**** because that implies activity.Comical was R4 or TP with the phantom, this is pretty tame.
WFD doesn't account for much delay at this point. He disappeared for 6 or 9 months and didn't really miss anything. It's not like the work he committed to is the only part not done.
And sure, a big group buy takes a lot of work. But it doesn't look like much of anything is happening. The PCB's have been "in production" for what? 3 months? We're over a year into the actual Group Buy now and all that's in anyone hands at this point is a pile of switches. I get that folks have lives, but this has gone beyond comical.
Oh well.
Comical was R4 or TP with the phantom, this is pretty tame.
I've dropped the ball on my end. I've been working 6 12's at my job and had no time to mess with the plates. They're done but I'm finally getting sometime away from work now (outage is coming to an end). I've messaged TJ and I'm getting the payment worked out this week. fingers crossed
NOW, I've still got to get those plates to TJ and that might take sometime. I don't wish to hold this project up by any means, but I can't just abandon my home and work responsibilities either. Unfortunately for you guys the people left running this just happen to be quite busy outside of this forum...Show Image(http://hotmeme.net/media/mememaker/9/7/75-i-know-****-me-right.jpg)
I've dropped the ball on my end. I've been working 6 12's at my job and had no time to mess with the plates. They're done but I'm finally getting sometime away from work now (outage is coming to an end). I've messaged TJ and I'm getting the payment worked out this week. fingers crossed
NOW, I've still got to get those plates to TJ and that might take sometime. I don't wish to hold this project up by any means, but I can't just abandon my home and work responsibilities either. Unfortunately for you guys the people left running this just happen to be quite busy outside of this forum...Show Image(http://hotmeme.net/media/mememaker/9/7/75-i-know-****-me-right.jpg)
It's not a cluster**** because that implies activity.Good luck selling your order.
WFD doesn't account for much delay at this point. He disappeared for 6 or 9 months and didn't really miss anything. It's not like the work he committed to is the only part not done.
And sure, a big group buy takes a lot of work. But it doesn't look like much of anything is happening. The PCB's have been "in production" for what? 3 months? We're over a year into the actual Group Buy now and all that's in anyone hands at this point is a pile of switches. I get that folks have lives, but this has gone beyond comical.
Oh well.
Thank you.It's not a cluster**** because that implies activity.Good luck selling your order.
WFD doesn't account for much delay at this point. He disappeared for 6 or 9 months and didn't really miss anything. It's not like the work he committed to is the only part not done.
And sure, a big group buy takes a lot of work. But it doesn't look like much of anything is happening. The PCB's have been "in production" for what? 3 months? We're over a year into the actual Group Buy now and all that's in anyone hands at this point is a pile of switches. I get that folks have lives, but this has gone beyond comical.
Oh well.
I actually bought his order a couple months ago. We're just not allowed to have it shipped to me directly, hence why the order is still listed as his.
I mean I'm not going to go full rage like i did a few months ago and don't mean to stir up trouble, but let me get this out of me, I have to, i'm sorry, you are all good people.
I "understand" the delays with getting plates, stab wires, pcb design, and switches and all the people CURRENTLY involved in this are good people, but please don't discount those who are not happy with this. When this finished invoices we were talking about September 2013 delivery.
Then after some mentioned delays last fall due to PCB design there was literally NO ETA on when these were shipping out anymore since 2013, it has been completely up in the air since then, who knows if we will even get them this summer. The outcome of this group buy is not remotely healthy, stop saying it is and putting down people who are unhappy. There is already PCB alternatives to the GH60 (ones that fit a poker case and have many switch configs and programable) you can buy now from GON and get them right away with LED backlighting. The time where these GH60s would have been an edge over other 60% keyboards has passed, some could even validly call this group buy's value depreciated and even a failure. It's sad, its really sad story because those involved are not asshats like JackAss (druger) and takaki, or inexperienced like profisist, on paper this group buy seemed to be pretty legit. You can't blame a single person but i dont know what or who you blame.
So when are these shipping? it is clear that some people may not see their GH60s until a year or more after WFD declared they would be shipping.
I would even suggest the organizers put up a address confirmation form like MOZ did with his key chains. This group buy was invoiced a year ago and thats more time than someone usually leases an apartment, its unfair to those who moved and can no longer receive forwarding.
I got into this with the expectation that it would be severely delayed. No offense to anyone, but this is sort of regular around here. It ought not to have to be like this, but it often is and I guess this is why I am not even slightly disappointed. Go into it with no expectations and you can't be let down. That sounded way more depressing than I intended.
What I mean is that it will just be a happy surprise once it does ship and you forgot about it. I guess I have strong faith that it WILL ship at some point in time, based on the people and number of them involved. It might also help that I already have too many keyboards and am not in any real need for it I suppose, and thus not desperately waiting.
I feel more sorry for the 30+ people who are waiting to buy half my order. I decided to postpone actually selling it until I have actually received it, and they seem far more anxious.
so when i throw $250 at a group buy of hard earned money i'm supposed to go into it with low expectations? :-\ After like a dozen combined 60% case group buys or vendor sales (mk) with the specific intention to use with the GH60 collecting dust?
maybe all of geekhack is to blame for pressuring this go to group buy before the PCB was even finished.
So the PCBs that were shipped at the end of March by Komar to TJ, have they arrived? 2 months seems like a reasonable amount of time for shipping.
So the PCBs that were shipped at the end of March by Komar to TJ, have they arrived? 2 months seems like a reasonable amount of time for shipping.
Obviously I am quite late, too late to participate in the group buy, but I've discovered after the dust settled that this keyboard poses my biggest opportunity to get a keyboard with my ideal physical layout as well as being able to program it. Will I be able to pick up parts after the fact, specifically a soldered PCB, and a Universal ANSI plate?
I'm still waiting on money for the plates. If I get the money for them before the end of this week. I could have them to TJ before next weekend (Thursday/Friday-ish).
ok let's say I give up on stabilizers and even the plates and gift that part of my order to the organizers... would I get the PCBs sooner?
ok let's say I give up on stabilizers and even the plates and gift that part of my order to the organizers... would I get the PCBs sooner?
Maybe they need to start selling the parts we don't want to get money to send us the parts we do want.
Maybe they need to start selling the parts we don't want to get money to send us the parts we do want.
I'm all for them just shipping the PCBs and plates and refunding the stabilizer money. Hell, I'll even bend stabilizer wires for people at cost if it gets me my **** soon. This GB has passed the point of ridiculousness.
Maybe we need to start a rule with GBs: Don't take money if you can't start shipping within 3-6 months. I should be getting interest on my money at this point.
Maybe they need to start selling the parts we don't want to get money to send us the parts we do want.
I'm all for them just shipping the PCBs and plates and refunding the stabilizer money. Hell, I'll even bend stabilizer wires for people at cost if it gets me my **** soon. This GB has passed the point of ridiculousness.
Maybe we need to start a rule with GBs: Don't take money if you can't start shipping within 3-6 months. I should be getting interest on my money at this point.
Maybe they need to start selling the parts we don't want to get money to send us the parts we do want.
I'm all for them just shipping the PCBs and plates and refunding the stabilizer money. Hell, I'll even bend stabilizer wires for people at cost if it gets me my **** soon. This GB has passed the point of ridiculousness.
Maybe we need to start a rule with GBs: Don't take money if you can't start shipping within 3-6 months. I should be getting interest on my money at this point.
i like that rule and like i said earlier thanks to other options now available or coming soon the value of the GH60 has depreciated. everyone lost money with this GB even with delivery of the goods (with no ETA still now)
TJ you need to come back and explain the status, please. are the PCB's lost or not.
Can someone please get tj to post a status update in here?
Maybe we need to start a rule with GBs: Don't take money if you can't start shipping within 3-6 months. I should be getting interest on my money at this point.
Maybe we need to start a rule with GBs: Don't take money if you can't start shipping within 3-6 months. I should be getting interest on my money at this point.
I think that's a great idea - I can't see it ever being implemented mind but I would love it if it was. I can understand that a big gb like this might take a few months, perhaps 6 months but am truly astounded that the payment deadline was a year ago (well 50 weeks ago) and the best response that we're getting is "X has this component and Y has that component" with no indication on what that means for shipping or any real indication as to when we'll finally get what we paid for a year ago. For all I know it'll be another year before we get these...
Maybe we need to start a rule with GBs: Don't take money if you can't start shipping within 3-6 months. I should be getting interest on my money at this point.
I think that's a great idea - I can't see it ever being implemented mind but I would love it if it was. I can understand that a big gb like this might take a few months, perhaps 6 months but am truly astounded that the payment deadline was a year ago (well 50 weeks ago) and the best response that we're getting is "X has this component and Y has that component" with no indication on what that means for shipping or any real indication as to when we'll finally get what we paid for a year ago. For all I know it'll be another year before we get these...
seems like the problem is actually BIG gbs in the first place.
given a set number of volunteers and a maximum number of hours per volunteer, there WILL be a point where the gb can't be completed reasonably.
this gb was about as complex as a gb can get AND huge at the same time.
Maybe we need to start a rule with GBs: Don't take money if you can't start shipping within 3-6 months. I should be getting interest on my money at this point.
I think that's a great idea - I can't see it ever being implemented mind but I would love it if it was. I can understand that a big gb like this might take a few months, perhaps 6 months but am truly astounded that the payment deadline was a year ago (well 50 weeks ago) and the best response that we're getting is "X has this component and Y has that component" with no indication on what that means for shipping or any real indication as to when we'll finally get what we paid for a year ago. For all I know it'll be another year before we get these...
seems like the problem is actually BIG gbs in the first place.
given a set number of volunteers and a maximum number of hours per volunteer, there WILL be a point where the gb can't be completed reasonably.
this gb was about as complex as a gb can get AND huge at the same time.
Yeah to be honest the size of some GB's is what has put me off ever running one previously. I have the capabilities to cut stainless plates quite cheaply but I'd never want to run more than 10 because it would become an ordeal to organise.
Can someone please get tj to post a status update in here?
He and komar have the PCBs.
Can someone please get tj to post a status update in here?
He and komar have the PCBs.
He needs to transfer funds for the plates also...
I was proposing to give up on the stabs to ease organizers' work, but really, take the time you need. As long as the thread is updated I don't feel abandoned.
I was proposing to give up on the stabs to ease organizers' work, but really, take the time you need. As long as the thread is updated I don't feel abandoned.
Ditto.
Come at me angry mob ;DShow Image(http://wiki.wodgotham.com/images/7/71/Full_Riot_Gear.jpg)
Damnit!!! BRBCome at me angry mob ;DShow Image(http://wiki.wodgotham.com/images/7/71/Full_Riot_Gear.jpg)
Crotch shots it is.
... I'm still waiting on money for the plates. ...
... I'm still waiting on money for the plates. ...
So... this is the most disturbing and revealing statement in the entire thread.
I'm shocked that no one else even mentioned it after it was stated.
Guy steps up and saves the day with plates...
2-3 months later, he still hasn't been given the money to retrieve them.
I just... i don't even know what to say.
Can i say "cluster****" now?
Well i just did, and i'm going to keep saying it until i have either a GH60 in my hands, or a refund. Actually, no, i'm going to call it a cluster**** either way.
Because that's exactly what it is.
Let me ask you guys something:
How much is your TIME worth?
Now, how much is my time worth, to you?
It seems as though some of you believe your own personal time is more important than the however many hundreds of people's time is being wasted by inefficient and downright lazy handling of certain aspects of this GB.
Right after the mention of "as long as the thread is updated, we won't feel abandoned," boom, thread is a ghost town, and the few of us who still give a ****, are left staring at the date of the last post, counting how many days it's been since anything usefully informative has been stated.
And what was the last important update?
See quote above. "i'm still waiting on money for the plates"
Definitely can't fault him for that! It's not like we can demand he "wait harder!" to make someone else get in gear faster... if it were that simple, we would have collectively manifested the GH60 with our geek hive-mind by now. I wonder how many hours have been lost by how many people, over the last year, staring at this thread while it moves ever so slightly faster than frozen molasses... and somehow still manages to be faster than the actual item being produced.
At this moment, i would certainly prefer to have the money instead of the promise. Dollars are almost always better than promises. "A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush."
Honestly I'd be just as pissed as you are, I bought a GH60 PCB off Taobao LAST. YEAR. 6 months I've had the PCB that you guys paid to engineer and you're all still waiting. Unbelievable.
I also don't appreciate waiting excessive amounts of time for components to arrive that I didn't even order. I DON'T GIVE A **** ABOUT IT! Send me my PCBs already!
...there is no clear showrunner here.
I also don't appreciate waiting excessive amounts of time for components to arrive that I didn't even order. I DON'T GIVE A **** ABOUT IT! Send me my PCBs already!
THIS^^...For those who just ordered the PCB, CAN WE HAS NOW! -__-
Okay guys, so a status update:According to that TJ should have the PCB for quite some time? Unless TJ send them all to WFD for some reason... I don't think WFD has anything to do with it anymore? TJ has posted on the forum in the last few days so....
The PCBs have been produced and the US/Canada part is being shipped to tjcaustin. imsto's package is on its way too, directly from China.
The plates have been ordered, and they should take another week to finish production, according to ApocalypseMaow.
sorry what is the problem with the plates? If you needed it I can have them cut in Europe at a very low cost and in just 5 days.
I'm still waiting on money for the plates. If I get the money for them before the end of this week. I could have them to TJ before next weekend (Thursday/Friday-ish).
You guys should create a google doc that all of you can edit. Then put your contact information in it, and what each current step is, and the next step. Try your best to put estimated time to complete each step. Then anyone can post updates here based off of the available information.
You guys should create a google doc that all of you can edit. Then put your contact information in it, and what each current step is, and the next step. Try your best to put estimated time to complete each step. Then anyone can post updates here based off of the available information.
This. I think that people want to have clear written info on where the GB is right now. I'm not even a part of this gb, but it is impossible to find out anything on the status of it right now. Instead of trying to piece together what is happening by sifting through a bunch of pages of posts, people should have one place where they can look and see how their money is being used and when they will get what they payed for.
Yes, TJ has half of the PCBs, and the other half is waiting in China.
You guys should create a google doc that all of you can edit. Then put your contact information in it, and what each current step is, and the next step. Try your best to put estimated time to complete each step. Then anyone can post updates here based off of the available information.
This. I think that people want to have clear written info on where the GB is right now. I'm not even a part of this gb, but it is impossible to find out anything on the status of it right now. Instead of trying to piece together what is happening by sifting through a bunch of pages of posts, people should have one place where they can look and see how their money is being used and when they will get what they payed for.
From the OP:
Current status of the Group Buy
PCBs: In production
Plates: In production
Switches: On hand
Stabilizers: Looking for source...
Assembly: to be completed by tjcaustin and komar007 once all components are received
Shipping: Not started
From komar007:Yes, TJ has half of the PCBs, and the other half is waiting in China.
So, I don't think you have to "sift through a bunch of pages of posts" when the info is in the OP.
From the OP:
Current status of the Group Buy
PCBs: In production
Plates: In production
Switches: On hand
Stabilizers: Looking for source...
Assembly: to be completed by tjcaustin and komar007 once all components are received
Shipping: Not started
That info is not current though. We know PCBs are done, we know plates are done.
I think people want something more like this:
Current status of the Group Buy
PCBs: produced - 1/2 with TJ and 1/2 with IMSTO
Plates: produced - waiting for payment to get picked up
Switches: On hand
Stabilizers: WFD has everything but the wires. current status unknown...
Assembly: to be completed by tjcaustin and komar007 once all components are received
Shipping: Not started
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Are the plates actually produced but the supplier is waiting on payment?Yeah, they originally gave me a due date of May 1st to have the plates finished. That was great because I started the outage may 11th, which is 6 12hour days a week.
To try and reduce my stress levels regarding this buy I've only started checking this thread about once a week... It's not like I'm going to miss anything really is it...
Edit: I presume that ACC is the manufacturer?
Edit 2: A quick google discovers Aqua Contour Cutting in AR so I guess so.
They won't take a direct wire transfer? Wire seems to be a pretty normal option with manufacturers.Yeah, you would think in 2014... He wants cash or check and not an outta town one. This is Arkansas though lol
Wire transfer is same as cash really, certainly a lot more secure than a check! If they have a bank account this shouldn't be an issue.Same thoughts here, but it's not up to me. All I can do is pay the man by one of those two.
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that's the magnifying glass episode right?
Thanks for the update ApocalypseMaow and for all your hard work in helping to get this GB over the finish line. :thumb:
maybe we'll get the GH60 in 2015 or nothing...
maybe we'll get the GH60 in 2015 or nothing...
Did Profosist take over the GB?
Now we just need TJ to step in and give us a timeline.
They won't take a direct wire transfer? Wire seems to be a pretty normal option with manufacturers.Yeah, you would think in 2014... He wants cash or check and not an outta town one. This is Arkansas though lol
yep. hell, there are places in town where it's just a hand shake instead of a signature...They won't take a direct wire transfer? Wire seems to be a pretty normal option with manufacturers.Yeah, you would think in 2014... He wants cash or check and not an outta town one. This is Arkansas though lol
Yep, that surprises me not at all! Check!? I don't want no out of town check! I don't know you boy, give me some real Arkansas money. :) no offense meant to you ApocalypseMaow, I grew up there and left at age 27 - I know how it used to be and it hasn't changed much.
I've been informed payment for the plates will be in PayPal tomorrow.
edit: It's been transferred and now waiting for 3 to 5 business days to clear.
fair enough. we are good for the next 3 weeks :)
fair enough. we are good for the next 3 weeks :)
I'd still like to see an official timeline from TJ.
With plates being in process - is there any update on the situation with the stabs? What's the plan there?Plates are done son.
With plates being in process - is there any update on the situation with the stabs? What's the plan there?Plates are done son.
Ok, So TJ sent the funds but PayPal won't clear them till around the 1st - 3rd. Either way I know the money will be there.
So instead of waiting, I went and withdrew my personal funds to speed this up and to get ACC's money hounds off my butt :p
NOW, I still have to get these to TJ but we are getting oh so close and I'm glad.
I'm not a fan of being responsible... So sue me ;DShow Image(http://i.imgur.com/2lzG2r0.jpg)Show Image(http://i.imgur.com/a6rTX58.jpg)Show Image(http://i.imgur.com/OZQI2Pm.jpg)
Flipside fools
With plates being in process - is there any update on the situation with the stabs? What's the plan there?Plates are done son.
Ok, So TJ sent the funds but PayPal won't clear them till around the 1st - 3rd. Either way I know the money will be there.
So instead of waiting, I went and withdrew my personal funds to speed this up and to get ACC's money hounds off my butt :p
NOW, I still have to get these to TJ but we are getting oh so close and I'm glad.
I'm not a fan of being responsible... So sue me ;DShow Image(http://i.imgur.com/2lzG2r0.jpg)Show Image(http://i.imgur.com/a6rTX58.jpg)Show Image(http://i.imgur.com/OZQI2Pm.jpg)
Flipside fools
With plates being in process - is there any update on the situation with the stabs? What's the plan there?Plates are done son.
Ok, So TJ sent the funds but PayPal won't clear them till around the 1st - 3rd. Either way I know the money will be there.
So instead of waiting, I went and withdrew my personal funds to speed this up and to get ACC's money hounds off my butt :p
NOW, I still have to get these to TJ but we are getting oh so close and I'm glad.
I'm not a fan of being responsible... So sue me ;DShow Image(http://i.imgur.com/2lzG2r0.jpg)Show Image(http://i.imgur.com/a6rTX58.jpg)Show Image(http://i.imgur.com/OZQI2Pm.jpg)
Flipside fools
Yes! PCBs made, plates made - that's all I've ordered :D Happy days :)
I see a Universal ANSI plate there :) (actually wish I'd ordered a Poker ISO tbh but there you go... Unless anyone wants to sell me one :p)
Yes! PCBs made, plates made - that's all I've ordered :D Happy days :)
I see a Universal ANSI plate there :) (actually wish I'd ordered a Poker ISO tbh but there you go... Unless anyone wants to sell me one :p)
Pretty sure I've either got a 1.25 ISO or a ISO universal plate spare, drop me a message a bit nearer the time and I'll hook you up.
WOOP! If stabs are still an issue, would there at all be a possibility that we could choose to have our order shipped without them?
WOOP! If stabs are still an issue, would there at all be a possibility that we could choose to have our order shipped without them?
That's probably the most likely scenario.
WOOP! If stabs are still an issue, would there at all be a possibility that we could choose to have our order shipped without them?
That's probably the most likely scenario.
Thanks ApocalypseMaow, you've been fantastic about grab assing and keeping us updated on your grab assing.FTFY ;D
Exciting times. I wonder what switch plates I'm going to end up with. Requested a change and never heard anything back :-X
Chances are I'm just going to sell/give away the plates anyways so who cares :p
will have to source stabs ourselves, what of the money it cost for them?
From WFDs last post, he has all the stabs but is missing wires. We should try to get him to ship what he has to someone who is doing the shipping. There is a better chance that we find/make wires if that is all we need. If the money for the stabs is spent (or some anyway) we should at least get the pieces that have been purchased already. Ya? Wires we can make if we have to.
From WFDs last post, he has all the stabs but is missing wires. We should try to get him to ship what he has to someone who is doing the shipping. There is a better chance that we find/make wires if that is all we need. If the money for the stabs is spent (or some anyway) we should at least get the pieces that have been purchased already. Ya? Wires we can make if we have to.
All stabs funds combined is quite a bit of money.. i wouldn't want to see that swept under the rug. Also am not fond of a forced donation, i'd like to decide myself.
oh right, forgot the wire was the problem. I'll bend the wire myself, very easy to do actually.
oh right, forgot the wire was the problem. I'll bend the wire myself, very easy to do actually.
And I've offered to bend wires at cost for people.
Wow. Thought I check the progress of this (as it has been a month or more since I last did) and it's hardly progressed at all!
So as the plates have been paid and delivered and the PCB's effectively done, is there any chance I'll see my order this side of new year? Or even the Summer?
I bet if i had specs and a straight wire (and some example images), i could make it fit. Is there a space bar wire specs file somewhere?
TJ and/or komar, can we get an official timeline so that this wonderful soul's question can get answered?
TJ and/or komar, can we get an official timeline so that this wonderful soul's question can get answered?
This :thumb:
Are the cherry wires thicker than coat hanger wire? [...]
Are the cherry wires thicker than coat hanger wire?
Are the cherry wires thicker than coat hanger wire? [...]
As I said above they're 1,6mm thick. I don't think coat hanger wire has a standard thickness. You can get 1,6mm thick stainless steel welding rods for about 1-2$ per meter.
Are the cherry wires thicker than coat hanger wire?
No. Coat hangers will be too thick.
The problem also is that a coat hanger is very bendable due to whatever material it is made out of and a 7x wire could possibly start to flex if we were to use that material
cherry corp stab wires are extremely solid, hard to cut, hard to bend. i am sure somebody here knows what they are made out of and some may know how to make them. i think WFD was going to have them machined or whatever the term is instead of bending them.
we only have to worry about the spacebar wires though as they are sold with the 2x wires for really cheap on parts websites both in PCB and Plate formats.
(https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3853/14563383411_e1b1d72491_n.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/obV9vr)
also i agree though that people who didn't order stabs have every right to be demanding their orders be shipped.
btw those space bar wires GON sells are shipped from korea and they cost more than the cost of the spacebar wire to ship
is that for costar or cherry?
its too loose!
i have a 0.047 wire right here, the same you are linking and a bender for it
it comes right out when you use it for a wire, it does NOT stay snapped in
(https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3886/14565368534_2dfeddaa79.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/oc6jBG)
imagine putting a plate over one of these, having the wire just pop out and then your ****ed and have to de-solder all the switches off to put a new wire in. **** that **** i want the exact thickness.
sure buy a thicker wire, then what, show me an affordable bender for it and something to cleanly cut it
the spacebar wire also has to have a a hump in it for the cherry switch for spacebar, i envy your precision with a needle nose pliers then
the spacebar wire also has to have a a hump in it for the cherry switch for spacebar, i envy your precision with a needle nose pliers then
I just use flat wires for all my Cherry stabilizers. I've never had a problem by not making those bends.
I got this for while I wait...Show Image(http://mattsko.files.wordpress.com/2014/04/angry-mob-playset.jpg)
its too loose!DUDE THIS KEEPS HAPPENING TO MY CUSTOMER BOARDS I GOT A BAD BATCH TT
i have a 0.047 wire right here, the same you are linking and a bender for it
it comes right out when you use it for a wire, it does NOT stay snapped in
(https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3886/14565368534_2dfeddaa79.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/oc6jBG)
imagine putting a plate over one of these, having the wire just pop out and then your ****ed and have to de-solder all the switches off to put a new wire in. **** that **** i want the exact thickness.
the spacebar wire also has to have a a hump in it for the cherry switch for spacebar, i envy your precision with a needle nose pliers then
I just use flat wires for all my Cherry stabilizers. I've never had a problem by not making those bends.
here is also a video i just made disproving using a costar on cherry stabsBut that is the wire to use with costar, right?
https://flic.kr/p/ocffsn
Also, to be fair I haven't drove the plates to TJ yet. I'm off Sat, Sun and Monday. It'll be handled then. :p
The wheels are turning dudes, no doubt.Also, to be fair I haven't drove the plates to TJ yet. I'm off Sat, Sun and Monday. It'll be handled then. :p
While you're there, would you mind telling him that it'd be nice if someone made indications to show that this GB is still being worked on...
The wheels are turning dudes, no doubt.Also, to be fair I haven't drove the plates to TJ yet. I'm off Sat, Sun and Monday. It'll be handled then. :p
While you're there, would you mind telling him that it'd be nice if someone made indications to show that this GB is still being worked on...
Just take a second and be thankful PCB's, plates, switches, money and responsibility of this GB ended up with the people it did.
We could all be in the same boat as Pasph... Not to rub salt in the wound, cause I do hope he gets his gear soon but really think about it...
The whole GB was DOA until TJ and JD stepped up to take over what WFD abandoned.
I know it's a lot to ask, but hold tight, we'll get there.
The wheels are turning dudes, no doubt.Also, to be fair I haven't drove the plates to TJ yet. I'm off Sat, Sun and Monday. It'll be handled then. :p
While you're there, would you mind telling him that it'd be nice if someone made indications to show that this GB is still being worked on...
Just take a second and be thankful PCB's, plates, switches, money and responsibility of this GB ended up with the people it did.
We could all be in the same boat as Pasph... Not to rub salt in the wound, cause I do hope he gets his gear soon but really think about it...
The whole GB was DOA until TJ and JD stepped up to take over what WFD abandoned.
I know it's a lot to ask, but hold tight, we'll get there.
The Eagle has landed.
:))The Eagle has landed.
You should go back to your old avatar ApocalypseMaow because you are firing on all cylinders! Nice job man. Thank you.
BTW: What was that avatar from?
sure buy a thicker wire, then what, show me an affordable bender for it and something to cleanly cut it
To bend, use these:Show Image(http://i.imgur.com/4iKwuZb.jpg)
And to cut, use these:Show Image(http://i.imgur.com/Mlgi1QE.jpg)
and this, to make the cut smooth:Show Image(http://i.imgur.com/Q9hYa2M.jpg)
Found it! [link (http://laughingsquid.com/catgun-illustration-of-a-woman-shooting-cats-from-a-futuristic-weapon/)]lol, makes me smile every time I see it!Show Image(http://l.mashby.com/OWy3+)
Had no idea she was shooting cats.
Has anyone heard from TJ recently? I supposedly won a Mimic cable in a competition a while back but I haven't got it and he never answers my PM's any more.
Found it! [link (http://laughingsquid.com/catgun-illustration-of-a-woman-shooting-cats-from-a-futuristic-weapon/)]Show Image(http://l.mashby.com/OWy3+)
Had no idea she was shooting cats.
He has posted recently, so he is around.
He has posted recently, so he is around.
But not here......not here.
He has posted recently, so he is around.
But not here......not here.
He is probably afraid for his life in this thread right now. Haha...
Honestly, if it was me, I would want to have something positive to report before getting involved in this thread. This thread could suck up far more of his time than it would be worth, especially if he is strapped for time.
Positive thoughts and let's get that karma flowing in the right direction. :)
He has posted recently, so he is around.
But not here......not here.
He is probably afraid for his life in this thread right now. Haha...
Honestly, if it was me, I would want to have something positive to report before getting involved in this thread. This thread could suck up far more of his time than it would be worth, especially if he is strapped for time.
Positive thoughts and let's get that karma flowing in the right direction. :)
It's not like people are asking for much, just a rough timeline and answering whether or not he'd do staggered shipping so that those with PCBs or PCBs and plates only can get theirs quicker.
If we got regular updates of everything is status quo, at least we'd have an update. I'm annoyed since we're just being ignored. I don't have as much money as some in this, but when I put the money in, it was a lot for me. It'd be nice to have our investment treated with respect and know when we'll get stuff. I mean, Sprit's R1 is already much faster than this. I just got my PCB, plate, and stabilizers from him this weekend and only paid a couple of months ago. At this rate, it will be two years since I paid before I get my GH60 stuff.
He has posted recently, so he is around.
But not here......not here.
He is probably afraid for his life in this thread right now. Haha...
Honestly, if it was me, I would want to have something positive to report before getting involved in this thread. This thread could suck up far more of his time than it would be worth, especially if he is strapped for time.
Positive thoughts and let's get that karma flowing in the right direction. :)
After this much time, I consider it a gift from past-me to future-me. Isn't that super exciting?
But it is open source... It's on github, knock yourself out. :)
1. No timeline, No pictures, no indication that the GH60 isn't just vaporware.
2. Maybe we can consider just open sourcing the final PCB revision? At this point I would rather just get it fabbed myself or pay for a Chinese manufacturer on Taobao.
But it is open source... It's on github, knock yourself out. :)
Not Rev C. which has some bugfixes and changes (for the LED module for example).1. No timeline, No pictures, no indication that the GH60 isn't just vaporware.
2. Maybe we can consider just open sourcing the final PCB revision? At this point I would rather just get it fabbed myself or pay for a Chinese manufacturer on Taobao.
1. There were pictures of the plates. Not sure if there were pictures of the PCBs yet.
2. Great idea, so people who are waiting for this GB get their products after somebody who hasn't been waiting for all this time? That's totally going to make everybody happy, right?
At this point, is anyone going to be less happy?
2. Great idea, so people who are waiting for this GB get their products after somebody who hasn't been waiting for all this time? That's totally going to make everybody happy, right?
Isn't that exactly what's happening with mkawa's latest titanium GB? They'll be getting a functional latest revision GH60 before us at this rate.
I still want to know why the organizers find time to post elsewhere, but can't post an update.
Isn't that exactly what's happening with mkawa's latest titanium GB? They'll be getting a functional latest revision GH60 before us at this rate.
I still want to know why the organizers find time to post elsewhere, but can't post an update.
That's still an interest check and I don't think mkawa will get GH60s made before the GB ends. He was not part of the GH60 GB organizers afaik and should not even have access to the GH60 Rev C files unless they were shared with him.
Hold on you just edited your post. Which one of them is true now?
There's only 1 important question: where are our money?
There's only 1 important question: where are our money?
TJ's Paypal account. And it's not all fun and games holding that much money while we wait for this to complete - just sayin.
There's only 1 important question: where are our money?TJ's Paypal account. And it's not all fun and games holding that much money while we wait for this to complete - just sayin.Show Image(http://i.imgur.com/SiLsL4t.gif)
We just want updates. I feel like Rodney Dangerfield in here since I don't get no respect.
4 sure.There's only 1 important question: where are our money?
TJ's Paypal account. And it's not all fun and games holding that much money while we wait for this to complete - just sayin.
just two words...
"DSA Dolch"
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(kidding! I'm kidding!)
Man oh man does that case look sweet on my bookshelf! :)) :))as one ashtray?
Man oh man does that case look sweet on my bookshelf! :)) :))as one ashtray?
same hereMan oh man does that case look sweet on my bookshelf! :)) :))as one ashtray?
I would certainly get more use out of it as an ashtray :p
Looking forward to seeing updates on this GB. Just gonna wait patiently. My keyboard is half-complete, not half-empty ^-^
I bought a 60% Tex aluminium case.
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Man oh man does that case look sweet on my bookshelf! :)) :))
lol, you guys... I know everyone is rustled right now, but everything is being worked out.
maybe not to your liking, but it's moving along.
TJ didn't sign up for this, it was dropped in his lap.
When the angry mob is knocking on your door, are you gonna answer to explain??? NOPE
Even if he came here and explained every detail of what's going on, most of you would still
have something ****ty to snap at him about.
This GB started WAY TO EARLY, not to mention it was further delayed by most of you wanting
led's and other bull****.
This GB should not have started without a final pcb in sight, but it didn't happen.
This GB should have had a solid backbone running it, but it didn't happen.
You should all be encouraging TJ to want to update, not angry mob demanding...
Then again, I don't run again thing here... xD
Here's to seeing a return on my $600...
Neither I.lol, you guys... I know everyone is rustled right now, but everything is being worked out.
maybe not to your liking, but it's moving along.
TJ didn't sign up for this, it was dropped in his lap.
When the angry mob is knocking on your door, are you gonna answer to explain??? NOPE
Even if he came here and explained every detail of what's going on, most of you would still
have something ****ty to snap at him about.
This GB started WAY TO EARLY, not to mention it was further delayed by most of you wanting
led's and other bull****.
This GB should not have started without a final pcb in sight, but it didn't happen.
This GB should have had a solid backbone running it, but it didn't happen.
You should all be encouraging TJ to want to update, not angry mob demanding...
Then again, I don't run again thing here... xD
Here's to seeing a return on my $600...
To clarify, I was not intending to add to any mob that may be forming, or incite any negative feelings toward TJ for my situation or anyone's here. I was just sharing a story that I find amusing. Not in a spiteful way towards any organizers, more just as a "one up" to how deep we are in this. :thumb:
I have faith in this GB. It is moving slow, but it is moving!
GO TJ! We love you!Show Image(http://dy.snimg.com/story-image/3/80/4330742/137377-0-600.jpg)
GO TJ! We love you!Show Image(http://dy.snimg.com/story-image/3/80/4330742/137377-0-600.jpg)
THIS moderator approves the picture... :)):)) :)) :))
THIS moderator approves the picture... :))
Such an odd group buy where I am supposed to feel guilty if I am angry about not having my stuff. :confused:
I love how if Bunny would have taken all the payment for this and had been weeks, months, years, behind, people would just say "Don't worry, you're doing a good job anyways" Especially for the GB's he had no part in originally, but "took over" and has taken him months to ship, why aren't people going complain in those threads..
it has been already pointed out, but I believe that the only problem here is that the GB started too soon.Please!
well anyway, sooner or later I'll get my GH60, in the mean time I'll keep building my customs.
it has been already pointed out, but I believe that the only problem here is that the GB started too soon.Please!
well anyway, sooner or later I'll get my GH60, in the mean time I'll keep building my customs.
more awesome keycaps man!
:-*
People did and do complain on the buys Bunny took over. Did you even follow the Calm Depths thread? Yeah, there were those praising Bunny, but there were also those telling him to hurry up and complaining and all other sorts of minutiae. The difference is that he gave/gives updates. Even updates you don't want to hear are updates.
And if he was 6 months to a year behind on any GB, I'd start complaining, especially if he went silent and there were no real updates in the thread. It doesn't matter who ran the GB, if it was handled like this one, there would be complaints, and justified complaints at that.
Aside from the inanity of reverting to ad hominems against those who have valid concerns and questions they'd like answered, you can't, at this point, say TJ is "so active in this community". He has been in the past, but he is noticeably quiet in most of the forum. I get that he is a busy guy and respect that. I also understand that he took on a large responsibility, probably too large of one, but that doesn't absolve him of not providing updates.
Additionally, most people aren't attacking TJ (though you seem to think so), they just want to know what's happening. It's the lack of respect for our money and investment that is irksome. If you categorize that as "harassment" then so be it, but it's just people who have invested money into a project wanting to know that there will be returns on their investment. Asking for updates and a timeline on the project is no more harassment then stockholders asking a business for a quarterly report.
You're entitled to your opinion though. On the other hand, so are we.
Naaaaait has been already pointed out, but I believe that the only problem here is that the GB started too soon.Please!
well anyway, sooner or later I'll get my GH60, in the mean time I'll keep building my customs.
more awesome keycaps man!
:-*
I guess he was talking about his custom keyboards and not keycaps.
Check this thread out for example:
http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=59827.0
Does anyone have any info on if and when mechanicalkeyboards.com will stock the GH60 PCBs?
Does anyone have any info on if and when mechanicalkeyboards.com will stock the GH60 PCBs?
Some time after the GB actually starts delivering stuff...so, say December 2016?
For a lot of us I don't see any reason why we can't have out stuff in 2014 (like NOW). For people having stabs and / or switches and / or assembly that's a different matter.
Unless there's something I'm missing I'm just imagining all of the PCBs and plates sat in TJ's garage / shed / front room literally waiting to be sent out.
It would be good to check with everyone who wanted pre soldered boards to see if they would still want them if they have to wait more. That might reduce the amount of work that is required to get this shipping.
Seriously?
someone able to find out about where these people live and see if someone can pop over and actually ask them what the hell is going on, possible get an update that way perhaps see if we can find a candidate to take over?
Plates, switches and pcb variants are in my possession. Next will be separating and getting a system set up so I can efficiently work through orders for packaging, assembly and packing (once usps finally delivers all the mfrb I ordered). I don't really have a timeline for all of this because of several reasons.
Stabilizer money will be refunded after the buy is complete as the whole mess of getting them would have legitimately added 6 months to the buy at this point just to get 2x. I would have had to hand bend all spacebar stabs and while WFD might have been willing, I am not.
Plates, switches and pcb variants are in my possession. Next will be separating and getting a system set up so I can efficiently work through orders for packaging, assembly and packing (once usps finally delivers all the mfrb I ordered). I don't really have a timeline for all of this because of several reasons.
Stabilizer money will be refunded after the buy is complete as the whole mess of getting them would have legitimately added 6 months to the buy at this point just to get 2x. I would have had to hand bend all spacebar stabs and while WFD might have been willing, I am not.
Plates, switches and pcb variants are in my possession. Next will be separating and getting a system set up so I can efficiently work through orders for packaging, assembly and packing (once usps finally delivers all the mfrb I ordered). I don't really have a timeline for all of this because of several reasons.
Stabilizer money will be refunded after the buy is complete as the whole mess of getting them would have legitimately added 6 months to the buy at this point just to get 2x. I would have had to hand bend all spacebar stabs and while WFD might have been willing, I am not.
Plates, switches and pcb variants are in my possession. Next will be separating and getting a system set up so I can efficiently work through orders for packaging, assembly and packing (once usps finally delivers all the mfrb I ordered). I don't really have a timeline for all of this because of several reasons.
Stabilizer money will be refunded after the buy is complete as the whole mess of getting them would have legitimately added 6 months to the buy at this point just to get 2x. I would have had to hand bend all spacebar stabs and while WFD might have been willing, I am not.
Plates, switches and pcb variants are in my possession. Next will be separating and getting a system set up so I can efficiently work through orders for packaging, assembly and packing (once usps finally delivers all the mfrb I ordered). I don't really have a timeline for all of this because of several reasons.
Stabilizer money will be refunded after the buy is complete as the whole mess of getting them would have legitimately added 6 months to the buy at this point just to get 2x. I would have had to hand bend all spacebar stabs and while WFD might have been willing, I am not.
say what you want, but it was my motivational picture (http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=41464.msg1394549#msg1394549) that rocked the boat!
That picture would rock even a battleship :cool:
Plates, switches and pcb variants are in my possession. Next will be separating and getting a system set up so I can efficiently work through orders for packaging, assembly and packing (once usps finally delivers all the mfrb I ordered). I don't really have a timeline for all of this because of several reasons.
Stabilizer money will be refunded after the buy is complete as the whole mess of getting them would have legitimately added 6 months to the buy at this point just to get 2x. I would have had to hand bend all spacebar stabs and while WFD might have been willing, I am not.
That's all we wanted, thanks
You could add a colorful date to the updates.
It would be good to check with everyone who wanted pre soldered boards to see if they would still want them if they have to wait more. That might reduce the amount of work that is required to get this shipping.
You could add a colorful date to the updates.
Huh?
You could add a colorful date to the updates.
Huh?
Now we have a word on the stabs not happening is anyone thinking about a group buy for these?I'd be down for some CoStar ones... :-*
Now we have a word on the stabs not happening is anyone thinking about a group buy for these?
Now we have a word on the stabs not happening is anyone thinking about a group buy for these?
I will probably just buy cherry stabs from Sprit's round two GB.
Now we have a word on the stabs not happening is anyone thinking about a group buy for these?
I will probably just buy cherry stabs from Sprit's round two GB.
Shipping from Korea isn't cheap. Also not sure he would want people jumping in just for stabs.
I could check in with GMK on Cherry stabs pricing as I'm pretty sure they would have them since they build keyboards that use them. Since I will be getting the Dolch order anyway shipping costs would be a non issue.
True, it would also depend on what they had available to ship at the same time. Will see what they say tomorrow.
GMK has 2, 6.25 AND 7 sizes available in both PCB and plate mount Cherry stabilizers.
GMK has 2, 6.25 AND 7 sizes available in both PCB and plate mount Cherry stabilizers.
In stock, but they need to check inventory amounts and still waiting on bulk pricing quote.
I'm sure there would be lots of interest even outside this GH60 group buy for Cherry stablilizers easily availible.In stock, but they need to check inventory amounts and still waiting on bulk pricing quote.
I would be happy to place a large order for techkeys if it helps with bulk pricing.
OK. I will get a groupbuy thread for stabilizer started soon. GMK says they have LOADS of them on hand so there shouldn't be any problem fulfilling our demand.
OK. I will get a groupbuy thread for stabilizer started soon. GMK says they have LOADS of them on hand so there shouldn't be any problem fulfilling our demand.
OK. I will get a groupbuy thread for stabilizer started soon. GMK says they have LOADS of them on hand so there shouldn't be any problem fulfilling our demand.
Thank you so much Ivan!
Not only do you run one GB after the other, now you also help finishing others :thumb:
So, will we get a full refund for Stabs now TJ?
OK. I will get a groupbuy thread for stabilizer started soon. GMK says they have LOADS of them on hand so there shouldn't be any problem fulfilling our demand.
Thank you so much Ivan!
Not only do you run one GB after the other, now you also help finishing others :thumb:
So, will we get a full refund for Stabs now TJ?
The discussion is to refund costar stabs and give ivan the money to buy and distribute cherry through the dolch buy.
OK. I will get a groupbuy thread for stabilizer started soon. GMK says they have LOADS of them on hand so there shouldn't be any problem fulfilling our demand.
Thank you so much Ivan!
Not only do you run one GB after the other, now you also help finishing others :thumb:
So, will we get a full refund for Stabs now TJ?
The discussion is to refund costar stabs and give ivan the money to buy and distribute cherry through the dolch buy.
OK. I will get a groupbuy thread for stabilizer started soon. GMK says they have LOADS of them on hand so there shouldn't be any problem fulfilling our demand.
Thank you so much Ivan!
Not only do you run one GB after the other, now you also help finishing others :thumb:
So, will we get a full refund for Stabs now TJ?
The discussion is to refund costar stabs and give ivan the money to buy and distribute cherry through the dolch buy.
OK. I will get a groupbuy thread for stabilizer started soon. GMK says they have LOADS of them on hand so there shouldn't be any problem fulfilling our demand.
OK. I will get a groupbuy thread for stabilizer started soon. GMK says they have LOADS of them on hand so there shouldn't be any problem fulfilling our demand.That is great! :thumb:
OK. I will get a groupbuy thread for stabilizer started soon. GMK says they have LOADS of them on hand so there shouldn't be any problem fulfilling our demand.
so do we get refunded for the stabs?
The discussion is to refund costar stabs and give ivan the money to buy and distribute cherry through the dolch buy.
so do we get refunded for the stabs?
It seems like this is good news, but I'm still quite confused. I ordered Costar stabs, so those will now become Cherry? Does this have any bearing on the switches at all?
Am I still getting stabs when I only ordered in this GB or do I have to put in an order at Ivan's?
Is there some method to confirm shipping addresses? I have moved a few times since I joined this GB back in forever ago.
Is there some method to confirm shipping addresses? I have moved a few times since I joined this GB back in forever ago.
Coming soon...
Am I still getting stabs when I only ordered in this GB or do I have to put in an order at Ivan's?
Recent communication indicated that the money would be refunded and it's up to us to work it out (ie, buy from Ivan).
Is there some method to confirm shipping addresses? I have moved a few times since I joined this GB back in forever ago.
Coming soon...
Am I still getting stabs when I only ordered in this GB or do I have to put in an order at Ivan's?
Recent communication indicated that the money would be refunded and it's up to us to work it out (ie, buy from Ivan).
The most recent update that I have seen is TJ is planning to send funds to Ivan for the cherry stabs, so they would be fulfilled. The coster stabs are going to be refunded according to what I last heard.
Keep in mind that the details here are still in flight and everyone is projecting statuses based on the limited detail we have been provided so far. Lets not worry about it too much for a few weeks and let TJ and Ivan figure out how the cherry stab piece will be handled and I am sure we will be updated when they have a strategy and news for us.
Am I still getting stabs when I only ordered in this GB or do I have to put in an order at Ivan's?
Recent communication indicated that the money would be refunded and it's up to us to work it out (ie, buy from Ivan).
The most recent update that I have seen is TJ is planning to send funds to Ivan for the cherry stabs, so they would be fulfilled. The coster stabs are going to be refunded according to what I last heard.
Keep in mind that the details here are still in flight and everyone is projecting statuses based on the limited detail we have been provided so far. Lets not worry about it too much for a few weeks and let TJ and Ivan figure out how the cherry stab piece will be handled and I am sure we will be updated when they have a strategy and news for us.
Oh. Maybe I shouldn't have ordered so many stabs in the GB then... xD
I'm going to order additional stabs from Ivan anyway, which makes it seem easier to drop mine from this gb. Would this be a reasonable option or more work in the end?
(also the set mentioned here would be 4*2u + the selected spacebar, correct?)
The logistics of getting everyone's approval for this are going to be a nightmare. But I personally think that everyone who ordered Costar stabs should get Cherry stabs, instead. That way everyone who ordered stabs would at least get some stabs, even if they weren't the ones they really wanted.
Agree. Ordered costart stabs but if they're isn't much of a difference between the two I would rather get cherry stabs than go through the work of ordering costar ones from elsewhere.
Agree. Ordered costart stabs but if they're isn't much of a difference between the two I would rather get cherry stabs than go through the work of ordering costar ones from elsewhere.
iirc cherry stabs only worked with the universal plate
iirc cherry stabs only worked with the universal plate
Each of the layouts above will have their own plates [...], compatible with all 3 types of stabilizers.
In addition, there will be 2 more “universal” plates available. [...] The drawback is that you must use PCB-mounted cherry stabilizers, no other stabilizers option.
Do I read "PREPARING TO SHIP"?Show Image(http://i1270.photobucket.com/albums/jj619/Pilot_31/tumblr_lxwyyylTwK1qgj4zoo1_250.gif)
Do I read "PREPARING TO SHIP"?Show Image(http://i1270.photobucket.com/albums/jj619/Pilot_31/tumblr_lxwyyylTwK1qgj4zoo1_250.gif)
Do I read "PREPARING TO SHIP"?Show Image(http://i1270.photobucket.com/albums/jj619/Pilot_31/tumblr_lxwyyylTwK1qgj4zoo1_250.gif)
Doesn't do much since it took months to get a update...
Do I read "PREPARING TO SHIP"?Show Image(http://i1270.photobucket.com/albums/jj619/Pilot_31/tumblr_lxwyyylTwK1qgj4zoo1_250.gif)
Doesn't do much since it took months to get a update...
Oh, ye of little faith! ;D
I'm getting excited! Go GH60!
Do I read "PREPARING TO SHIP"?Show Image(http://i1270.photobucket.com/albums/jj619/Pilot_31/tumblr_lxwyyylTwK1qgj4zoo1_250.gif)
Doesn't do much since it took months to get a update...
Oh, ye of little faith! ;D
I'm getting excited! Go GH60!
Until they actually ship, no need to get excited. Maybe we'll get another updated in a few months...
I know this is probably somewhere in the last 132 pages, but what about those of us who only need the PCB and plate?
Are we waiting for stabs as well?
Thanks in advance,
- Ron | samwisekoi
I know this is probably somewhere in the last 132 pages, but what about those of us who only need the PCB and plate?
Are we waiting for stabs as well?
Thanks in advance,
- Ron | samwisekoi
You guys sure are ****s. Yeah, the GB is delayed as hell, but how do you think the organizers feel about it, holding everyone's money and unable to deliver? Do you think they don't want to get this over with and give everyone their god damn boards? Do you really think mocking them will get anyone anywhere? Give it a rest already.
I should really just lock this thread and post updates when available...
I know this is probably somewhere in the last 132 pages, but what about those of us who only need the PCB and plate?
Are we waiting for stabs as well?
Thanks in advance,
- Ron | samwisekoi
I should really just lock this thread and post updates when available...
You know that would start a witch hunt.
You guys sure are ****s. Yeah, the GB is delayed as hell, but how do you think the organizers feel about it, holding everyone's money and unable to deliver? Do you think they don't want to get this over with and give everyone their god damn boards? Do you really think mocking them will get anyone anywhere? Give it a rest already.
.... So I might get banned because I made a general statement about expecting a more civilized discussion? Interesting.I dont know man but I find your posts more aggressive and uncivilized than the others.
EDIT: I absolutely don't see how I need to run a group buy or have $10k in keyboards in order to be a civilized person.
EDIT2: I'm curious as to why you're taking my statement personally, when I meant it generally, samwisekoi.
.... So I might get banned because I made a general statement about expecting a more civilized discussion? Interesting.I dont know man but I find your posts more aggressive and uncivilized than the others.
EDIT: I absolutely don't see how I need to run a group buy or have $10k in keyboards in order to be a civilized person.
EDIT2: I'm curious as to why you're taking my statement personally, when I meant it generally, samwisekoi.
You guys sure are ****s. Yeah, the GB is delayed as hell, but how do you think the organizers feel about it, holding everyone's money and unable to deliver? Do you think they don't want to get this over with and give everyone their god damn boards? Do you really think mocking them will get anyone anywhere? Give it a rest already.
You guys sure are ****s. Yeah, the GB is delayed as hell, but how do you think the organizers feel about it, holding everyone's money and unable to deliver? Do you think they don't want to get this over with and give everyone their god damn boards? Do you really think mocking them will get anyone anywhere? Give it a rest already.
1) "You guys sure are ****s."
How could I take that personally?
2) "How do you think the organizers feel about...?"
Well, how I could know was by actually being in that position with ten of thousands of other peoples' money and needing to figure out an equitable way to get everything out as quickly as fairly as possible. That';s how I could know. How could you?
3) "Do you really think mocking them will get anyone anywhere?"
No, that's why I didn't mock THEM. I mocked YOU.
*waits for update in 2015*
4) "Give it a rest already."
Actually, I did. I posted a question, and JD actually looked into it and replied. I made no other reply until YOU decided to help me understand my place in this GB and how it should be run from your lofty perspective.
Is it possible to post in this thread and in the op about a groupbuy for costar stabilizers in the event one pops up? Not in the habit of checking the marketplace often for the fear of my wallet and I dont want be left stabilizerless because I didnt check.
Is it possible to post in this thread and in the op about a groupbuy for costar stabilizers in the event one pops up? Not in the habit of checking the marketplace often for the fear of my wallet and I dont want be left stabilizerless because I didnt check.
I've never seen a group buy for Costar stabilizers. I shudder to think what the MOQ for ordering direct from Costar in Taiwan may be. You can sometimes (when they are in stock) get them from WASDkeyboards.com, and I heard that QWER.io may be carrying them soon, as well.
Also, this may be an unrelated question but is buying stabilizers or any keyboard parts for the matter cheaper in korea?
I think MechanicalKeyboards.com has them in stock, but they are quite expensive. Their reps usually pretty responsive - I don't know if anyone has tried reaching out to them for bulk Costar stab ordering, although based on what I see from their website (WASD logo on the item picture), they probably don't source directly from Costar.
When I see your username:Show Image(http://i.imgur.com/sML5ylG.jpg)
I think MechanicalKeyboards.com has them in stock, but they are quite expensive. Their reps usually pretty responsive - I don't know if anyone has tried reaching out to them for bulk Costar stab ordering, although based on what I see from their website (WASD logo on the item picture), they probably don't source directly from Costar.
I think the problem is one of cost. That is, ordering them from a retail source, rather than from a distributor.
You guys sure are ****s. Yeah, the GB is delayed as hell, but how do you think the organizers feel about it, holding everyone's money and unable to deliver? Do you think they don't want to get this over with and give everyone their god damn boards? Do you really think mocking them will get anyone anywhere? Give it a rest already.
If that's how you feel, send me $120 and I'll get you an asembled Phantom. Don't worry if I disappear for six months with no updates or tell you to be patient after a year because I'm having a hard time sourcing a Teensy I should have bought at the start of things.
Heh, thats actually pretty sweet! This is actually just a random username my dad made dor me when I was little.Also, this may be an unrelated question but is buying stabilizers or any keyboard parts for the matter cheaper in korea?
Only the Koreans may know the answer...
When I see your username:Show Image(http://i.imgur.com/sML5ylG.jpg)
You guys sure are ****s. Yeah, the GB is delayed as hell, but how do you think the organizers feel about it, holding everyone's money and unable to deliver? Do you think they don't want to get this over with and give everyone their god damn boards? Do you really think mocking them will get anyone anywhere? Give it a rest already.
If that's how you feel, send me $120 and I'll get you an asembled Phantom. Don't worry if I disappear for six months with no updates or tell you to be patient after a year because I'm having a hard time sourcing a Teensy I should have bought at the start of things.
^^this
You guys sure are ****s. Yeah, the GB is delayed as hell, but how do you think the organizers feel about it, holding everyone's money and unable to deliver? Do you think they don't want to get this over with and give everyone their god damn boards? Do you really think mocking them will get anyone anywhere? Give it a rest already.
If that's how you feel, send me $120 and I'll get you an asembled Phantom. Don't worry if I disappear for six months with no updates or tell you to be patient after a year because I'm having a hard time sourcing a Teensy I should have bought at the start of things.
^^this
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I see this is still going on...
I <3 U boost, but
feel free to vent...somewhere else.
I <3 U boost, but
feel free to vent...somewhere else.
ok :D
Costar stabs going to be transformed to cherry plate stabs?
(got to know if i need to order with ivan)
You guys sure are ****s. Yeah, the GB is delayed as hell, but how do you think the organizers feel about it, holding everyone's money and unable to deliver? Do you think they don't want to get this over with and give everyone their god damn boards? Do you really think mocking them will get anyone anywhere? Give it a rest already.
Um, Mr. (Ms.) mkaito with 87 post to your name, have YOU run the largest GB logistics and shipping operation in the history of GeekHack? No, that was me.*
I know all of the people involved, and very much more about how this process works than you. So do JD and Nub. I asked a reasonable question in a reasonable (IMHO) tone. TJCaustin knows what he is doing, and earned his title of King Klaxon through feats of action, not words. (Actually, talking to tjcaustin, my tone was VERY measured.)
If The King decides to reply to me with "godammit Ron, all of the PCBs are in one goddam box, and I'm not busting it open just for the people who aren't having assembly done" then I'll say, fair enough.
When you have a wall of custom and rare keyboards behind YOUR desk, then and only then can you accuse others of mocking or being ****s.
Also, oh look. I am an Admin here. Flagged for moderation.
- Ron | samwisekoi
* [edit] To be fair, that might have been TJ, with his awesome "wheel of sorting" process. One of the two of us, anyhow.
You guys sure are ****s. Yeah, the GB is delayed as hell, but how do you think the organizers feel about it, holding everyone's money and unable to deliver? Do you think they don't want to get this over with and give everyone their god damn boards? Do you really think mocking them will get anyone anywhere? Give it a rest already.
Um, Mr. (Ms.) mkaito with 87 post to your name, have YOU run the largest GB logistics and shipping operation in the history of GeekHack? No, that was me.*
I know all of the people involved, and very much more about how this process works than you. So do JD and Nub. I asked a reasonable question in a reasonable (IMHO) tone. TJCaustin knows what he is doing, and earned his title of King Klaxon through feats of action, not words. (Actually, talking to tjcaustin, my tone was VERY measured.)
If The King decides to reply to me with "godammit Ron, all of the PCBs are in one goddam box, and I'm not busting it open just for the people who aren't having assembly done" then I'll say, fair enough.
When you have a wall of custom and rare keyboards behind YOUR desk, then and only then can you accuse others of mocking or being ****s.
Also, oh look. I am an Admin here. Flagged for moderation.
- Ron | samwisekoi
* [edit] To be fair, that might have been TJ, with his awesome "wheel of sorting" process. One of the two of us, anyhow.
My real concern with sending some orders before others (and partial orders get the added "benefit" of double shipping if I did this...) is logistics. I think we can both agree part of the major success of DSA retro was the from-the-ground-up ordering platform that matt3o made for it.
Meaning that I worry cherry-picking orders out of a 200+ line google spreadsheet might be more fraught than I want to deal with. Especially if I goof up and get my lines crossed or forget to remove an entry after shipping it.
So yeah. I'm organizing, trying to figure out a game plan and setting up from there, same as when I posted last time.
I see you got your hand raised boost :p
What about exporting it to a text table. Then you can use grep to throw away all lines that contain items you can't ship for now, until you have only lines of orders with items that are ready to ship.
Ideally you should put each line into a separate file in a directory named orders/. When packed, they are moved to packed/ and when shipped to shipped/. Write a script that moves the orders. Same for generating address stickers and content lists.
:-)
what about manually looking at each row and adding values to additional columns as needed manually. I already did it once and could do it again in about a hour.JESUS DOMO!!! I'm just an IdEA man :p
I see you got your hand raised boost :p
No he's just the idea man. It's up to any and every one else to do things.
I see you got your hand raised boost :p
No he's just the idea man. It's up to any and every one else to do things.
No excel for me but can get it done in python...No need to make another excuse on why you can't send out "PCB ONLY" orders...
I see you got your hand raised boost :p
No he's just the idea man. It's up to any and every one else to do things.
No excel for me but can get it done in python...No need to make another excuse on why you can't send out "PCB ONLY" orders...
Fine, "excuse" free: I'm not doing it. Be patient like the people waiting for parts. Or don't. It won't accelerate the process.
What about exporting it to a text table. Then you can use grep to throw away all lines that contain items you can't ship for now, until you have only lines of orders with items that are ready to ship.Not saying to do this, but actually the best solution is to export the current file into a .csv. Then you load up the file into some programming language (say Python) as a pandas data frame/numpy array, make a new column called "status", and grep the "order" vector for stuff to auto-set a subset of orders as "packed", and leave the rest as "pending", etc. Then any time you'd like, you can export the data frame/array back as a .csv which can be imported back in a spreadsheet.
Ideally you should put each line into a separate file in a directory named orders/. When packed, they are moved to packed/ and when shipped to shipped/. Write a script that moves the orders. Same for generating address stickers and content lists.
:-)
I see you got your hand raised boost :p
No he's just the idea man. It's up to any and every one else to do things.
No excel for me but can get it done in python...No need to make another excuse on why you can't send out "PCB ONLY" orders...
Fine, "excuse" free: I'm not doing it. Be patient like the people waiting for parts. Or don't. It won't accelerate the process.
I see you got your hand raised boost :p
No he's just the idea man. It's up to any and every one else to do things.
No excel for me but can get it done in python...No need to make another excuse on why you can't send out "PCB ONLY" orders...
Fine, "excuse" free: I'm not doing it. Be patient like the people waiting for parts. Or don't. It won't accelerate the process.
Can you define 'parts'? Is it just stabs (which I haven't ordered) that are being waited on now or is there something else delaying me getting what I paid for over a year ago?
Your order, GeorgeK, since you are located in the UK, will be shipped by komar007, not by tjcaustin. komar doesn't even have all the pieces of your order to ship to you
I know that was probably made clear a few thousand posts ago but it must have passed me by.It was in post 1 since the start of the GB
I see you got your hand raised boost :p
No he's just the idea man. It's up to any and every one else to do things.
No excel for me but can get it done in python...No need to make another excuse on why you can't send out "PCB ONLY" orders...
Fine, "excuse" free: I'm not doing it. Be patient like the people waiting for parts. Or don't. It won't accelerate the process.
Can you define 'parts'? Is it just stabs (which I haven't ordered) that are being waited on now or is there something else delaying me getting what I paid for over a year ago?
I'm getting very tired of your passive-aggressive posts in this thread, GeorgeK. So, I'm going to explain this to you, even though, with your attitude, you don't really deserve an explanation.
It's not TJ's fault that WFD opened the GB, took orders, and collected payments way too soon. If you want to ***** at someone, ***** at WFD. TJ only agreed to collect the payments, that's all. He did that at my request, as a favor to a friend (me). Much later, TJ volunteered to take over WFD's portion of the assembly and shipping, due to the fact that WFD had disappeared. When I mentioned to TJ that I didn't know how I was going to assemble and ship my portion, due to work and family obligations, he volunteered to take over those, as well. So, really, no one has the right to be pissed off at TJ for trying to pick up the pieces of a broken group buy. He and komar are still working hard to get all the orders that people paid for, yes - over a year ago, shipped out to them.
Your order, GeorgeK, since you are located in the UK, will be shipped by komar007, not by tjcaustin. komar doesn't even have all the pieces of your order to ship to you, because TJ is waiting to receive all the various components before he can ship the portion of those that go to komar to him. TJ is not going to ship plates and switches to komar, without having the stabilizers to send with them. It's really that simple.
For everyone else, TJ has a lot going on before he can ship anything. He has to sort out the switches, which right now are just sitting in boxes, 2000 of these, 1200 of those, etc. He has to get all the plates, switches and stabilizers that need to go to komar separated out, so that he can send them that way, for komar to be able to ship those orders that he is responsible for shipping. Even though you guys don't always see what is going on behind the scenes, things are still moving forward. Would you rather someone take the time it takes to write out a long wall of text like this, or would you prefer they use that time toward getting things sorted, stabilizer orders collated and ordered, etc.?
/rant
+1. Everyone needs to chill the **** out.
Considering that this whole thing would have simply broken down without jd and tj stepping up and no one would get anything any time soon (if at all), i think gratitude is the only acceptable reaction here. Yes it is taking long and we are all impatient to get our hands on the GH60, but its a group buy organized by normal people with normal lives, who invest a hell of a lot of their free time into get us what we want and they don't need to justify why they don't want to spend even more time shipping some of it without stabs. This isn't the first group buy to take a long time and everyone involved knew there was a risk this would take longer (especially considering the PCB was still under development when the buy started).
There was an issue with communicating the current state of things, but I think that has now been resolved, yes? So let's stop complaining and making TJ regret his decision to help all of us out.
Orders closed a year ago. Boards should show up in classifieds once they are shipped.
Yes, TJ has half of the PCBs, and the other half is waiting in China. I will get this half shipped to myself once I know the plates are ready to be sent to me, so no worries here. I was responsible for the production of PCBs and part of distribution. The PCBs are produced, and distribution on my side can't start before I receive the stuff I wasn't responsible for.
I hope you understand that I won't take responsibility for purchases and money transfers which are already being handled thousands of kilometers away from myself. I'm as sad as you are not having my GH60s and being unable to test the LED module which is sitting on my desk waiting and I have also paid for stuff I haven't received yet.
I have already organized some help with the non-US non-Canada distribution to get things shipped faster and I'll be considering sending stuff without stabs first if they don't come early enough.
Take it there's no further update?
Gh60-2015
man WFD really bailed on us? that is surprising to me.
I still need the stabs total confirmed and paid so I can get the order finalized with GMK.
It's something one of the buy runners needs to do (or a few other people that have the time really I suppose as long as there is a consensus). The way the order confirmation sheet is structured there is no easy way to run a total for stabs other than manually counting them.
If someone can send me a copy of the sheet, I am sure I can write a python script to extract the numbers we need...
If we can't get a script to do the work for us, I'm willing to sit down and count everything to get the numbers down just to get both this buy and Ivan's moving forward.
At this point, I'd willingly give up my stabs since I'm getting some through Ivan and got some through WASD. I just want to see this thing making progress instead of stagnating.
We split the spreadsheet into 10, having each spreadsheet a 30 orders each. We need 10 volunteers to count the spreadsheet and report back here. We need to define or clarify some terms though on the spreadsheet, like how many stabs in one 'set'.
I'm at work right now so can't actually count one spreadsheet though.
If this idea is good enough, one should reply with 'Mine - Spreadsheet Number(or filename)' and edit the post later with how many stabs.
It will take more time, but a PM with an update for stabs might be the best. People might want to add more or less since it's been so long since the original order.This would mean reopen the stabs orders, send how many? 200-300 PMs?
Okay, I just pounded through the entire spreadsheet. Sorry for not declaring that I would do so, but it was kind of a spur the moment deal.
Anyway, here's what I've counted:
Cherry PCB 6.25x : 115
Cherry PCB 7x : 47
Cherry Plate 6.25x : 130
Cherry Plate 7x : 92
Costar 6.25x : 94
Costar 7x : 22
Cherry 6.25x Wires : 8
Cherry 7x Wires : 25
Obviously, as mentioned before, the Costar stabs will be ordered as Cherry. Additionally, as others have mentioned, there is a lot of ambiguity in some of these orders. When a stabilizer length was not mentioned, I looked at the choice of plate and if it became obvious I filled it in as such. If it was still not obvious, I defaulted to 6.25x. This was very common for the Costar orders. There were 48 orders that were not immediately obvious what stabilizer size to choose.
Here (https://www.dropbox.com/s/zbmd2k3d3l4pi0n/GH60%20orders%20%28public%29.xlsx?dl=0) is my spreadsheet, for review.
It will take more time, but a PM with an update for stabs might be the best. People might want to add more or less since it's been so long since the original order.This would mean reopen the stabs orders, send how many? 200-300 PMs?
Another 6 months?
do address changes go to tj or jd? I sent a pm to jd and have not heard back. I was not sure where to send it.
do address changes go to tj or jd? I sent a pm to jd and have not heard back. I was not sure where to send it.
Sorry about that, buddy. I've been slow to respond to PMs lately, but I'll forward it over to TJ for you.
Thanks to all for counting!
It's something one of the buy runners needs to do (or a few other people that have the time really I suppose as long as there is a consensus). The way the order confirmation sheet is structured there is no easy way to run a total for stabs other than manually counting them.
Thanks Hoff. I may run through it as well just to get a consensus on numbers.It will take more time, but a PM with an update for stabs might be the best. People might want to add more or less since it's been so long since the original order.This would mean reopen the stabs orders, send how many? 200-300 PMs?
Another 6 months?
And know that some people just won't respond and you'll then have to guess.
No, it's best to just have a couple of people count and go with the highest count from each person's total. That way you're covered and may have a couple of extras.
Hell, since WASD has Costar stabilizers now, it might be worth seeing if you can grab enough for all the orders that wanted them from WASD and submit the Cherry numbers.
We need to get this thing moving forward instead of sitting around and waiting for someone else to come up with an easy solution for how to fix the buy. There are no easy solutions for the stabilizer problem. No matter what, some people will be unhappy. Lets just get an idea of what's needed, order extras, and move forward and hope everything works out correctly.
Okay, I just pounded through the entire spreadsheet. Sorry for not declaring that I would do so, but it was kind of a spur the moment deal.
Anyway, here's what I've counted:
Cherry PCB 6.25x : 115
Cherry PCB 7x : 47
Cherry Plate 6.25x : 130
Cherry Plate 7x : 92
Costar 6.25x : 94
Costar 7x : 22
Cherry 6.25x Wires : 8
Cherry 7x Wires : 25
Obviously, as mentioned before, the Costar stabs will be ordered as Cherry. Additionally, as others have mentioned, there is a lot of ambiguity in some of these orders. When a stabilizer length was not mentioned, I looked at the choice of plate and if it became obvious I filled it in as such. If it was still not obvious, I defaulted to 6.25x. This was very common for the Costar orders. There were 48 orders that were not immediately obvious what stabilizer size to choose.
Here (https://www.dropbox.com/s/zbmd2k3d3l4pi0n/GH60%20orders%20%28public%29.xlsx?dl=0) is my spreadsheet, for review.
^As above. In accordance with the instructed ordering process, anyone who wanted anything deviating from defaults, was told repeatedly to specify it as such. There may have even been a stipulation that if you wanted more than one set, but less than two, you'd just have to get two sets and have leftovers.We split the spreadsheet into 10, having each spreadsheet a 30 orders each. We need 10 volunteers to count the spreadsheet and report back here. We need to define or clarify some terms though on the spreadsheet, like how many stabs in one 'set'.
I'm at work right now so can't actually count one spreadsheet though.
If this idea is good enough, one should reply with 'Mine - Spreadsheet Number(or filename)' and edit the post later with how many stabs.
Won't be at work 'til tomorrow but I'm busy all day today, pretty sure. But by the end of the week I can have #10 counted up. Or somebody with more free time can jump in there...
So, not being in this buy, I've only been loosely following it. You just need a total count? I see in this file, 6.25 spacebar specified, sometimes separately from costar/cherry but clear enough what's meant.
Then there's entries with questions. Spacebar: hhkb (7?) / pure: (6.25 I guess?). Should I go with the number named or the layout requested (meaning a bit of research but I'm for that)?
Most just specify "a set" ... That's the number I plan on quoting, but I assume that would work out to be 4 2x + spacebar (just 4x if no spacebar specified)
Ideas? As requested I'll edit this one I've actually counted file #10 but what would be really cool, is the software widget equivalent of one of those hand-counters the librarians use when they're keeping track of questions-answered. "Aisle four, in the three hundreds." 'click' "No copies available." 'click' (counter now shows 002).
Does anybody know of such a widget? Need about five of them ... costar, plate-cherry, pcb-cherry, 6.25 wire, 7x wire ... what else will I run into?
Much appreciated to those that offered and did count. I just finished with totals a hair higher than hoffman and sent that to lysol to get a final price.^Awesome!
So I have this idea.
We split the spreadsheet into 10, having each spreadsheet a 30 orders each. We need 10 volunteers to count the spreadsheet and report back here. We need to define or clarify some terms though on the spreadsheet, like how many stabs in one 'set'.
I'm at work right now so can't actually count one spreadsheet though.
If this idea is good enough, one should reply with 'Mine - Spreadsheet Number(or filename)' and edit the post later with how many stabs.
Hope this helps. I would really love to get this pcb before christmas.
do address changes go to tj or jd? I sent a pm to jd and have not heard back. I was not sure where to send it.
Sorry about that, buddy. I've been slow to respond to PMs lately, but I'll forward it over to TJ for you.
do address changes go to tj or jd? I sent a pm to jd and have not heard back. I was not sure where to send it.
Sorry about that, buddy. I've been slow to respond to PMs lately, but I'll forward it over to TJ for you.
I am moving soon too, and I take it I might as well PM TJ directly, or do you both need the new address?
Okay, I just pounded through the entire spreadsheet. Sorry for not declaring that I would do so, but it was kind of a spur the moment deal.
Anyway, here's what I've counted:
Cherry PCB 6.25x : 115
Cherry PCB 7x : 47
Cherry Plate 6.25x : 130
Cherry Plate 7x : 92
Costar 6.25x : 94
Costar 7x : 22
Cherry 6.25x Wires : 8
Cherry 7x Wires : 25
Obviously, as mentioned before, the Costar stabs will be ordered as Cherry. Additionally, as others have mentioned, there is a lot of ambiguity in some of these orders. When a stabilizer length was not mentioned, I looked at the choice of plate and if it became obvious I filled it in as such. If it was still not obvious, I defaulted to 6.25x. This was very common for the Costar orders. There were 48 orders that were not immediately obvious what stabilizer size to choose.
Here (https://www.dropbox.com/s/zbmd2k3d3l4pi0n/GH60%20orders%20%28public%29.xlsx?dl=0) is my spreadsheet, for review.
do address changes go to tj or jd? I sent a pm to jd and have not heard back. I was not sure where to send it.
Sorry about that, buddy. I've been slow to respond to PMs lately, but I'll forward it over to TJ for you.
I am moving soon too, and I take it I might as well PM TJ directly, or do you both need the new address?
Your order will be shipped by komar, so he's really the one who will need the updated address.
TJ is shipping North America orders, and komar is shipping the rest of the world. :)
Your order will be shipped by komar, so he's really the one who will need the updated address.
TJ is shipping North America orders, and komar is shipping the rest of the world. :)
Would a mod please edit this somehow into the op?
Thanks again!
Logistics
Komar designed and will have the PCBs made, I designed and will have the plates made. Jdcarpe and I will manage orders, but all of us will have access to the spreadsheets.Jdcarpe and Itjcaustin will handle US and Canada assembly and distributions, komar will assemble and distribute for EU and the rest of the world (unless you have a personal request or already have prior arrangements). Main reason is because it’s no longer cheap to ship international from the US.Switches are from 7bit.Tjcaustin will collect money and invoice.
Stabs ETA is October.
Anyone with a spare pcb/ANSI 125 plate they don't want please pm me! Putting this here once you guys start receiving your stuff ! :-)
Hello,I highly doubt that you can get any extra stuff. This group buy has been going on for over a year. You can buy one on [CTR]ALT though.
I would like to join this GB and have an idea of what parts I want; are there any extras that I can buy, if not, will there be more opportunities to get the GH60 stuff?
I highly doubt that you can get any extra stuff. This group buy has been going on for over a year. You can buy one on [CTR]ALT though.
Hello,
I would like to join this GB and have an idea of what parts I want; are there any extras that I can buy, if not, will there be more opportunities to get the GH60 stuff?
tj, did you record my address change?
What are the LED options available on this board? Would love to do indicators based on the active layer or some other trigger through the firmware.
It has probably been answered before, but it's over 130 pages without a search option.
What are the LED options available on this board? Would love to do indicators based on the active layer or some other trigger through the firmware.
It has probably been answered before, but it's over 130 pages without a search option.
I believe the LED options are pretty limited on this board. I am not the right person to answer this, but I believe it only supports caps lock and the WASD cluster. There might be a couple more leds, but not much more than that if I remember correctly...
Ya. I have heard about the extra module for full backlighting, but I didn't think it was fully tested and working yet. I am sure as people get their boards this will get ironed out pretty quickly.What are the LED options available on this board? Would love to do indicators based on the active layer or some other trigger through the firmware.
It has probably been answered before, but it's over 130 pages without a search option.
I believe the LED options are pretty limited on this board. I am not the right person to answer this, but I believe it only supports caps lock and the WASD cluster. There might be a couple more leds, but not much more than that if I remember correctly...
It supports full backlighting but needs an extra module for that (should be programmable as well iirc).
Ya. I have heard about the extra module for full backlighting, but I didn't think it was fully tested and working yet. I am sure as people get their boards this will get ironed out pretty quickly.
Pardon my ignorance, by requiring 'an extra module', is that extra hardware or is it only an addition to the firmware somehow? Do you know how this 'module' is implemented?
Cool. Thx. :)Ya. I have heard about the extra module for full backlighting, but I didn't think it was fully tested and working yet. I am sure as people get their boards this will get ironed out pretty quickly.
Pardon my ignorance, by requiring 'an extra module', is that extra hardware or is it only an addition to the firmware somehow? Do you know how this 'module' is implemented?
I don't know the state of the addon module. I know komar had a prototype made though.
It's a small addon PCB that gets soldered onto the main PCB. It has a seperate controller for the LEDs as the main controller hasn't got enough pins iirc.
tj, did you record my address change?
Yes, but I'll be posting something over the weekend so that everyone can check, verify and modify orders if they aren't showing correctly, including addresses.
tj, did you record my address change?
Yes, but I'll be posting something over the weekend so that everyone can check, verify and modify orders if they aren't showing correctly, including addresses.
Did this happen and I missed it?
tj, did you record my address change?
Yes, but I'll be posting something over the weekend so that everyone can check, verify and modify orders if they aren't showing correctly, including addresses.
Did this happen and I missed it?
No, I decided to hold off another week before tossing it up.
I don't think it's a good idea to have all that information publicly available.Agreed,
Click here -
MOD EDIT: NO PERSONAL INFO AT ALL
Check your order and address. Is it wrong?
Click here -
MOD EDIT: NO PERSONAL INFO AT ALL
Enter the correct info. I'll leave this up for a month.
Payment deadline has passed. If you haven't paid by now, consider your order canceled.
Open invoice orders are now posted for sale.
Here are the orders for sale. If you want to take over an order, post here in the thread with the row number from the spreadsheet. We will contact you for your info and to send an invoice. Payment will be expected immediately. Thanks! https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Aj13Z1f7GUuzdGY0WlF1SjRkZ0VOVVpUMzV5bjg4dWc&usp=sharing
Welp, there went that idea. Bleh.
That spreadsheet is almost as dangerous as a phone book!
In all seriousness, I get why it's unnerving. But I do think it's funny how we get kind of sensitive in this day and age about info that pretty recently was expected to be in the public domain.
Hmm, I was going to ask if anyone wanted to sell their order, but it seems people who have had someone elses orders may not get it?
Hmm, I was going to ask if anyone wanted to sell their order, but it seems people who have had someone elses orders may not get it?
People who paid for an order will get it.
Not too sure if mine needed changing so I filled the firm out anyway.
(and cmyw)
(and cmyw)
How are those related?
Not sure if this is the right place, but I was wondering if anyone had a 3d model of the poker case (or any case that would fit the gh60). I'm thinking of 3d printing a case.
If you haven't already noticed, Massdrop has taken real interest into this board, and you might see another chance of getting it:
https://www.massdrop.com/vote/diy-keyboard-pcbs
If you haven't already noticed, Massdrop has taken real interest into this board, and you might see another chance of getting it:
https://www.massdrop.com/vote/diy-keyboard-pcbs
Unfortunately we won't be seeing anyone else carrying the GH60 until this GB is done. MechanicalKeyboards said ages ago that they want to carry the PCB's but the gerber files still aren't available for them to do another run.
Stabilizers were sent, but the 6.25 have a bend in the wire that causes problems with plate. I'll be getting some without the bend to resolve that issue from GMK in a few more weeks and send some to tj for this order. Perhaps they are waiting to send anything until this is resolved?
Stabilizers were sent, but the 6.25 have a bend in the wire that causes problems with plate. I'll be getting some without the bend to resolve that issue from GMK in a few more weeks and send some to tj for this order. Perhaps they are waiting to send anything until this is resolved?
Where are you getting the comstar stabilizers from? I have been hunting all over the net and I am finding it very difficult to find a supplier for stabilizers :(
Stabilizers were sent, but the 6.25 have a bend in the wire that causes problems with plate. I'll be getting some without the bend to resolve that issue from GMK in a few more weeks and send some to tj for this order. Perhaps they are waiting to send anything until this is resolved?
Where are you getting the comstar stabilizers from? I have been hunting all over the net and I am finding it very difficult to find a supplier for stabilizers :(
FWIW, costar stabilizers are currently available from WASD (http://www.wasdkeyboards.com/index.php/products/keyboard-parts.html).
Stabilizers were sent, but the 6.25 have a bend in the wire that causes problems with plate. I'll be getting some without the bend to resolve that issue from GMK in a few more weeks and send some to tj for this order. Perhaps they are waiting to send anything until this is resolved?
Stabilizers were sent, but the 6.25 have a bend in the wire that causes problems with plate. I'll be getting some without the bend to resolve that issue from GMK in a few more weeks and send some to tj for this order. Perhaps they are waiting to send anything until this is resolved?
Can TJ confirm?
I mean, that's one thing. I still have to reconfirm orders and there's still a week before I close the mailing changes sheet.
I mean, that's one thing. I still have to reconfirm orders and there's still a week before I close the mailing changes sheet.
To make your life easier, my order and everything is the same ;)
One down!
as far as stabs go. costar stabs suck for what its worth. i am a straight cherry man myself.
Costar stabs have virtually no effect on feel.
But when will the next run be? I know obviously the first run (this) has to be finished. Maybe a few months after this first run finishes?
Costar stabs have virtually no effect on feel.
Disagree strongly. Straight cherry man myself, so I agree with Tricheboars on that front.
If I didn't order stabilizers can I have mine now?
PWEEEAAAZZZEEE!!! ;)
If I didn't order stabilizers can I have mine now?
PWEEEAAAZZZEEE!!! ;)
Last time I spoke with TJ, he told me that his plan is to wait until he has everything in hand (including the replacement stabilizer wires), and go down the list from the top. No exceptions. I don't have my GH60 stuff, either, so I'm playing the waiting game, same as you guys.
TJ is also hoping that anyone who had an address change will update their info via the form he created for that purpose.
If I didn't order stabilizers can I have mine now?
PWEEEAAAZZZEEE!!! ;)
Last time I spoke with TJ, he told me that his plan is to wait until he has everything in hand (including the replacement stabilizer wires), and go down the list from the top. No exceptions. I don't have my GH60 stuff, either, so I'm playing the waiting game, same as you guys.
TJ is also hoping that anyone who had an address change will update their info via the form he created for that purpose.
I'm also hoping to have the order form edited this weekend so everyone can check their orders and fill out that same change form if need be. It's getting there slowly.
as far as stabs go. costar stabs suck for what its worth. i am a straight cherry man myself.
How do you figure? It's not really black and white like that. Costar stabs have virtually no effect on feel. Cherry stabs require removal and clipping in order to not feel mushy when bottoming out. And in terms of removal, you're going to have a bad time if you try to remove Cherry stabs for lubing/maintenance without desoldering switches. I also can't count the number of times that I've inadvertently unseated a wire on a Cherry stab while trying to remove a key.
I go with Cherry stabs where I can because I have a ton of them, but Costar stabs have some huge advantages.
as far as stabs go. costar stabs suck for what its worth. i am a straight cherry man myself.
How do you figure? It's not really black and white like that. Costar stabs have virtually no effect on feel. Cherry stabs require removal and clipping in order to not feel mushy when bottoming out. And in terms of removal, you're going to have a bad time if you try to remove Cherry stabs for lubing/maintenance without desoldering switches. I also can't count the number of times that I've inadvertently unseated a wire on a Cherry stab while trying to remove a key.
I go with Cherry stabs where I can because I have a ton of them, but Costar stabs have some huge advantages.
^ This!
The only advantage of cherry stabs is that it is easier to replace keycaps (or you have severe OCD and you need all your keyboard to be branded from the same company).
Costar stabs have thinner wires compared to cherry stabs (3/64" vs 1/16"). From my experience, it's more prone to make metal noises especially once it gets bent out of shape (even if it's very slightly) and in general tends to rattle more than cherry.A little lube silences them for me. I am happy with both. I find cherry can be a bit more temperamental, but nothing dramatic.
cherry stab often doesn't even work with not-OEM keycaps and you have to sand/file/cut to prevent friction.
cherry stab often doesn't even work with not-OEM keycaps and you have to sand/file/cut to prevent friction.
Are you saying Cherry stabs don't work with Cherry boards? wat?
So what would be non OEM caps for you then?
Costar stabs have thinner wires compared to cherry stabs (3/64" vs 1/16"). From my experience, it's more prone to make metal noises especially once it gets bent out of shape (even if it's very slightly) and in general tends to rattle more than cherry.
Costar stabs have thinner wires compared to cherry stabs (3/64" vs 1/16"). From my experience, it's more prone to make metal noises especially once it gets bent out of shape (even if it's very slightly) and in general tends to rattle more than cherry.
+1 this! Stopping the metal rattle is what it's all about!
Superlube works well for this too, it's cheap and widely available.Costar stabs have thinner wires compared to cherry stabs (3/64" vs 1/16"). From my experience, it's more prone to make metal noises especially once it gets bent out of shape (even if it's very slightly) and in general tends to rattle more than cherry.
+1 this! Stopping the metal rattle is what it's all about!
EK's Mechlube will stop the Costar stabilizers from rattling completely. I imagine super thick from Techkeys or CtrlAlt would achieve the same thing.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1-lBJlTdauVcQHwEUY45BxDDy-QEKVCBu0oDNDG_qzRk/edit?usp=sharingIf we submitted changes previously do we need to do it again?
Check your order here.
http://goo.gl/forms/koFeGiUzL1
Notate any errors here.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1-lBJlTdauVcQHwEUY45BxDDy-QEKVCBu0oDNDG_qzRk/edit?usp=sharing
Check your order here.
http://goo.gl/forms/koFeGiUzL1
Notate any errors here.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1-lBJlTdauVcQHwEUY45BxDDy-QEKVCBu0oDNDG_qzRk/edit?usp=sharing
Check your order here.
http://goo.gl/forms/koFeGiUzL1
Notate any errors here.
my order doesn't show up... should I worry? I took over someone else's order (but I can't really remember who, he didn't pay, so I took his order)
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1-lBJlTdauVcQHwEUY45BxDDy-QEKVCBu0oDNDG_qzRk/edit?usp=sharing
Check your order here.
http://goo.gl/forms/koFeGiUzL1
Notate any errors here.
my order doesn't show up... should I worry? I took over someone else's order (but I can't really remember who, he didn't pay, so I took his order)
I'm in the same boat, if you can remember look up what he ordered, lucky for me I remembered a certain unique question he asked + all the components he needed. Think back to what you looked for in the order you took over.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1-lBJlTdauVcQHwEUY45BxDDy-QEKVCBu0oDNDG_qzRk/edit?usp=sharing
Check your order here.
http://goo.gl/forms/koFeGiUzL1
Notate any errors here.
just to be clear, this is to see if your original order is correct, not to ask for any changes, correct?
So how's Komar doing? Are his PCBs / plates still available at the manufacturer, and is he ready to ship once he lets those come over?
Thanks for the update, even if news is a little scarce. :)
Last I talked to him, he's busy with his thesis right now. I have all the plates for the buy and waiting for a list from him for what he needs. I have no idea what his plans are for fulfillment at the moment.
So how's Komar doing? Are his PCBs / plates still available at the manufacturer, and is he ready to ship once he lets those come over?
So what's the current ETA? We've had money tied up in this forever and it's pretty hard to understand why people who don't have any stabilizers on their order need to keep waiting for those to arrive.
I do this kind of work every day. You have a queue. You start at the top with the people whose orders can be filled right now and you work until you get to the people whose orders you can't fill. This isn't harder than doing "everything in one big patch", in fact it's easier. You have to work down a list either way and now your list is smaller. When people have had money tied up in this for over a year, and we keep getting endless delays with no clear answer for when we will be getting what we paid for, it's pretty frustrating. It's even more frustrating when the plans got open-sourced before the GB was completed so now companies are out there selling these kits while people who helped push the project through from the beginning are left in the cold and dark with no expectation for when their long-standing faith and financial support of the community will be rewarded.
I do this kind of work every day. You have a queue. You start at the top with the people whose orders can be filled right now and you work until you get to the people whose orders you can't fill. This isn't harder than doing "everything in one big patch", in fact it's easier. You have to work down a list either way and now your list is smaller. When people have had money tied up in this for over a year, and we keep getting endless delays with no clear answer for when we will be getting what we paid for, it's pretty frustrating. It's even more frustrating when the plans got open-sourced before the GB was completed so now companies are out there selling these kits while people who helped push the project through from the beginning are left in the cold and dark with no expectation for when their long-standing faith and financial support of the community will be rewarded.
I do not believe the final PCB revision files have been publicly released.
I do this kind of work every day. You have a queue. You start at the top with the people whose orders can be filled right now and you work until you get to the people whose orders you can't fill. This isn't harder than doing "everything in one big patch", in fact it's easier. You have to work down a list either way and now your list is smaller. When people have had money tied up in this for over a year, and we keep getting endless delays with no clear answer for when we will be getting what we paid for, it's pretty frustrating. It's even more frustrating when the plans got open-sourced before the GB was completed so now companies are out there selling these kits while people who helped push the project through from the beginning are left in the cold and dark with no expectation for when their long-standing faith and financial support of the community will be rewarded.
I do not believe the final PCB revision files have been publicly released.
Nope, not yet. The ones people are buying from Taobao are Rev.B Prototype clones or forks of that revision. Makes me sad that people are buying those, when they would be buying the "official" version when it becomes available.
I do this kind of work every day. You have a queue. You start at the top with the people whose orders can be filled right now and you work until you get to the people whose orders you can't fill. This isn't harder than doing "everything in one big patch", in fact it's easier. You have to work down a list either way and now your list is smaller. When people have had money tied up in this for over a year, and we keep getting endless delays with no clear answer for when we will be getting what we paid for, it's pretty frustrating. It's even more frustrating when the plans got open-sourced before the GB was completed so now companies are out there selling these kits while people who helped push the project through from the beginning are left in the cold and dark with no expectation for when their long-standing faith and financial support of the community will be rewarded.
At this point we can't really do anything about this as he "wants to wait for all the components before shipping", Which is just a bunch of bull****...
You know what sounds like a bunch of bull****? The fact that this guy has taken over a group buy he had absolutely nothing to do with in the first place aside from helping with invoicing then having it abandoned on him while he still tries to run his own business, and having all of you **** on him every moment of the day for his decisions to make it easier on himself. You provide zero help here. We're all waiting. Just relax a moment. It's not like he's running away from this whole thing. Once things are all together, I'll even be going to visit him and help out as well to make it easier on him. Can't any of you have some consideration for what has been a trainwreck of a group buy for a guy that has taken over when everything was a mess and trying to put it back together as best he can?
Worse than the tied up money is actually just having a sorted keyset, switches, springs and case sitting on the shelf. I can feel it's cold hard stare right trough the box while browsing geekhack.
Yep, my Hammer case is sitting next to me calling.
Worse than the tied up money is actually just having a sorted keyset, switches, springs and case sitting on the shelf. I can feel it's cold hard stare right trough the box while browsing geekhack.Yep, my Hammer case is sitting next to me calling.
Well, atleast your orders aren't getting shipped to someone that isn't active anymore.....
Ya. I am in the same situation for one of my PCBs. I am trusting they will come through when they arrive since this person was a long time member and seems to be well respected. Fingers crossed.Worse than the tied up money is actually just having a sorted keyset, switches, springs and case sitting on the shelf. I can feel it's cold hard stare right trough the box while browsing geekhack.Yep, my Hammer case is sitting next to me calling.
Well, atleast your orders aren't getting shipped to someone that isn't active anymore.....
Ya. I am in the same situation for one of my PCBs. I am trusting they will come through when they arrive since this person was a long time member and seems to be well respected. Fingers crossed.Worse than the tied up money is actually just having a sorted keyset, switches, springs and case sitting on the shelf. I can feel it's cold hard stare right trough the box while browsing geekhack.Yep, my Hammer case is sitting next to me calling.
Well, atleast your orders aren't getting shipped to someone that isn't active anymore.....
Edit: Well I just checked and he has not posted since January, but he was 'last active' on Nov 16th, so it looks like he is still lurking, so thats a good sign... :)
If I didn't order stabilizers can I have mine now?
PWEEEAAAZZZEEE!!! ;)
Last time I spoke with TJ, he told me that his plan is to wait until he has everything in hand (including the replacement stabilizer wires), and go down the list from the top. No exceptions. I don't have my GH60 stuff, either, so I'm playing the waiting game, same as you guys.
TJ is also hoping that anyone who had an address change will update their info via the form he created for that purpose.
I'm also hoping to have the order form edited this weekend so everyone can check their orders and fill out that same change form if need be. It's getting there slowly.
No worries guys....I'm just excited to build my first keyboard. Thanks for making sure everything is completely ready before proceeding! Just in case I submitted a change to my shipping address. I know I've done it on another group buy but can't remember if I've done it here.
i ordered this 20 months ago.
i ordered this 20 months ago.
I also ordered this 20 months ago. :)
Since all this is waiting on (supposedly) is stabilizers, could those without stabilizers be shipped? Also, could those who ordered stabilizers and also participated in Ivan's stabilizer buy just get their stabilizers shipped to them by Ivan and have the rest shipped now?
i ordered this 20 months ago.
I also ordered this 20 months ago. :)
What's the deal with the stabilizers? Seems for me like you all are waiting for quite some time now. I'm just curious as a friend is in on this GB and I for myself am waiting for the revision of the board to pop up (I'm curious, too ^^). I was told it will be revealed after shipments start.
As the one that obtained the stabilizers, and the amount of them that were ordered I am pretty sure most orders included them. As far as status, just to recap all the 6.25 size had a switch clearance mid section bend in them making them problematic on plate mount. New wires without the bend are on order but there is a delay from Cherry on getting them to GMK, then to me, then sent to TJ. These should finally be fulfilled sometime in January, at which point I assume orders will start getting delivered.
Has this surpassed Round 4 in duration of wait yet?
Has this surpassed Round 4 in duration of wait yet?
Round 4 vs. GH60 -- fight!
Round 4:
Ordering started:
2011-10-15 (started as interest check)
Orders closed:
2012-09-19
Production finished:
2013-04-04
Shipped:
2013-07-31 (except for missing items that are not existing)
GH60:
Interest check started:
2012-08-24
Ordering started:
2013-03-21
Orders closed:
2013-04-22
Payment deadline:
2013-06-30
Production finished:
2015-01-?? (almost finished, except for stabilisers)
Shipped:
2015-01-?? (does not ship until everything is there)
Those 2 group buys are about different things.
While for key caps the battle is always about more kinds of keys vs. MOQ, for keyboards it is always prototypes that have to be tested that delays the whole thing.
We don't know when GH60 will ship, but when it does, you will have your order 100%, while in Round 4, people still wait for those row 2 vertical + keys.
oh look. 7bit and gh60 all in one thread. its like all my ancient buys are hanging out together laughing at me and my wallet. i wants my gh60 and my round 5. in for the long haul.
As the one that obtained the stabilizers, and the amount of them that were ordered I am pretty sure most orders included them. As far as status, just to recap all the 6.25 size had a switch clearance mid section bend in them making them problematic on plate mount. New wires without the bend are on order but there is a delay from Cherry on getting them to GMK, then to me, then sent to TJ. These should finally be fulfilled sometime in January, at which point I assume orders will start getting delivered.
As the one that obtained the stabilizers, and the amount of them that were ordered I am pretty sure most orders included them. As far as status, just to recap all the 6.25 size had a switch clearance mid section bend in them making them problematic on plate mount. New wires without the bend are on order but there is a delay from Cherry on getting them to GMK, then to me, then sent to TJ. These should finally be fulfilled sometime in January, at which point I assume orders will start getting delivered.
Is there a way to change shipping address? I've moved since I bought the original GH60..
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1-lBJlTdauVcQHwEUY45BxDDy-QEKVCBu0oDNDG_qzRk/edit?usp=sharing
Check your order here.
http://goo.gl/forms/koFeGiUzL1
Notate any errors here.
oh look. 7bit and gh60 all in one thread. its like all my ancient buys are hanging out together laughing at me and my wallet. i wants my gh60 and my round 5. in for the long haul.
No worries dude. You need your GH60 in order to have something to put your round 5 on, so its all good... :P
So what're the status of the stabs? Are they starting to get delivered to TJ and komar?
So I finally got some update on the 6.25 wires. Apparently Cherry Europe, who GMK usually deal with are out of these parts and have no plans to make them any time soon. GMK is going to try sourcing from Cherry Asia... it will probably be a while longer. Sorry for the long waiting.
It's been answered plenty of times. Orders will be shipped out when everything is ready.
It's been answered plenty of times. Orders will be shipped out when everything is ready.
I'm well aware the question "when will this ship?" has been "answered plenty of times" however we didn't have this latest information when it was answered. It seems to me as if there is no timeframe now as to when the corrected stabilizers will be received. With this new information in hand I'm asking that the previous discussion be brought back up and seriously considered as opposed to just having someone come in here and repeat that my question has been answered before and that under no circumstances will the discussion resume.
What's the deciding factor on when new information will cause the shipping issue to be reconsidered then?
metafour, we have been told that no orders will ship before others. Everything will ship when everything is ready.
I'm not sure if you have your panties in a bunch because you have to wait or what, but just remember that your period will pass. Get a heat pad if your cramps are bothering you.
metafour, we have been told that no orders will ship before others. Everything will ship when everything is ready.
I'm not sure if you have your panties in a bunch because you have to wait or what, but just remember that your period will pass. Get a heat pad if your cramps are bothering you.
I don't appreciate your level of discourse. Just because this is an internet forum doesn't give you free reign to insult me based on some perceived slight because I asked the person who has the materials in this situation to reconsider their previous stance based on new information. Changing your attitude and approach to other people regardless of the situation would make not only this forum but the world a better place and is something you should consider.
Agreed, metafour. People in this thread especially jump at anyone who asks a question and it's a little saddening :(metafour, we have been told that no orders will ship before others. Everything will ship when everything is ready.
I'm not sure if you have your panties in a bunch because you have to wait or what, but just remember that your period will pass. Get a heat pad if your cramps are bothering you.
I don't appreciate your level of discourse. Just because this is an internet forum doesn't give you free reign to insult me based on some perceived slight because I asked the person who has the materials in this situation to reconsider their previous stance based on new information. Changing your attitude and approach to other people regardless of the situation would make not only this forum but the world a better place and is something you should consider.
+1I don't appreciate your level of discourse. Just because this is an internet forum doesn't give you free reign to insult me based on some perceived slight because I asked the person who has the materials in this situation to reconsider their previous stance based on new information. Changing your attitude and approach to other people regardless of the situation would make not only this forum but the world a better place and is something you should consider.Agreed, metafour. People in this thread especially jump at anyone who asks a question and it's a little saddening :(
+1I don't appreciate your level of discourse. Just because this is an internet forum doesn't give you free reign to insult me based on some perceived slight because I asked the person who has the materials in this situation to reconsider their previous stance based on new information. Changing your attitude and approach to other people regardless of the situation would make not only this forum but the world a better place and is something you should consider.Agreed, metafour. People in this thread especially jump at anyone who asks a question and it's a little saddening :(
I'm sure I'll get flamed for even asking something but : Out of curiosity, who decided to ship everything together? Could someone explain why that decision was made? It just does not make sense to me. There are people who ordered just PCBs, which are made and ready, so why not ship them out? As I said, I'm just curious. I really don't mind when I get my PCB and I'm not going to try and encourage any decisions to be changed.
my guess would be, seeing as tj runs a business, he wants to get this over in one shot. remember most of the originators just up and disappeared from this buy and left this dude hanging.Yeah, that's the way I understood it. At this point I think we owe it to TJ to just let him handle this however he feels is best and in his own time. I know I can wait a while longer for my PCB..
I agree with Glod here, I'm tempted to write this off as a loss and get another PCB in my build for months now.
This is still way better than the Sprit GB
I gave you a clear answer to your question. It was short, but it was clear based on the information we have already been given.metafour, we have been told that no orders will ship before others. Everything will ship when everything is ready.
I'm not sure if you have your panties in a bunch because you have to wait or what, but just remember that your period will pass. Get a heat pad if your cramps are bothering you.
I don't appreciate your level of discourse. Just because this is an internet forum doesn't give you free reign to insult me based on some perceived slight because I asked the person who has the materials in this situation to reconsider their previous stance based on new information. Changing your attitude and approach to other people regardless of the situation would make not only this forum but the world a better place and is something you should consider.
Vitriol? More like the right response to a person with a superiority complex that couldn't take a clear answer for what it was. Asking for more information when there is no need for one, getting the answer, but not being happy with it is no reason to start replying to me like I am the one controlling the facts.I don't appreciate your level of discourse. Just because this is an internet forum doesn't give you free reign to insult me based on some perceived slight because I asked the person who has the materials in this situation to reconsider their previous stance based on new information. Changing your attitude and approach to other people regardless of the situation would make not only this forum but the world a better place and is something you should consider.
+1, I'm consistently amazed at the level of vitriol on this forum.
+1I don't appreciate your level of discourse. Just because this is an internet forum doesn't give you free reign to insult me based on some perceived slight because I asked the person who has the materials in this situation to reconsider their previous stance based on new information. Changing your attitude and approach to other people regardless of the situation would make not only this forum but the world a better place and is something you should consider.Agreed, metafour. People in this thread especially jump at anyone who asks a question and it's a little saddening :(
I'm sure I'll get flamed for even asking something but : Out of curiosity, who decided to ship everything together? Could someone explain why that decision was made? It just does not make sense to me. There are people who ordered just PCBs, which are made and ready, so why not ship them out? As I said, I'm just curious. I really don't mind when I get my PCB and I'm not going to try and encourage any decisions to be changed.
Honestly I'm not that pumped to purchase other 60% pcb's. I have at least 5 cases waiting for my boards to go in them. Just wish I could find some better TKL cases for my phantoms.
Honestly I'm not that pumped to purchase other 60% pcb's. I have at least 5 cases waiting for my boards to go in them. Just wish I could find some better TKL cases for my phantoms.
Im in the same boat, I love my Phantom(s) and want something better than just a Filco case for them.
Im getting a prototype Phantom case made in a couple weeks (hopefully) that you might like. If it turns out as well as I hope I will be running a GB for them. ;)
Honestly I'm not that pumped to purchase other 60% pcb's. I have at least 5 cases waiting for my boards to go in them. Just wish I could find some better TKL cases for my phantoms.
Im in the same boat, I love my Phantom(s) and want something better than just a Filco case for them.
Im getting a prototype Phantom case made in a couple weeks (hopefully) that you might like. If it turns out as well as I hope I will be running a GB for them. ;)
Aluminum?
I gave you a clear answer to your question. It was short, but it was clear based on the information we have already been given.metafour, we have been told that no orders will ship before others. Everything will ship when everything is ready.
I'm not sure if you have your panties in a bunch because you have to wait or what, but just remember that your period will pass. Get a heat pad if your cramps are bothering you.
I don't appreciate your level of discourse. Just because this is an internet forum doesn't give you free reign to insult me based on some perceived slight because I asked the person who has the materials in this situation to reconsider their previous stance based on new information. Changing your attitude and approach to other people regardless of the situation would make not only this forum but the world a better place and is something you should consider.
There is no new information that would change any of the previous facts, so you talking like you actually know something to me just proves that you don't. There was no need for you to continue on that question, but you just had to have the last word, right?Vitriol? More like the right response to a person with a superiority complex that couldn't take a clear answer for what it was. Asking for more information when there is no need for one, getting the answer, but not being happy with it is no reason to start replying to me like I am the one controlling the facts.I don't appreciate your level of discourse. Just because this is an internet forum doesn't give you free reign to insult me based on some perceived slight because I asked the person who has the materials in this situation to reconsider their previous stance based on new information. Changing your attitude and approach to other people regardless of the situation would make not only this forum but the world a better place and is something you should consider.
+1, I'm consistently amazed at the level of vitriol on this forum.+1I don't appreciate your level of discourse. Just because this is an internet forum doesn't give you free reign to insult me based on some perceived slight because I asked the person who has the materials in this situation to reconsider their previous stance based on new information. Changing your attitude and approach to other people regardless of the situation would make not only this forum but the world a better place and is something you should consider.Agreed, metafour. People in this thread especially jump at anyone who asks a question and it's a little saddening :(
I'm sure I'll get flamed for even asking something but : Out of curiosity, who decided to ship everything together? Could someone explain why that decision was made? It just does not make sense to me. There are people who ordered just PCBs, which are made and ready, so why not ship them out? As I said, I'm just curious. I really don't mind when I get my PCB and I'm not going to try and encourage any decisions to be changed.
Who are these people that jump at anyone who asks a question? Because I didn't jump on anyone. I gave a short and factually accurate answer, and then metafour had to go on a rant about new information.
If you guys read up on what happened on the previous page; you could say that you are the ones that "ganged" up on me for telling metafour to calm down in a joking way. On a forum. About keyboards.
Stop being so sensitive, snowflakes.
Honestly I'm not that pumped to purchase other 60% pcb's. I have at least 5 cases waiting for my boards to go in them. Just wish I could find some better TKL cases for my phantoms.
Im in the same boat, I love my Phantom(s) and want something better than just a Filco case for them.
Im getting a prototype Phantom case made in a couple weeks (hopefully) that you might like. If it turns out as well as I hope I will be running a GB for them. ;)
I will be building and selling at least one of these, so let me know I'd you are trying to get in on this.
Haha. Awesome. If you are still interested when everything comes in, we can sort out the details then. :)I will be building and selling at least one of these, so let me know I'd you are trying to get in on this.
id buy one built by you sir, im aquiring a little collection of gh60s built by members lol
Haha. Awesome. If you are still interested when everything comes in, we can sort out the details then. :)I will be building and selling at least one of these, so let me know I'd you are trying to get in on this.
id buy one built by you sir, im aquiring a little collection of gh60s built by members lol
Seen on Taobao: 彰爷外设【Satan】白色全灯版 GH60 PCB 第二批 改进版 更好用版 (http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=2013.1.20141003.10.a1rLhx&scm=1007.10011.4564.0&id=40210832516&pvid=f374292d-74b8-4bf5-9f58-d227db124048)
Literally, what in the hell is this?
The PCB has the print "GH60 Satan intention to do".
I can't read Japanese (if that is what it is...)
...That particular version even has in-switch LEDs.
The newest version of the GH60 is Rev. C and it is not public yet - you will have to wait until the PCBs from the group buy are shipped.
You cannot buy the newest version anywhere yet. You will have to wait a bit, some orders will get sold in the classifieds and Mechanicalkeyboards.com will also most likely sell them later.
...That particular version even has in-switch LEDs.
Wait, does the board offered in this GB not have in switch LEDs?...the design at https://oshpark.com/shared_projects/tH85WHtP (https://oshpark.com/shared_projects/tH85WHtP) shows that the PCB supports it...
*throws a flare*
T Minus 1 year until delivery.
If the stabilizer wires would make another delay, I think this GB should just ship without it. Someone who is building this either have a spare wire or could DIY it. just my 2 cents.
If the stabilizer wires would make another delay, I think this GB should just ship without it. Someone who is building this either have a spare wire or could DIY it. just my 2 cents.
Believe me, that and many other options have been discussed. So far the answer is tough ****.
I have not followed this before, but if I understood well the GB is almost 2 years now? No offense intended to anyone, just asking. Because we have been very caustic at other GB's leaders for a kit like this that has one month delay and has been shipped already, LOL.
Stabs wire 6.25 ETA 2 weeks.
I paid for assembly for 2 GH60s and would happily skip that step.
I also do not want a refund for said assembly.
Is that possible?
Stabs wire 6.25 ETA 2 weeks.
I paid for assembly for 2 GH60s and would happily skip that step.
I also do not want a refund for said assembly.
Is that possible?
Sure, just send TJ a PM that you no longer want assembly.
I have not followed this before, but if I understood well the GB is almost 2 years now? No offense intended to anyone, just asking. Because we have been very caustic at other GB's leaders for a kit like this that has one month delay and has been shipped already, LOL.
That is correct.
The GB was started by WhiteFireDragon before the prototype of the board was completed, so it started a little early. Then WFD bailed on the GB and it's been in a bit of a tailspin since then. Various members of the community have stepped in to try and get it completed, or at least some of the work done, but it's going to be an epic task to get everything delivered and completed.
Stabs wire 6.25 ETA 2 weeks.This.
i concur.Stabs wire 6.25 ETA 2 weeks.
Woot!
Stabs wire 6.25 ETA 2 weeks.
Can I get confirmation on an address change? Also, the address changed from an international address to a CON-US one. I don't mind not getting a refund on the price difference if it complicates things but can I make sure that the order gets to the right distributor?
I'd love to take over someones buy if there is someone that has lost interest. Only need the PCB (bare, pesoldered or with component kit doesn't matter), but could possibly take over a larger order depending on the order selections. :) (shipping international)
I'd love to take over someones buy if there is someone that has lost interest. Only need the PCB (bare, pesoldered or with component kit doesn't matter), but could possibly take over a larger order depending on the order selections. :) (shipping international)
Looking to pick up a pre-soldered PCB. Please shoot me a pm if you have one to spare!There are some on TaoBao, just translate it http://s.taobao.com/search?q=gh60&commend=all&ssid=s5-e&search_type=mall&sourceId=tb.index&spm=a215z.7106357.5803581.d4908513
Not the same revision. Just so you know.Looking to pick up a pre-soldered PCB. Please shoot me a pm if you have one to spare!There are some on TaoBao, just translate it http://s.taobao.com/search?q=gh60&commend=all&ssid=s5-e&search_type=mall&sourceId=tb.index&spm=a215z.7106357.5803581.d4908513
Thats what I figured, this GB is revc and those are revb and a right?Not the same revision. Just so you know.Looking to pick up a pre-soldered PCB. Please shoot me a pm if you have one to spare!There are some on TaoBao, just translate it http://s.taobao.com/search?q=gh60&commend=all&ssid=s5-e&search_type=mall&sourceId=tb.index&spm=a215z.7106357.5803581.d4908513
Something like that. I think it is one rev behind.Thats what I figured, this GB is revc and those are revb and a right?Not the same revision. Just so you know.Looking to pick up a pre-soldered PCB. Please shoot me a pm if you have one to spare!There are some on TaoBao, just translate it http://s.taobao.com/search?q=gh60&commend=all&ssid=s5-e&search_type=mall&sourceId=tb.index&spm=a215z.7106357.5803581.d4908513
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PCB $28
1.5plate (pure shift) $16
cherry stabs $9
1 locking white switch --
70 white switches $50
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$103
Curious if anyone what became of switches. I ordered white ones (they don't show up on the order form....) and I remember something happening with the orders going over to DA but I never have got those either. Have my invoice from 2 years ago though.... Trying to off my order as well* but the switches are the bulk of it. Don't really want to split it.
PCB $28
1.5plate (pure shift) $16
cherry stabs $9
1 locking white switch --
70 white switches $50
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$103
*People have PMd me in the past but going through my inbox it looks like they're all inactive now.
EDIT - Invoice says:Order will be shipped to the GH60 distributor.
Just checked my order on the order sheet - all looks good, although I didn't mention that the switches would be coming from 7Bit.They went to komar007.
tjcaustin - I presume you got the 7bit supplied switches ok? Let me know of any problem or if you need more info.
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i'm taking bets on June lolololol
This post has summed up my life...Show Image(http://i.imgur.com/BZOGC.gif)
Running times of long group buys:
Hyper: 0.5 years (and counting ...; since first prototye (IC: 2 years))
Round3: 0.6 years (completed; without interest check)
Round5: 1.5 years (estimated; includes interest check)
Round4: 2 years (completed; includes interest check)
GH60: 2 years (and counting ... ; without interest check (0.5 years))
:o
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Stabs wire 6.25 ETA 2 weeks.RIP
Its been just over two weeks. Ivan has to get them to TJ before he can start the process.Stabs wire 6.25 ETA 2 weeks.RIP
Is this still something? Who do I update my shipping address to?
I kind of want to sell my order, how would I go about doing that? Just put it up for sale and pm to have my address changed?
If i buy the PCB without components, will it work with a teensy?
If i buy the PCB without components, will it work with a teensy?
http://www.aliexpress.com/item/Satan-GH60-PCB-White-Board-LED-DIY-Mechanical-Keyboard/32266124434.html
Is this a ripoff PCB?
Where can i buy the GH60? I dont see an order form
Stabs have arrived ;)Arrived to Ivan, not to this buy yet. Will probably be at least a week of two before the people responsible for this buy have them in their hands.
https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=60789.msg1671486#msg1671486
Stabs have arrived ;)Arrived to Ivan, not to this buy yet. Will probably be at least a week of two before the people responsible for this buy have them in their hands.
https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=60789.msg1671486#msg1671486
Patience everyone...
Stabs have arrived ;)Arrived to Ivan, not to this buy yet. Will probably be at least a week of two before the people responsible for this buy have them in their hands.
https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=60789.msg1671486#msg1671486
Patience everyone...
That sounds about right to me.Stabs have arrived ;)Arrived to Ivan, not to this buy yet. Will probably be at least a week of two before the people responsible for this buy have them in their hands.
https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=60789.msg1671486#msg1671486
Patience everyone...
Even so, I'm still calling June or later delivery.
Please surprise me and prove me wrong.
next up waiting for the boxes TJ has to use to ship all this stuff out and rolls of shipping labels. dude if you mail these out in cheap bubble mailers i will be pissed as hell.
next up waiting for the boxes TJ has to use to ship all this stuff out and rolls of shipping labels. dude if you mail these out in cheap bubble mailers i will be pissed as hell.
All the shipping supplies I'm sure are on hand since there's been such a long wait for the stabilizers.
this group buy is a huge huge task
and as much as people moan, some time should be taken to really appreciate all the variables that go in to it, between switches, stabs, smd parts, pcbs, plates etc, all of these parts have different variables, lead times, people and issues to contend with, on top of that there is the assembly work etc, as well as the people who have come and gone, aand the people who have stepped in and had to pick up behind the scenes issues people may not know about
this isnt the same thing as many other gbs, yes it has ran long, but at the same time, it also started very early, so a huge amount of that time can and should be discounted from the front end
yes not having updates doesnt help the situation, but things have been happening behind the scenes, and from what i can tell, once those stabs are on hand shortly, thats everything, and then the clock can begin, and even when it does, this is a mammoth task for anyone, let alone the small group of individuals tasked with it
this has taken a long time, and im sure its going to take a long time yet, and thats fine, because at the end of it, as a community, this will be something that we have created, endured and made happen, and i for one, will be both very happy and proud of my gh60's, whenever it is that i get them
No disrespect intended, but if whoever has the materials on hand is smart, there's no reason at least 20 packages a day isn't possible and there's no reason that the buy for the unassembled GH60s shouldn't be all shipped within the month. Someone with a head for logistics should have all the PCBs, plates, switches, and any other materials packed and in a box with the user name or identifier number on it. Once the stabs come in, they can quickly be wrapped and dropped in the box, the box can be sealed, and the label printed out. 20 boxes a day is 1-2 hours of work if everything has been properly pre-sorted.
As far as I'm concerned, this GB has long been a failure due to the leader disappearing and the total lack of updates and accountability. I respect TJ for picking up the reigns, but just because he took over doesn't mean it should take a back burner and go out lackadaisically.
No disrespect intended, but if whoever has the materials on hand is smart, there's no reason at least 20 packages a day isn't possible and there's no reason that the buy for the unassembled GH60s shouldn't be all shipped within the month. Even 10 packages a day hits the one month number. Someone with a head for logistics should have all the PCBs, plates, switches, and any other materials packed and in a box with the user name or identifier number on it. Once the stabs come in, they can quickly be wrapped and dropped in the box, the box can be sealed, and the label printed out. 20 boxes a day is 1-2 hours of work if everything has been properly pre-sorted. You don't even have to have it all shipped that day, prep it to ship Saturday and schedule a pickup for all the boxes.
As far as I'm concerned, this GB has long been a failure due to the leader disappearing and the total lack of updates and accountability. I respect TJ for picking up the reigns, but just because he took over doesn't mean it should take a back burner and go out lackadaisically.
Is this still something? Who do I update my shipping address to?
tjcaustin will be doing the shipping for US orders. komar007 is handling international.
Is this still something? Who do I update my shipping address to?
tjcaustin will be doing the shipping for US orders. komar007 is handling international.
Just a quick question jdcarpe... will komar be dealing with international shipping AND international assebly?
Is this still something? Who do I update my shipping address to?
tjcaustin will be doing the shipping for US orders. komar007 is handling international.
Just a quick question jdcarpe... will komar be dealing with international shipping AND international assebly?
Yes that is correct.
http://www.aliexpress.com/item/Satan-GH60-PCB-White-Board-LED-DIY-Mechanical-Keyboard/32266124434.html
Is this a ripoff PCB?
Where can i buy the GH60? I dont see an order form
No clue. Since it's not an official GH60, I doubt anyone in this thread would know. ;)http://www.aliexpress.com/item/Satan-GH60-PCB-White-Board-LED-DIY-Mechanical-Keyboard/32266124434.html
Is this a ripoff PCB?
Where can i buy the GH60? I dont see an order form
Is that the bare PCB or does it come with all SMD preassembled, including diodes.
The stabs wires that were being waited on have been shipped. Hopefully this will get moving now that all the pieces are in place..
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The stabs wires that were being waited on have been shipped. Hopefully this will get moving now that all the pieces are in place.
I took over an unpaid order. I submitted an update to the form earlier in the thread. Not sure if these are going to be reflected in the spreadsheet. Will these be confirmed before shipping?
If i buy the PCB without components, will it work with a teensy?
I took over an unpaid order. I submitted an update to the form earlier in the thread. Not sure if these are going to be reflected in the spreadsheet. Will these be confirmed before shipping?
I would like also to know if my new address has been taken into account too
Someone just asked me where these PCBs were made and I am completely blanking on this. Who did we use to actually get the PCBs printed?
OK. Fair enough. :)Someone just asked me where these PCBs were made and I am completely blanking on this. Who did we use to actually get the PCBs printed?
I know it was in China but that probably isn't specific enough, my searchfu is weak this morning.
Someone just asked me where these PCBs were made and I am completely blanking on this. Who did we use to actually get the PCBs printed?
I know it was in China but that probably isn't specific enough, my searchfu is weak this morning. I wanna say maybe pcbwing but that might have just been the phantom.
Someone just asked me where these PCBs were made and I am completely blanking on this. Who did we use to actually get the PCBs printed?
I know it was in China but that probably isn't specific enough, my searchfu is weak this morning. I wanna say maybe pcbwing but that might have just been the phantom.
Pretty sure it WASN'T pcbwing, but I can't remember now who it was. Komar would know for sure. :)
pcbcart
Is TJ only doing US? Komars shipping to CA as well for international?
Is TJ only doing US? Komars shipping to CA as well for international?
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Komar007, any updates on this or ETA once stabs arrive? I have every part bar the PCB now!
Komar007, any updates on this or ETA once stabs arrive? I have every part bar the PCB now!
Can't tell you the ETA from then, but when I get the stabs and plates, I'll do my best to organize it fast;)
Hi there! I'm moving to a new place on May 1st (same city, so shipping costs are the same) who should I send my updated address to? Unless of course shipping is happening very soon and I'll get my stuff before May 1... :)
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1-lBJlTdauVcQHwEUY45BxDDy-QEKVCBu0oDNDG_qzRk/edit?usp=sharing
Check your order here.
http://goo.gl/forms/koFeGiUzL1
Notate any errors here.
Stabs were shipped via Pony Express?
And for the love of all that is holy, do not April Fools us with the idea that you've shipped everyone's orders.
Stabs were shipped via Pony Express?
And for the love of all that is holy, do not April Fools us with the idea that you've shipped everyone's orders.
I had thought about this but I do think the delay is a bit too touchy of a subject for April Fools.
Stabs were shipped via Pony Express?
And for the love of all that is holy, do not April Fools us with the idea that you've shipped everyone's orders.
I had thought about this but I do think the delay is a bit too touchy of a subject for April Fools.
Haha, I even typed up a response to him saying "You haven't gotten your shipping notice? I got mine last week.", but I also thought it would be a bit too much of a touchy subject to pull the April 1st stuff on. :P
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I'll be selling my GH60 when it arrives as i've made the switch to topre. If anyone is interested let me know.I'm interested sent you a pm bud
Maybe demik's absence is because he's helping TJ get all this sorted out.Don't think he'd want to touch any cherry peasantry
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PCB's have been finished for like a year now right?
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PCB's have been finished for like a year now right?
And the plates and stabs should be at least to TJ by now, yet we continue to get no updates and no timeline for when things will happen.
I feel like I've been *****y about a lot of stuff of late, but it feels like there's just been so much bull**** needing to be called out. This is by far the biggest bit of bull****. At this point, TJ took my money about two years ago. People were all over Sprit when he gave more updates and most people hadn't even waited a year. Hell, even Toxic is practically done (aside from the USB cables) and that suffered through silence and the US distributor practically going AWOL.
I just want my investment in this to be treated with respect. And with no updates since November of last year, I'm feeling pretty disrespected.
Well, I thought I was helping this project along... Sorry I couldn't do more dudes!!!
Maybe by XMas??? :/
Were pics of the received parts ever posted?of the plates but I think that was it.
Well, I thought I was helping this project along... Sorry I couldn't do more dudes!!!<3
Maybe by XMas??? :/
Well, I thought I was helping this project along... Sorry I couldn't do more dudes!!!
Maybe by XMas??? :/
Maybe he should just pack it all up and ship it to somebody trustworthy? I'm not even in this, and I'd pitch in a few bucks for that.
As someone that does large scale buys... this should really be in the pack order and send them out stage. They have had LOADS of time to do any assembly stuff while waiting for parts that were not essential to doing so.
Even if they for whatever reason have not done assembly... those who don't need/want it sure as **** shouldn't have to continue waiting for that. For those that requested assembly, if more time is needed then they should go last.
As someone that does large scale buys... this should really be in the pack order and send them out stage. They have had LOADS of time to do any assembly stuff while waiting for parts that were not essential to doing so.
Even if they for whatever reason have not done assembly... those who don't need/want it sure as **** shouldn't have to continue waiting for that. For those that requested assembly, if more time is needed then they should go last.
Maybe he should just pack it all up and ship it to somebody trustworthy? I'm not even in this, and I'd pitch in a few bucks for that.
Edit: And who the hell says that we should take it easy on somebody just because they are helping out? If you decide to take on the task then you take on the responsibility too. Don't try to shirk that responsibility just because you weren't the original person to put it together.Because they are doing it for free, if I understand this correctly. Also, sometimes a task can seem easy or trivial in the situation you take it on, but sometimes (most times, actually), Lifetm happens. And then everybody gets f'd over.
All that said, thank the majority of you for being patient and understanding. This has been a cluster**** since day one and no one deserves that.Hey TJ! Thanks, man! :thumb: It's great that you took this over. I've been waiting along with everybody else and I'm glad that someone took this over instead of just letting it die. :-*
TJ, are you saying you haven't even planned anything in the months that have passed because you didn't have all the parts on hand? And because you were busy?
Why didn't you just try to recruit someone else to help or deal with this cluster **** if you are too busy? I mean aren't we talking about over a hundred people waiting for their stuff? If not more?
Edit: And who the hell says that we should take it easy on somebody just because they are helping out? If you decide to take on the task then you take on the responsibility too. Don't try to shirk that responsibility just because you weren't the original person to put it together.
Sure it's complex... and it's a big project. But if you don't start getting it done it's not ever going to get done. This is what is making people upset.
If you need a crew to get it done, then get one together. Otherwise if doing it solo using time wisely and shipping in waves is something I have come to see as paramount. Otherwise I would just feel overwhelmed looking at a big pile of stuff that needs done and demotivate myself. Some people will have to wait longer than others to get their orders, and that is just the breaks. I think people would be happy to see that things are moving, and being shipped even if it's not their own order. At least it would be known progress is being made.
Edit: And who the hell says that we should take it easy on somebody just because they are helping out? If you decide to take on the task then you take on the responsibility too. Don't try to shirk that responsibility just because you weren't the original person to put it together.
I usually regret most of the posts I put into this thread, and they are almost always done from tapatalk where I'm being **** on in life like plane connections. But apparently a couple hours ago I just happened to equate tj to ISIS and that is just too hilarious to apologize for, wow
So I need to make an update when I have nothing to update, but not a bull**** update?
I got stabs a couple days after lysol said he mailed them to me. Considering a few other factors that aren't anyone's problem here, I didn't feel the need to tell you that "yep, lysol did ship me stab bars". Especially since I didn't have anything new to say otherwise. I don't have a timeline because I'm busy and have no clue how long the steps I need to take will take because this level and complexity of fulfillment is completely foreign to me.
Keycap buys are not gh60 buys. I have learned this from trying to get my **** together and packed. This is like if you had to not only organize every cap order for dolch out of 102 different unlabeled bags while letting people decide what profile they want each keyrow to be. Even when I had to hand sort CCnG, it wasn't this complex. And I'm not even talking about the build orders, which will, and have always been planned to, go out last.
I'll be selling my GH60 when it arrives as i've made the switch to topre. If anyone is interested let me know.Yes please.
I usually regret most of the posts I put into this thread, and they are almost always done from tapatalk where I'm being **** on in life like plane connections. But apparently a couple hours ago I just happened to equate tj to ISIS and that is just too hilarious to apologize for, wow
It is pretty funny. Especially imagining filming me cutting the top portion of a pcb off after yelling about things in a foreign language for 10 min.
Yo TJ! Did you get my PM?I usually regret most of the posts I put into this thread, and they are almost always done from tapatalk where I'm being **** on in life like plane connections. But apparently a couple hours ago I just happened to equate tj to ISIS and that is just too hilarious to apologize for, wow
It is pretty funny. Especially imagining filming me cutting the top portion of a pcb off after yelling about things in a foreign language for 10 min.
nubbinator, just read his reply to me, and I'm pretty sure you'll get the gist as to what kind of "plan" is in place.
It will be done when TJ can get around to it.
I didn't feel the need to tell you
Looking to sell my 2 gh60s when they arrive.
If any Canadian is looking to pick one up, PM me.
Looking to sell my 2 gh60s when they arrive.
If any Canadian is looking to pick one up, PM me.
Also, why the hell are people apologizing for the mini-explosion when people are just asking to have their investment treated with respect and be given an update? An update with some sort of plan of attack, even if it's in the formative stages, is not hard to do and would be appreciated over total silence.
Asking for an update is fine..asking for pictures is disrespectful IMO...it is a sign you don't trust him.
And fair enough, you invested in this GB..but the people you should be treating poorly are the ones that disappeared...
I'm not saying there isn't room for improvement as far as handling a GB..even as a volunteer..but for all the people complaining, will you be volunteering the next time one of these goes pear shaped?
It's asking to see the status of the buy. And, based upon comments, some people don't trust him at this point. Posting pics would assuage some of those feelings. There is nothing disrespectful about asking to have concerns addressed.Again, asking for updates is fair. Suggesting he might be ripping people off isn't. He could as well rip people off..pictures aren't going to change that. If his intent was to take off it doesn't matter what pictures are there, what is said, what is done...
And, to be frank, I find it funny to label legitimate questions and concerns as disrespectful when the people who put their money into the buy haven't been respected throughout the buy. People have been politely asking for updates on the buy for about a year and a half now, if not longer. The questions rarely get answered and, when updates are given, there's usually an explosion by one of the organizers berating people instead of giving actual updates. That kind of behavior doesn't encourage people.Nothing is disrespectful with asking for an update. Are they all politely asking? Nope...are they picking on every little thing? Yeap...is it because they're frustrated? Of course they are...but their anger is being directed at the wrong person. Of course, I'm not saying this is being handled as well as it could...there are obvious things that could be done better..but this isn't the person benefiting from the GB..this is someone coming in to try to salvage it....I hold the person running the GB, who has gained benefit from it, to a higher standard than I would the person trying to put it together. More than that person could chew? Probably...but does it look like that person is trying to take off with people's stuff? No way..nothing in the slightest would indicate that..easily they can just disappear into the ether like the many other thieves this site has produced. So the suggestion is to stop suggesting that might be the case..
The ones who disappeared have already been demonized. There are threads dedicated to them and how they ripped people off. All that's happening here is a group of frustrated people wanting regular updates and to be treated with respect. I guarantee you things would get quieter in here if there were updates showing where things stand and where shipping is at.
And yes, TJ stepped up into a rough position. People have already pointed that out, but don't make it seem like he's a martyr.
Being a volunteer doesn't change the fact that there have been months to already set up a plan of action, and it doesn't seem like there is a full plan as of yet. And yes if I was in the states I would've taken over the buy or tried to help as much as possible. I wouldn't do it for nothing seeing as it wasn't my original GB, but I would do what I could. I would separate the parts of the buy that didn't have stabs, the parts that could be shipped now, and I would slowly package one of those a day and ship them out at the end of the week.
Then I would start figuring out how much space I could spare for some packages and when I should start packing the most stackable ones. I would then be ready to ship out some packages the day I got the stabs on hand.
And that idea was just what I thought of while replying now. If I had months to prepare I would have a whole lot better of an idea as to what I would need and who I would need to ask if I needed help.
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could you at least ship the European parts to komar so he can start?
The last I talked to komar, he was in a worse position in terms of time than I am. I've been waiting for a list of what he needs in terms of plates and stabs (he has the rest already) for a while now. He's been working on his thesis, the last I heard.
Everything has arrived at TJ's, they currently don't have the time to deal with it, so we have to wait indefinitely until they do (I assume)
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found this today: http://www.offerany.com/p-40858289145.html
What GH60 pcb is this?! Is it even legit? :eek: :eek:
idd, rip-off arseholes :(
found this today: http://www.offerany.com/p-40858289145.html (http://www.offerany.com/p-40858289145.html)
What GH60 pcb is this?! Is it even legit? :o :o
https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=66624.0 (https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=66624.0)
It's called GH60 Rev.CHN -- a fork of the GH60 Rev.B open source PCB.
So nice of them to steal WFD's renders, though. :(
Got a link?I've got lots of links. What were you looking for specifically?
I was wondering is this GH60 PCB.revB the final layout? Or is there another rev around?The rev. B files works if you don't want to wait for this buy to be completed. I made a rev. B PCB at my university, works great. I got some missing holes in the drill-files in the fabrication outputs that is on komars blog (http://blog.komar.be/projects/gh60-programmable-keyboard/), but otherwise it was fine.
Is it possible to see the changes and how this looks?
And is it possible or allowed to use these designs for my own purpose? As I can etch them at work (I dunno if this is the correct term here). I'm thinking of trying to create my own 60% board from ground up and learn soldering, wiring, putting switches on and stuff like that. And BlueBär recommended me this PCB design for my project.
Rev. C is the final and word is it isn't being released until after the GH60 GB ends.
In other words, don't expect to be able to do anything with it until 2020. You're better off seeing if you could do a run of the FaceW/FaceU or Hasu's Alps board he just did.
I was wondering is this GH60 PCB.revB the final layout? Or is there another rev around?The rev. B files works if you don't want to wait for this buy to be completed. I made a rev. B PCB at my university, works great. I got some missing holes in the drill-files in the fabrication outputs that is on komars blog (http://blog.komar.be/projects/gh60-programmable-keyboard/), but otherwise it was fine.
Is it possible to see the changes and how this looks?
And is it possible or allowed to use these designs for my own purpose? As I can etch them at work (I dunno if this is the correct term here). I'm thinking of trying to create my own 60% board from ground up and learn soldering, wiring, putting switches on and stuff like that. And BlueB�r recommended me this PCB design for my project.
It was for the FaceW/FaceU board but it seems like they are having issues as well.Got a link?I've got lots of links. What were you looking for specifically?
I've had 2 faceU boards and still have a faceW, the only issue I've had is the board not being detected by some BIOS versions but aside that there are no issues. Perfectly working boards, the faceW is one of my favorites. The faceU were chinese knock-offs and even those didn't had any issues aside poor manufacture quality compared to the ones made in Korea, and the boards were still a beauty and worked flawless.It was for the FaceW/FaceU board but it seems like they are having issues as well.Got a link?I've got lots of links. What were you looking for specifically?
if someone wants drop his Pcb and parts kit I'd gladly have it.
if someone wants drop his Pcb and parts kit I'd gladly have it.
This isgetting a littlebeyond absurd.
if someone wants drop his Pcb and parts kit I'd gladly have it.
Better off finding a PCB elsewhere mate, this could be months away considering how things have been moving.
if someone wants drop his Pcb and parts kit I'd gladly have it.
Better off finding a PCB elsewhere mate, this could be months away considering how things have been moving.
I'm not in hurry either. Would wait for kit with clears.
So are we ever going to get a plan or timeline? It's really not much to ask to get a timeline and plan, even if the plan includes asking for help locally.
So are we ever going to get a plan or timeline? It's really not much to ask to get a timeline and plan, even if the plan includes asking for help locally.
Can we at least get the thread title updated?
maybe it's time everybody request their money back via paypal.Boy... I wish...
Can we at least get a picture?
And then the stuff
SkidRow Hoff makes me sad... :))Can we at least get a picture?
And then the stuff
You know **** is bad when Hoff is asking.
Wasn't tj collecting money for this GB from the start?
I don't undestand how he volunteered to get this done,maybe I missed something.
Why not sort some of this out at keycon? I am sure people would be willing to sort and box items? Is anyone near TJ that could bring the materials to keycon?
What I want to know is how people can keep defending this when everything has been in hand for a month and, before that, there was a year where prep work or shipping without stabilizers could have happened. Multiple solutions have been offered and the simple request for photos or a timeline were met with non-answers lashing out against those who would dare question things.Nothing wrong with asking for an update. Photos suggest you don't trust him..which wouldn't really matter at this point would it? Photos might make you feel better but they don't mean jack...I'm not saying TJ is faultless...I've repeated several times he could have done a much better job...and maybe others have volunteered to take this off his hands, in which case, his reluctance to then gets ugly...but as some have just done, put up or shut up by taking it over from him...
Photos do not suggest a lack of trust. Photos suggest that people want to know how things look and where things stand.Of course it does. Again, I'm not blaming people for wanting them...but do I think that is helping? Not really..
And how can you say put up or shut up when dozens of people have offered to handle distribution? You can't put up if the distributor insists on handling things themselves and doesn't respond to the people offering to take over the distribution and ignoring the proposed solutions.As I said, if you read my post, if people HAVE asked to take it over from him and he's not allowing people to do that yet he doesn't have time, that's rather suspicious. I don't know at what level people have volunteered but I'm talking at the level of getting all contacts, info, etc, and showing up at TJ's door w/ a Uhaul...
This was not a not-for-profit group buy. People were going to make money on it. TJ took over for the people who were going to handle distribution and collected all the money. Ergo, TJ is making money off of this buy unless he and the other organizers seriously ****ed up and messed up their calculations of cost. Of course, he may not be losing some of that profit due to increases in shipping costs due to this taking ****ing forever. So yeah, he volunteered to take over for WFD and whoever else, but he also is making money off the buy, so the "volunteer" excuse is BS.I've actually said this several times...and this must be news to you since you didn't mention it earlier. If he's making money on it, he's not a volunteer....Simple...Is he making money on it? I don't know...Regardless of how the original GB started if he's making money on it...that = Business = high level of accountability. If he's not that = Volunteer = much lower level of accountability.
Lost over 3K on Jackass's group buy and spent 600 on this one, what's wrong with people these days. Who's in charge of this group buy anyway? Is WFD still around?
Wasn't tj collecting money for this GB from the start?
I don't undestand how he volunteered to get this done,maybe I missed something.
He was originally one of (I believe) four or five people helping with this group buy. His role was far more minimal than it currently is. He did collect the money, but was not going to do any shipping, AFAIK (maybe he was going to do some assembly?). When people talk about him volunteering, it's volunteering to take over every aspect of the group buy (aside from EU-specific tasks).
And for some perspective, on the 28th, a hair over two weeks, it will have been two years since I paid. In other words, this is the longest ****ing group buy ever and there's no end in sight. I'll gladly donate to someone to get **** going. Hell, TJ, even if you give up the money you're making on the buy, it's worth the PR at this point since this is killing your reputation since you refuse to give updates or even give people an idea of what's going on.
At this point I'm almost to the point of saying saying that everyone should boycott Mimic Cables and go to Zeal or Pexon instead. Obviously TJ's other projects are getting in the way of fulfilling his duties here.
Hi guys,
sorry for not posting long.
Unfortunately my time constraints are much worse now than they were 2 years ago, when I basically had plenty of time.
I will compile the EU lists TJ mentioned some posts ago (of what has to be shipped to EU) ASAP and send them to him.
Matt3o, your help would be extremely useful, I will PM you soon;)Hi guys,
sorry for not posting long.
Unfortunately my time constraints are much worse now than they were 2 years ago, when I basically had plenty of time.
I will compile the EU lists TJ mentioned some posts ago (of what has to be shipped to EU) ASAP and send them to him.
Komar I can handle the EU orders if needed.
Lost over 3K on Jackass's group buy and spent 600 on this one, what's wrong with people these days. Who's in charge of this group buy anyway? Is WFD still around?
No, he's not. Put that as point one on the many point list on why this was a cluster****.
I'm talking privately to a couple people about taking over.
The idea of profit from this is news to me as the furthest I was involved in pricing was being told by wfd what to charge.
And then it took a year to order PCBs. They cost significantly more than expected.
Then, apocalypsemaow found another plate source. They cost significantly more than expected.
Stabs? I paid what I charged for half of them. The other half? Cost more than I even charged for them.
Shipping prices have changed, too, and not for the better. On top of the shipping parts needed that weren't included in the cost of shipping per order.
So yeah, wfd may have had profit worked in when he told me what to charge, but that's a boat that's long sailed away for me.
I'm sorry this isn't your perfect answer, nubbs and I'm sure you'll see it as lashing out but it's what I have, just like every other answer I had was what I had at the time.Wasn't tj collecting money for this GB from the start?
I don't undestand how he volunteered to get this done,maybe I missed something.
He was originally one of (I believe) four or five people helping with this group buy. His role was far more minimal than it currently is. He did collect the money, but was not going to do any shipping, AFAIK (maybe he was going to do some assembly?). When people talk about him volunteering, it's volunteering to take over every aspect of the group buy (aside from EU-specific tasks).
My role was initially to bill, collect money and give it to komar, wfd and jdcarpe. Then the last 18 months happened.
Can I help? Maybe if if a chunk is sent my way I can start getting some out? I am very efficient at shipping items and go to the post office every day anyways.
Can I help? Maybe if if a chunk is sent my way I can start getting some out? I am very efficient at shipping items and go to the post office every day anyways.
If this ends up in your hands I would be willing to make the trip down to help sort and ship on a few weekends.
Where is JD? He abandoned his part in this to TJ and then went and made another keyboard. You all bought that, and no one is boycotting his other projects or showing such seething rage at him.
about komar,
i thought he spoke privately to tj that he was doing a thesis and he just recently told GH publicly about it.
Can I help? Maybe if if a chunk is sent my way I can start getting some out? I am very efficient at shipping items and go to the post office every day anyways.
If this ends up in your hands I would be willing to make the trip down to help sort and ship on a few weekends.
I could probably come up and help too.
this thread is turning...Show Image(https://organizingwithelizabeth.files.wordpress.com/2014/08/dirty-laundry.jpg?w=416&h=507)
...and still no solution :/
Just to put some more fuel on the fire; TJ spends most of his time at home because he works from home.
PLEASE tell me how you don't have time to organize a single thing when you've got the orders right there next to you for months. Just ****ing tell me.
You want to make excuses then you're going to be called out on them.
If money was an issue you should have said something WAY EARLIER.
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If anybody wants to take over my order let me know.
4PCB (SMD soldered),2x universal plates, 1x cherry plate stabs 7x spacebar wires, 2x plate mounted cherry stabs. 6.25x wires, 2x cherry pcb stabs 6.25x spacebar wires, 65 x browns, 65 x mx greens.
No assembly.
Originally $290,66. Will sell you the order for $260 or white printed hhkb pro 2 (new or like new) .
A special shoutout goes to you, you stupid ****. You have some nerve. I remember you. You were stuck. Couldn't get your **** together. TJ, thinking you were friends, put together one of, if not the biggest fundraiser this site has seen. I remember donating a $400 keyboard, not because of you, but because he's my friend and that meant a lot to him to help you. He personally donated thousands of dollars. And you're ****ting on him now for a couple hundred? That's some superb friendship you exhibit.
Just to put some more fuel on the fire; TJ spends most of his time at home because he works from home.
But he isn't here to poke with the pitchforks hoff!!! :pJust to put some more fuel on the fire; TJ spends most of his time at home because he works from home.
That's some pretty weak fuel.
I can't bring my hobbies to work and spend paid time shipping packages and sorting pieces. Not sure what kind of job you have, but it sounds real nice.
Everyone who's looking for someone to be mad at, go look at the OP of this thread and be mad at the person that made it. Be mad at the person who abandoned all of us and dumped the work on some poor schmuck unfortunate enough to volunteer their time to help out.
HoffmanMyster, it's not the same. Are you saying that while working at home close to the components that you wouldn't be able to take a picture and say something like this: "I got the stuff, trying to figure out how to get this sorted. It will take a lot of time because I can't deal with it by myself right now, so please be patient while I figure out a strategy with my group of friends. Please offer help if you think you can spare it"
I'm pretty sure I could've done that at work with the stuff loaded in a car. Even while working 50 hour weeks.
But hey, keep saying that the excuses are good. It's fine.
Are you saying that while working at home close to the components that you wouldn't be able to take a picture and say something like this: "I got the stuff, trying to figure out how to get this sorted. It will take a lot of time because I can't deal with it by myself right now, so please be patient while I figure out a strategy with my group of friends. Please offer help if you think you can spare it"
I got stabs a couple days after lysol said he mailed them to me. Considering a few other factors that aren't anyone's problem here, I didn't feel the need to tell you that "yep, lysol did ship me stab bars". Especially since I didn't have anything new to say otherwise. I don't have a timeline because I'm busy and have no clue how long the steps I need to take will take because this level and complexity of fulfillment is completely foreign to me.
Hey guys, what's the difference between 7bit group buys and this one?
I'll actually have my stuff from 7bit 3 years later.
It's been 3 years???
It's been 3 years???
No.
Also, of all the people to pipe up during a group buy...
Careful, he'll start crying like the ***** boy he is.It's been 3 years???
No.
Also, of all the people to pipe up during a group buy...
(http://i.imgur.com/KNQWzpb.gif)It's been 3 years???
No.
Also, of all the people to pipe up during a group buy...
It's been 3 years???
No.
Also, of all the people to pipe up during a group buy...
LMFAO
No.
Also, of all the people to pipe up during a group buy...
big man demik steppin inCareful, he'll start crying like the ***** boy he is.It's been 3 years???
No.
Also, of all the people to pipe up during a group buy...
You know it. But I should stop. I don't want to hurt his feeling so he can run another gb and go awol because somebody hurt his little heart.big man demik steppin inCareful, he'll start crying like the ***** boy he is.It's been 3 years???
No.
Also, of all the people to pipe up during a group buy...
You know it. But I should stop. I don't want to hurt his feeling so he can run another gb and go awol because somebody hurt his little heart.big man demik steppin inCareful, he'll start crying like the ***** boy he is.It's been 3 years???
No.
Also, of all the people to pipe up during a group buy...
Ugh there goes another GB.
Ugh there goes another GB.
what happened to all those planned Dong Squad group buys? oh right..
big man demik steppin inCareful, he'll start crying like the ***** boy he is.It's been 3 years???
No.
Also, of all the people to pipe up during a group buy...
Ugh there goes another GB.
what happened to all those planned Dong Squad group buys? oh right..
Ugh there goes another GB.
what happened to all those planned Dong Squad group buys? oh right..
They stopped before collecting money.
I'm not sure if I should feel bad for being entertained by this thread...
I'm not sure if I should feel bad for being entertained by this thread...
And yours? Oh right, you stopped after collecting money. Why anybody would deal with a fraud like you is hilarious.
And yours? Oh right, you stopped after collecting money. Why anybody would deal with a fraud like you is hilarious.
hold up homie, i addressed the problem, ensured the safety of the money and passed it on to a reliable friend. how does that register as fraud to you? h..how did you come to that conclusion? :confused:
Months of no communication? Oh right. Broken heart.
how does that register as fraud to you? h..how did you come to that conclusion? :confused:
You were more tolerable when you were photek's little parrot. At least then all we did was just re-read what photek has said before, only through a ****ing idiot.
And having a GB taken from you for being a weak ***** isn't addressing anything.
i addressed the problem, ensured the safety of the money and passed it on to a reliable friend.
h..how did you come to that conclusion? :confused:
Maybe he will listen to you.i addressed the problem, ensured the safety of the money and passed it on to a reliable friend.
I'm not sure how, but you've managed to convince yourself that not only is what you did okay, it's actually commendable? Disappearing for months with people's money is okay because you "ensured the safety of the money", but only after this friend stepped in of his own volition to save your ass. That friend is the only one that addressed any problems, and we're all very thankful for that. But how you've twisted this entire memory is beyond me.
To quote a wise young man:h..how did you come to that conclusion? :confused:
i addressed the problem, ensured the safety of the money and passed it on to a reliable friend.
I'm not sure how, but you've managed to convince yourself that not only is what you did okay, it's actually commendable? Disappearing for months with people's money is okay because you "ensured the safety of the money", but only after this friend stepped in of his own volition to save your ass. That friend is the only one that addressed any problems, and we're all very thankful for that. But how you've twisted this entire memory is beyond me.
This is solid gold.
demik can't address it? damn ill chalk up another VShow Image(http://sydwalker.info/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/churchill_v_for_vctory.jpg)
will gold trim for 10kThis is solid gold.
Something about getting a lesser conversation gold plated for cheaper?
huehue bad apple watch joke
demik can't address it? damn ill chalk up another VShow Image(http://sydwalker.info/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/churchill_v_for_vctory.jpg)
That's a sad little world you live in.
No wonder you're a ***** when real life hits you :/
how does that register as fraud to you? h..how did you come to that conclusion? :confused:
^^^^^^^ address please ;) ;D
Such drama.
Dubs isn't a greasy skammer so no one has any right to call him a fraud. He eventually got his group buy going and orders have been delivered.
Dubs was however stupid in not answering to people when they were worried about their money. You can't say you've handled the situation well either if you got someone else to clean up your ****.
TL;DR: people are ****s.
I didn't say you committed fraud idiot. I called YOU a fraud. You want to boost about GBs when you couldn't handle one on your own? Came up with an excuse about being gone. Came back and lashed out at people for doubting you. Got your ass saved by pho and bill and want to act like you were successful? You're fake as ****. And on top of that, you want to switch up prices on synjin at the last second then try to act like you're giving him advice because he's new. Once again, poor little dubs looking for excuses to take blame away.
And miss me with that homie/my man/fam bull****. Just another layer of your fake ****, kid.
This is solid gold.
demik can't address it? damn ill chalk up another VShow Image(http://sydwalker.info/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/churchill_v_for_vctory.jpg)
That's a sad little world you live in.
No wonder you're a ***** when real life hits you :/how does that register as fraud to you? h..how did you come to that conclusion? :confused:
^^^^^^^ address please ;) ;DShow Image(http://i.imgur.com/QWUt8WT.png)
w-why can't you address it? :confused: at this point you're not worth replying to. goodnight fam :rolleyes:
He eventually got his group buy going
I do agree that this should be taken out of the GH60 group buy thread. We've all had some fun here, but unfortunately the fun's over. :)
What is the current status of everything, anyway? It's too difficult to read any of this thread, mostly because it's infested with drama. I just want to know where my **** is, yo.
Man, this thread makes me sad all the way around.
Man, this thread makes me sad all the way around.
It's hilarious to me that people were telling me not to buy the Rev B. models off Taobao wayyyy back in Dec 13 because these were "almost done". Been using my GH60 for over a YEAR now. And that included like 4 months of build time.
Is this GB gonna be repeated for those who missed it?
Is this GB gonna be repeated for those who missed it?
New member or excellent troll?Extraordinaire if you don't mind.
it's not about asking a question, it's that you picked the worst possible one to ask. not that hard to scroll up a dozen posts to see people still arguing about why there has been no updates i.e. there is no boardsI guess one is to blame for not scrolling up enough even though a 156 pages thread tend to discourage people to read the whole discussion.
There will eventually be a lot of boards on the market once this buy gets sorted out. There are also other 60% keyboards around that you could look at instead of this.Much obliged.
I guess one is to blame for not scrolling up enough even though a 156 pages thread tend to discourage people to read the whole discussion.you don't need to read the whole thing, but the bickering was happening right in the posts above yours. it's like walking into a store where the owners are having a fist fight and asking if they are open.
New member or excellent troll?Extraordinaire if you don't mind.
So much for asking a question.
Have a look at the nerd 60 pcb from gon. it does everything that the gh60 originally planned to do plus more.I had but the shipping fee is too high.
Have a look at the nerd 60 pcb from gon. it does everything that the gh60 originally planned to do plus more.I had but the shipping fee is too high.
Then just buy satans GH60 (http://www.aliexpress.com/item/Satan-GH60-PCB-White-Board-LED-DIY-Mechanical-Keyboard/32266124434.html), AFAIK the issues with rev. B has been corrected and it supports LED.That might do. Thanks.
At this point I feel like you've had more than enough time and patience given to you regarding the situation and we've received nothing but disrespect. Volunteer or not you have an obligation to every person whose order you have in your possession. It is well past the time that you need to either step up and get this group buy done or hand it off to someone that will in a timely manner and be completely open and transparent about whichever path you choose to follow.
We all deserve better than what we ended up with in this situation but it's time to leave the past behind, accept responsibility, and get this done in a timely manner.
I've only participated in three GBs so far.... DSA Dolch (lol), GH60, and the aluminium TEX 60% case. Joined GH 3 years ago and all I have to show for it is a dusty empty keyboard case. Really hope this GB comes right.
Tj,
Would it be to much to ask to post a picture of the goods?
700 DAYS 11 HOURS 39 MINUTES, woo 700 days people!
700 DAYS 11 HOURS 39 MINUTES, woo 700 days people!
I think it's 2 years since I paid either this month in a couple of days or the start of next month, but I'm pretty sure this month.
Hey guys, remember how we supposed to get this by December, January at the latest, of 2013?MoreShow Image(http://img3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20130216110932/epoka-lodowcowa/pl/images/7/72/Salty.gif)
700 DAYS 11 HOURS 39 MINUTES, woo 700 days people!
I think it's 2 years since I paid either this month in a couple of days or the start of next month, but I'm pretty sure this month.
5/28/2013 for me.
Next oldest outstanding purchase is from 5/18/2014.
Komar, can you please get back to Matt? Please lets have this group buy in the hands of someone that is able to finish it off? It makes me cry every night.
5/28/2013 for me.
Next oldest outstanding purchase is from 5/18/2014.
Can we demand a refound? It has been over two years and there is no noticeable progress, not even updates on the current situation :(
Can we demand a refound? It has been over two years and there is no noticeable progress, not even updates on the current situation :(
You can demand all you want, but the money has already been spent and the product already produced. And paypal only gives you 60 days to request a refund, so I think we're slightly over that limit.
I talked to TJ, shipping everything to me would be insanely expensive.
I'm glad to take over just the EU orders anyway, but I've got the feeling there's no budget even for that (just my opinion, no official word). Anyway I'm still available at contributing financially. I could advance some funds and hopefully get something back as donations.
so whats crackalackin fam?? indefinite hiatus, dead and buried or wat?
Oh man. For years I've always said that this was going to happen eventually. I guess it's finally time to admit that I flushed a bunch of money down the toilet. Such a shame my first (and probably last) group buy had to be like this.
Can we get costs for shipping the EU stuff and get it sorted out? I have no idea of the weight or size of the EU order, we can get arrange a fund to get it sorted through Matt3o or any other trust worthy EU forumite. Just need Komar to bloody answer!
TJ, what's the update on someone (like Brad) taking over the shipping? It's almost been a month since you said you were talking with people about it.
Thanks. Last I saw from him it sounded like he was just going to be building orders that needed to be built and shipping those. Now it's been confirmed that he'll be doing all the shipping of everything?
Yikes... Last talk I had was about me doing just the unassembled US orders...
I would love to help out more, but INT orders are looking bleak... Komar has already stated that he has no time for it what so ever...
Not to mention the shipping to get everything over there... Plus you're still left with Canada and South American orders...
I say this now, If some how we get money for all the shipping cost... I'll be happy to do the leg work, but I won't spend another dime on this...
How come my order has been removed from the order spreadsheet?
Edit: Seems like I can't even view the spreadsheet most of the time, so who knows. My order was gone the last time I was able to check.
Yikes... Last talk I had was about me doing just the unassembled US orders...
I would love to help out more, but INT orders are looking bleak... Komar has already stated that he has no time for it what so ever...
Not to mention the shipping to get everything over there... Plus you're still left with Canada and South American orders...
I say this now, If some how we get money for all the shipping cost... I'll be happy to do the leg work, but I won't spend another dime on this...
id be happy to chip some money in
however
what we all need to see is this
how much money total was taken
how much money was spent on pcbs
how much was spent on plates
how much was spent on stabs and switches
if costs really did come to more than we paid on each part, im sure myself and many others are happy to pay whats outstanding or more even to get things done
we have just had so much conflicting information, people saying things cost more than we thought, people saying they cost the same or less etc
if the money is gone, thats totally fine, we jsut need to see where it went and why the costs projected were so wrong
as i say, i know im happy to chip in a good sum, ive spoken to a couple others who will put in a good amount of money as well to make this happen
the trouble is, given that people paid money for both shipping as well as building, neither of which have happened yet, its hard to understand how there isnt any money currently in the pot
before people get up in arms, im one of the few people who have been supportive in this thread
this isnt knocking tj, he wasnt the person who did the cost projections etc im sure
i just think we should know exactly what things cost versus what was charged, so we can understand exactly how much money is needed and why
By the time all the orders get sent out, the PCB's will be past their expiration date. I can't believe nobody has brought this up yet, and the fact that this isn't a MAJOR concern.
All PCB's have expiration dates on their solderability. They typically have a hydrophilic coating applied to pads, and depending on the finish used, that only lasts for about 1 year on the high end. I work with PCB's quite a bit, and even a board with a quality finish like ENIG, only has a max solderability of about 1 year, before rebaking is necessary to reinduce the hydrophilic action. This source has more information:
http://www.multicircuits.com/pcb/tech/surface_finishes.html
I have a strong feeling that once the PCB's do get sent out, there will be a lot of frustrated users complaining about how the SMD pads do not seem to retain solder. I don't know the full history of this group buy, but at the risk of sounding like a broken record, the PCB's should have been shipped standalone without waiting for the stabilizers. I have a strong suspicion that depending on when the PCB's were first made, the time spent waiting for stabilizers will have caused tons of PCB's to go past their solderability time.
By the time all the orders get sent out, the PCB's will be past their expiration date. I can't believe nobody has brought this up yet, and the fact that this isn't a MAJOR concern.
All PCB's have expiration dates on their solderability. They typically have a hydrophilic coating applied to pads, and depending on the finish used, that only lasts for about 1 year on the high end. I work with PCB's quite a bit, and even a board with a quality finish like ENIG, only has a max solderability of about 1 year, before rebaking is necessary to reinduce the hydrophilic action. This source has more information:
http://www.multicircuits.com/pcb/tech/surface_finishes.html
I have a strong feeling that once the PCB's do get sent out, there will be a lot of frustrated users complaining about how the SMD pads do not seem to retain solder. I don't know the full history of this group buy, but at the risk of sounding like a broken record, the PCB's should have been shipped standalone without waiting for the stabilizers. I have a strong suspicion that depending on when the PCB's were first made, the time spent waiting for stabilizers will have caused tons of PCB's to go past their solderability time.
Yikes, I've got quite a few projects that could be affected if this is the case. I've got at least a dozen PCB's that are probably over a year old that I never did anything with. :eek:
I think most people did not chose the option to do their own SMD soldering and to have it factory done.
Yikes... Last talk I had was about me doing just the unassembled US orders...
I would love to help out more, but INT orders are looking bleak... Komar has already stated that he has no time for it what so ever...
Not to mention the shipping to get everything over there... Plus you're still left with Canada and South American orders...
I say this now, If some how we get money for all the shipping cost... I'll be happy to do the leg work, but I won't spend another dime on this...
I do agree with you completely that the shipping cost should be distributed evenly, however I disagree on the method you proposed. While more difficult, it would be better to distribute the shipping cost as a fraction of the originally paid amount. So, for example, if there's only $900 left for shipping and 100 international and 100 US parts to ship where US shipping was billed at $10 and international at $20, US orders should be credited $3 and international $6.. It's still not fair, but more fair than splitting the amount evenly.
Bunny, I think the issue is that he only agreed to handle a subset of stuff within the US and maybe handle all the shipping within the US, not take over everything. He's saying that he can handle that, but he has no clue how the international orders will be handled since he can't take them on.
I do agree with you completely that the shipping cost should be distributed evenly, however I disagree on the method you proposed. While more difficult, it would be better to distribute the shipping cost as a fraction of the originally paid amount. So, for example, if there's only $900 left for shipping and 100 international and 100 US parts to ship where US shipping was billed at $10 and international at $20, US orders should be credited $3 and international $6.. It's still not fair, but more fair than splitting the amount evenly.
Like has been said, before I'd even consider giving any additional money, I'd want an accounting of the costs or for a pair of trustworthy members to be given an accounting of the costs and corroborate it.
I've been waiting patiently, but with the recent update about shipping I'm breaking my silence.I can only laugh at this point. I can at least salvage the switches. Just give those to me at least.
So you're telling me that after 2+ years the following may be true?:
1) I may not be getting my order.
2) My order might be defective.
Okay to sum up:
- available GB funds have not been disclosed, but...
- ... it seems clear there's no money left to ship internationally
- US orders will be handed to ApocalypseMaow who will ship to CONUS
- so (if I get it right) US orders will be delivered at no additional cost using what is left of the GB money
- Komar signed off regarding EU orders
- others volunteered (myself included) to take over EU orders and contribute financially
- all is asked to proceed before injecting more money in a black-hole is to know how much is left in the GB account and how money has been spent
- the fate of Canadian/South American/Asian orders is uncertain
- it seems that PCBs have a solderability due date which is long past by now, so it is also uncertain if you could actually use those PCBs even if you get them. The problem (AFAIU) is only with SMD components. Pass through components should still work.
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Has it been ~1000 days since the pcb's were manufactured and shipped to TJ? isn't that about the average duration before solderability becomes a issue?
Edit: at this point I don't even want the pcb's anyway's.
I want the switches,stabs,plates I paid for.
- it seems that PCBs have a solderability due date which is long past by now, so it is also uncertain if you could actually use those PCBs even if you get them. The problem (AFAIU) is only with SMD components. Pass through components should still work.
thanks for traveling with GH60 International, please check for your personal belongings before leaving the forum.
Okay to sum up:
- the fate of Canadian/South American/Asian orders is uncertain
As someone who was involved with organizing this GB, but who is no longer involved, I will say this. I think everyone's order is in the same boat, so to speak, and no orders have higher or lower priority at this point.
Unless TJ states otherwise, I think we may assume that all the GB funds are gone, and thus every participant shares the same fate with regard to assembly and shipping. If this is the case, then people who ordered assembly service will most likely not be getting that service, unless there is someone who will donate their time to assemble those orders at no cost.
but with services like shipping and assembly, which have been billed but not fulfilled, there should be a good amount of money left, so i think its totally reasonable to see exactly why those funds were used and what for without it being mentioned to us
but with services like shipping and assembly, which have been billed but not fulfilled, there should be a good amount of money left, so i think its totally reasonable to see exactly why those funds were used and what for without it being mentioned to us
but the fact is, we have paid for both shipping and assembly already, and i think before anyone is asked or volunteers to forward any money we should be shown the costs of each part, so we know what cost more and where the money went
lol.
Nah, the price we paid was lower then the quote WFD got... At least that's how I remember it...but with services like shipping and assembly, which have been billed but not fulfilled, there should be a good amount of money left, so i think its totally reasonable to see exactly why those funds were used and what for without it being mentioned to us
My guess would be that a large portion went toward the production of plates. We had to use a different supplier than initially quoted (ApocalypseMaow's local place produced them), which I'm sure added some costs.
You're absolutely right though, those details (rather than my speculation ;) ) would be great to know.
Nah, the price we paid was lower then the quote WFD got... At least that's how I remember it...but with services like shipping and assembly, which have been billed but not fulfilled, there should be a good amount of money left, so i think its totally reasonable to see exactly why those funds were used and what for without it being mentioned to us
My guess would be that a large portion went toward the production of plates. We had to use a different supplier than initially quoted (ApocalypseMaow's local place produced them), which I'm sure added some costs.
You're absolutely right though, those details (rather than my speculation ;) ) would be great to know.
Lost over 3K on Jackass's group buy and spent 600 on this one, what's wrong with people these days. Who's in charge of this group buy anyway? Is WFD still around?
No, he's not. Put that as point one on the many point list on why this was a cluster****.
I'm talking privately to a couple people about taking over.
The idea of profit from this is news to me as the furthest I was involved in pricing was being told by wfd what to charge.
And then it took a year to order PCBs. They cost significantly more than expected.
Then, apocalypsemaow found another plate source. They cost significantly more than expected.
Stabs? I paid what I charged for half of them. The other half? Cost more than I even charged for them.
Shipping prices have changed, too, and not for the better. On top of the shipping parts needed that weren't included in the cost of shipping per order.
So yeah, wfd may have had profit worked in when he told me what to charge, but that's a boat that's long sailed away for me.
I'm sorry this isn't your perfect answer, nubbs and I'm sure you'll see it as lashing out but it's what I have, just like every other answer I had was what I had at the time.
Nah, the price we paid was lower then the quote WFD got... At least that's how I remember it...but with services like shipping and assembly, which have been billed but not fulfilled, there should be a good amount of money left, so i think its totally reasonable to see exactly why those funds were used and what for without it being mentioned to us
My guess would be that a large portion went toward the production of plates. We had to use a different supplier than initially quoted (ApocalypseMaow's local place produced them), which I'm sure added some costs.
You're absolutely right though, those details (rather than my speculation ;) ) would be great to know.
can we just have the final PCB design and run a new GB?
can we just have the final PCB design and run a new GB?
I asked komar about that several months ago. I think it would be a good idea.
Who was / is in charge of the collected funds?
Who was / is in charge of the collected funds?
TJ
The original group buy responsibilities were these:
WhiteFireDragon: Take orders, purchase plates, purchase stabilizers, most North American assembly, NA shipping
komar007: Purchase PCBs, Rest of World assembly, RoW shipping
jdcarpe: Purchase switches, a few US assemblies and shipping
tjcaustin: Collect money, pay vendors, send money for assembly and shipping to those responsible
WFD disappears. ApocalypseMaow steps in to purchase plates, and TJ takes over purchasing stabilizers. At TJ's request, he takes over all NA assembly and shipping from WFD (missing) and me. I ship TJ all switches.
TJ presumably now has all components at his location, besides some PCBs which are with komar.
can we just have the final PCB design and run a new GB?
can we just have the final PCB design and run a new GB?
I asked komar about that several months ago. I think it would be a good idea.
IN hehe
at this point, i really dont even care about extra bits, i just want my pcbs
and im really not complaining about this gb, **** happens, im down with that, i just want us to sit down, throw it out in the open and work out how we can all get together and make it move forward, its not about blaming anyone, clearly several factors have led to this, but they are done now, lets work out how to move forward
There's no need for another GB, there are GH60 PCB/Plates everywhere on Taobao. Just get one off there. PCB's are going for about ~20-30 dollars (~120-140 RMB), and plates for a bit more.
There's no need for another GB, there are GH60 PCB/Plates everywhere on Taobao. Just get one off there. PCB's are going for about ~20-30 dollars (~120-140 RMB), and plates for a bit more.
Satan GH60 pcb isn't the same thing :/
I did found this however: http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=a230r.1.14.118.9upqHX&id=45899840513&ns=1&abbucket=20#detail
The AMJ60 actually is pretty nice.There's no need for another GB, there are GH60 PCB/Plates everywhere on Taobao. Just get one off there. PCB's are going for about ~20-30 dollars (~120-140 RMB), and plates for a bit more.
Satan GH60 pcb isn't the same thing :/
I did found this however: http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=a230r.1.14.118.9upqHX&id=45899840513&ns=1&abbucket=20#detailShow Image(http://gd2.alicdn.com/bao/uploaded/i2/TB1OdzlIXXXXXcKXFXXXXXXXXXX_!!0-item_pic.jpg)Show Image(http://gd2.alicdn.com/bao/uploaded/i2/695432482/TB2ApVwdXXXXXb.XpXXXXXXXXXX_!!695432482.jpg)
The AMJ60 actually is pretty nice.There's no need for another GB, there are GH60 PCB/Plates everywhere on Taobao. Just get one off there. PCB's are going for about ~20-30 dollars (~120-140 RMB), and plates for a bit more.
Satan GH60 pcb isn't the same thing :/
I did found this however: http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=a230r.1.14.118.9upqHX&id=45899840513&ns=1&abbucket=20#detailShow Image(http://gd2.alicdn.com/bao/uploaded/i2/TB1OdzlIXXXXXcKXFXXXXXXXXXX_!!0-item_pic.jpg)Show Image(http://gd2.alicdn.com/bao/uploaded/i2/695432482/TB2ApVwdXXXXXb.XpXXXXXXXXXX_!!695432482.jpg)
It comes pre-soldered. It has additional SMD LED mounts on the back to light up your Acrylic case. It also has dedicated pinouts for a Bluetooth module (UART) and power pins for a battery pack (5V). A neat addition is the resettable fuse to protect against over-currents from the USB port.
Unfortunately, documentation is a little sparse.
I understand. Really sad that this had to end in such a mess. :(The AMJ60 actually is pretty nice.There's no need for another GB, there are GH60 PCB/Plates everywhere on Taobao. Just get one off there. PCB's are going for about ~20-30 dollars (~120-140 RMB), and plates for a bit more.
Satan GH60 pcb isn't the same thing :/
I did found this however: http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=a230r.1.14.118.9upqHX&id=45899840513&ns=1&abbucket=20#detailShow Image(http://gd2.alicdn.com/bao/uploaded/i2/TB1OdzlIXXXXXcKXFXXXXXXXXXX_!!0-item_pic.jpg)Show Image(http://gd2.alicdn.com/bao/uploaded/i2/695432482/TB2ApVwdXXXXXb.XpXXXXXXXXXX_!!695432482.jpg)
It comes pre-soldered. It has additional SMD LED mounts on the back to light up your Acrylic case. It also has dedicated pinouts for a Bluetooth module (UART) and power pins for a battery pack (5V). A neat addition is the resettable fuse to protect against over-currents from the USB port.
Unfortunately, documentation is a little sparse.
i think most people are fully aware this pcb is out of date right now
really the pcb and its functionality arent the point
to many people here, this gb and this pcb represents the start of their journey here on gh or in the keyboard enthusiast community
and more so, its a community product and project
i personally am not short of 60 percent boards or even pcbs
but its this particular pcb i want
i think most people are fully aware this pcb is out of date right now
really the pcb and its functionality arent the point
to many people here, this gb and this pcb represents the start of their journey here on gh or in the keyboard enthusiast community
and more so, its a community product and project
i personally am not short of 60 percent boards or even pcbs
but its this particular pcb i want
I have participated in a LOT of group buys and there have only been two that derailed like this one. The other was the Phantom v2 group buy and they both launched around the same time. There's probably one-or-two others out there, but most of them come to completion and there is still time for that to happen here.
So I guess it is safe to say our money/PCBs are long gone.
So I guess it is safe to say our money/PCBs are long gone.
No one is saying that. There is still hope for this GB, but it's an uphill climb.
It should not be an uphill climb it's only the current GB runners making it like this!
I think you're dramatically overstating the number of people who have ripped others off here. I can only think of a small handful of buys that did.
oh and if you want a "Exquisite Elder" with a color star you have to ask a admin to assign whatever star you want to you when you reach 1500 posts if I remember correctly.
I think you're dramatically overstating the number of people who have ripped others off here. I can only think of a small handful of buys that did.
No I'm not...I'm not stating it is a majority of the buys...it is definitely not..but it has happened enough....and generally by senior members..that is the worst part...Not just talking GBs either..
On other enthusiasts boards, you might get a random person that is basically stealing from people once every 4-5 years.....but it isn't one of your senior members (or maybe it is but they at least hide their identity). Is that the case here? no..it is far more often than that...and so I'm not overstating what I think...but I will clarify I don't mean it is a majority of the GBS or transactions....it is just a lot more often than it should be...Off the top of my head there are at least 4..and two that had stores here...
There's also that girl was scammed a bunch of people with Mario caps. She claimed she was making them, took a bunch of money, and disappeared due to "health reasons."
Would be all fine and dandy, except she's super active on Twitter and Twitch, but doesn't respond to anyone from GH.
She was a new person here. That one is particularly touchy because of the donating to the Smallfry fund element. It always bugs me when people make money off of someone's death, even if they really do give most of the money to charity. It's always worse when they use that as an opportunity to walk away with the money.
Well, we don't know if she scammed or if the problems she was facing with getting it done became too much so she just ran away. No matter what happened, it wasn't handled properly and it was shady.
Overall, the rate of scams to successful buys is pretty damn good here though.
Well, we don't know if she scammed or if the problems she was facing with getting it done became too much so she just ran away. No matter what happened, it wasn't handled properly and it was shady.
Overall, the rate of scams to successful buys is pretty damn good here though.
Well, we don't know if she scammed or if the problems she was facing with getting it done became too much so she just ran away. No matter what happened, it wasn't handled properly and it was shady.
Overall, the rate of scams to successful buys is pretty damn good here though.
https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=57263.msg1776503#msg1776503
There have been a couple of buys that have been perfect examples of how to handle setbacks and keeping people informed. I know people wouldn't be so bitter if they had known what happened and were kept in the loop.
There have been a couple of buys that have been perfect examples of how to handle setbacks and keeping people informed. I know people wouldn't be so bitter if they had known what happened and were kept in the loop.
What group buy organizers don't understand is that we participants realize that they are only human. People make mistakes, and sometimes do dumb things. If the organizer will admit their mistake, work to change it, and not repeat the mistake, it goes a long way toward keeping the faith in a group buy. Just keep things moving, even if all you can do is post a 5-second update stating that you are waiting on X, before you can do Y. Then actually deliver on what you say. That is all people expect.
Cherpalla scammed people? Why am I not surprised lmao
Oh going the moz route of unfortunate events lol.
Cherpalla scammed people? Why am I not surprised lmao
Oh going the moz route of unfortunate events lol.
You should have faith in people sometimes ;)
Cherpalla scammed people? Why am I not surprised lmao
Oh going the moz route of unfortunate events lol.
You should have faith in people sometimes ;)
DTA
"Senior Member" does not mean anything.
It is a title automatically given to members that post over a certain number of valid posts.
oh and if you want a "Exquisite Elder" with a color star you have to ask a admin to assign whatever star you want to you when you reach 1500 posts if I remember correctly.
Did the hand-off ever happen?negative...
That's awesome Matt3o.
What happens with the switches from 7bit? I assume they are included?
We will be finally moving the EU orders in the coming days. We also found a hub in US that will help us distributing the boards. "Rest of the world" orders are not many, so we should be able to handle them somehow.
As soon as TJ will transfer the remaining funds we'll proceed. Please note that we will need your (financial) help to ship all the orders because we will end up short of funds. As soon as I have a better figure I'll post all numbers.
That's awesome Matt3o.
What happens with the switches from 7bit? I assume they are included?
yes, we will also get those
We will be finally moving the EU orders in the coming days. We also found a hub in US that will help us distributing the boards. "Rest of the world" orders are not many, so we should be able to handle them somehow.
As soon as TJ will transfer the remaining funds we'll proceed. Please note that we will need your (financial) help to ship all the orders because we will end up short of funds. As soon as I have a better figure I'll post all numbers.
We will be finally moving the EU orders in the coming days. We also found a hub in US that will help us distributing the boards. "Rest of the world" orders are not many, so we should be able to handle them somehow.
As soon as TJ will transfer the remaining funds we'll proceed. Please note that we will need your (financial) help to ship all the orders because we will end up short of funds. As soon as I have a better figure I'll post all numbers.
as an update to this
to my understanding this is what is happening
the pcbs are currently in china and shipping has been paid
these will be delivered directly to me
the international switches are on hand with komar and these will be shipped to me
the remaining funds for this gb are going to be sent to me
with these remaining funds this is what we have left to pay for
having everything that tj has (US pcbs, all plates, US switches, all stabs) sent to 1 of 2 people we have lined up in the US
paying the import fees of the china pcbs from china to the EU
shipping the international plates and stabs to the EU and covering potential import fees
shipping to and from people who volunteer their time to cover built orders
and shipping orders out to people
as far as eu orders go, im being provided with a full order list and with that i will do several things
firstly any pcb only orders i will ship right away
secondly, anyone who wants just switches and pcbs form their order i can ship right away
if anyone in the eu volunteers to do any builds, i can ship the relevent parts out to them right away
anybody who wants to wait for their plates and stabs in the EU, i can either hold your parts until i receive them, or split your order in to 2 parts
im not sure if im allowed to disclose how much money is left in this buy yet, as it is not my number to share, but what i can say is this, for whatever reason, there is not nearly enough money left, but before any money is donated by anyone ill make sure that number is disclosed
from what i can work out, there will certainly be enough money in the pot to pay the eu import fees, and have everything shipped from TJ to someone else in the US, and have those parts that need to go to the EU shipped there
my guess would be there will then be very little left in the pot, really leaving building work and shipping of the orders, my hope would be several people will volunteer to do building work for the people that cant do it themselves
im not privy to any info as to why this buy is over budget, so i dont have any answers, but much like everyone else, im very keen to get them
that being said, me and matteo have been working together to come up for solutions, whilst waiting to hear why they were needed in the first place
please do not take this post as set in stone, this is the info i have been told, and what i have been told will happen, that being said, it hasnt happened yet, but i didnt want to sit and keep things in the dark without updates when we potentially have one
I can do 10-15 vanilla (no switch mod) builds. More than that and I know I'll start to go stir crazy.
It still would be nice to see where all the money went instead of just knowing how much is left.
Here is the cost of the plates!!! Well minus 3... got some extras I picked up!!!I can do 10-15 vanilla (no switch mod) builds. More than that and I know I'll start to go stir crazy.
It still would be nice to see where all the money went instead of just knowing how much is left.
it should be fairly easy for us to find out with a little work
im pretty sure komar or jd would knwo the cost of the pcbs
jd will know the cost of the switches
apoc will know the cost of the plates
the stabs were from ivans gb and were for sure lower than what was charged
and im sure someone could do a little math with the spreadsheet and work out what was charged, i seem to remember a number like 65k being thrown about but i cant remember for the life of me why i think that
Here is the cost of the plates!!! Well minus 3... got some extras I picked up!!!I can do 10-15 vanilla (no switch mod) builds. More than that and I know I'll start to go stir crazy.
It still would be nice to see where all the money went instead of just knowing how much is left.
it should be fairly easy for us to find out with a little work
im pretty sure komar or jd would knwo the cost of the pcbs
jd will know the cost of the switches
apoc will know the cost of the plates
the stabs were from ivans gb and were for sure lower than what was charged
and im sure someone could do a little math with the spreadsheet and work out what was charged, i seem to remember a number like 65k being thrown about but i cant remember for the life of me why i think thatShow Image(http://i.imgur.com/2lzG2r0.jpg)
I can do SMD soldering for a couple of boards if SMD soldering isn't covered. I won't do switches though, not my fort�
Thanks Apoc. Given that the plates cost ~1/2 what we were charged for them, you'd think there would be more money left over from that part, even when factoring in shipping the parts.No cost in shipping them either cause I drove them to TJ on my own dime...
So, per unit cost we're looking at:
PCB - $11 + shipping from supplier; original price $28
Plate - $8.26; original price $16
Stabilizers - $5.95 + shipping; original price $7 (Costar) or $9 (Cherry)
Switches - unknown per unit cost, but 7bit prices are ~$0.73 a unit; GB price $0.63 a unit
I don't know if PCB assembly was an additional cost on top of that $5k or if diodes, controllers, etc were included in that price, but I'm having a really hard time seeing how this GB could possibly be out of money when we're theoretically up approximately $15-20 per unit (unit being PCB/plate/switches/stabilizers) after subtracting a couple of bucks for the added shipping cost of various parts and banking/paypal fees.
The only reason I could think we'd be hurting is if there were a bunch of unpaid orders that were bought anyways, prototype production costs were beyond obscene, someone was charging for firmware development, or some people took part of the funds and bailed.
Of course, this is all supposition and, like metafour said, it would be nice to have someone clear things up.
I'm a soldering n00b, but I'm happy to:
A- solder some boards (will practice a lot first)
B- host a soldering/sorting/packing party here in Orlando. You can sleep on my couches/floor for free and maybe I'll grill something for you
C- help in any other way that's needed.
I'm a soldering n00b, but I'm happy to:
A- solder some boards (will practice a lot first)
B- host a soldering/sorting/packing party here in Orlando. You can sleep on my couches/floor for free and maybe I'll grill something for you
C- help in any other way that's needed.
damn i wish i was in orlando, i want grilled stuff
I'm a soldering n00b, but I'm happy to:
A- solder some boards (will practice a lot first)
B- host a soldering/sorting/packing party here in Orlando. You can sleep on my couches/floor for free and maybe I'll grill something for you
C- help in any other way that's needed.
damn i wish i was in orlando, i want grilled stuff
I'm a soldering n00b, but I'm happy to:
A- solder some boards (will practice a lot first)
B- host a soldering/sorting/packing party here in Orlando. You can sleep on my couches/floor for free and maybe I'll grill something for you
C- help in any other way that's needed.
damn i wish i was in orlando, i want grilled stuff
+1
Grilled stuff is good
I'm a soldering n00b, but I'm happy to:
A- solder some boards (will practice a lot first)
B- host a soldering/sorting/packing party here in Orlando. You can sleep on my couches/floor for free and maybe I'll grill something for you
C- help in any other way that's needed.
damn i wish i was in orlando, i want grilled stuffI'm a soldering n00b, but I'm happy to:
A- solder some boards (will practice a lot first)
B- host a soldering/sorting/packing party here in Orlando. You can sleep on my couches/floor for free and maybe I'll grill something for you
C- help in any other way that's needed.
damn i wish i was in orlando, i want grilled stuff
+1
Grilled stuff is good
If you guys come visit I will grill you a big fat juicy steak (or something else dreamy), or smoke you a rack of ribs. :-* :-* :-*
which one of you pussies had to make a throw away account on reddit?
which one of you pussies had to make a throw away account on reddit?
https://www.reddit.com/r/MechanicalKeyboards/comments/3a2f71/help_question_about_funds_being_stolen_from_a/
We will disclose how much is left as soon as we receive the paypal transfer. I'm working on this on a daily basis, talking to all the involved parties and making sure the (very complex) puzzle fits. Please consider that my order has not even been registered, so I might not actually get my board.
I know 2 years passed, but the things seem to be finally moving again. I'm asking another little patience.
Just to be clear: I was in no way involved with the original group buy, I just stepped in few weeks ago to try to move the stagnating situation.
So far kudos go to: bunnylake (Murdock), samwisekoi (BA Baracus), komar (Faceman), myself (and if you don't get the reference you won't get your board :P)
We will disclose how much is left as soon as we receive the paypal transfer. I'm working on this on a daily basis, talking to all the involved parties and making sure the (very complex) puzzle fits. Please consider that my order has not even been registered, so I might not actually get my board.So this leaves you as Colonel John "Hannibal" Smith . "Tam Tatam, Ta Ta Tam ..." even my 5 year daughter knows the theme song from A-Team, this and the Imperial March from Star Wars :cool:
I know 2 years passed, but the things seem to be finally moving again. I'm asking another little patience.
Just to be clear: I was in no way involved with the original group buy, I just stepped in few weeks ago to try to move the stagnating situation.
So far kudos go to: bunnylake (Murdock), samwisekoi (BA Baracus), komar (Faceman), myself (and if you don't get the reference you won't get your board :P)
https://www.reddit.com/r/MechanicalKeyboards/comments/3a2f71/help_question_about_funds_being_stolen_from_a/
As for other costs I didn't mention in the previous post:
We paid about $800 for the rev. B prototypes.
I also bought some kilogram of white 3mm LEDs out of pocket and I'll be sending these along with the switches from 7bit.
According to my knowledge, the only missing part as far as the electronic internals are concerned is the LED resistors, which are ridiculously cheap and are best bought as late as possible, so that they don't have to be shipped over and over again.
As for other costs I didn't mention in the previous post:
We paid about $800 for the rev. B prototypes.
I also bought some kilogram of white 3mm LEDs out of pocket and I'll be sending these along with the switches from 7bit.
According to my knowledge, the only missing part as far as the electronic internals are concerned is the LED resistors, which are ridiculously cheap and are best bought as late as possible, so that they don't have to be shipped over and over again.
i have a ton of those on hand anyway
Many thanks to the A-Team for getting this back on track :)
So.... : https://www.massdrop.com/buy/kc60-mechanical-keyboardhttps://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=72944.0
Thoughts?
So i think its safe to assume that when these end up shipping, 80% will be on classifieds. I remember this GB being a big deal when it started, then like a dozen different 60%'s came out.
Prelim I can sell you one of mine (located in Germany). I ordered 5 (and 6 plates 3 iso and 3 ansi), but now I will most likely only build one with ansi plate at most. Just drop me a pm.
woohoo!I would guess that is just the Euro switches... right???
the switches have been shipped to bunny! This is the very first step in reviving the GH60!
Now we wait for the remaining funds so we can unlock the boards that are still in China!
woohoo!I would guess that is just the Euro switches... right???
the switches have been shipped to bunny! This is the very first step in reviving the GH60!
Now we wait for the remaining funds so we can unlock the boards that are still in China!
So i think its safe to assume that when these end up shipping, 80% will be on classifieds. I remember this GB being a big deal when it started, then like a dozen different 60%'s came out.
Is this clone legal?
IIRC the GH60 is open source hardware, so yes, it is legal. The revision C sources were not released yet, though.So i think its safe to assume that when these end up shipping, 80% will be on classifieds. I remember this GB being a big deal when it started, then like a dozen different 60%'s came out.
Does seem to be the case:
https://www.massdrop.com/buy/kc60-mechanical-keyboard?mode=guest_open
Is this clone legal?
My address changed again. College housing yknow. Should I RE-fill out that Google form or should I wait until the stuff is ready to ship?
Whey!
Still waiting?
a minimum of 3 days; about twice that if it's international.PayPal transfers take three days now?
Bank transfer instead now? It would cut down on the money that is taken every time, if I'm not mistaken.a minimum of 3 days; about twice that if it's international.PayPal transfers take three days now?
but that's just speculation.
to be fair is is a bit of a pain in the ass and costly to send bank transfers to/from the US to private individuals, many banks in the US don't even advertise the service
As Bunny said (ninjad) We've got money (at least some) but at least we can finally unlock the boards from China!(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/archive/5/54/20051214002236!Unlock-icon.gif)
OHMY! This thing is finally moving!
As Bunny said (ninjad) We've got money (at least some) but at least we can finally unlock the boards from China!
OHMY! This thing is finally moving!
Bunny, you paid duties before I knew the boards left China...
This GB can't go wrong anymore.:D
My prediction: GH60 will be finalized once we reach page 100 of this thread.
GO GO GO!Show Image(http://i.imgur.com/I8kq0uJ.gif)
BunnyLake, you UK based? I'm also moving address at the end of the month so i assume i need to inform someone about this?
My prediction: GH60 will be finalized once we reach page 100 of this thread.
GO GO GO!Show Image(http://i.imgur.com/I8kq0uJ.gif)
Welp, it's moving I guess. How do you plan on organzing the soldering helpers (okay, maybe it's a bit early to talk about that but whatever)?
Can we get some info on what soldering working is required?Yes, I'd like to know this as well.
Can we get some info on what soldering working is required?
Can we get some info on what soldering working is required?Yes, I'd like to know this as well.
please read the original post of this thread, under the heading assemblySure, but I meant whether you'll need help with the SMT stuff, or the "assembly service" for switches and LEDs.
SMT is already done, unless people specifically chose not to. The only thing that needs done is switches and LEDs..please read the original post of this thread, under the heading assemblySure, but I meant whether you'll need help with the SMT stuff, or the "assembly service" for switches and LEDs.
SMT is already done, unless people specifically chose not to. The only thing that needs done is switches and LEDs..please read the original post of this thread, under the heading assemblySure, but I meant whether you'll need help with the SMT stuff, or the "assembly service" for switches and LEDs.
If this GB went dead in the water, and became well known, I'm sure a lot of people would be avoiding other GBs in the future.
I think digi has gone insane...
I think digi has gone insane...
define "insane" =)
I think digi has gone insane...
define "insane" =)
But this is GH, so nobody here cares. They care more to collect from every group buy and hoard a bunch of unnecessary ****.
I'd watch a "Hoarders: MK Edition".I think I found the first candidate: :blank:
I'd watch a "Hoarders: MK Edition".I think I found the first candidate: :blank:Show Image(https://i.imgur.com/8MRzg0c.jpg)
Sorry Hoff
Hoff, you have a severe problem. And that problem is all of those caps are for MX switches. You need more Topre in your life. Or, at the very least, more Cherry/GMK and less SP.
No problems here. ^-^Obviously :))
I feel like this group buy has turned into a coddling session.
Poor TJ, it's not his fault, yada yada. But the thing is that for the most part, yes, it is. When people began to question why he was silent or even BEG for an update, he stayed silent. He wasn't so busy however that he couldn't spend hours on reddit posting classifieds or buying ridiculously expensive earbuds.
There were times when you could see him lurking in the thread and not posting. Why do that? Why go on a thread where people were obviously asking for any sort of update or plan and just stay mum? Did he spend money he wasn't supposed to? Why was the money even in personal bank account? Why is only SOME transferred? Why are there no invoices being shown clearly so we can see that someone hasn't been lining their pockets?
I'm tired of people wking and coddling. In the real world if anyone did this, they'd be taken to court. You can't just sit on a pile of money and cut off communication and expect everyone to smile and nod.
I feel like this group buy has turned into a coddling session.
Poor TJ, it's not his fault, yada yada. But the thing is that for the most part, yes, it is. When people began to question why he was silent or even BEG for an update, he stayed silent. He wasn't so busy however that he couldn't spend hours on reddit posting classifieds or buying ridiculously expensive earbuds.
There were times when you could see him lurking in the thread and not posting. Why do that? Why go on a thread where people were obviously asking for any sort of update or plan and just stay mum? Did he spend money he wasn't supposed to? Why was the money even in personal bank account? Why is only SOME transferred? Why are there no invoices being shown clearly so we can see that someone hasn't been lining their pockets?
I'm tired of people wking and coddling. In the real world if anyone did this, they'd be taken to court. You can't just sit on a pile of money and cut off communication and expect everyone to smile and nod.
Doesn't making multiple accounts = ban?I feel like this group buy has turned into a coddling session.
Poor TJ, it's not his fault, yada yada. But the thing is that for the most part, yes, it is. When people began to question why he was silent or even BEG for an update, he stayed silent. He wasn't so busy however that he couldn't spend hours on reddit posting classifieds or buying ridiculously expensive earbuds.
There were times when you could see him lurking in the thread and not posting. Why do that? Why go on a thread where people were obviously asking for any sort of update or plan and just stay mum? Did he spend money he wasn't supposed to? Why was the money even in personal bank account? Why is only SOME transferred? Why are there no invoices being shown clearly so we can see that someone hasn't been lining their pockets?
I'm tired of people wking and coddling. In the real world if anyone did this, they'd be taken to court. You can't just sit on a pile of money and cut off communication and expect everyone to smile and nod.
You've already made enough similar comments with your actual account, why bother making a duplicate for this post? :confused:
Doesn't making multiple accounts = ban?I feel like this group buy has turned into a coddling session.
Poor TJ, it's not his fault, yada yada. But the thing is that for the most part, yes, it is. When people began to question why he was silent or even BEG for an update, he stayed silent. He wasn't so busy however that he couldn't spend hours on reddit posting classifieds or buying ridiculously expensive earbuds.
There were times when you could see him lurking in the thread and not posting. Why do that? Why go on a thread where people were obviously asking for any sort of update or plan and just stay mum? Did he spend money he wasn't supposed to? Why was the money even in personal bank account? Why is only SOME transferred? Why are there no invoices being shown clearly so we can see that someone hasn't been lining their pockets?
I'm tired of people wking and coddling. In the real world if anyone did this, they'd be taken to court. You can't just sit on a pile of money and cut off communication and expect everyone to smile and nod.
You've already made enough similar comments with your actual account, why bother making a duplicate for this post? :confused:
I feel like this group buy has turned into a coddling session.
Poor TJ, it's not his fault, yada yada. But the thing is that for the most part, yes, it is. When people began to question why he was silent or even BEG for an update, he stayed silent. He wasn't so busy however that he couldn't spend hours on reddit posting classifieds or buying ridiculously expensive earbuds.
There were times when you could see him lurking in the thread and not posting. Why do that? Why go on a thread where people were obviously asking for any sort of update or plan and just stay mum? Did he spend money he wasn't supposed to? Why was the money even in personal bank account? Why is only SOME transferred? Why are there no invoices being shown clearly so we can see that someone hasn't been lining their pockets?
I'm tired of people wking and coddling. In the real world if anyone did this, they'd be taken to court. You can't just sit on a pile of money and cut off communication and expect everyone to smile and nod.
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ugh, I forgot we got them in white... ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwww :pShow Image(http://i.imgur.com/WRoECPy.jpg)Show Image(http://i.imgur.com/fLNVeZd.jpg)Show Image(http://i.imgur.com/rF8IZJV.jpg)Show Image(http://i.imgur.com/SNhswBV.jpg)Show Image(http://i.imgur.com/mOlufJE.jpg)
He didn't want to get banned by one of the mods high on powerI feel like this group buy has turned into a coddling session.
Poor TJ, it's not his fault, yada yada. But the thing is that for the most part, yes, it is. When people began to question why he was silent or even BEG for an update, he stayed silent. He wasn't so busy however that he couldn't spend hours on reddit posting classifieds or buying ridiculously expensive earbuds.
There were times when you could see him lurking in the thread and not posting. Why do that? Why go on a thread where people were obviously asking for any sort of update or plan and just stay mum? Did he spend money he wasn't supposed to? Why was the money even in personal bank account? Why is only SOME transferred? Why are there no invoices being shown clearly so we can see that someone hasn't been lining their pockets?
I'm tired of people wking and coddling. In the real world if anyone did this, they'd be taken to court. You can't just sit on a pile of money and cut off communication and expect everyone to smile and nod.
firstly, if you are gonna post stuff like this and allegations against someone, perhaps do it on your real account, rather than hiding behind one you made today
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mods high on power
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The design may be outdated by now, but I do love seeing that logo on a finished production Rev C board. :D I'm excited to see such progress here. :thumb:
The design may be outdated by now, but I do love seeing that logo on a finished production Rev C board. :D I'm excited to see such progress here. :thumb:Well looking at the 60% PCBs that are available now (the chinese and korean boards), it is actually equally good (capability-wise), and even has some advantages (like the possibility of individual control over backlight LEDs). (Well, if you want RGB strips on the bottom, then you need to go for the korean ones...)
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The design may be outdated by now, but I do love seeing that logo on a finished production Rev C board. :D I'm excited to see such progress here. :thumb:
exactly this, im thrilled to finally have part of my order at least
im sending my gh60s around the globe so i can have one built by a bunch of different users
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The design may be outdated by now, but I do love seeing that logo on a finished production Rev C board. :D I'm excited to see such progress here. :thumb:
exactly this, im thrilled to finally have part of my order at least
im sending my gh60s around the globe so i can have one built by a bunch of different users
That's awesome! Do you know where abouts it will be touring?
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The design may be outdated by now, but I do love seeing that logo on a finished production Rev C board. :D I'm excited to see such progress here. :thumb:
exactly this, im thrilled to finally have part of my order at least
im sending my gh60s around the globe so i can have one built by a bunch of different users
That's awesome! Do you know where abouts it will be touring?
not one board all over the place, but having several people build several boards
JD promised to do me one, matteo is gonnna build me one, margo of course will be, and ill work some more things out from there, im hoping once komar has more time i can talk him in to building one
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The design may be outdated by now, but I do love seeing that logo on a finished production Rev C board. :D I'm excited to see such progress here. :thumb:
exactly this, im thrilled to finally have part of my order at least
im sending my gh60s around the globe so i can have one built by a bunch of different users
That's awesome! Do you know where abouts it will be touring?
not one board all over the place, but having several people build several boards
JD promised to do me one, matteo is gonnna build me one, margo of course will be, and ill work some more things out from there, im hoping once komar has more time i can talk him in to building one
ahhh ok I misunderstood haha I thought you where taking one board on a special all expenses paid trip around the globe to be built haha (what you said makes way more sense, but is way less fun...)
haha, but yorus is a much better idea, if i had the bank roll for that i certainly would
we do however plan on having a bit of a brighton meetup at some point i should keep moaning at you to come to
haha, but yorus is a much better idea, if i had the bank roll for that i certainly would
we do however plan on having a bit of a brighton meetup at some point i should keep moaning at you to come to
who knows m8, im a bit shy irl, nerd4life and all that, but it would be cool to go for a few drinks with people and brighton is a place I still have to take my gf too!
haha, but yorus is a much better idea, if i had the bank roll for that i certainly would
we do however plan on having a bit of a brighton meetup at some point i should keep moaning at you to come to
who knows m8, im a bit shy irl, nerd4life and all that, but it would be cool to go for a few drinks with people and brighton is a place I still have to take my gf too!
im looking to work out some time in like late august, and we are all ****ing nerds so nothing to be shy about, brighton is a lovely place in the summer
ill be able to put a few people up in my new place and hotels for a night here are cheap, good times to be had by all
Just don't make it 29/30th.. I would be down for other weekends for sure.I didn't want to say anything but I would also love to be a part of this, although I'm hugging everyone :3
okay now let's see if we can get the boards in US movingI'm ready when you boys are!!! I'll be on vacation end of july being of august!!!
Hi bunny, should I pm you my new address (august onwards) or should I contact someone else?
Where is the spread sheet?Hi bunny, should I pm you my new address (august onwards) or should I contact someone else?
on that note
if there is anyone who would like to help on this gb, what would really really help me a ton, is if there was anyone out there who wanted to do some spreadsheet work for me, the current one is a nightmare of a google doc
right now finding a few hours to sit and tackle that spreadsheet without being interrupted is hard, if nobody wants to do it i of course will, but if anyone can be bothered, make a new nice clear sheet, with orders split firstly in to international and conus, and from there split in to builds and non builds, preferably in excel that would help me a ton to get on and actually tackle the distribution of this thing
Hi bunny, should I pm you my new address (august onwards) or should I contact someone else?
on that note
if there is anyone who would like to help on this gb, what would really really help me a ton, is if there was anyone out there who wanted to do some spreadsheet work for me, the current one is a nightmare of a google doc
right now finding a few hours to sit and tackle that spreadsheet without being interrupted is hard, if nobody wants to do it i of course will, but if anyone can be bothered, make a new nice clear sheet, with orders split firstly in to international and conus, and from there split in to builds and non builds, preferably in excel that would help me a ton to get on and actually tackle the distribution of this thing
Hi bunny, should I pm you my new address (august onwards) or should I contact someone else?
on that note
if there is anyone who would like to help on this gb, what would really really help me a ton, is if there was anyone out there who wanted to do some spreadsheet work for me, the current one is a nightmare of a google doc
right now finding a few hours to sit and tackle that spreadsheet without being interrupted is hard, if nobody wants to do it i of course will, but if anyone can be bothered, make a new nice clear sheet, with orders split firstly in to international and conus, and from there split in to builds and non builds, preferably in excel that would help me a ton to get on and actually tackle the distribution of this thing
Anyone one have an extra PCB for sale? Please contact me. Thank you!
okay now let's see if we can get the boards in US movingI'm ready when you boys are!!! I'll be on vacation end of july being of august!!!
Nothing but free time cause I'm not going anywhere :p just watching the international!!!
Oh and I'm still down to drive all this to chicago to party and pack!!!
hey guys, packing materials have all arrived (apart from parcel tape, i just ordered more today, i thought i had tons on hand but the wife has been rather liberal with it preparing for the move)
but i can start prepping orders and just seal them once more tape arrives
thanks for the offers on the sheet, ill speak to matteo and see if he can take it on, but if not ill contact some of you fine folks, i have a bit of a busy day today but ill try contact tj tonight and start working on a convenient time to arrange collection of everything he has
Anyone one have an extra PCB for sale? Please contact me. Thank you!
Just wait for round 2 to start
Just wait for round 2 to start
There you go, Demik. Being Demik. Now I understand the hype.
Hey, everyone, it's Demik!
No one has told me who I contact about the change of shipping address?
No one has told me who I contact about the change of shipping address?
You'll be shipping mine Bunny as im in the UK so if you're confirming all address' thats fine ill wait. (Moving in 2 weeks)
Does the new spreadsheet include orders that were taken over?
I took one over in addition to my original order.
Just wait for round 2 to start
There you go, Demik. Being Demik. Now I understand the hype.
Hey, everyone, it's Demik!
can you fū*!&g believe it?!Mad jellyShow Image(http://i.imgur.com/0vc1tvb.jpg)Show Image(http://i.imgur.com/Zz5vuSD.jpg)
can you fū*!&g believe it?!Show Image(http://i.imgur.com/0vc1tvb.jpg)Show Image(http://i.imgur.com/Zz5vuSD.jpg)
can you fū*!&g believe it?!Show Image(http://i.imgur.com/0vc1tvb.jpg)Show Image(http://i.imgur.com/Zz5vuSD.jpg)
can someone explain me what the "expansion module", "poker arrows" and "WASD" little holes (is that even in the right place) are for? soz for the noobieness :-[
can you fū*!&g believe it?!Is this the real life?Show Image(http://i.imgur.com/0vc1tvb.jpg)Show Image(http://i.imgur.com/Zz5vuSD.jpg)
lol, I understood the positions of course... I don't know is what the little holes are for, to solder resistances?!
lol, I understood the positions of course... I don't know is what the little holes are for, to solder resistances?!
Those should be for resistors, correct (since those are the positions that support LEDs).
lol, I understood the positions of course... I don't know is what the little holes are for, to solder resistances?!
Those should be for resistors, correct (since those are the positions that support LEDs).
thanks Hoff,
but isn't the entire pcb compatible with leds on an individual switch level?! soz if it's a dumb question :/
The PCB has holes [...] It will be up to the user to determine a workaround to get all other LEDs working.
But yes, let's burn all the PCBs, and start from scratch.
/starting engines for rev.D GB! "dedicated to the memory of GH60 rev.C" :)) :))
Anyone one have an extra PCB for sale? Please contact me. Thank you!
Just wait for round 2 to start
sent the first batch of orders out today
clean the board with isopropyl alcohol, splash some liquid flux and you are good to go. they are just a pinch harder to solder than I'm used to. Lead doesn't flow as well as I would expect, but totally feasible.I didn't realize I was soldering on the controller. This will be fun. :)
You won't be, I imagine. A very small number of people ordered raw PCBs to solder things together on their own. Everyone else will have a PCB with all SMD soldering already done.
One down, next up is the funky bottom row version :D.Interesting build!Show Image(http://i.imgur.com/Nmuorei.jpg)
One down, next up is the funky bottom row version :D.Which caps are you planning to put on there?Show Image(http://i.imgur.com/Nmuorei.jpg)
is that a clear stem on spacebar?! DONT :mad:I'd guess it's a linear MX white ;)
#define KEYMAP_ISO( \
K00, K01, K02, K03, K04, K05, K06, K07, K08, K09, K0A, K0B, K0C, K0D, K49,\
K10, K11, K12, K13, K14, K15, K16, K17, K18, K19, K1A, K1B, K1C, K1D, \
K20, K21, K22, K23, K24, K25, K26, K27, K28, K29, K2A, K2B, K2C, K2D, \
K30, K31, K32, K33, K34, K35, K36, K37, K38, K39, K3A, K3B, K3D, K3C, \
K40, K41, K42, K45, K4A, K4B, K4C, K4D \
) KEYMAP( \
K00, K01, K02, K03, K04, K05, K06, K07, K08, K09, K0A, K0B, K0C, K0D, \
K10, K11, K12, K13, K14, K15, K16, K17, K18, K19, K1A, K1B, K1C, K1D, \
K20, K21, K22, K23, K24, K25, K26, K27, K28, K29, K2A, K2B, K2C, K2D, \
K30, K31, K32, K33, K34, K35, K36, K37, K38, K39, K3A, K3B, K3C, K3D, \
K40, K41, K42, K45, K49, K4A, K4B, K4C, K4D \
)
keymapKEYMAP_ISO(
ESC, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 0, MINS,EQL, BSPC, GRV,\
TAB, Q, W, E, R, T, Y, U, I, O, P, LBRC,RBRC, BSLS, \
CAPS,A, S, D, F, G, H, J, K, L, SCLN,QUOT,NUHS, ENT, \
LSFT,NUBS,Z, X, C, V, B, N, M, COMM,DOT, SLSH, RSFT, FN0, \
LCTL ,LGUI,LALT, SPC, RALT,RGUI, APP, RCTL),
Nixdorf blacks, with a clicky clear Esc and locking switch in the space to the right of the right shift.:eek: I think I have to correct myself from interesting build to impressive build!
Indeed, the spacebar is a linear white. I've got WoB doubleshots that I could put on it, or even BoW (http://i.imgur.com/tMQrpDy.jpg)...I'll probably be chucking the caps from my FaceU on it so it'll look basically like this.Show Image(http://i.imgur.com/vM2OyYu.jpgp).
With a bit of luck I'll get it programmed tonight and should be up and running by tomorrow :D.
edit - I had to tweak TMK a little to get an ISO keymap working, see below for keymap and keymap_common (note - this has a split backspace and right shift. Also, I'm not an expert by any means, but this is what I'm currently working on and seems to be doing fine...Also, its WIP, once I've got it confirmed I'll post it somewhere people will actually see it...Oh, and I've had a few beers...).
keymap_commonCode: [Select]#define KEYMAP_ISO( \
keymap
K00, K01, K02, K03, K04, K05, K06, K07, K08, K09, K0A, K0B, K0C, K0D, K49,\
K10, K11, K12, K13, K14, K15, K16, K17, K18, K19, K1A, K1B, K1C, K1D, \
K20, K21, K22, K23, K24, K25, K26, K27, K28, K29, K2A, K2B, K2C, K2D, \
K30, K31, K32, K33, K34, K35, K36, K37, K38, K39, K3A, K3B, K3D, K3C, \
K40, K41, K42, K45, K4A, K4B, K4C, K4D \
) KEYMAP( \
K00, K01, K02, K03, K04, K05, K06, K07, K08, K09, K0A, K0B, K0C, K0D, \
K10, K11, K12, K13, K14, K15, K16, K17, K18, K19, K1A, K1B, K1C, K1D, \
K20, K21, K22, K23, K24, K25, K26, K27, K28, K29, K2A, K2B, K2C, K2D, \
K30, K31, K32, K33, K34, K35, K36, K37, K38, K39, K3A, K3B, K3C, K3D, \
K40, K41, K42, K45, K49, K4A, K4B, K4C, K4D \
)Code: [Select]KEYMAP_ISO(
ESC, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 0, MINS,EQL, BSPC, GRV,\
TAB, Q, W, E, R, T, Y, U, I, O, P, LBRC,RBRC, BSLS, \
CAPS,A, S, D, F, G, H, J, K, L, SCLN,QUOT,NUHS, ENT, \
LSFT,NUBS,Z, X, C, V, B, N, M, COMM,DOT, SLSH, RSFT, FN0, \
LCTL ,LGUI,LALT, SPC, RALT,RGUI, APP, RCTL),
One down, next up is the funky bottom row version :D.Nice nixies hzza :)Show Image(http://i.imgur.com/Nmuorei.jpg)
I can wait on mine. Im not in a rush.
I ordered mine with the assembly service. Will it still be assembled?
I actually dont mind if its assembled. But, I'd actually prefer it unassembled.
Considering how long this gb took, I actually got my soldering skills up to a decent level from when this gb started to where it is now.
Should I just pm Bunny on this?
Great! Thanks, Bunny!I can wait on mine. Im not in a rush.
I ordered mine with the assembly service. Will it still be assembled?
I actually dont mind if its assembled. But, I'd actually prefer it unassembled.
Considering how long this gb took, I actually got my soldering skills up to a decent level from when this gb started to where it is now.
Should I just pm Bunny on this?
its no problem to change to unassembled good sir
shortly ill be posting batches of orders, and then contacting people to confirm orders and addresses, so at that stage, just let me know thats what you want at the time
I quickly assembled a GH60 keyboard to verify the that PCBs are actually working.
Here I present to you my first GH60 keyboard with a prezzy crazy layout (that's what custom keyboards are for, right?)Show Image(http://i.imgur.com/qGMnNBY.jpg)
I found that the pads are a bit harder to solder than I'm used to, but nothing too bad. Probably the 2 yo PCBs started to oxidate, but anyway it is working. I'll make some more tests, but I believe it's a go.
I'm said shipping will start tomorrow.
Some names in that list I have not seen in forever o7
Nice to see this moving finally. Any progress for the USA?
Hey bunny, I took over an order and was wondering if it's actually mentioned in the lists you got from the other guys
I took over Numerus (or something) his order, I myself am from EU
bunny, did you checked pms? (sent yesterday btw)
thanks in advance :thumb:
Sorry to waste your time, but are those ALL the EU orders? Or just the first batches?
I originally took over one of the unpaid orders (https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1jkoS8UjR9ufSjokrJgz96HgO4R8IFQ7Vi1WuPvOjbjM/edit#gid=0) and I'm not on the list. Make sure you don't send out PCBs to people who didn't pay... :rolleyes:
I originally took over one of the unpaid orders (https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1jkoS8UjR9ufSjokrJgz96HgO4R8IFQ7Vi1WuPvOjbjM/edit#gid=0) and I'm not on the list. Make sure you don't send out PCBs to people who didn't pay... :rolleyes:
I originally took over one of the unpaid orders (https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1jkoS8UjR9ufSjokrJgz96HgO4R8IFQ7Vi1WuPvOjbjM/edit#gid=0) and I'm not on the list. Make sure you don't send out PCBs to people who didn't pay... :rolleyes:
@BlueBar: I took over one of those orders also, and I have yet to ever see any visual confirmation of that other than my paypal receipt. I do also have an original order.
Huge credit to those getting this GB going again. However after such a long time I've already resigned to the fact I'll never see any actual results, furthermore my enthusiasm in all things keyboards, customs and key caps has waned having moved in to other interests.... I just don't know what to do with my order...
i can only work with what ive been given, if this is the case, its the person you dealt with taking on the unpaid order you need to speak to rather than me, as i have no way of confirming anything as i dont have access to the original paypal account, or previous version of the spreadsheet
i can only work with what ive been given, if this is the case, its the person you dealt with taking on the unpaid order you need to speak to rather than me, as i have no way of confirming anything as i dont have access to the original paypal account, or previous version of the spreadsheet
No worries Bunny, I completly understand the trouble you're dealing with. I sent a PM to TJ.
Which page do I go to for a summary of what happened to this monstrosity of a thread?> wasn't moving
i can only work with what ive been given, if this is the case, its the person you dealt with taking on the unpaid order you need to speak to rather than me, as i have no way of confirming anything as i dont have access to the original paypal account, or previous version of the spreadsheet
No worries Bunny, I completly understand the trouble you're dealing with. I sent a PM to TJ.
whatever happens, there is nothing to worry about, if you paid for an order you will get it, its just going to take a little time to work through all this, and as mentioned before im right in the middle of moving so living in utter chaos, as of august the 1st, i will be very very proactive about getting this all sorted and chasing these loose ends
Thanks bunny, your work is very much appreciated!
Quick question though: From where do you send your batches? IIRC, it was the UK?
I hate to be Captain Obvious, but someone should have a record of those transferred orders, right? A good deal of work and waiting time could be saved by acquiring that list. This isn't to suggest you haven't already thought of that, Bunny, but rather to ask - why hasn't this been provided to you yet?
I hate to be Captain Obvious, but someone should have a record of those transferred orders, right? A good deal of work and waiting time could be saved by acquiring that list. This isn't to suggest you haven't already thought of that, Bunny, but rather to ask - why hasn't this been provided to you yet?
I hate to be Captain Obvious, but someone should have a record of those transferred orders, right? A good deal of work and waiting time could be saved by acquiring that list. This isn't to suggest you haven't already thought of that, Bunny, but rather to ask - why hasn't this been provided to you yet?
I think the only person able to compile that list of people who took over unpaid initial orders would have been TJ. He was the one who took the payments for the unpaid orders, so only he would know who bought them.
Note that this doesn't apply to people who later transferred their paid order to someone else. Those people should have sent PMs to myself, komar, and TJ with the details. I updated some of those on the original spreadsheet, with notes about the order. And every PM I got about a transferred order, I forwarded to TJ and komar, so they would also have the information.
I hate to be Captain Obvious, but someone should have a record of those transferred orders, right? A good deal of work and waiting time could be saved by acquiring that list. This isn't to suggest you haven't already thought of that, Bunny, but rather to ask - why hasn't this been provided to you yet?
I think the only person able to compile that list of people who took over unpaid initial orders would have been TJ. He was the one who took the payments for the unpaid orders, so only he would know who bought them.
Note that this doesn't apply to people who later transferred their paid order to someone else. Those people should have sent PMs to myself, komar, and TJ with the details. I updated some of those on the original spreadsheet, with notes about the order. And every PM I got about a transferred order, I forwarded to TJ and komar, so they would also have the information.
I guess my address change didn't make it to that list. It's OK though. I'll just wait for the US orders to get to me.
Thanks again to everyone helping sort this out.
I'll speak my mind about the mute in off topic at a later time.
Those arent all the batches right?Same here. Don't want my hopes to get elevated to only be crushed again.
if so I'm not on it..
Keep it out of this thread.
Cleaned the thread up.
Seriously. Stop.
If you want to talk **** about each other, take it to PMs.
Cleaned the thread up.
Seriously. Stop.
If you want to talk **** about each other, take it to PMs.
But then how people will know I have won an internet argument ???
Cleaned the thread up.:(
Seriously. Stop.
If you want to talk **** about each other, take it to PMs.
as a PS to that post, ill post the list of names i have leftover for conus orders etc either tonight or tomorrow, so that way we may find the odd missing name and the US folks can see that they havent been missed as well, and hopefully from there we can get everything ironed out with transferred orders and whatnot
once again, please just gimme a chance to get on top of this, its a big task to take on and for the most part im walking in blind
as a PS to that post, ill post the list of names i have leftover for conus orders etc either tonight or tomorrow, so that way we may find the odd missing name and the US folks can see that they havent been missed as well, and hopefully from there we can get everything ironed out with transferred orders and whatnot
once again, please just gimme a chance to get on top of this, its a big task to take on and for the most part im walking in blind
So is bunny taking over conus orders and shipping them all the way to the UK then back to the US?
I am sorry this is just getting me more confused now.
PCBs:
PCB (SMD presoldered) - 2x
bare PCB (no components) - 1x
Plates:
Universal ANSI plate - 1x
Pure plate quantity - 1x
ANSI 1.5x plate quantity - 1x
Stabs:
PCB-mounted cherry stabs 6.25 units - 1x
Plate-mounted cherry stabs 6.25 units - 3x
No switches
No assembly
So is bunny taking over conus orders and shipping them all the way to the UK then back to the US?
I am sorry this is just getting me more confused now.
This might be a tremendously stupid question, but I'd rather ask than be sorry.
Do I get an email along with a PM, or do I need to watch my GH inbox like a hawk?
This might be a tremendously stupid question, but I'd rather ask than be sorry.
Do I get an email along with a PM, or do I need to watch my GH inbox like a hawk?
i will pm you on gh, and geekhack should email you when you get a pm unless you have that turned off
thats what ill do initially
once i have worked through the batches, anyone who i dont have a pm reply from, ill look down other contact avenues
This might be a tremendously stupid question, but I'd rather ask than be sorry.
Do I get an email along with a PM, or do I need to watch my GH inbox like a hawk?
i will pm you on gh, and geekhack should email you when you get a pm unless you have that turned off
thats what ill do initially
once i have worked through the batches, anyone who i dont have a pm reply from, ill look down other contact avenues
Sweet, thanks! I'm in batch 6, so it'll be a little while. Thanks for all your work!
This might be a tremendously stupid question, but I'd rather ask than be sorry.
Do I get an email along with a PM, or do I need to watch my GH inbox like a hawk?
i will pm you on gh, and geekhack should email you when you get a pm unless you have that turned off
thats what ill do initially
once i have worked through the batches, anyone who i dont have a pm reply from, ill look down other contact avenues
Sweet, thanks! I'm in batch 6, so it'll be a little while. Thanks for all your work!
it really wont be as long as you think
im going to be moving in to my new house august 1st, give myself a few days to unpack and then ill be really on top of it, most likely i will have messaged everyone in all batches within a week or so, and then ill be able to ship any orders that want just their switches and pcbs before the plates come in within a couple days
once the plates come in, ill be able to get every order out within a day or so as ill have them all ready, and then itll just be the orders that require soldering work
im in talks with a few people within the EU to get that done right now
hey guysHuge props to you sir. I didn't think I could respect you more and then you go above and beyond again.
currently unpacking and whatnot at the new house
im gonna take some time tomorrow and contact everyone from batch 2 and 3, and ill ship then end of the batch ones who asked to have stuff shipped this week
me and matteo are currently working out having the US stuff sorted, and we are just waiting for a reply from our hub to get that moving, ill have more details on that asap
Is there any way to check what I actually ordered? :O The order confirmation sheet on the first page of the thread doesnt seem to work anymore and BunnyLake is asking for an order confirmation. I can only find the amount I paid by paypal but I am not sure how many pcbs etc I actually ordered.
Is there any way to check what I actually ordered? :O The order confirmation sheet on the first page of the thread doesnt seem to work anymore and BunnyLake is asking for an order confirmation. I can only find the amount I paid by paypal but I am not sure how many pcbs etc I actually ordered.
I show you ordered:
2x PCB
1x Universal ANSI Plate
1x ISO 1.25 Plate
1x Costar Stabilizers
2x Cherry PCB mount 6.25 stabilizers
Is there any way to check what I actually ordered? :O The order confirmation sheet on the first page of the thread doesnt seem to work anymore and BunnyLake is asking for an order confirmation. I can only find the amount I paid by paypal but I am not sure how many pcbs etc I actually ordered.
Any news on the special cases? Like mine where I took over someone's unpaid order.
You're the boss bunny.
how do I check my order? non-conus here.
I vaguely remembering paying for a pcb and universal ansi plate, but would like to confirm this before any further actions :-[
what i will do with these boards, is wait until i have shipped all my orders, then whatever is left, i will offer for sale in this thread, they will be sold at gb price, and the money taken from these boards, will go back in the gh60 shipping fund
Bunny, have the batch 4 PMs been sent? Just wondering because I see "paranopid" as last, don't know if that's supposed to be my name ^^
Has the US hub been identified? I'm sure it's still in the works but it would be reassuring to know who is handling the US side of things. Unless I just missed it. :P
Hello!
I'm new to the community. It's a nice place, I've enjoyed digging through the enormous volume of the information here.
Given that, I'm interested in a GH60 PCB, is it still possible to acquire one? It seems its very popular, and I understand others have asked first. But I don't mind waiting for something has the features I desire. Would give me time to source all the other parts I would require.
Let me know!
Thanks!
Hello!
I'm new to the community. It's a nice place, I've enjoyed digging through the enormous volume of the information here.
Given that, I'm interested in a GH60 PCB, is it still possible to acquire one? It seems its very popular, and I understand others have asked first. But I don't mind waiting for something has the features I desire. Would give me time to source all the other parts I would require.
Let me know!
Thanks!
Its not possible to get into the original GB at this point, but there will be a thriving aftermarket once people start getting their PCBs. Just watch the classifieds and you will see boards available in about a month or so...
what i will do with these boards, is wait until i have shipped all my orders, then whatever is left, i will offer for sale in this thread, they will be sold at gb price, and the money taken from these boards, will go back in the gh60 shipping fund
I'm waiting for you to confirm whether the spreadsheet said I ordered an ISO plate (I thought I did but looking back my Paypal invoice says GH60, though that could have been generic).
It's a long shot, but if I did order a GH60 I'm hoping the leftovers include an ISO plate to trade with...
Thank you for your offer.what i will do with these boards, is wait until i have shipped all my orders, then whatever is left, i will offer for sale in this thread, they will be sold at gb price, and the money taken from these boards, will go back in the gh60 shipping fund
I'm waiting for you to confirm whether the spreadsheet said I ordered an ISO plate (I thought I did but looking back my Paypal invoice says GH60, though that could have been generic).
It's a long shot, but if I did order a GH60 I'm hoping the leftovers include an ISO plate to trade with...
I have ordered an ISO plate, but in the 2 years that passed since this GB started I switched to ANSI :p
Maybe we can trade plates?
what i will do with these boards, is wait until i have shipped all my orders, then whatever is left, i will offer for sale in this thread, they will be sold at gb price, and the money taken from these boards, will go back in the gh60 shipping fund
I'm waiting for you to confirm whether the spreadsheet said I ordered an ISO plate (I thought I did but looking back my Paypal invoice says GH60, though that could have been generic).
It's a long shot, but if I did order a GH60 I'm hoping the leftovers include an ISO plate to trade with...
I have ordered an ISO plate, but in the 2 years that passed since this GB started I switched to ANSI :p
Maybe we can trade plates?
sorry if this has been answered - i tried to go back a bit but couldnt find the info. what is the ETA on plates for EU orders?
sorry if this has been answered - i tried to go back a bit but couldnt find the info. what is the ETA on plates for EU orders?
there is a post about that 2 posts above yours
sorry if this has been answered - i tried to go back a bit but couldnt find the info. what is the ETA on plates for EU orders?
there is a post about that 2 posts above yours
it's unclear if that is referring to EU plates
dont sass me
sorry if this has been answered - i tried to go back a bit but couldnt find the info. what is the ETA on plates for EU orders?
there is a post about that 2 posts above yours
it's unclear if that is referring to EU plates
dont sass me
im not sure who is sassing you
but as we have posted several times in this thread
all the plates are in the US
once the plates have been sent to the new US proxy, they will send them to me
the post 2 above yours states who is doing this, and that we havent heard any news of a date and time
i have been clearly posting any and all updates in this thread
sorry if this has been answered - i tried to go back a bit but couldnt find the info. what is the ETA on plates for EU orders?
there is a post about that 2 posts above yours
it's unclear if that is referring to EU plates
dont sass me
im not sure who is sassing you
but as we have posted several times in this thread
all the plates are in the US
once the plates have been sent to the new US proxy, they will send them to me
the post 2 above yours states who is doing this, and that we havent heard any news of a date and time
i have been clearly posting any and all updates in this thread
thank you
as i said the post was unclear
i can read
im not accusing you of not posting updates
the other problem is that this thread is just massively impossible to navigate. i wonder if it's possible to change the OP to you, matt3o or someone else who is keeping track of things so there is a clear place to get the current status... should be possible in SQL
Samwisekoi is in contact with TJ for taking over the US PCBs and the plates. He will then send them to other volunteers who will be shipping to the end points.
This happened last week. I have no news yet but I bet Samwisekoi will get all the boards soon.
the other problem is that this thread is just massively impossible to navigate. i wonder if it's possible to change the OP to you, matt3o or someone else who is keeping track of things so there is a clear place to get the current status... should be possible in SQL
that is a good point sir, perhaps ill look in to setting up a little webpage that gives the current status on everything, and ask to have the url placed in the OP
the other problem is that this thread is just massively impossible to navigate. i wonder if it's possible to change the OP to you, matt3o or someone else who is keeping track of things so there is a clear place to get the current status... should be possible in SQL
that is a good point sir, perhaps ill look in to setting up a little webpage that gives the current status on everything, and ask to have the url placed in the OP
If you paid with Paypal and you still have the original email notification with the invoice, it contains a link with the order detail (I always archive this kind of thing, I could retrieve it by searching using "GH60" as keyword :-) )
Looking good Mr. Lake.
the first of my gh60's
...
lovingly built by matteo
the first of my gh60's
...
lovingly built by matteo
Very nice.. What case is that?
the first of my gh60'sLookin' real nice! :eek:Show Image(http://i.imgur.com/A3wojMS.jpg)
lovingly built by matteo
the first of my gh60'sLookin' real nice! :eek:Show Image(http://i.imgur.com/A3wojMS.jpg)
lovingly built by matteo
Is that an FMJ case?
the first of my gh60's
...
lovingly built by matteo
Very nice.. What case is that?
OG duck poker
Hello!
I'm new to the community. It's a nice place, I've enjoyed digging through the enormous volume of the information here.
Given that, I'm interested in a GH60 PCB, is it still possible to acquire one? It seems its very popular, and I understand others have asked first. But I don't mind waiting for something has the features I desire. Would give me time to source all the other parts I would require.
Let me know!
Thanks!
Its not possible to get into the original GB at this point, but there will be a thriving aftermarket once people start getting their PCBs. Just watch the classifieds and you will see boards available in about a month or so...
GUYS! NEED A LITTLE HELP HERE!I don't think rev c has backlighting support through the main controller. I think I read that somewhere. I am sure someone who knows this buy better will jump in and correct me, but this is what I recall. I am pretty sure backlighting is not available out if the box.
Does anyone know if TMK supports led for Rev. C PCB?
I can't find any information online
I got confirmation from Hasu that it's not supported by him yet.
I wonder if there is some little known branch out there that does?
I tried Kairyu's branch, doesn't seem to support Rev. C
GUYS! NEED A LITTLE HELP HERE!I don't think rev c has backlighting support through the main controller. I think I read that somewhere. I am sure someone who knows this buy better will jump in and correct me, but this is what I recall. I am pretty sure backlighting is not available out if the box.
Does anyone know if TMK supports led for Rev. C PCB?
I can't find any information online
I got confirmation from Hasu that it's not supported by him yet.
I wonder if there is some little known branch out there that does?
I tried Kairyu's branch, doesn't seem to support Rev. C
GUYS! NEED A LITTLE HELP HERE!I don't think rev c has backlighting support through the main controller. I think I read that somewhere. I am sure someone who knows this buy better will jump in and correct me, but this is what I recall. I am pretty sure backlighting is not available out if the box.
Does anyone know if TMK supports led for Rev. C PCB?
I can't find any information online
I got confirmation from Hasu that it's not supported by him yet.
I wonder if there is some little known branch out there that does?
I tried Kairyu's branch, doesn't seem to support Rev. C
Yes, I agree with your info, I contaced Hasu to get the confirmation.
KaiRyu's branch only supports PCBs designed in China like Rev.CHN
Second GH60 all sorted, went with Gateron browns and a Tex acrylic case on this one.Another interesting build! Where are the keycaps from? Loving the R3 Control ;)Show Image(http://i.imgur.com/vx1P29S.jpg)
Quick question: I didn't see my name in the list of "non-US" batches. I assume this means Canadian orders are considered to be part of US orders? Just want to be sure I'm not missed :) Thanks in advance
Quick question: I didn't see my name in the list of "non-US" batches. I assume this means Canadian orders are considered to be part of US orders? Just want to be sure I'm not missed :) Thanks in advance
i have a good amount of time tomorrow, shoot me a pm to remind me and ill look it up for you
Quick question: I didn't see my name in the list of "non-US" batches. I assume this means Canadian orders are considered to be part of US orders? Just want to be sure I'm not missed :) Thanks in advance
i have a good amount of time tomorrow, shoot me a pm to remind me and ill look it up for you
I think Canadian orders are considered US. we're America's hat.
also from earlier batch
luke
2 pcbs packed and shipping this week
Quick question: I didn't see my name in the list of "non-US" batches. I assume this means Canadian orders are considered to be part of US orders? Just want to be sure I'm not missed :) Thanks in advance
i have a good amount of time tomorrow, shoot me a pm to remind me and ill look it up for you
I think Canadian orders are considered US. we're America's hat.
Thank you for keeping us warm. ^-^
Quick question: I didn't see my name in the list of "non-US" batches. I assume this means Canadian orders are considered to be part of US orders? Just want to be sure I'm not missed :) Thanks in advance
Quick question: I didn't see my name in the list of "non-US" batches. I assume this means Canadian orders are considered to be part of US orders? Just want to be sure I'm not missed :) Thanks in advance
Where is the non-us list?
Is there an update on the US side of things? Not to be a pain, but it does suck on our side to still not have an idea of where things lie and seeing a good chunk of the international side going out.
Is there an update on the US side of things? Not to be a pain, but it does suck on our side to still not have an idea of where things lie and seeing a good chunk of the international side going out.
Samwisekoi is in contact with TJ for taking over the US PCBs and the plates. He will then send them to other volunteers who will be shipping to the end points.
This happened last week. I have no news yet but I bet Samwisekoi will get all the boards soon.
Is there an update on the US side of things? Not to be a pain, but it does suck on our side to still not have an idea of where things lie and seeing a good chunk of the international side going out.Samwisekoi is in contact with TJ for taking over the US PCBs and the plates. He will then send them to other volunteers who will be shipping to the end points.
This happened last week. I have no news yet but I bet Samwisekoi will get all the boards soon.
That's the last thing I've seen about it. What concerns me is finding enough reliable volunteers to handle the shipping to the end points.
The way I see that going down is things get shipped 2 and 3 times and as is inevitable with how things operate they end up with someone who is too busy or doesn't have time etc etc and some people get their stuff and others are still stuck waiting.
Having said that I do appreciate any and all movement forwards on this group buy and can't wait until it is finally completed.
I'm in the US. not sure if my order shipped Is there any place that i can check?
I'm in the US. not sure if my order shipped Is there any place that i can check?
No US orders have shipped yet, if you read the few posts above yours they highlight whats going on.
What's next Bunny?
Also about shipping, what happens to the orders that have assembly, do we have someone in EU assembling for the people yet?
Oh man that's great news, am I in batch 7 then seeing I'm one of the special cases who took over an unpaid order directly from the GB-head?
it's amazing how you did most of this during your move!
Oh man that's great news, am I in batch 7 then seeing I'm one of the special cases who took over an unpaid order directly from the GB-head?
it's amazing how you did most of this during your move!
well my kid is being born in 5/6 weeks so im doing my best to get as much done as possible before then, because at first after the birth my time is gonna be much more limited
Oh man that's great news, am I in batch 7 then seeing I'm one of the special cases who took over an unpaid order directly from the GB-head?
it's amazing how you did most of this during your move!
well my kid is being born in 5/6 weeks so im doing my best to get as much done as possible before then, because at first after the birth my time is gonna be much more limited
I would suggest not committing to anything for at least a month or two after your little one is born. It changes **** in a very real way. :)
I found that the first couple of weeks were mental and then there was like a 6-8 month period of calm, after which teeth started appearing, crawling started happening and sleeping for more than a few hours at a time was a dim and distant memory.
Still, it's great fun; so much so we did it twice :D.
Finally, I got the pcb thank everyone who supported this effort and contributed to this project. :D
Got my two PCB's through the post yesterday, many thanks Bunny :thumb:
Got my PCB in the other day. Got it all soldered up, but I am having some issues and I am just wondering if anyone else is having them. The m, k, i and 8 keys are not working at all. I've resoldered multiple switches in, the diodes are all in the correct position, but I can get them to work :(
Got my PCB in the other day. Got it all soldered up, but I am having some issues and I am just wondering if anyone else is having them. The m, k, i and 8 keys are not working at all. I've resoldered multiple switches in, the diodes are all in the correct position, but I can get them to work :(
Could be a pin on the controller that needs to be reflowed. Either that, or a bad diode in that column.
Got my PCB in the other day. Got it all soldered up, but I am having some issues and I am just wondering if anyone else is having them. The m, k, i and 8 keys are not working at all. I've resoldered multiple switches in, the diodes are all in the correct position, but I can get them to work :(
Would it make sense to start a thread with all the current firmware (source and binary) locations, dependencies, alternatives and it's status regarding the rev. c pcb?
Got my PCB in the other day. Got it all soldered up, but I am having some issues and I am just wondering if anyone else is having them. The m, k, i and 8 keys are not working at all. I've resoldered multiple switches in, the diodes are all in the correct position, but I can get them to work :(
It looks like you're using some old firmware. Which one is this and which version?
m, k, i and 8 is column 9 which changed mcu pin between rev. A and rev. B
Got my PCB in the other day. Got it all soldered up, but I am having some issues and I am just wondering if anyone else is having them. The m, k, i and 8 keys are not working at all. I've resoldered multiple switches in, the diodes are all in the correct position, but I can get them to work :(
It looks like you're using some old firmware. Which one is this and which version?
m, k, i and 8 is column 9 which changed mcu pin between rev. A and rev. B
Can you link me to the right firmware then please dude?
Got my PCB in the other day. Got it all soldered up, but I am having some issues and I am just wondering if anyone else is having them. The m, k, i and 8 keys are not working at all. I've resoldered multiple switches in, the diodes are all in the correct position, but I can get them to work :(
It looks like you're using some old firmware. Which one is this and which version?
m, k, i and 8 is column 9 which changed mcu pin between rev. A and rev. B
Can you link me to the right firmware then please dude?
niall
replied, partial order of switches and 1 pcb packed and shipping this week
batch 1
soulhunter - no reply
dr. marv - replied, pm sent requesting more info
kyesarri - no reply
wraul - no reply
phetto - no reply
bimbobb - no reply
luke - no reply
frukstund - replied, pm sent requesting more info
dirge - no reply
gropingmantis - replied, pm sent requesting more info
winther - no reply
razer1987 - replied, partial order being sent
mr.bean - no reply
simkev - no reply
tit - partial order shipped
plaskboks - replied, waiting for plates
batch 1
soulhunter - no reply
dr. marv - replied, pm sent requesting more info
kyesarri - no reply
wraul - no reply
phetto - no reply
bimbobb - no reply
luke - no reply
frukstund - replied, pm sent requesting more info
dirge - no reply
gropingmantis - replied, pm sent requesting more info
winther - no reply
razer1987 - replied, partial order being sent
mr.bean - no reply
simkev - no reply
tit - partial order shipped
plaskboks - replied, waiting for plates
Got no message...
Got my pcb today, bit surprised to find no switches. Thought I read that they were on hand and going out with the pcb's. Good thing I have a old cherry board just waiting to get ripped apart for parts.
Got my pcb today, bit surprised to find no switches. Thought I read that they were on hand and going out with the pcb's. Good thing I have a old cherry board just waiting to get ripped apart for parts.
i havent got my sheet with me on this computer, but there was one order in the last batch i couldnt ship switches for, they had ordered blacks and i wasnt sent a single black switch with the switches, so i need to contact komar and find out if they are with him or on hand in the US with TJ
so essentially if it was you who ordered blacks thats why, if however you didnt order blacks, please send me a pm and ill get them sorted right away
Got my pcb today, bit surprised to find no switches. Thought I read that they were on hand and going out with the pcb's. Good thing I have a old cherry board just waiting to get ripped apart for parts.
i havent got my sheet with me on this computer, but there was one order in the last batch i couldnt ship switches for, they had ordered blacks and i wasnt sent a single black switch with the switches, so i need to contact komar and find out if they are with him or on hand in the US with TJ
so essentially if it was you who ordered blacks thats why, if however you didnt order blacks, please send me a pm and ill get them sorted right away
I did indeed order them sweet blacks. Oh well, better break out the old soldering iron and start the harvest. Thanks for the reply.
Got my pcb today, bit surprised to find no switches. Thought I read that they were on hand and going out with the pcb's. Good thing I have a old cherry board just waiting to get ripped apart for parts.
i havent got my sheet with me on this computer, but there was one order in the last batch i couldnt ship switches for, they had ordered blacks and i wasnt sent a single black switch with the switches, so i need to contact komar and find out if they are with him or on hand in the US with TJ
so essentially if it was you who ordered blacks thats why, if however you didnt order blacks, please send me a pm and ill get them sorted right away
Got my PCB in the other day. Got it all soldered up, but I am having some issues and I am just wondering if anyone else is having them. The m, k, i and 8 keys are not working at all. I've resoldered multiple switches in, the diodes are all in the correct position, but I can get them to work :(
It looks like you're using some old firmware. Which one is this and which version?
m, k, i and 8 is column 9 which changed mcu pin between rev. A and rev. B
Can you link me to the right firmware then please dude?
It's here: https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=50685.0 (https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=50685.0)
I hope this helps.
quick update regarding the boards in US.
They are finally moving to a better place :) I mean to samwisekoi that will sort and ship to the proxies.
Hold tight.
Didn't Bluebar offer to help out with soldering? I guess it would make sense if he did a build for a fellow German so there are minimal shipping costs.
I missed this GB. I'd love to hear about any extras or anyone who wants to resell their PCB. Thanks!
Awesome; thanks!I missed this GB. I'd love to hear about any extras or anyone who wants to resell their PCB. Thanks!
There's going to be a lot of extras floating around, I know I can hook you up as I ordered way to much. Just waiting at this point though.
Same. Instead of us flooding the forum, could you put up a waiting list on google forms or something?
Same. Instead of us flooding the forum, could you put up a waiting list on google forms or something?
Wait list? To fill from what? People who want to sell their orders once they receive them?
Best bet is simply to create a [WTB] thread in Classifieds. Not that anyone reads WTB threads...
To fill from people with extras, obviously. It's far better than 20-30 WTB threads!
Yup, would also love to see some kind of thread/form for people wanting to sell there extra PCBs. Would definitely be in for one.
Thank you! :D
I got the $20 alu plate from massdrop in the hopes of securing one of these plates, but there's no rush. I missed out on the GB, so I'm in the back of the line, I know that. But as long as there is a line, I'm happy to stand in it.
ukbdc_gh60-0.2_rc2_std_layout.hex
. Turns out the 8-i-k-m Column is dead. How can I debug this? I received my PCB and I soldered it up and flashed it with firmwareCode: [Select]ukbdc_gh60-0.2_rc2_std_layout.hex
. Turns out the 8-i-k-m Column is dead. How can I debug this?
The microcontroller doesn't have any solder bridges and no lifted pins as far as I can see.
cheers
Heller Barde
Got my PCB in the other day. Got it all soldered up, but I am having some issues and I am just wondering if anyone else is having them. The m, k, i and 8 keys are not working at all. I've resoldered multiple switches in, the diodes are all in the correct position, but I can get them to work :(
It looks like you're using some old firmware. Which one is this and which version?
m, k, i and 8 is column 9 which changed mcu pin between rev. A and rev. B
Can you link me to the right firmware then please dude?
It's here: https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=50685.0
I hope this helps.
See komar's answer here:Got my PCB in the other day. Got it all soldered up, but I am having some issues and I am just wondering if anyone else is having them. The m, k, i and 8 keys are not working at all. I've resoldered multiple switches in, the diodes are all in the correct position, but I can get them to work :(
It looks like you're using some old firmware. Which one is this and which version?
m, k, i and 8 is column 9 which changed mcu pin between rev. A and rev. B
Can you link me to the right firmware then please dude?
It's here: https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=50685.0
I hope this helps.
See komar's answer here: ...
It's all good for me now. Typing this on my new GH60 and the i, k m and 8 seem to work. ;)See komar's answer here: ......
maybe some of the pcbs are just defective? :/
To fill from people with extras, obviously. It's far better than 20-30 WTB threads!Yup, would also love to see some kind of thread/form for people wanting to sell there extra PCBs. Would definitely be in for one.
I'll get a big thread (similar to the GMK Spacebar Communal Trading Hub (https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=57124.0)) set up once these start to ship more. :thumb: It will of course be subject to the same rules as the rest of Classifieds, so behave! :P
To fill from people with extras, obviously. It's far better than 20-30 WTB threads!Yup, would also love to see some kind of thread/form for people wanting to sell there extra PCBs. Would definitely be in for one.
I'll get a big thread (similar to the GMK Spacebar Communal Trading Hub (https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=57124.0)) set up once these start to ship more. :thumb: It will of course be subject to the same rules as the rest of Classifieds, so behave! :P
Not sure if this is against the rules or frowned upon, but I just wrote a little tool to help handle interest in buying or selling GH60 wares.
gh60-market.swillkb.com (http://gh60-market.swillkb.com/)
Let me know if you guys think this is OK. I basically reused the same code that I wrote for bunny for the status website (which will probably be launched in the near future).
To fill from people with extras, obviously. It's far better than 20-30 WTB threads!Yup, would also love to see some kind of thread/form for people wanting to sell there extra PCBs. Would definitely be in for one.
I'll get a big thread (similar to the GMK Spacebar Communal Trading Hub (https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=57124.0)) set up once these start to ship more. :thumb: It will of course be subject to the same rules as the rest of Classifieds, so behave! :P
Not sure if this is against the rules or frowned upon, but I just wrote a little tool to help handle interest in buying or selling GH60 wares.
gh60-market.swillkb.com (http://gh60-market.swillkb.com/)
Let me know if you guys think this is OK. I basically reused the same code that I wrote for bunny for the status website (which will probably be launched in the near future).
elton5354, I'm not sure if it's up to date or what, but this one still works for me https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1-lBJlTdauVcQHwEUY45BxDDy-QEKVCBu0oDNDG_qzRk/edit#gid=0
To fill from people with extras, obviously. It's far better than 20-30 WTB threads!Yup, would also love to see some kind of thread/form for people wanting to sell there extra PCBs. Would definitely be in for one.
I'll get a big thread (similar to the GMK Spacebar Communal Trading Hub (https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=57124.0)) set up once these start to ship more. :thumb: It will of course be subject to the same rules as the rest of Classifieds, so behave! :P
Not sure if this is against the rules or frowned upon, but I just wrote a little tool to help handle interest in buying or selling GH60 wares.
gh60-market.swillkb.com (http://gh60-market.swillkb.com/)
Let me know if you guys think this is OK. I basically reused the same code that I wrote for bunny for the status website (which will probably be launched in the near future).
Thank you Swill.
Anywhere to check my order? It's been a while.. (OP's link doesn't work anymore)
To fill from people with extras, obviously. It's far better than 20-30 WTB threads!Yup, would also love to see some kind of thread/form for people wanting to sell there extra PCBs. Would definitely be in for one.
I'll get a big thread (similar to the GMK Spacebar Communal Trading Hub (https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=57124.0)) set up once these start to ship more. :thumb: It will of course be subject to the same rules as the rest of Classifieds, so behave! :P
Not sure if this is against the rules or frowned upon, but I just wrote a little tool to help handle interest in buying or selling GH60 wares.
gh60-market.swillkb.com (http://gh60-market.swillkb.com/)
Let me know if you guys think this is OK. I basically reused the same code that I wrote for bunny for the status website (which will probably be launched in the near future).
Love this idea swill!
To fill from people with extras, obviously. It's far better than 20-30 WTB threads!Yup, would also love to see some kind of thread/form for people wanting to sell there extra PCBs. Would definitely be in for one.
I'll get a big thread (similar to the GMK Spacebar Communal Trading Hub (https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=57124.0)) set up once these start to ship more. :thumb: It will of course be subject to the same rules as the rest of Classifieds, so behave! :P
Not sure if this is against the rules or frowned upon, but I just wrote a little tool to help handle interest in buying or selling GH60 wares.
gh60-market.swillkb.com (http://gh60-market.swillkb.com/)
Let me know if you guys think this is OK. I basically reused the same code that I wrote for bunny for the status website (which will probably be launched in the near future).
Love this idea swill!
Ya, I have most of the hard parts built at this point, so I can easily reuse the code to build interesting functionality.
I think this could work well for interest checks and such. I can limit the columns of the spreadsheet that are exposed, so we could even run GBs through this type of tool and only expose the contents of the orders and no personal information. This would let people see what the status of the buy is and if we are close to MOQ and which options need a push and such. I think this functionality could have a lot of uses for us as a community... :)
To fill from people with extras, obviously. It's far better than 20-30 WTB threads!Yup, would also love to see some kind of thread/form for people wanting to sell there extra PCBs. Would definitely be in for one.
I'll get a big thread (similar to the GMK Spacebar Communal Trading Hub (https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=57124.0)) set up once these start to ship more. :thumb: It will of course be subject to the same rules as the rest of Classifieds, so behave! :P
Not sure if this is against the rules or frowned upon, but I just wrote a little tool to help handle interest in buying or selling GH60 wares.
gh60-market.swillkb.com (http://gh60-market.swillkb.com/)
Let me know if you guys think this is OK. I basically reused the same code that I wrote for bunny for the status website (which will probably be launched in the near future).
Thank you Swill.
Anywhere to check my order? It's been a while.. (OP's link doesn't work anymore)
To fill from people with extras, obviously. It's far better than 20-30 WTB threads!Yup, would also love to see some kind of thread/form for people wanting to sell there extra PCBs. Would definitely be in for one.
I'll get a big thread (similar to the GMK Spacebar Communal Trading Hub (https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=57124.0)) set up once these start to ship more. :thumb: It will of course be subject to the same rules as the rest of Classifieds, so behave! :P
Not sure if this is against the rules or frowned upon, but I just wrote a little tool to help handle interest in buying or selling GH60 wares.
gh60-market.swillkb.com (http://gh60-market.swillkb.com/)
Let me know if you guys think this is OK. I basically reused the same code that I wrote for bunny for the status website (which will probably be launched in the near future).
But that would be perfect. One of the biggest issues i always have with GBs is the level of organization like that. How many are ordered/ How many to hit MOQ/ etc. This would greatly improve that.
Not sure if this is against the rules or frowned upon, but I just wrote a little tool to help handle interest in buying or selling GH60 wares.
gh60-market.swillkb.com (http://gh60-market.swillkb.com/)
Let me know if you guys think this is OK. I basically reused the same code that I wrote for bunny for the status website (which will probably be launched in the near future).
Awesome! :thumb: Definitely not against any rules on geekhack. ;) I'll get a thread up ASAP in Classifieds to incorporate this into. I figure this will be a great tool to inventory sellers/buyers, and then we can use the existing geekhack infrastructure for communication. You didn't have plans to increase the scope of your website to handle that aspect, did you?
Not sure if this is against the rules or frowned upon, but I just wrote a little tool to help handle interest in buying or selling GH60 wares.
gh60-market.swillkb.com (http://gh60-market.swillkb.com/)
Let me know if you guys think this is OK. I basically reused the same code that I wrote for bunny for the status website (which will probably be launched in the near future).
Not sure if this is against the rules or frowned upon, but I just wrote a little tool to help handle interest in buying or selling GH60 wares.
gh60-market.swillkb.com (http://gh60-market.swillkb.com/)
Let me know if you guys think this is OK. I basically reused the same code that I wrote for bunny for the status website (which will probably be launched in the near future).
Not sure if this is against the rules or frowned upon, but I just wrote a little tool to help handle interest in buying or selling GH60 wares.
gh60-market.swillkb.com (http://gh60-market.swillkb.com/)
Let me know if you guys think this is OK. I basically reused the same code that I wrote for bunny for the status website (which will probably be launched in the near future).
Could you add a field for location so that we can minimize postage? Thanks for the site, even better than what I envisioned :)
Edit: Also, I got confused and added my entry twice :'(
Not sure if this is against the rules or frowned upon, but I just wrote a little tool to help handle interest in buying or selling GH60 wares.
gh60-market.swillkb.com (http://gh60-market.swillkb.com/)
Let me know if you guys think this is OK. I basically reused the same code that I wrote for bunny for the status website (which will probably be launched in the near future).
Could you add a field for location so that we can minimize postage? Thanks for the site, even better than what I envisioned :)
Edit: Also, I got confused and added my entry twice :'(
Good call, I had not thought of that. I added that. Thanks...
No worries, I saw that and removed your second entry.
Edit: I updated everyone's entry who did not have the location option when they entered to what they have in their profile, hope you all don't mind...
The only other thing i could think of, is for sellers to say if they are selling items they already have in hand or if they know they ordered extras and are selling what is coming soon.
OK. I can add this... Thanks for the feedback guys.The only other thing i could think of, is for sellers to say if they are selling items they already have in hand or if they know they ordered extras and are selling what is coming soon.
I was about to suggest the same thing.
The Easy AVR USB Keyboard Firmware and Keymapper (https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=51252.0) by metalliqaz should also work great on Rev.B or Rev.C boards.
The Easy AVR USB Keyboard Firmware and Keymapper (https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=51252.0) by metalliqaz should also work great on Rev.B or Rev.C boards.
Oh man I hope it works now, I've got a Rev.B board and I couldn't get it working last time. Building a layout with TMK was painful so I haven't updated the layout since I built it, I'm a programmer by trade but I find C so confusing to read.
What's up with releasing rev C source? My understanding is it should be released after GB ends, and sinceThis group by is a long way from being over.
hardware is shipping, now would be the time?
Thanks. :)
What's up with releasing rev C source? My understanding is it should be released after GB ends, and sinceThis group by is a long way from being over.
hardware is shipping, now would be the time?
Thanks. :)
What's up with releasing rev C source? My understanding is it should be released after GB ends, and sinceThis group by is a long way from being over.
hardware is shipping, now would be the time?
Thanks. :)
hate to be a looping record, but what about batch 7, BunnyLake?
IF I'm in batch 7 altogether since I think I took over an unpaid CONUS order.
Show Image(http://i.imgur.com/lIHJLyD.jpg)
Any updates from TJ recently?
as part 2 of my gh60s built by different users around the globeLooks great. Glad to see the keyset in use. Which case is that?
UK editionShow Image(http://i.imgur.com/lIHJLyD.jpg)
hzza very kindly put this board together for me and added a really nice personal touch
i couldnt be happier with how it came out
as an added UK twist, photekq gifted me this keyset some time ago, and ive been hanging on to it for the right project, and decided to have this board built around that keyset
so a huge thanks to both of those guys
Apologies if I missed it somewhere, but is there a way to check if my order is still in queue? I was checking my email, and see that I paid TJ for a GH60 order in 2013, but I don't see my order listed in any of the batches so far. IIRC, it was for one of the universal 10x versions.
quick update regarding the boards in US.
They are finally moving to a better place :) I mean to samwisekoi that will sort and ship to the proxies.
Hold tight.
almost sure is a Duck Poker
as part 2 of my gh60s built by different users around the globe
UK editionShow Image(http://i.imgur.com/lIHJLyD.jpg)
hzza very kindly put this board together for me and added a really nice personal touch
i couldnt be happier with how it came out
as an added UK twist, photekq gifted me this keyset some time ago, and ive been hanging on to it for the right project, and decided to have this board built around that keyset
so a huge thanks to both of those guys
as part 2 of my gh60s built by different users around the globe
UK editionShow Image(http://i.imgur.com/lIHJLyD.jpg)
hzza very kindly put this board together for me and added a really nice personal touch
i couldnt be happier with how it came out
as an added UK twist, photekq gifted me this keyset some time ago, and ive been hanging on to it for the right project, and decided to have this board built around that keyset
so a huge thanks to both of those guys
Could you post the firmware being used? O want to do this with my 2nd board.
batch 1
soulhunter
dr. marv
kyesarri
wraul
phetto
bimbobb
luke
frukstund
dirge
gropingmantis
winther
razer1987
mr.bean
simkev
tit
plaskboks
batch 2
aleksander
asura
evert
4li4z
osxoep
multipla
zoidbergslo
tradet
forestfunk
xauser
hankz
jmneuv
pexon
sth
vardhana
hirsti
lordbadger
isman
batch 3
freester
kennyr
reality404
edrago
lumune
wanzago
jbert
nickwalt
fabspeed
gruener_salat
ter_
selektam
battletux
caaaarrrt
batch 4
cyberwave
komar007
kekstee
pasph
cyanogenoid
limmy
georgek
paperdollman
dsan
kaiserreich
eon
pix3l_fodder
hasu
laggy_gaga
realex
hellerbarde
damorgue
niall
paranopid
batch 5
wlly
pixelscript
iamahab
tdub
kurrk
4814
guilleguillaume
maxmalkav
bear95
korne
batmann
txepox
mauri
acanthopis
adagio
flamingchook
broadmonkey
v4mp1
photekq
feature
mikelittoris
tams
neal
dgsbllx
tinlong117
relcc
aranair
agodinhost
tai92
dzeams
jonesless85
batch 6
mm87
nask
vorn
plater
hoggy
bvtton
soctongball21
mkaito
bugsaint
lechnerde
emonkak
gallenos7
kmynis
midg1t
netdevil
agor
raphdu57
zenuty
stoic-lemon
snoozeymon
mickd
hiya
robstero
laladila
alexjp
There will be a new Group buy?
There will be a new Group buy?
I'd personally like to see this one finished first.
How's the American orders handover to samwise going?The silence isn't comforting. :/
How's the American orders handover to samwise going?The silence isn't comforting. :/
It seems we've been having quite a hard time getting someone to figure out the current status of U.S. orders...anyone know the skinny?
quick update regarding the boards in US.
They are finally moving to a better place :) I mean to samwisekoi that will sort and ship to the proxies.
Hold tight.
One month ago. :(It seems we've been having quite a hard time getting someone to figure out the current status of U.S. orders...anyone know the skinny?
This is the last update...quick update regarding the boards in US.
They are finally moving to a better place :) I mean to samwisekoi that will sort and ship to the proxies.
Hold tight.
I have a question that will probably bring out the white knight squad; has the money for shipping the US stuff been handed over or is that still in limbo too?
ok i have spoken to matteo who was copied in to the conversation between samwisekoi and tj, what i believe is currently the case is samwisekoi has provided his courier account to tj, and it is being sorted at his earliest convenience, once i here or find out anymore, ill update further
I have a question that will probably bring out the white knight squad; has the money for shipping the US stuff been handed over or is that still in limbo too?
i have the money, it has not been transferred, not because im holding it hostage, i simply havent been asked to transfer it, or told where to do so, or had a quote of how much it is
to be clear, this isnt down to TJ, form what i understand, he will make himself available for the handoff once it is arranged
because im in the UK, its very hard for me to personally arrange, its also not really mine to do, but i am on hand for any assistance i am asked for, last i heard it was in hand and being taken care of, but ill chase it up again now, and post any info i am given
Has there been any post here that actually confirmed shipped orders from batches which I overlooked? I requested the PCB over a month ago and never got it or a real answer. (Well, his new family member might be some work as well, I can respect that)
everyone who replied late or hasnt replied in batch 1 - 5, i will be messaging you again some time this week(never got that)
batches 1 - 5 i have shipped everyones order who requested to have it shipped early
Sorry for spamming here, it's just been two years coming down to a reply two hours after cutoff. :)
Sorry for spamming here, it's just been two years coming down to a reply two hours after cutoff. :)
But you did have about 7 days to make the reply, right? And you waited until the last minute, and got the reply in after the cutoff? And you want to ***** at the one guy who is actually getting these things shipped, after so many delays and having them sit in a warehouse for months on end? :)
yeah im pretty floored at his post to be fair
this isnt my buy, im doing my best to help out, i have things of my own to run, and a baby due any minute, i have half the stuff and limited funds to ship, i cant simply sit around and wait for people to reply whenever they like and work from there
what i did was break up the orders in to batches, these were posted clearly before i contacted anyone
i broke them up in to batches so i could manage the workflow, with the very limited free time i have available
i posted clearly in the thread when iw as going to message each batch
i then messaged the batches, waited an allotted amount of time, which was often either posted in the message or the pm, regardless of which i always posted it, i then shipped all the orders who replied in that time
id then start over with th next batch, doing the same thing, if i had caught the pm from someone who was late, i sent that order with the next batch and posted about
i can get, without exaggeration, sometimes hundreds of pms a day, if its been 2 weeks say since you pm, going back to find it would be nearly impossible, particularly if i dont know to look for it
whatever my reasons, i dont need to justify myself, if i wasnt doing this, the pcbs would be sat in warehouse in china, so whatever my workflow is, its certainly faster that what was happening before, i dont want all this stuff sat in house, id love to get it cleared, particularly with my kid on the way, when taking this on i was under the impression the bulk of this would be handled by now, but i cant really do much more, without getting the plates and stabs from the US
I don't mind his reasoning and am actually very grateful he got it moving, I just tried to get that one bit of information, that people not on the quoted list would definately be batch 7. It never came. Also I did reply the second I was back from holidays without internet. You make it sound like I looked at the PM for seven days, pondering wether I should.
Not that it matters, of course, at least now I know whats up and what I'm waiting for (while creating more drama and useless text than I ever inteded to)
Bunny,
If it helps you in any way, I'm happy for you to sort my order out last. You've got more important things to do and this is pretty much the only gesture I can make. You have my respect and trust.
TJ! SAM! WHERE DA PLATEZ BOIZ
I just wanna apologize to Bunny for replying his pm so late, haven't been checking this site for a while.
Still no update on the US side?
Still no update on the US side?
Darn, I was also hoping for an update.
Still no update on the US side?
Darn, I was also hoping for an update.
I heard that samwisekoi is dealing with some personal stuff at the moment, which may explain the absence. I know we like to criticize anyone and everyone for that sort of stuff, but samwisekoi has always been reliable so I'd trust this one.
I heard everything was in Cali somewhere :o
I'm calling it, GH centered keyboard projects are simply cursed.
hi boost :) first reaper now your're posting again, feels like the olden days
hi boost :) first reaper now your're posting again, feels like the olden days
We taking this back to those days :D ...*whipping out the korean KB stash and CC stash*
monday plate information request bump
my switches are en route
holding parties please inform us where our goods are
Is this genuine?
I don't know what to look for, I don't grok PCBs.
http://world.taobao.com/item/521328977024.htm?spm=a312a.7700714.0.0.HSCILD#detail
I think that's a rev. B. The ones from the group buy are rev. C (source is not released for rev. C yet). There was a slight bug in rev. B that is fixed in rev. C, but I can't for the life of me remember what it was.Here's my 2 cents: the Chinese should *really not* call their 60% boards GH60, it's purely marketing. Mind you, they are usually perfectly good and working 60% PCBs, but *not* GH60s. (The same MCU and the same form factor does not make a PCB into GH60.) They may have started with GH60 rev B, but generally they make a lot of changes to it.
I think that's a rev. B. The ones from the group buy are rev. C (source is not released for rev. C yet). There was a slight bug in rev. B that is fixed in rev. C, but I can't for the life of me remember what it was.Here's my 2 cents: the Chinese should *really not* call their 60% boards GH60, it's purely marketing. Mind you, they are usually perfectly good and working 60% PCBs, but *not* GH60s. (The same MCU and the same form factor does not make a PCB into GH60.) They may have started with GH60 rev B, but generally they make a lot of changes to it.
However, this particular one looks very close to GH60 rev B, much more than the other ones I've seen on Taobao, but there are some changes visible (e.g. crystal and some solder jumpers). Hard to tell what other changes they've may have done - but I'd wager they do improve on rev B.
Here's a list of things you might care for, in which almost all taobao 60% "GH60"s differ from the GH60 proper (excluding the above linked PCB):
- wiring (does not matter much if you use TMK, but any GH60 binary firmware will probably not work)
- layout support (some do not support ISO)
- backlighting (almost all Chinese boards do add support for that, and it's almost always "all leds at the same time/brightness", i.e. no possibility of individual LED control like it is on GH60 rev C)
here's my 2 cents:
where are my plates? >:D
here's my 2 cents:
where are my plates? >:D
Don't give a **** about the plates ;), Where are the PCB's!
here's my 2 cents:
where are my plates? >:D
Don't give a **** about the plates ;), Where are the PCB's
I'm looking for a GH60 PCB; if anyone has extra.
I'm looking for a GH60 PCB; if anyone has extra.
Lots of us want our GH60 PCB, and plate and switches etc, the difference is we paid for them a long, long time ago. :P
I'm looking for a GH60 PCB; if anyone has extra.
Lots of us want our GH60 PCB, and plate and switches etc, the difference is we paid for them a long, long time ago. :P
Hehe. Yeah, I guess I'm getting a little impatient. I missed out on the last buy and all I can find are knock-offs. I'm getting my purple switches in the next few days; I guess they will sit there taunting me for some time to come. :)
Get a jump on the classifieds by registering your interest in buying or selling a GH60 here.I'm looking for a GH60 PCB; if anyone has extra.
Lots of us want our GH60 PCB, and plate and switches etc, the difference is we paid for them a long, long time ago.
Hehe. Yeah, I guess I'm getting a little impatient. I missed out on the last buy and all I can find are knock-offs. I'm getting my purple switches in the next few days; I guess they will sit there taunting me for some time to come. :)
I can guarantee when these finally get delivered you'll see tons in the classifieds. And I can relate I've now bought and sold multiple cases for my GH60 (just got the newest potential candidate over the weekend) and don't even use 60% boards but I still want it just to have a community inspired board.
Get a jump on the classifieds by registering your interest in buying or selling a GH60 here.I'm looking for a GH60 PCB; if anyone has extra.
Lots of us want our GH60 PCB, and plate and switches etc, the difference is we paid for them a long, long time ago.Show Image(https://s3.amazonaws.com/tapatalk-emoji/emoji14.png)
Hehe. Yeah, I guess I'm getting a little impatient. I missed out on the last buy and all I can find are knock-offs. I'm getting my purple switches in the next few days; I guess they will sit there taunting me for some time to come. :)
I can guarantee when these finally get delivered you'll see tons in the classifieds. And I can relate I've now bought and sold multiple cases for my GH60 (just got the newest potential candidate over the weekend) and don't even use 60% boards but I still want it just to have a community inspired board.
http://gh60-market.swillkb.com/ (http://gh60-market.swillkb.com/)
Unfortunately I do not have a good way for you to remove yourself from the market at this point, so you have to PM me to remove your listing. This implementation was something I did in a few hours and is not well suited for an extended use case (yet). I am currently working on a GH PM search application for some of the guys who get like 100 PMs a day. Once I finish that I will switch back to the generic "run a group buy" application I was working on before (basic framework is in place). I can look into a better solution for classifieds, but I don't see myself getting to that for at least 6 months given all the other projects I am working at right now.Get a jump on the classifieds by registering your interest in buying or selling a GH60 here.I'm looking for a GH60 PCB; if anyone has extra.
Lots of us want our GH60 PCB, and plate and switches etc, the difference is we paid for them a long, long time ago.Show Image(https://s3.amazonaws.com/tapatalk-emoji/emoji14.png)
Hehe. Yeah, I guess I'm getting a little impatient. I missed out on the last buy and all I can find are knock-offs. I'm getting my purple switches in the next few days; I guess they will sit there taunting me for some time to come. :)
I can guarantee when these finally get delivered you'll see tons in the classifieds. And I can relate I've now bought and sold multiple cases for my GH60 (just got the newest potential candidate over the weekend) and don't even use 60% boards but I still want it just to have a community inspired board.
http://gh60-market.swillkb.com/ (http://gh60-market.swillkb.com/)
Your site is very cool, you should extend it gradually to cover other families of products to assist the classifieds, that requires a lot of personal time looking for the items you need, or for selling the ones you do not need.
semi-regular bump. wheres muh plate
semi-regular bump. wheres muh plate
Everything's different. Everything's the same.
So the original order confirmation page is broken now...?
It's sad that this project has seen so many delays, it would be great to see all these boards getting built eventually.
are the plates in yet?
i opted to wait for the plates to be in before my order is sent out in whole.
this was more than 2 months ago :(
Need to change address, is there any guaranteed way to do it.
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This. This is amazing. I was laughing my ass off.
Is there any other way to help? I'd offer to help ship things, but I have a tiny apartment, and no idea how to do it. But I really REALLY don't want to see this sink into the inky black depths again. FLOAT DAMMIT!
Actually, I'll flat out offer to help out. I don't want to see this die again :(
Actually, I'll flat out offer to help out. I don't want to see this die again :(
I've offered to help many times and been answered with the sound of silence.
Actually, I'll flat out offer to help out. I don't want to see this die again :(
I've offered to help many times and been answered with the sound of silence.
Holy hell, two and a half years... this GB must be cursed
Holy hell, two and a half years... this GB must be cursed
Holy hell, two and a half years... this GB must be cursedThis and the phantom stuff has always seemed cursed.
Holy hell, two and a half years... this GB must be cursed
hey is your username from WoT?
Holy hell, two and a half years... this GB must be cursed
hey is your username from WoT?
Hadn't thought about it in years, but yeah actually it is.
This GB single handedly killed my enthusiasm for custom keyboards.
If things had gone well, and I received my board within, say, six months of order, I would likely have built it, learned a thing or two, and been ready to move on to something better.
But instead I have just money tied up here that I have to just walk away from, and I will be satisfied with my Cherry G80 until it dies (never?).
Still waiting patiently. Holding off on throwing my faulty 6Gv2 out the window while waiting for this.
I've skimmed the last couple pages, and it seems we're (those of us who ordered plates) waiting for plates to somehow materialize? Does someone have them and is busy/MIA, or are they stuck in the production pipeline?
Still waiting patiently. Holding off on throwing my faulty 6Gv2 out the window while waiting for this.
I've skimmed the last couple pages, and it seems we're (those of us who ordered plates) waiting for plates to somehow materialize? Does someone have them and is busy/MIA, or are they stuck in the production pipeline?
does this need another intervention?This just needs to get done. :D
Still waiting patiently. Holding off on throwing my faulty 6Gv2 out the window while waiting for this.
I've skimmed the last couple pages, and it seems we're (those of us who ordered plates) waiting for plates to somehow materialize? Does someone have them and is busy/MIA, or are they stuck in the production pipeline?
They were produced long ago. ApocalypseMaow had a local shop make them using my CAD drawings, and when TJ paid for them with the group buy funds, they were delivered to TJ. That's the last I heard of the status. They are supposed to be transferred to samwisekoi for distribution, but I don't know where the holdup is there.
ookay. let me activate some of my drones.Did the drones revolt and take you hostage?
I think we should have something like GB Therapy, this isn't the only thread were people feel like that ...I think there is one out there.
Now if I think better I also remember such thread... got to start digging... time for a necropostI think we should have something like GB Therapy, this isn't the only thread were people feel like that ...I think there is one out there.
shipped a bunch of gh60 orders today
out of everyone who messaged me i have like 2 left to ship as i didnt have adequate sized boxes
shipped a bunch of gh60 orders today
out of everyone who messaged me i have like 2 left to ship as i didnt have adequate sized boxes
Hope US stuff can make it for a holiday miracle of some sort...
Let the Euro's have their day. We Americans will just have to settle for being first for literally every other group buy.Hope US stuff can make it for a holiday miracle of some sort...Show Image(https://collegeannex.files.wordpress.com/2014/10/c3po.gif)
Let the Euro's have their day. We Americans will just have to settle for being first for literally every other group buy.
Bunny, are you just shipping them regardless now? or are you referring to US orders?
Bunny, are you just shipping them regardless now? or are you referring to US orders?
He's EU only. North America is still sitting around with their thumbs up their asses.
Bunny, are you just shipping them regardless now? or are you referring to US orders?
He's EU only. North America is still sitting around with their thumbs up their asses.
Bunny, are you just shipping them regardless now? or are you referring to US orders?
He's EU only. North America is still sitting around with their thumbs up their asses.
Oh **** I've been doing it wrong this whole time.
Bunny, are you just shipping them regardless now? or are you referring to US orders?
He's EU only. North America is still sitting around with their thumbs up their asses.
Oh **** I've been doing it wrong this whole time.
sounds like im on the wrong team
Bunny, have you sent the orders to all EU batches?
no, we cant do that until i get the plates, stabs, mx blacks and controllers for the diy kits from the us
The rest of the world that doesn't include the EU or US will be shipped from the US, correct? If so, 'Doh!'
soooooo hooray. by the time the plates get sorted out i'll have moved continents twice :D
i am trying to sell my PCB which is in the UK with bunny ATM, but i am still interested in my plates when I get back to the US. who should i contact about that?
soooooo hooray. by the time the plates get sorted out i'll have moved continents twice :DIf you haven't sold them already, you can check out the gh60-market.swillkb.com (http://gh60-market.swillkb.com/)
i am trying to sell my PCB which is in the UK with bunny ATM, but i am still interested in my plates when I get back to the US. who should i contact about that?
soooooo hooray. by the time the plates get sorted out i'll have moved continents twice :DIf you haven't sold them already, you can check out the gh60-market.swillkb.com
i am trying to sell my PCB which is in the UK with bunny ATM, but i am still interested in my plates when I get back to the US. who should i contact about that?
Are there any PCBs available?
Are there any PCBs available?
just packed up about 20 more pcbs as per people requestsincluded mine? (sth pcb)
they are being dropped off tomorrow
Yes, pm me if you need to update your entry in the list.just packed up about 20 more pcbs as per people requestsincluded mine? (sth pcb)
they are being dropped off tomorrow
matt3o don't have it anymore. The sellers need to send message to swill. He is the only one that can remove them!
just packed up about 20 more pcbs as per people requestsincluded mine? (sth pcb)
they are being dropped off tomorrow
matt3o don't have it anymore. The sellers need to send message to swill. He is the only one that can remove them!
are these kits still being made? if so how do i get on the list?Short answer : NO
And a piece of friendly advice, before you just post in a thread take some time and read it ;)
are these kits still being made? if so how do i get on the list?
I've said "some" not "little" :p To be honest I would make this thread mandatory lecture, there are so many lessons to be learned from this GB. I've seen history repeat over and over again...And a piece of friendly advice, before you just post in a thread take some time and read it ;)
LOL! 110 pages of posts over nearly 3 years, just a little light reading. :p
To be honest I would make this thread mandatory lecture, there are so many lessons to be learned from this GB. I've seen history repeat over and over again...
I've said "some" not "little" :p To be honest I would make this thread mandatory lecture, there are so many lessons to be learned from this GB. I've seen history repeat over and over again...And a piece of friendly advice, before you just post in a thread take some time and read it ;)
LOL! 110 pages of posts over nearly 3 years, just a little light reading. :p
This kit is pretty consistent with what you can get elsewhere right now. The MOQ was hit to get pretty good pricing, so there will be deals to be had when most of these get into the market.To be honest I would make this thread mandatory lecture, there are so many lessons to be learned from this GB. I've seen history repeat over and over again...
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also, this GB is like ending up buying a 56k modem when fiber optics are already available
lastest update is that we need suitable boxes to ship all those duranium plates. trying to fix that.It sounds like we are so close.
lastest update is that we need suitable boxes to ship all those duranium plates. trying to fix that.It sounds like we are so close.
lastest update is that we need suitable boxes to ship all those duranium plates. trying to fix that.It sounds like we are so close.
Matt posted yesterday boxes had been located, soon...or something like that but it was nuked with the roll back. :D
Ok, so I'm in the US, haven't moved or changed email addresses, paid hundreds of USD in full God knows when in history and have confirmation of such. If I am reading correctly we are still waiting for something? The boards that have the SM stuff done are even longer or has someone actually been honestly working on that and should have it completed?
Since getting involved with this I have had surgery on both hands and can't even use this narrow a setup now so will be selling most everything. However, not until I actually have it all.
Did not see in the thread yet - is this thing even going to work on USB3 or faster?
OK, since what has occurred thus far is the equivalent of fraud, has anyone done anything legally yet in the US? Geekhack is protected by their user agreement and this is not Geekhack at fault here. The person that takes money from people in return for work and then doesn't do that work is not protected by that. Especially when you get into thousands of USD. Also, accepting the funds makes this a job. So using the excuse of real life is ridiculous. Taking money makes this as real life a job as any. So thoughts?
OK, since what has occurred thus far is the equivalent of fraud, has anyone done anything legally yet in the US? Geekhack is protected by their user agreement and this is not Geekhack at fault here. The person that takes money from people in return for work and then doesn't do that work is not protected by that. Especially when you get into thousands of USD. Also, accepting the funds makes this a job. So using the excuse of real life is ridiculous. Taking money makes this as real life a job as any. So thoughts?
OK, since what has occurred thus far is the equivalent of fraud, has anyone done anything legally yet in the US? Geekhack is protected by their user agreement and this is not Geekhack at fault here. The person that takes money from people in return for work and then doesn't do that work is not protected by that. Especially when you get into thousands of USD. Also, accepting the funds makes this a job. So using the excuse of real life is ridiculous. Taking money makes this as real life a job as any. So thoughts?
from TJ to someone somewhere
from TJ to someone somewhere
to samwisekoi in California.
This whole place is run by enthusiasts (besides a couple of notable exceptions), and they're volunteering their time and energy. Yes, **** goes wrong but if you have a problem, there's always volunteering to help.
from TJ to someone somewhere
to samwisekoi in California.
OK, since what has occurred thus far is the equivalent of fraud, has anyone done anything legally yet in the US? Geekhack is protected by their user agreement and this is not Geekhack at fault here. The person that takes money from people in return for work and then doesn't do that work is not protected by that. Especially when you get into thousands of USD. Also, accepting the funds makes this a job. So using the excuse of real life is ridiculous. Taking money makes this as real life a job as any. So thoughts?
However, you can sue anyone for anything these days, so if you want to sue WhiteFireDragon (https://geekhack.org/index.php?action=profile;u=15168) you most certainly can. Taking legal action has been discussed in other group buys and the consensus is that it probably isn't worth it in the long run. You'd be taking action, more-than-likely, across state lines and filing in small claims court for damages.
Being run by enthusiasts isn't a magic bullet for removing accountability...ESPECIALLY when people have paid real money for things. I'm so sick of people on this board continuing to further the expectation that there's no real responsibility involved when you start a Group Buy, or offer to fulfill some piece of it, and that when things go wrong (either through misfortune or your own negligence) that you don't owe anyone else anything for it. The organizers involved here may not have signed a legal document but the social contract when dealing with other people's property is pretty clear.
You mean the same samwisekoi (https://geekhack.org/index.php?action=profile;u=22227) that hasn't posted on the forum since May 29th or even logged into the forum since October 20th? So, we're effectively pinning all the hopes and dreams of ever receiving our property on a member who, despite being an Admin, is effectively an inactive member? I don't know about the rest of the folks here, but that just gives me all sorts of warm fuzzies down in my special place... :rolleyes:
This whole place is run by enthusiasts (besides a couple of notable exceptions), and they're volunteering their time and energy. Yes, **** goes wrong but if you have a problem, there's always volunteering to help.
Being run by enthusiasts isn't a magic bullet for removing accountability...ESPECIALLY when people have paid real money for things. I'm so sick of people on this board continuing to further the expectation that there's no real responsibility involved when you start a Group Buy, or offer to fulfill some piece of it, and that when things go wrong (either through misfortune or your own negligence) that you don't owe anyone else anything for it. The organizers involved here may not have signed a legal document but the social contract when dealing with other people's property is pretty clear.
I am more than willing to help as well. I asked what had been done as I was curious. I live in Michigan, have shipped freight many times through other companies and often take my own tractor trailer to pick up freight. I've shipped thousands of items in the past few years. What can I do to help? My other talents are not anything I can think here would be of use. (welding, masonry, carpentry, HVAC)
I do know the reality is if someone wants to get this done everything to do this shouldn't cost more than $350 USD to ship anywhere in the US. So if the parts are sitting somewhere can a more local person pick them up?
Has anyone besides TJ seen any of this stuff? Do we even know what shape it is in? Realistically what should be expected from PCB's that have been sitting for so long? Just trying to manage expectations.
Has anyone built a GH60 recently? Perhaps some of our EU friends?
Has anyone besides TJ seen any of this stuff? Do we even know what shape it is in? Realistically what should be expected from PCB's that have been sitting for so long? Just trying to manage expectations.The ones shipped in EU are OK, many people already built their boards and there were no problems reported. I just got my hands on one and I can say it looks fine, didn't see anything wrong. As soon as I have some time to build it I will be able to say more.
Has anyone built a GH60 recently? Perhaps some of our EU friends?
Has anyone besides TJ seen any of this stuff? Do we even know what shape it is in? Realistically what should be expected from PCB's that have been sitting for so long? Just trying to manage expectations.
Has anyone built a GH60 recently? Perhaps some of our EU friends?
Has anyone besides TJ seen any of this stuff? Do we even know what shape it is in? Realistically what should be expected from PCB's that have been sitting for so long? Just trying to manage expectations.
Has anyone built a GH60 recently? Perhaps some of our EU friends?
Has anyone besides TJ seen any of this stuff? Do we even know what shape it is in? Realistically what should be expected from PCB's that have been sitting for so long? Just trying to manage expectations.
Has anyone built a GH60 recently? Perhaps some of our EU friends?
I'd be happy with a picture at this point, just to confirm everything is still alive.
Of course, the last time anyone asked for pics, that turned into a mess with people accusing people of "not trusting" people and wanting to start a pitchfork mob.
Has anyone besides TJ seen any of this stuff? Do we even know what shape it is in? Realistically what should be expected from PCB's that have been sitting for so long? Just trying to manage expectations.
Has anyone built a GH60 recently? Perhaps some of our EU friends?
I'd be happy with a picture at this point, just to confirm everything is still alive.
Of course, the last time anyone asked for pics, that turned into a mess with people accusing people of "not trusting" people and wanting to start a pitchfork mob.
The DSA dolch/joker/redline groupbuy ruined the passion I once had for contributing to the keyboard enthusiast community. I am not comparing that group buy to this one. But I will not join any more group buys until I get what I bought from this one. Proof of life would help to at least give us some hope that this will eventually come to an end.
Have a seat, or even better a bed.
Have a seat, or even better a bed.
WTF is this even supposed to mean?
I was just asking for a picture of the goods from TJ, which is a reasonable request based on the circumstances.
The original payment deadline was 06/30/13.
That is 2 and 1/2 years since I gave my money to TJ.
How is it not acceptable to ask for a picture of the goods?Have a seat, or even better a bed.
WTF is this even supposed to mean?
I will not "Have a seat, or even better a bed". And I will not go down to your level of publicly, insulting others to try to get my way.
None but a very few people know this, but domo donated a bunch of silver and gold metallic stickers with the GH60 logo, made by Shadovved to this buy. Everyone's order was supposed to have one of each packed in as a surprise.
I was just asking for a picture of the goods from TJ, which is a reasonable request based on the circumstances.
The original payment deadline was 06/30/13.
That is 2 and 1/2 years since I gave my money to TJ.
How is it not acceptable to ask for a picture of the goods?Have a seat, or even better a bed.
WTF is this even supposed to mean?
I will not "Have a seat, or even better a bed". And I will not go down to your level of publicly, insulting others to try to get my way.
hey good sir, i dont know what your full order looks like, but back when i was fairly new here you helped me get in to this buy, im not sure what you ordered as i say but i have a spare gh60 pcb on hand, tons of switches, lots of stabs, basically anything you may have ordered aside from a plate, and id be happy to gift it to you, i know that isnt what you are trying to achieve with your posts, but if you are also anxious for the board, perhaps this may help
I was just asking for a picture of the goods from TJ, which is a reasonable request based on the circumstances.
The original payment deadline was 06/30/13.
That is 2 and 1/2 years since I gave my money to TJ.
How is it not acceptable to ask for a picture of the goods?Have a seat, or even better a bed.
WTF is this even supposed to mean?
I will not "Have a seat, or even better a bed". And I will not go down to your level of publicly, insulting others to try to get my way.
hey good sir, i dont know what your full order looks like, but back when i was fairly new here you helped me get in to this buy, im not sure what you ordered as i say but i have a spare gh60 pcb on hand, tons of switches, lots of stabs, basically anything you may have ordered aside from a plate, and id be happy to gift it to you, i know that isnt what you are trying to achieve with your posts, but if you are also anxious for the board, perhaps this may help
The DSA dolch/joker/redline groupbuy ruined the passion I once had for contributing to the keyboard enthusiast community. I am not comparing that group buy to this one. But I will not join any more group buys until I get what I bought from this one. Proof of life would help to at least give us some hope that this will eventually come to an end.
How long did the EU mainland PCB orders usually take to arrive? Supposedly mine is on its way for two weeks now.
How long did the EU mainland PCB orders usually take to arrive? Supposedly mine is on its way for two weeks now.I can tell you from my experience with packages from UK, these are shipped not by DHL but GLS, I never had one delivered by DHL. So if you didn't already done that, check on GLS website and see what's the status. They never hurry with a delivery. It takes around 7-10 days to get delivered, GLS has only some predefined days when they dispatch the parcels. Hope it helps.
It's a bit difficult to catch recent news, what about batch 6 ? Especially for people like me (EU) order GH60 assembled :x
Remember when we thought all we were waiting forwere stab wireswas rev.c?
Thanks to the ones that have helped and tried to help this group buy get fulfilled.
But I echo the sentiment regarding the rescue party we now have on board, and those who have aided and abetted throughout the process.
This is almost the saddest group buy in here.
This is almost the saddest group buy in here.
Almost? Which one(s) has/have been worse?
For me personally the smallfry buy.This is almost the saddest group buy in here.
Almost? Which one(s) has/have been worse?
I hereby officially declare myself beaten if I can't have the boards moved by January 15th.So is this entire buy hung up on TJ not shipping anything to samwisekoi?
I tried all I could and we were able at least to move the boards from China, so this was not a complete disaster at least. I'll try again to get these US boards moving in the coming days, but if that doesn't happen you'll have to find yourself anotheridiotenthusiast who maybe will be more lucky than myself.
I hereby officially declare myself beaten if I can't have the boards moved by January 15th.So is this entire buy hung up on TJ not shipping anything to samwisekoi?
I tried all I could and we were able at least to move the boards from China, so this was not a complete disaster at least. I'll try again to get these US boards moving in the coming days, but if that doesn't happen you'll have to find yourself anotheridiotenthusiast who maybe will be more lucky than myself.
Okay, seriously.
i3oiler has offered to help, and has the required infrastructure (I trust samwisekoi, but he hasn't logged on in forever...?).
Can I just, like, drive to TX and pick up the stuff and drop it off in Chicago??
Okay, seriously.
i3oiler has offered to help, and has the required infrastructure (I trust samwisekoi, but he hasn't logged on in forever...?).
Can I just, like, drive to TX and pick up the stuff and drop it off in Chicago??
Okay, seriously.
i3oiler has offered to help, and has the required infrastructure (I trust samwisekoi, but he hasn't logged on in forever...?).
Can I just, like, drive to TX and pick up the stuff and drop it off in Chicago??
do you have a huge car/pickup/van?
Okay, seriously.
i3oiler has offered to help, and has the required infrastructure (I trust samwisekoi, but he hasn't logged on in forever...?).
Can I just, like, drive to TX and pick up the stuff and drop it off in Chicago??
do you have a huge car/pickup/van?
I drive a Subaru Outback. Not huge, but definitely roomy.
Okay, seriously.
i3oiler has offered to help, and has the required infrastructure (I trust samwisekoi, but he hasn't logged on in forever...?).
Can I just, like, drive to TX and pick up the stuff and drop it off in Chicago??
do you have a huge car/pickup/van?
I drive a Subaru Outback. Not huge, but definitely roomy.
I don't think that would be enough
Okay, seriously.
i3oiler has offered to help, and has the required infrastructure (I trust samwisekoi, but he hasn't logged on in forever...?).
Can I just, like, drive to TX and pick up the stuff and drop it off in Chicago??
I'll put up $50 towards gas and even take you out to dinner if you pass by my place on the way.
okay calm down. it seems things are finally moving. I'll keep you posted! Everything should go to Ron in the coming days.
I know Texas is a big place but how far is it for @jdcarpe to go get everything?
I know everyone wants a "proof of life" photo, but it doesn't seem like TJ is willing to do that. All I can tell you is that the switches for sure exist, as I had them all at one time, and shipped them to TJ. ApocalypseMaow has the plates made locally, and he shipped those to TJ, so we can assume those also exist. As the fab sent BunnyLake the EU PCBs, we can probably assume that they did in fact manufacture the US PCBs, and shipped them to TJ. Ivan seems to have shipped stabs elsewhere, so it's a pretty safe bet that he sent TJ the GB stabs, as well. So, I guess whenever TJ feels like shipping everything, we might see this move a bit.
I find it funny that he can't find time to take even a ****ty cell phone pic of the stuff, yet found the time to take almost 100 product shots last month. Mkawa is getting shredded in the smallfry jd40 buy, but TJ gets a free pass.
I appreciate that people are working on it behind the scenes, but we really could do with some transparency to assuage the pain from the constant broken timelines and unkept promises.
I find it funny that he can't find time to take even a ****ty cell phone pic of the stuff, yet found the time to take almost 100 product shots last month. Mkawa is getting shredded in the smallfry jd40 buy, but TJ gets a free pass.
I appreciate that people are working on it behind the scenes, but we really could do with some transparency to assuage the pain from the constant broken timelines and unkept promises.
I have no horse in this race, but I agree entirely with this sentiment. It looks like this buy was started in March of 2013. I think at this point anyone who has invested their time and money into should be allowed to not only request, but demand some answers.
This is some shady "business" going on here.
I find it funny that he can't find time to take even a ****ty cell phone pic of the stuff, yet found the time to take almost 100 product shots last month. Mkawa is getting shredded in the smallfry jd40 buy, but TJ gets a free pass.
I appreciate that people are working on it behind the scenes, but we really could do with some transparency to assuage the pain from the constant broken timelines and unkept promises.
I have no horse in this race, but I agree entirely with this sentiment. It looks like this buy was started in March of 2013. I think at this point anyone who has invested their time and money into should be allowed to not only request, but demand some answers.
This is some shady "business" going on here.
Just to clear things up for people who might not have been around when this started, it should be known that TJ had nothing to do with the original group buy (other than accepting payment - but no part in production or shipping). He took over the shambles left by WhiteFireDragon, and frankly the buy would be entirely dead without TJ stepping up to do so. So he certainly deserves our thanks for that.
What has happened since then is less than ideal, but it seems like people are forgetting (or simply didn't know) that TJ did not run this buy into the ground.
what's up with the shark costume thing btw?
what's up with the shark costume thing btw?
We've got a little Christmas miracle. The boards are on their way to Ron. They should arrive at destination early next year. I'll contact Ron next week to organize the next step (ie: shipping to proxies).
Merry Christmas to everybody.
We've got a little Christmas miracle. The boards are on their way to Ron. They should arrive at destination early next year. I'll contact Ron next week to organize the next step (ie: shipping to proxies).
Merry Christmas to everybody.
We've got a little Christmas miracle. The boards are on their way to Ron. They should arrive at destination early next year. I'll contact Ron next week to organize the next step (ie: shipping to proxies).
Merry Christmas to everybody.
Thank you matt3o for your work. Any reason Ron and TJ don't just communicate directly and post updates in here?
Ron would have to login to post. :rolleyes:We've got a little Christmas miracle. The boards are on their way to Ron. They should arrive at destination early next year. I'll contact Ron next week to organize the next step (ie: shipping to proxies).
Merry Christmas to everybody.
Thank you matt3o for your work. Any reason Ron and TJ don't just communicate directly and post updates in here?
We've got a little Christmas miracle. The boards are on their way to Ron. They should arrive at destination early next year. I'll contact Ron next week to organize the next step (ie: shipping to proxies).
Merry Christmas to everybody.
Thank you matt3o for your work. Any reason Ron and TJ don't just communicate directly and post updates in here?
We've got a little Christmas miracle. The boards are on their way to Ron. They should arrive at destination early next year. I'll contact Ron next week to organize the next step (ie: shipping to proxies).
Merry Christmas to everybody.
Thank you matt3o for your work. Any reason Ron and TJ don't just communicate directly and post updates in here?
Ron doesn't have time. TJ doesn't want to deal with all the **** this post is throwing. I'm happy to facilitate the process.
We've got a little Christmas miracle. The boards are on their way to Ron. They should arrive at destination early next year. I'll contact Ron next week to organize the next step (ie: shipping to proxies).
Merry Christmas to everybody.
Thank you matt3o for your work. Any reason Ron and TJ don't just communicate directly and post updates in here?
Ron doesn't have time. TJ doesn't want to deal with all the **** this post is throwing. I'm happy to facilitate the process.
I'm having a hard time phrasing this in a way that doesn't sound confrontational, so please don't take it that way, but...if Ron doesn't have time to post in this thread, are we sure he has time to ship these boards out? Again, I trust Ron and would never question his character; it just seems like the most reasonable follow up question. :-[
That said, that's pretty ****ty of TJ. All anyone was asking was an update for where things were from him and a rough idea of when things would ship. No one was asking for his head, just him to acknowledge the situation.
We've got a little Christmas miracle. The boards are on their way to Ron. They should arrive at destination early next year. I'll contact Ron next week to organize the next step (ie: shipping to proxies).
Merry Christmas to everybody.
Ron would have to login to post. :rolleyes:We've got a little Christmas miracle. The boards are on their way to Ron. They should arrive at destination early next year. I'll contact Ron next week to organize the next step (ie: shipping to proxies).
Merry Christmas to everybody.
Thank you matt3o for your work. Any reason Ron and TJ don't just communicate directly and post updates in here?
And please for the love of all things keyboards don't use dorkvader as a proxy.
We've got a little Christmas miracle. The boards are on their way to Ron. They should arrive at destination early next year. I'll contact Ron next week to organize the next step (ie: shipping to proxies).
Merry Christmas to everybody.
What's with people not shipping product here at Geekhack?
What's with people not shipping product here at Geekhack?
Is this a real question, or just a troll comment? The vast majority of GB's, etc. go smoothly and with little drama. It's only the few that don't that get the attention and rage.
At this rate, HL3 will come out before I get my keyboard completed.
Any updates?
Any updates?
I fear the ants got the best of samwisekoi
Any idea's on the state of EU shipping?Send another Pm to him :)
Bunny contacted me (August '15) to say I was in group 3 but as the plates were not available I deferred until all the bits were together. I changed my mind a few weeks later and PM'd bunny but have heard nothing back.
So much for getting these by xmas..... Maybe they will be ready for christmas this year?
Any idea's on the state of EU shipping?
Bunny contacted me (August '15) to say I was in group 3 but as the plates were not available I deferred until all the bits were together. I changed my mind a few weeks later and PM'd bunny but have heard nothing back.
So much for getting these by xmas..... Maybe they will be ready for christmas this year?
What about my PM regarding address change?[...]Sorry I missed your original pm, [...]
hi guys!
Guess I'm a noob (first time flashing a custom keyboard) but I can't get my GH60 working :(
I've flash firmware ukbdc_gh60-0.1.hex firmware using FLIP successfully and the keyboard did not respond any key press. Afterwards I've tried the latest ukbdc_gh60_revB-0.3-dev.hex, also flashed successfully but with the same result. Windows detects the keyboard on device manager but nothing works.
I've open FLIP again and seems that after the 0.3 firmware flash, it always gives and error on USB communication:Show Image(http://s22.postimg.org/wi2776p9t/image.jpg)
can someone help me?
hey guys. its been over a year since i have been to the site. sorry. i was just wondering what is going on with my gh60 order? crazy what happened to this buy.
hey guys. its been over a year since i have been to the site. sorry. i was just wondering what is going on with my gh60 order? crazy what happened to this buy.
Received your pm and replied
Sorry I missed your original pm, but j have put several posts in this thread chasing people up and asking anyone to contact me who has any pcb shipping left they want
Once I receive your details mentioned in the pm I'll get your pcbs out
What's the status of gathering new US addresses?
I haven't heard from samwisekoi yet. I feel it's my fault this time, I didn't have much time lately. I'll drop him an email later.
just to be clear for the new comers, neither samwisekoi, bunnylake or I are responsible for this situation, we are just trying to rescue a group buy that was thought long dead.
What about switches and stabilizers?
And mashby is awesome.
And is the idea to ship everything USPS flat rate?
technically we also have stabs and switches.
put some indicator leds on my GH60 ;) (btw, mx lock on FN key)Nice, how'd you do it?
technically we also have stabs and switches.
Nice, how'd you do it?
technically we also have stabs and switches.
What does that mean?
We have approximately 150 US (and Canada) orders.
I'd say we need at least 2 proxies, 75 each. Better 3, 50 orders each.
So far I have one... unless Hoff is up to the task.
At this point I'm more than happy to pay shipping again and obviously ignore the assembly. Is there someone specific handling international orders? (South Africa)
At this point I'm more than happy to pay shipping again and obviously ignore the assembly. Is there someone specific handling international orders? (South Africa)
Sorry if this question was passed over due to the answer being obvious, but... *bump*
At this point I'm more than happy to pay shipping again and obviously ignore the assembly. Is there someone specific handling international orders? (South Africa)
Sorry if this question was passed over due to the answer being obvious, but... *bump*
I believe the original plan was bunny would handle all non-US orders, but I'm not entirely sure, and the last thing I want to do is volunteer someone else for more work.
To all: we do not have funds to cover shipping costs (at least not 100% of it). So you'll have to pay that again. I'm sorry, there's nothing I can do about it.No problem, I wanted to upgrade to decent (insured?) shipping either way (can't risk getting my stuff trashed after this long a wait).
To all: we do not have funds to cover shipping costs (at least not 100% of it). So you'll have to pay that again. I'm sorry, there's nothing I can do about it.No problem, I wanted to upgrade to decent (insured?) shipping either way (can't risk getting my stuff trashed after this long a wait).
Just let me know when we have payment collectors to whom I need to pay.
put some indicator leds on my GH60 ;) (btw, mx lock on FN key)
put some indicator leds on my GH60 ;) (btw, mx lock on FN key)
Hello everybody...
I am very happy and thankfull to HoffmanMyster that got all the parts from the Prof. Now my question is, who would be able to assebmle my parts? My parts are all with HoffmanMyster and hope there is someone who could proifessional assmble and soldier my board :)
Thanks you
FabsSpeed
Hello everybody...
I am very happy and thankfull to HoffmanMyster that got all the parts from the Prof. Now my question is, who would be able to assebmle my parts? My parts are all with HoffmanMyster and hope there is someone who could proifessional assmble and soldier my board :)
Thanks you
FabsSpeed
sorry :) Thank you
You're referring to a different group buy. You're looking for the Phantom GB which can be found here (https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=38471.msg2042437#msg2042437).
If memory serves me, I think I just ordered the PCB. Just throwing a message into this thread so I can hopefully get ahold of it soon, then figure out what to do with it, haha. Maybe if someone is able to provide switches/assembly I could pay for some of their shipping/etc as well.
I presume a consolidated address update process will be rolled out soon-ish?
I know this has the potential to open a whole different can of worms, but since we're going to have to be paying for shipping, will we be able to transfer our order at this time? I'm at a point where seeing the board will just piss me off, so I'm planning on selling mine. I really don't want to have mine shipped to me and then have someone pay the original price (which included shipping), new shipping price, and then shipping on top of that.
I know this has the potential to open a whole different can of worms, but since we're going to have to be paying for shipping, will we be able to transfer our order at this time? I'm at a point where seeing the board will just piss me off, so I'm planning on selling mine. I really don't want to have mine shipped to me and then have someone pay the original price (which included shipping), new shipping price, and then shipping on top of that.
The proxies can discuss this when we chat - it would probably be best to be consistent between the three of us.
Speaking only for myself I don't have an issue transferring an order, but I imagine that quite a few people might ask for the same thing. If there's suddenly an influx of GH60s for sale on the market, it could take quite some time for many of them to sell. I am not interested in holding on to these for weeks/months waiting for people to sell their board. But maybe if we implemented a "you have until we reach your order to sell it" type rule? Not sure the best way to go about it. But we'll discuss it, I'm sure.
Even if all orders are transferred immediately, it still opens us up to a huge potential for mistakes and a lot of time sorting/rectifying that. It's far from ideal, IMO.
ohhhh, I was late to the proxy party :(
ohhhh, I was late to the proxy party :(
wanna help?
Bost gets doneohhhh, I was late to the proxy party :(
wanna help?
I'm always done to help :)
Bost gets doneohhhh, I was late to the proxy party :(
wanna help?
I'm always done to help :)
PROXY: Mashby
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vorn
PROXY: Mashby
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vorn
Hey Matt. I'm an international order, so you can remove me from this grouping.
The shipping will be pretty expensive though I reckon. I'll gladly pay 10-20$ but more than that and I'll just write it off as a loss. Might make more sense to ship everyones plate/switch/stab order separately after paying for the shipping. I really don't know.
let's be terribly honest here.
shipping 200-ish plates from US to UK would be incredibly expensive. I guess in the thousands-$$ so we need to make some serious magic here. We are trying to recover the little funds left, I'll know how bad the situation is in few days. The alternative would be to find a US proxy willing to ship internationally.
let's be terribly honest here.
shipping 200-ish plates from US to UK would be incredibly expensive. I guess in the thousands-$$ so we need to make some serious magic here. We are trying to recover the little funds left, I'll know how bad the situation is in few days. The alternative would be to find a US proxy willing to ship internationally.
I'm down for International once we get the US orders moving.
PROXY: SpamRay
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olaph
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I'm an international order, but I'm on SpamRay's list.
Thanks for the heads up.
I want to note that my username changed to oluf.
I'm an international order, but I'm on SpamRay's list.
From what I understand that was in error.Thanks for the heads up.
I want to note that my username changed to oluf.
How did we end up with so little money left? Based on prices that we've been told (especially the plates), I know most of the stuff was under the charged price and shipping was paid as part of the original price.
We are handling CONUS and Canada :thumb:I'm an international order, but I'm on SpamRay's list.
From what I understand that was in error.Thanks for the heads up.
I want to note that my username changed to oluf.
I'm intl too, technically, and on ray's list.
for all the EU guys with outstanding orders
ive just picked up a new soldering rig
and will make my time available for people with orders who still need this service
once i have the plates stabs and remaining switches from sam, ill get all eu orders that dont need soldering out right away
and can then discuss the needs of people who do need soldering work with people
Made a post in classifieds, but getting rid of my order. I believe swill's link still works for those who want to get rid of theirs as well.Yes. It is still available and will be until things settle down after NA ships (so, indefinitely...).
Techkeys will he selling the GH60 in the very near future.
Techkeys will he selling the GH60 in the very near future.
This is super exciting news! Will you be selling only PCBs, or also plates?
Techkeys will he selling the GH60 in the very near future.What color?
In the meantime, I'm still selling mine complete with PCB, Plate, and stabilizers and I should also have some Gateron switches I can toss in for the cost of shipping.
Techkeys will he selling the GH60 in the very near future.What color?
Techkeys will he selling the GH60 in the very near future.What color?
Not Black - subscribe to Techkeys newsletter to be notified as soon as it is available.
PROXY: SpamRay
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fydo
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PROXY: SpamRay
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fydo
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Excellent news!
Thanks so much to everyone involved in reviving this GB. Will SpamRay be shipping out everything that I ordered? ie. PCB, Stabs, Plates, etc?
So looking forward to finally getting ahold of this. :D
PROXY: SpamRay
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fydo
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Excellent news!
Thanks so much to everyone involved in reviving this GB. Will SpamRay be shipping out everything that I ordered? ie. PCB, Stabs, Plates, etc?
So looking forward to finally getting ahold of this. :D
That is the plan. :thumb:
Mashby and hoffmanmyster have their list as well :D
PROXY: SpamRay
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fydo
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Excellent news!
Thanks so much to everyone involved in reviving this GB. Will SpamRay be shipping out everything that I ordered? ie. PCB, Stabs, Plates, etc?
So looking forward to finally getting ahold of this. :D
That is the plan. :thumb:
all hail the spamray
Mashby and hoffmanmyster have their list as well :D
PROXY: SpamRay
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fydo
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Excellent news!
Thanks so much to everyone involved in reviving this GB. Will SpamRay be shipping out everything that I ordered? ie. PCB, Stabs, Plates, etc?
So looking forward to finally getting ahold of this. :D
That is the plan. :thumb:
all hail the spamray
And just a general FYI the wheels are tentatively in motion.
We hope to get things moving as soon as possible.
admittedly the proxies are a bit slow to reply :P
(not you SpamRay, you are da man)
So who the heck do I contact about an address change?
It would still be nice to get an accounting of where all the money went since we're going to be paying for shipping a second time.
I have no problem with doing so as long as the money went to logistics and not someone's pocket.
It would still be nice to get an accounting of where all the money went since we're going to be paying for shipping a second time.
I have no problem with doing so as long as the money went to logistics and not someone's pocket.
It would still be nice to get an accounting of where all the money went since we're going to be paying for shipping a second time.
I have no problem with doing so as long as the money went to logistics and not someone's pocket.
Well, one can dream. Even if we're told that TJ spent the money and we're SOL, it would be nice to see why we have to pay for shipping a second time and it would be nice to see why we're in the position we're in with funds.
Well, one can dream. Even if we're told that TJ spent the money and we're SOL, it would be nice to see why we have to pay for shipping a second time and it would be nice to see why we're in the position we're in with funds.
Well, one can dream. Even if we're told that TJ spent the money and we're SOL, it would be nice to see why we have to pay for shipping a second time and it would be nice to see why we're in the position we're in with funds.
Who do you think has this information? Seems like the people who would know are no longer involved...
Hey SpAmRaY, can I pm you about one of the orders?
Well, one can dream. Even if we're told that TJ spent the money and we're SOL, it would be nice to see why we have to pay for shipping a second time and it would be nice to see why we're in the position we're in with funds.
I wish I knew. I'm just dealing with what is left. If anyone has more insight, he/she should talk.
If it helps you can blame me, nubbinator :)
Im not giving any more money until it is proven the boards actually exist. A picture of a bunch of boxes is not enough in my opinion. If any more of my money is going towards this it better be proven that i will actually get it.
Are all the parts accounted for now? Plates, switches and stabs?
I ask because I believe someone said there was an issue with some or all of those parts.
Thanks for the awesome update. I know I've been one of the more vocally pissed off ones in this thread, but in spite of all my complaining, I have nothing but thanks for those of you who picked up this mess from TJ and WFD. If there are any profits, I wouldn't feel bad about any of you keeping them since you guys actually deserve thanks. I'm pissed off and annoyed that the original two appear to have run off with a chunk of the money, but that's not on you.
I'd actually love to have an add a tip option or something for the proxy in the confirmation stage. I'd love to send my proxy some beer money.
Thank you to everyone who has donated their time to get this project moving again!
I took over an order from someone a little over two years ago, and the order appears to still be under their username, but it should have my address now. Should I pm someone to confirm this?
Good news guys! All you still waiting on getting your PCB's will be pleased to know that techkeys have rev c PCB's ready for immediate shipment!
What a kick in the balls that is.
How's they get the rev c schematics? I didn't think they were getting published until everyone had received their orders?
They originally said that they would give out the gerbers when the pcb's were in the hands of the group buy participants.
The PCB's are now in the hands of quite a few buyers.
I for one think it is perfectly fine for TechKeys to sell the GH60 PCB, in fact I would applaud their commitment to the community for not having them available on his store for such a long time. They are a business and they have waited long enough for this GB to complete, for whatever unfortunate reasons the GB has taken so long to complete, they waited patiently and now when an end is in sight, it's only fair for them to have them on their store, unlike the TaoBao sellers, that have been selling the GH60 PCBs for a time now.
Edit: And before someone asks, I don't have anything invested in this GB, maybe that is why I think so. I can understand participants might feel bad about this, but TechKeys doesn't deserve the criticism.
No, **** you.Exactly.
lol, pointless post
you are basically saying that we should know the whole story before criticizing, the same story which nobody knows (you included) and even will never know. brilliant :thumb:
[...] I also need to find a cheap case for this now.
Disclaimer: This statement was not meant as support for your ridiculous whining.No, **** you.Exactly.
This discussion of the pcb's on techkeys.us is also a waste of time because both Prelim and Battletux have both already received there gh60 rev c pcb's.
https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=78955.0
yes I have received my pcb, but still DO CARE about this groupbuy. I can't say the same thing of you...I haven't received any PCBs from the GB because I didn't order any. So no need to be outraged.
For instance, I've talked to @komar 2 weeks ago and find outrageous that he still didn't received his pcb while someone is already selling those on shop :/
But how have TechKeys gotten the Schematics? They didn't design the board, Komar did, and as far as I'm aware I've not seen that the schematics have been released for the Rev C (but I could be wrong). What they are doing is ****ty when their are people still invested in this GB who have not yet received their orders. Yes they are a business, but this was a community project. THATS the difference.
For them to sell it before everyone has their orders stinks. I respect your right to your opinion but their move is still crappy.
With regards to the Taobao/Satan/China versions, they are all based on the Rev B or A that were not the final product. The reason why the rev C board schematics were not going to be released until everyone had their orders was because a lot of us felt pissed that the files for the rev a and b's were made public and clones started popping up out of china before anyone had their order or the final board design was done.
what about non-US and non-Canada orders?
sorry if this has been mentioned before :-[
It grates that this could be allowed, shame on the mods and everyone else who approved i3oilermaker to do this while the GB is nowhere near finished.
I don't think I'm the right person, since I had no hand in the creation/design of the boards. Have you reached out to JD, Ron, or matt3o? I don't actually even remember who owns the rights to the PCB design...but hopefully one of them would know who to ask. Let me know if there is anything I can do to help. :thumb:
I think I need to add my 2 words too.
First thing:
I haven't received any PCBs from the GB because I didn't order any. So no need to be outraged.
And as for rev. C in techkeys.us, I see no reason to frown. The board was invented by jdcarpe and designed by me and both of us have agreed to stock the boards in Brad's store. The fact that someone invested their money and hasn't received their board (YET!) is sad but gives no right to decide what happens to the files and who gets permission to use them.
What about first asking those still waiting for their PCBs if it was ok to allow a commercial party to start producing a rev C clone?
No one should have been allowed to sell a rev C clone board until AFTER the GB was closed and all orders for PCBs fulfilled.
What about first asking those still waiting for their PCBs if it was ok to allow a commercial party to start producing a rev C clone?
No one should have been allowed to sell a rev C clone board until AFTER the GB was closed and all orders for PCBs fulfilled.
These pcb's are not "CLONE PCB's". There is no such thing because this is an Open Source Hardware Project.
When komar finishes converting the files, they will now be available to the community sooner, so that we can use them for our own projects.
Then we can make a gh60 that supports alps or whatever other crazy things you might think of.
I bought one of John Crouse's boards. I have details of the transaction. I have tried to get in touch with him, but have not been able to yet since he left the community about 2 years ago. How do I handle this? I don't know if his address details are correct, so I don't even know if the contents of his order will ever actually be delivered to him (and in turn to me). I am sure there are a bunch of situations like this, so a little clarity on this type of situation would be helpful.
Thanks everyone...
I emailed him again this morning, so I will wait a few days to see if he gets back to me.I bought one of John Crouse's boards. I have details of the transaction. I have tried to get in touch with him, but have not been able to yet since he left the community about 2 years ago. How do I handle this? I don't know if his address details are correct, so I don't even know if the contents of his order will ever actually be delivered to him (and in turn to me). I am sure there are a bunch of situations like this, so a little clarity on this type of situation would be helpful.
Thanks everyone...
I did as well. jcrouse's sales were documented in his thread: https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=52270.msg1157303#msg1157303
It looks like Hoff is assigned as jcrouse's proxy, so he might be able to send things directly, but it's probably better to see whether jcrouse responds first as I'd rather not make more work for the proxies.
I bought one of John Crouse's boards. I have details of the transaction. I have tried to get in touch with him, but have not been able to yet since he left the community about 2 years ago. How do I handle this? I don't know if his address details are correct, so I don't even know if the contents of his order will ever actually be delivered to him (and in turn to me). I am sure there are a bunch of situations like this, so a little clarity on this type of situation would be helpful.
Thanks everyone...
I bought one of John Crouse's boards. I have details of the transaction. I have tried to get in touch with him, but have not been able to yet since he left the community about 2 years ago. How do I handle this? I don't know if his address details are correct, so I don't even know if the contents of his order will ever actually be delivered to him (and in turn to me). I am sure there are a bunch of situations like this, so a little clarity on this type of situation would be helpful.
Thanks everyone...
I did as well. jcrouse's sales were documented in his thread: https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=52270.msg1157303#msg1157303
It looks like Hoff is assigned as jcrouse's proxy, so he might be able to send things directly, but it's probably better to see whether jcrouse responds first as I'd rather not make more work for the proxies.
Any word on EU and plates?It's probably much easier to sort the North American orders first, and send them on to the shipping proxies, then assume that everything else goes to the EU. Rather than, you know, sorting the EU stuff first, then sorting all the NA orders anyway. You guys got PCBs first anyway, so it's only fair we get the plates first this time. ;)
Any word on EU and plates?It's probably much easier to sort the North American orders first, and send them on to the shipping proxies, then assume that everything else goes to the EU. Rather than, you know, sorting the EU stuff first, then sorting all the NA orders anyway. You guys got PCBs first anyway, so it's only fair we get the plates first this time. ;)
who do i talk to about moose's stuff
I bought one of John Crouse's boards. I have details of the transaction. I have tried to get in touch with him, but have not been able to yet since he left the community about 2 years ago. How do I handle this? I don't know if his address details are correct, so I don't even know if the contents of his order will ever actually be delivered to him (and in turn to me). I am sure there are a bunch of situations like this, so a little clarity on this type of situation would be helpful.
Thanks everyone...
I did as well. jcrouse's sales were documented in his thread: https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=52270.msg1157303#msg1157303
It looks like Hoff is assigned as jcrouse's proxy, so he might be able to send things directly, but it's probably better to see whether jcrouse responds first as I'd rather not make more work for the proxies.
If anyone purchased a board from someone on my list, feel free to contact me via PM. I've made a mental note of swill and riot, but I'm sure there will be others as well. (I do see moogle and jorgenslee as buyers from jcrouse too)
Yes. I also paid him about the same in shipping. When it comes down to it, I don't mind paying for shipping again. It sucks, but at least the entire investment is not lost thanks to these wonderful gentlemen.I bought one of John Crouse's boards. I have details of the transaction. I have tried to get in touch with him, but have not been able to yet since he left the community about 2 years ago. How do I handle this? I don't know if his address details are correct, so I don't even know if the contents of his order will ever actually be delivered to him (and in turn to me). I am sure there are a bunch of situations like this, so a little clarity on this type of situation would be helpful.
Thanks everyone...
I did as well. jcrouse's sales were documented in his thread: https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=52270.msg1157303#msg1157303
It looks like Hoff is assigned as jcrouse's proxy, so he might be able to send things directly, but it's probably better to see whether jcrouse responds first as I'd rather not make more work for the proxies.
If anyone purchased a board from someone on my list, feel free to contact me via PM. I've made a mental note of swill and riot, but I'm sure there will be others as well. (I do see moogle and jorgenslee as buyers from jcrouse too)
Would you consider shipping internationally? I do hope we could contact jcrouse as I have paid around $20 for the shipping fee.
I'm about halfway done sending out address confirmations (I've gotten 4 responses so far.), found this cool little program called Ditto, makes pasting the same things over and over really easy.I am probably late to the game with this, but if you guys could use some sort of scripting or helper programs built to facilitate this process, just let me know.
Anyways I'm done for the night.
I'm about halfway done sending out address confirmations (I've gotten 4 responses so far.), found this cool little program called Ditto, makes pasting the same things over and over really easy.Ditto is amazing. I've been using it for over a year now. Discovered that you can drag and drop just the other week...
Anyways I'm done for the night.
Yes. I also paid him about the same in shipping. When it comes down to it, I don't mind paying for shipping again. It sucks, but at least the entire investment is not lost thanks to these wonderful gentlemen.I bought one of John Crouse's boards. I have details of the transaction. I have tried to get in touch with him, but have not been able to yet since he left the community about 2 years ago. How do I handle this? I don't know if his address details are correct, so I don't even know if the contents of his order will ever actually be delivered to him (and in turn to me). I am sure there are a bunch of situations like this, so a little clarity on this type of situation would be helpful.
Thanks everyone...
I did as well. jcrouse's sales were documented in his thread: https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=52270.msg1157303#msg1157303
It looks like Hoff is assigned as jcrouse's proxy, so he might be able to send things directly, but it's probably better to see whether jcrouse responds first as I'd rather not make more work for the proxies.
If anyone purchased a board from someone on my list, feel free to contact me via PM. I've made a mental note of swill and riot, but I'm sure there will be others as well. (I do see moogle and jorgenslee as buyers from jcrouse too)
Would you consider shipping internationally? I do hope we could contact jcrouse as I have paid around $20 for the shipping fee.
Yes. I also paid him about the same in shipping. When it comes down to it, I don't mind paying for shipping again. It sucks, but at least the entire investment is not lost thanks to these wonderful gentlemen.I bought one of John Crouse's boards. I have details of the transaction. I have tried to get in touch with him, but have not been able to yet since he left the community about 2 years ago. How do I handle this? I don't know if his address details are correct, so I don't even know if the contents of his order will ever actually be delivered to him (and in turn to me). I am sure there are a bunch of situations like this, so a little clarity on this type of situation would be helpful.
Thanks everyone...
I did as well. jcrouse's sales were documented in his thread: https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=52270.msg1157303#msg1157303
It looks like Hoff is assigned as jcrouse's proxy, so he might be able to send things directly, but it's probably better to see whether jcrouse responds first as I'd rather not make more work for the proxies.
If anyone purchased a board from someone on my list, feel free to contact me via PM. I've made a mental note of swill and riot, but I'm sure there will be others as well. (I do see moogle and jorgenslee as buyers from jcrouse too)
Would you consider shipping internationally? I do hope we could contact jcrouse as I have paid around $20 for the shipping fee.
Unfortunately that shipping fee is just what he initially paid (essentially bailing out his lost shipping costs). At this point, for all intents and purposes, you guys are in the same boat as everyone else. Since none of that shipping money made it to us, we will still need to ask for shipping money in order to get it sent out. :-/
who do i talk to about moose's stuff since he's permabanned? i can forward it to him, or be the middle man for any communication.
OR HE CAN GET UNBANNED
#FREEMOOSE
Awesome. Thanks mashby.who do i talk to about moose's stuff since he's permabanned? i can forward it to him, or be the middle man for any communication.
OR HE CAN GET UNBANNED
#FREEMOOSE
We're doing e-mails and I've already reached out to him and received a response. He's good.
If anyone can point me to an authoritative listing of what, exactly, is supposed to be in a "DIY Kit" I would greatly appreciate it.
PCB ($30) – You’ll only need to solder switches, a single LED (included) for the capslock, and a resistor (included). Everything you need to solder is through-hole. All SMD parts are pre-soldered at the factory by a pick-and-place machine.
DIY PCB ($15) – You’ll need to solder EVERYTHING, including all SMD and through-hole components. The SMD components are provided (controller, few capacitors, resistors, single crystal, switch, USB, and roughly 65 diodes).
If anyone can point me to an authoritative listing of what, exactly, is supposed to be in a "DIY Kit" I would greatly appreciate it.
Is this helpful? "controller, few capacitors, resistors, single crystal, switch, USB, and roughly 65 diodes"
It still doesn't give exact quantities for most components... :-/
I received the email to confirm my address but it doesn't seem to include the switches ordered separately that was supposedly shipped to someone in the group buy.
I barely remember this and I've been out of the keyboard thing for a while.
I have the invoice to the switches I paid separately if you need that.
I haven't seen the Rev C pcb, but the bom should be something like this :If anyone can point me to an authoritative listing of what, exactly, is supposed to be in a "DIY Kit" I would greatly appreciate it.
Is this helpful? "controller, few capacitors, resistors, single crystal, switch, USB, and roughly 65 diodes"
It still doesn't give exact quantities for most components... :-/PCB ($30) – You’ll only need to solder switches, a single LED (included) for the capslock, and a resistor (included). Everything you need to solder is through-hole. All SMD parts are pre-soldered at the factory by a pick-and-place machine.
DIY PCB ($15) – You’ll need to solder EVERYTHING, including all SMD and through-hole components. The SMD components are provided (controller, few capacitors, resistors, single crystal, switch, USB, and roughly 65 diodes).
Sorry to bother you, samwisekoi. In reference to the white and clear switches, do you mean that they will be mixed together or that someone with a white switch order might get clear switches instead and/or vice versa?
I received the email to confirm my address but it doesn't seem to include the switches ordered separately that was supposedly shipped to someone in the group buy.
I barely remember this and I've been out of the keyboard thing for a while.
I have the invoice to the switches I paid separately if you need that.
Didn't we pay more for the a assembly service? Where did that money go?
I haven't seen the Rev C pcb, but the bom should be something like this :If anyone can point me to an authoritative listing of what, exactly, is supposed to be in a "DIY Kit" I would greatly appreciate it.
Is this helpful? "controller, few capacitors, resistors, single crystal, switch, USB, and roughly 65 diodes"
It still doesn't give exact quantities for most components... :-/PCB ($30) – You’ll only need to solder switches, a single LED (included) for the capslock, and a resistor (included). Everything you need to solder is through-hole. All SMD parts are pre-soldered at the factory by a pick-and-place machine.
DIY PCB ($15) – You’ll need to solder EVERYTHING, including all SMD and through-hole components. The SMD components are provided (controller, few capacitors, resistors, single crystal, switch, USB, and roughly 65 diodes).
Qty(2) C1, C2 22pf 0805 Capacitors
Qty(2) C3, C8 1uf 0805 Capacitors
Qty(4) C4, C5, C6, C7 0.1uf 0805 Capacitors
Qty (2) R1, R2 22Ohm 0805 Resistors
Qty (2) R3, R5 10kOhm 0805 Resistors
Qty (1) X1 16Mhz Crystal/oscilator
Qty (1) ATMEGA32U4-AU
Qty (1) some kind of tactile switch
Qty (1) J1 - USB mini-b connector
Qty (65) SMD diodes
There are some other resistors for LEDs, but I think they're all through-hole.
I don't think anyone who had locking switches on their order was actually billed for any, as we didn't have a source for them, or a reliable price. So that shouldn't be an issue, at least.
Regarding clears vs whites, I don't think the GB proper offered whites, that I remember. Only people who ordered switches directly from 7bit and had them shipped to me should have had any whites, from what I recall.
I need a bunch of blacks samwisekoi as none were included at all in the switches sent to me, I was told they are with the conus stuff
Sam, you're talking about US orders right? At this point I have no clue who has what and where.
Either way I have an international order and indeed ordered white switches from 7bit if that helps.
I don't think anyone who had locking switches on their order was actually billed for any, as we didn't have a source for them, or a reliable price. So that shouldn't be an issue, at least.
Regarding clears vs whites, I don't think the GB proper offered whites, that I remember. Only people who ordered switches directly from 7bit and had them shipped to me should have had any whites, from what I recall.
Regarding clears vs whites, I don't think the GB proper offered whites, that I remember. Only people who ordered switches directly from 7bit and had them shipped to me should have had any whites, from what I recall.
Anyone who thinks they should have heard from me and did not get an email needs to PM me a better email address as I have attempted to contact all my peoples....just got done sending a PM to 19 of you who I haven't heard back from.
Anyone who thinks they should have heard from me and did not get an email needs to PM me a better email address as I have attempted to contact all my peoples....just got done sending a PM to 19 of you who I haven't heard back from.
Yo Spam,
Has all of the responsible parties tried contacting the people on their list? I am not on your list, but have yet to be contacted.
Is there a list of lists? That is, do we have a list of users/orders per stand-in proxy?
- Ron | samwisekoi
PLEASE do not contact your proxy YET! They will let you know when they are ready.
If you are not in the list you better contact me ASAP instead.
EU and International orders are all through BunnyLake
================================
PROXY: Mashby
WhiteFireDragon
Loligagger
viasacra89
affect656
Muffet
badcop
mashby
pd_snipe
elton5354
esoomenona
samwisekoi
rknize
Germiphene
jdcarpe
Glod
jspark
Index
myndzi
IvanIvanovich
oneproduct
Atlas
THE_PUN_STOPS_HERE
Grimey
Regack
duq
watterrbottle
aggiejy
tjweir
Turbinia
iMav
Trueno86
Greystoke
n0rvig
ekw808
precarious
funkymeeba
cgbuen
nebo
funinthesun69
skkhai
DrSchlock
rymnd
jolonnar
domoaligato
Binge
winzds
registered99
kravlin
T0ken
viasacra89
tricheboars
vorn
================================
PROXY: SpamRay
salmo
Caceous
reca
tadbitnerdy
annerick
RickyJ
terminal_geek
electrogeek007
xavierblak
chel-
fydo
orca416
engicoder
durandalx
olaph
r3dx
Turkishrambo
kinruan
Atakp
Acetrak
hellocodes
madderoftime
whiteduck
danielucf
LastAndroid
whiskytango
TheProfosist
thegagne
orlando
jabar
TheQsanity
rtos
ComradeSniper
Dubsgalore
Leslieann
kdash4
modulor
JWK
digitalleftovers
hashbaz
feng
John Fourth
ferociousfingerings
gimpster
wildcard
j2c8w6f8
Thechemist
do_Og@n
3rdo
SIfo
PaperDollMan
stoic-lemon
Robstero
spamray
================================
PROXY: HoffmanMyster
jcrouse
i488
Gameaholic
MKULTRA
latin00032
polarpigs
nubbinator
mark0331
CPTBadAss
disperse
NumberJ
TheFlyingRaccoon
Kabuks
ramshao
metalliqaz
fl0w3n
flowbish
gomez18
Tranquilite
OddOne
i3oilermaker
Viett
gtarget
boost
CommunistWitchDr
Beauthegamer
Halverson
Rashunaleyes
Strelok
gnubag
Keebo27
WRXChris
Infallible
Lugoues
mistakemistake
prdlm2009
eyesmiles
Glissant
miscsubbin
bw
ApocalypseMaow
YUIOP
metafour
ninjadoc
Jorgenstein
Sai
Autolyze
Inochi
Jocelyn
Dj1113
registered99
spdx
GeorgeK
HoffmanMyster
I posted the same quote SpamRay did. but didn't want to repost.
So here's a link to kittens instead
http://www.randomkittengenerator.com/cats/rotator.php
Now back to your regularly scheduled keyboards.
still no update on parts to the eu guys
just keeping you informed, will let you know when that changes
What's going on with the rest of the European orders? (sorry if its been posted previously, i've been out the loop for a while)
still no update on parts to the eu guys
just keeping you informed, will let you know when that changes
:thumb: Will await further info!
Just to be clear on what to expect, as an "international", I have to pay again for shipping and assembly, correct?I thought it was just a shipping and assembly wasn't an option.
Just to be clear on what to expect, as an "international", I have to pay again for shipping and assembly, correct?I thought it was just a shipping and assembly wasn't an option.
Just to be clear on what to expect, as an "international", I have to pay again for shipping and assembly, correct?
oh also for international guys
i havent heard anything further about getting the rest of the EU parts, but i also havent chased it up again since i last spoke to sam or matt, when i get home this afternoon ill contact both and see what the plan is, everything is one hand with sam, i believe its just a case of trying to decipher the spreadsheets to work out numbers and get it packed and shipped
So sorry for the delay guys, but I'm happy to report that I've sent out all of the confirmation e-mails for the orders that I am proxying. :thumb:
Only 5 bounce backs for the 52 orders that I have, so I sent a follow-up PM.
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Next Steps (for me)
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Samwisekoi is waiting on me to confirm a few numbers which I'll do tomorrow. I just wanted to get the conformation e-mails out first in case I overlooked something.
So sorry for the delay guys, but I'm happy to report that I've sent out all of the confirmation e-mails for the orders that I am proxying. :thumb:
Only 5 bounce backs for the 52 orders that I have, so I sent a follow-up PM.
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Next Steps (for me)
------------------------------------
Samwisekoi is waiting on me to confirm a few numbers which I'll do tomorrow. I just wanted to get the conformation e-mails out first in case I overlooked something.
So sorry for the delay guys, but I'm happy to report that I've sent out all of the confirmation e-mails for the orders that I am proxying. :thumb:
Only 5 bounce backs for the 52 orders that I have, so I sent a follow-up PM.
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Next Steps (for me)
------------------------------------
Samwisekoi is waiting on me to confirm a few numbers which I'll do tomorrow. I just wanted to get the conformation e-mails out first in case I overlooked something.
Can you guys send me WFD and Raccoons stuff... I'll ship it to them, but I would like to put a hornet nest in it first...
thx
Just to be clear on what to expect, as an "international", I have to pay again for shipping and assembly, correct?
ill assembly international orders for free
Is there a list of lists? That is, do we have a list of users/orders per stand-in proxy?
- Ron | samwisekoi
Yes there is! And some of these have changed, for example if you are in this list and are international your proxy is bunnylake, we are only handling USA and Canada.PLEASE do not contact your proxy YET! They will let you know when they are ready.
If you are not in the list you better contact me ASAP instead.
EU and International orders are all through BunnyLake
================================
PROXY: Mashby
WhiteFireDragon
Loligagger
viasacra89
affect656
Muffet
badcop
mashby
pd_snipe
elton5354
esoomenona
samwisekoi
rknize
Germiphene
jdcarpe
Glod
jspark
Index
myndzi
IvanIvanovich
oneproduct
Atlas
THE_PUN_STOPS_HERE
Grimey
Regack
duq
watterrbottle
aggiejy
tjweir
Turbinia
iMav
Trueno86
Greystoke
n0rvig
ekw808
precarious
funkymeeba
cgbuen
nebo
funinthesun69
skkhai
DrSchlock
rymnd
jolonnar
domoaligato
Binge
winzds
registered99
kravlin
T0ken
viasacra89
tricheboars
vorn
================================
PROXY: SpamRay
salmo
Caceous
reca
tadbitnerdy
annerick
RickyJ
terminal_geek
electrogeek007
xavierblak
chel-
fydo
orca416
engicoder
durandalx
olaph
r3dx
Turkishrambo
kinruan
Atakp
Acetrak
hellocodes
madderoftime
whiteduck
danielucf
LastAndroid
whiskytango
TheProfosist
thegagne
orlando
jabar
TheQsanity
rtos
ComradeSniper
Dubsgalore
Leslieann
kdash4
modulor
JWK
digitalleftovers
hashbaz
feng
John Fourth
ferociousfingerings
gimpster
wildcard
j2c8w6f8
Thechemist
do_Og@n
3rdo
SIfo
PaperDollMan
stoic-lemon
Robstero
spamray
================================
PROXY: HoffmanMyster
jcrouse
i488
Gameaholic
MKULTRA
latin00032
polarpigs
nubbinator
mark0331
CPTBadAss
disperse
NumberJ
TheFlyingRaccoon
Kabuks
ramshao
metalliqaz
fl0w3n
flowbish
gomez18
Tranquilite
OddOne
i3oilermaker
Viett
gtarget
boost
CommunistWitchDr
Beauthegamer
Halverson
Rashunaleyes
Strelok
gnubag
Keebo27
WRXChris
Infallible
Lugoues
mistakemistake
prdlm2009
eyesmiles
Glissant
miscsubbin
bw
ApocalypseMaow
YUIOP
metafour
ninjadoc
Jorgenstein
Sai
Autolyze
Inochi
Jocelyn
Dj1113
registered99
spdx
GeorgeK
HoffmanMyster
I seem to be in there twice (under mashby)
I seem to be in there twice (under mashby)
Viasacra89 - I e-mailed you your shipping/order confirmation on March 23rd and you responded. Is there a problem?
I didn't get a shipping invoice/email :(
I didn't get a shipping invoice/email :(
You are in my list. I have not sent out all my emails.
I didn't get a shipping invoice/email :(
You are in my list. I have not sent out all my emails.
Right, mybad. Thanks
Mad Props to all involved in getting this to some sort of completion! :thumb:
Whats the status with the plates for EU orders?
I read through the OP edit and poked around in the last few pages but didn't find an answer.
Will I get an email/PM when I have to pay the shipping fee?
cheers,
hellerbarde
So sorry for the delay guys, but I'm happy to report that I've sent out all of the confirmation e-mails for the orders that I am proxying. :thumb:
Only 5 bounce backs for the 52 orders that I have, so I sent a follow-up PM.
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Next Steps (for me)
------------------------------------
Samwisekoi is waiting on me to confirm a few numbers which I'll do tomorrow. I just wanted to get the conformation e-mails out first in case I overlooked something.
I will get the stuff to Bunny in Europe. My current plan is to rent a counting scale and pack the proxy shipments next weekend.
- Ron |samwisekoi
I read the op. Im in the US. So, im still waiting for an invoice, right?
I read the op. Im in the US. So, im still waiting for an invoice, right?
@hoffmanmyster is your proxy, I know he's been derailed by work and real life lately but he will be contacting you to confirm your shipping info and explain what the plan is if he hasn't already.
TL;DR: samwisekoi has the goods is sorting them and when your proxy gets your things he will invoice you for shipping.
I read the op. Im in the US. So, im still waiting for an invoice, right?
@hoffmanmyster is your proxy, I know he's been derailed by work and real life lately but he will be contacting you to confirm your shipping info and explain what the plan is if he hasn't already.
TL;DR: samwisekoi has the goods is sorting them and when your proxy gets your things he will invoice you for shipping.
Yep. My emails are slightly delayed, but are on the way. :thumb: I apologize for the wait.
I read the op. Im in the US. So, im still waiting for an invoice, right?
@hoffmanmyster is your proxy, I know he's been derailed by work and real life lately but he will be contacting you to confirm your shipping info and explain what the plan is if he hasn't already.
TL;DR: samwisekoi has the goods is sorting them and when your proxy gets your things he will invoice you for shipping.
Yep. My emails are slightly delayed, but are on the way. :thumb: I apologize for the wait.
Hi, did you send the emails yet? This wait is unacceptable.
sryfortrollingplzdonthurtme(unlessitsinbed,maybeweneedasafeword?)
p.s. As soon as I typed the message above, I saw another request for change had been posted. Any change to the proxy counts I have today will cause this whole thing to slip by at least a week. Renting the counting scale will cost me around $300 USD, so I only am going to do that once!
Counting scale ordered for this weekend. Assuming nothing goes wrong, I should be able to count 20,000 keycaps into proxy-sized shipments this weekend. Hopefully the DIY kits as well, although those are still an unclear PITA.
Regarding Europe, I will contribute postage for a bulk shipment to BunnyLake, but I don't yet have the details for that shipment. I DO know what the US proxies want.
So: shipments to US-based proxies should go out next week. Timeline for bulk shipment to Europe remains TBD.
- Ron | samwisekoi
p.s. As soon as I typed the message above, I saw another request for change had been posted. Any change to the proxy counts I have today will cause this whole thing to slip by at least a week. Renting the counting scale will cost me around $300 USD, so I only am going to do that once!
p.s. As soon as I typed the message above, I saw another request for change had been posted. Any change to the proxy counts I have today will cause this whole thing to slip by at least a week. Renting the counting scale will cost me around $300 USD, so I only am going to do that once!
If you are talking about my post, you don't have to worry about it. Swill and I bought at the same guy(jcrouse) which Hoff proxies.
p.s. As soon as I typed the message above, I saw another request for change had been posted. Any change to the proxy counts I have today will cause this whole thing to slip by at least a week. Renting the counting scale will cost me around $300 USD, so I only am going to do that once!
If you are talking about my post, you don't have to worry about it. Swill and I bought at the same guy(jcrouse) which Hoff proxies.
Yes, if people want to swap/sell orders I will just handle that on my end.
If someone from mashby or Ray's list chooses to take over an additional order from my list, I presume shipping costs will just be eaten. Changing counts at this point is fairly unreasonable.
Non-US Orders: Neither Bunnylake nor I have details about what I should send him. Both of us are willing to get these shipments under way, but we don't know enough to do so. If this annoys you, please yell at someone who isn't me, Bunnylake, or Matt3o.
Non-US Orders: Neither Bunnylake nor I have details about what I should send him. Both of us are willing to get these shipments under way, but we don't know enough to do so. If this annoys you, please yell at someone who isn't me, Bunnylake, or Matt3o.
I see. Is there anything that can be done to figure out what needs to be transferred to Bunnylake? Because it sounds like non-US orders are effectively blocked indefinitely.
Europe Shipment Update
Overnight, Matt3o worked to provide me with an "estimated" listing of the plates, stabilizers, and switches to send to Europe. That enables me to pull and pack a shipment for Europe.
Plates:
ANSI Univ. 46
ISO Univ. 19
Poker 36
Pure 12
ANSI 1.5x 13
ANSI 1.5x pure shift 11
ISO 1.25 29
ISO 1.5 9
ISO 1.5 pure shift 7
Samwisekoi 3
GH60 15
Stabilizer Sets:
90 Cherry PCB mount kits 6.25
45 Cherry PCB mount kits 7
100 Cherry Plate kit 6.25
55 Cherry Plate kit 7
Switches:
240 MX black
I'll get these packed and begin the search for a reasonable price to ship small, heavy plates to the UK.
FYI to all,
- Ron | samwisekoi
(Auto-typed by my GH36 Matrix Keypad.)
Should I have expected an email by this point from HoffmanMyster?
Should I have expected an email by this point from HoffmanMyster?
No. I am planning to crush this over this coming weekend. :thumb:
Should I have expected an email by this point from HoffmanMyster?
No. I am planning to crush this over this coming weekend. :thumb:
Did you get the time to crush it out? Didn't get a message, that's why I'm checking.
Should I have expected an email by this point from HoffmanMyster?
Apologies are not necessary. Thanks for putting in time when you can!
No. I am planning to crush this over this coming weekend. :thumb:
Did you get the time to crush it out? Didn't get a message, that's why I'm checking.
I managed to get some messages out, but not all. I'm setting up right now to crank out a few more this evening. I'm really sorry for the delays on my end, everyone.
WEEKEND UPDATEI have 63 clears in my order that can be switched for brown, green or blue - no issue.
All four proxy orders are picked and packed. The only things not ready to go are the White switches and the DIY kits. We were a tiny bit short on Clears, but only a tiny bit.
For Europe, we did not have enough of each item to hit Matt3o's estimates. We were short on a couple of plates and had extras of a few others. Oddly, we didn't have enough of the dang tiny screws Cherry now uses on PCB-mount stabilizers. We had many hundreds, but not quite enough hundreds of them. Anyhow, the Europe pick list was an estimate, so I'll send the exact counts to Bunnylake while I figure out how to ship 20 Kg of plates to the UK for re-distribution.
During the week I will figure out what combination of UPS and USPS will be best for the CONUS shipments. Once I know that I will get those out of my office and on their way to the next level down in the pyramid.
One final note: if someone wants to be in charge of the DIY kits, please contact me.
Cheers to all of you!
- Ron | samwisekoi
Sorry for bumping this thread, but can someone teach me on how to flash the firmware?
I and a few other people took over unpaid orders, and I don't appear to be on the list of lists that was posted earlier. Anyone know how those are going to be dealt with?
I and a few other people took over unpaid orders, and I don't appear to be on the list of lists that was posted earlier. Anyone know how those are going to be dealt with?
Do you remember whose order your took over? Unfortunately the proxies don't have perfect information to work from, so there will be some work needed on all sides to get this all sorted out.
I and a few other people took over unpaid orders, and I don't appear to be on the list of lists that was posted earlier. Anyone know how those are going to be dealt with?
Do you remember whose order your took over? Unfortunately the proxies don't have perfect information to work from, so there will be some work needed on all sides to get this all sorted out.
Edit: Yeah, I figured it out. Unfortunately, he doesn't appear to be listed on the list? Is that every order or are there others?
The original unpaid order sheet didn't include the usernames, iirc.
It just had the original order number and what the order was.
Yeah, it doesn't, but cross-referencing with the original list shows who it was.
Anyway, it was reddeth, a US order. Hopefully the lists posted above aren't all the US ones!
I want to encourage anyone who paid money who has not been contacted please let us know you are owed an order.
I can't speak for the other guys but personally I'll do whatever I can to help people get what they ordered however most if not all of the parts have already been sorted into shipments for the individual proxies based on the information we have. Hopefully we will get them soon so we can start shipping things out.
Having said that the hard truth is
-some orders simply won't be fulfilled; at best until we get a majority of orders out and find we have extras or possibly not at all due to not having the proper information and/or parts
-not everyone who does get an order will get everything they ordered
Some parts were never ordered (just a reminder the money is long gone and that has nothing to do with any of us currently involved), other parts have already been found out to be short on amount and as has been mentioned we are limited by the information we have been given to work from.
The names that have been posted in this thread are the only names the CONUS proxies have an order on record for.
Don't give up hope, we all want this to succeed as best it can. 8)
Yeah, it doesn't, but cross-referencing with the original list shows who it was.
Anyway, it was reddeth, a US order. Hopefully the lists posted above aren't all the US ones!
do you have a link to the original list? i cant find a working one
I can't speak for the other guys but personally I'll do whatever I can to help people get what they ordered
I want to encourage anyone who paid money who has not been contacted please let us know you are owed an order.
I can't speak for the other guys but personally I'll do whatever I can to help people get what they ordered however most if not all of the parts have already been sorted into shipments for the individual proxies based on the information we have. Hopefully we will get them soon so we can start shipping things out.
Having said that the hard truth is
-some orders simply won't be fulfilled; at best until we get a majority of orders out and find we have extras or possibly not at all due to not having the proper information and/or parts
-not everyone who does get an order will get everything they ordered
Some parts were never ordered (just a reminder the money is long gone and that has nothing to do with any of us currently involved), other parts have already been found out to be short on amount and as has been mentioned we are limited by the information we have been given to work from.
The names that have been posted in this thread are the only names the CONUS proxies have an order on record for.
Don't give up hope, we all want this to succeed as best it can. 8)
I want to encourage anyone who paid money who has not been contacted please let us know you are owed an order.
I can't speak for the other guys but personally I'll do whatever I can to help people get what they ordered however most if not all of the parts have already been sorted into shipments for the individual proxies based on the information we have. Hopefully we will get them soon so we can start shipping things out.
Having said that the hard truth is
-some orders simply won't be fulfilled; at best until we get a majority of orders out and find we have extras or possibly not at all due to not having the proper information and/or parts
-not everyone who does get an order will get everything they ordered
Some parts were never ordered (just a reminder the money is long gone and that has nothing to do with any of us currently involved), other parts have already been found out to be short on amount and as has been mentioned we are limited by the information we have been given to work from.
The names that have been posted in this thread are the only names the CONUS proxies have an order on record for.
Don't give up hope, we all want this to succeed as best it can. 8)
Hi I am international and according to the spreadsheet my order includes assembly and red switches and I have also sent my own Clear to TJcaustin almost 3 years ago to have an ergo clear board.
I tried contacting the people who were in charged of my order but I mostly get ignored.
If you would please point me in the right direction I would be extremely grateful Sir.
I want to encourage anyone who paid money who has not been contacted please let us know you are owed an order.
I can't speak for the other guys but personally I'll do whatever I can to help people get what they ordered however most if not all of the parts have already been sorted into shipments for the individual proxies based on the information we have. Hopefully we will get them soon so we can start shipping things out.
Having said that the hard truth is
-some orders simply won't be fulfilled; at best until we get a majority of orders out and find we have extras or possibly not at all due to not having the proper information and/or parts
-not everyone who does get an order will get everything they ordered
Some parts were never ordered (just a reminder the money is long gone and that has nothing to do with any of us currently involved), other parts have already been found out to be short on amount and as has been mentioned we are limited by the information we have been given to work from.
The names that have been posted in this thread are the only names the CONUS proxies have an order on record for.
Don't give up hope, we all want this to succeed as best it can. 8)
I thought @mashby had contacted all his people.I want to encourage anyone who paid money who has not been contacted please let us know you are owed an order.
I can't speak for the other guys but personally I'll do whatever I can to help people get what they ordered however most if not all of the parts have already been sorted into shipments for the individual proxies based on the information we have. Hopefully we will get them soon so we can start shipping things out.
Having said that the hard truth is
-some orders simply won't be fulfilled; at best until we get a majority of orders out and find we have extras or possibly not at all due to not having the proper information and/or parts
-not everyone who does get an order will get everything they ordered
Some parts were never ordered (just a reminder the money is long gone and that has nothing to do with any of us currently involved), other parts have already been found out to be short on amount and as has been mentioned we are limited by the information we have been given to work from.
The names that have been posted in this thread are the only names the CONUS proxies have an order on record for.
Don't give up hope, we all want this to succeed as best it can. 8)
I am from Canada and my proxy is Mashby and I have not been contacted. Checked inbox and spam, and tried multiple PMs, but nada. Did receive confirmation from Matt3o a while back that my order (PCB and switches) is on file, just looking for some confirmation. Thanks
I thought @mashby had contacted all his people.I want to encourage anyone who paid money who has not been contacted please let us know you are owed an order.
I can't speak for the other guys but personally I'll do whatever I can to help people get what they ordered however most if not all of the parts have already been sorted into shipments for the individual proxies based on the information we have. Hopefully we will get them soon so we can start shipping things out.
Having said that the hard truth is
-some orders simply won't be fulfilled; at best until we get a majority of orders out and find we have extras or possibly not at all due to not having the proper information and/or parts
-not everyone who does get an order will get everything they ordered
Some parts were never ordered (just a reminder the money is long gone and that has nothing to do with any of us currently involved), other parts have already been found out to be short on amount and as has been mentioned we are limited by the information we have been given to work from.
The names that have been posted in this thread are the only names the CONUS proxies have an order on record for.
Don't give up hope, we all want this to succeed as best it can. 8)
I am from Canada and my proxy is Mashby and I have not been contacted. Checked inbox and spam, and tried multiple PMs, but nada. Did receive confirmation from Matt3o a while back that my order (PCB and switches) is on file, just looking for some confirmation. Thanks
Hopefully he will see this and chime in.
We are waiting on samwisekoi to send us the goods before we collect any shipping moneys.I thought @mashby had contacted all his people.I want to encourage anyone who paid money who has not been contacted please let us know you are owed an order.
I can't speak for the other guys but personally I'll do whatever I can to help people get what they ordered however most if not all of the parts have already been sorted into shipments for the individual proxies based on the information we have. Hopefully we will get them soon so we can start shipping things out.
Having said that the hard truth is
-some orders simply won't be fulfilled; at best until we get a majority of orders out and find we have extras or possibly not at all due to not having the proper information and/or parts
-not everyone who does get an order will get everything they ordered
Some parts were never ordered (just a reminder the money is long gone and that has nothing to do with any of us currently involved), other parts have already been found out to be short on amount and as has been mentioned we are limited by the information we have been given to work from.
The names that have been posted in this thread are the only names the CONUS proxies have an order on record for.
Don't give up hope, we all want this to succeed as best it can. 8)
I am from Canada and my proxy is Mashby and I have not been contacted. Checked inbox and spam, and tried multiple PMs, but nada. Did receive confirmation from Matt3o a while back that my order (PCB and switches) is on file, just looking for some confirmation. Thanks
Hopefully he will see this and chime in.
SpAmRaY do you know where we are with the US orders? Are we looking to collect additional shipping funds and finish up the orders anytime soon?
I thought @mashby had contacted all his people.
Hopefully he will see this and chime in.
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Saw this gif and had to comment. One of my favorite shows. Silicon Valley is the best.
Has Hoff not gotten through his list
Do we know if the shipments have been mailed to proxies yet?
I would discourage anyone from buying a GH60 order at this point.Thanks. I'll just wait and see what will happen for now.
Any volunteers for assembly for US orders? My proxy is Spamray if that makes any difference.I would be up for building some. I only ask for help on shipping. If there are a few that can come in a single package that would help and then once assembled I will hit up the owners of the board for shipping info and help on payment.
Do we know if the shipments have been mailed to proxies yet? Last I saw it sounded like things were close to on their way.
I'm not active on these forums any more and I gave up reading this thread a long time ago, but I did just respond to an email from spamray that I got in March. Have shipping costs been collected yet?
What the...
What's with the orders from Europe?
Because I ordered and payed quite a few PCBs and parts and still have a like 8 empty aluminum cases which I bought for this PCBs O.o
What the...
What's with the orders from Europe?
Because I ordered and payed quite a few PCBs and parts and still have a like 8 empty aluminum cases which I bought for this PCBs O.o
EU orders will be handled by Bunnylake if I have understood stuff correctly. We all have to pay for shipping again. You can see most information in the first post, and it will be updated when there is relevant information available.
hows that sorting coming along?
since i ordered this three years ago, is there a 60% keyboard that is functionally superior to this one that i can actually buy? kind of weird i've been waiting to own a 60% keyboard with a short right shift and function key to the right of it for more than three years now, but i kind of want to just get it over with already, to be honest.
since i ordered this three years ago, is there a 60% keyboard that is functionally superior to this one that i can actually buy? kind of weird i've been waiting to own a 60% keyboard with a short right shift and function key to the right of it for more than three years now, but i kind of want to just get it over with already, to be honest.
What the...
What's with the orders from Europe?
Because I ordered and payed quite a few PCBs and parts and still have a like 8 empty aluminum cases which I bought for this PCBs O.o
EU orders will be handled by Bunnylake if I have understood stuff correctly. We all have to pay for shipping again. You can see most information in the first post, and it will be updated when there is relevant information available.
Actually, I asked Bunny, but I never got him to confirm or deny that EU orders have to pay for shipping and/or assembly now. He did say that he was procuring new assembly gear and that he would provide such a service, so I'm assuming that we'd have to pay for that at least. I might be completely wrong on all accounts, though.
When do we estimate the completion of items 4 and 5 under the What's the Plan section in the first post? Maybe I missed something but it seems like all progress has stopped on this again with very little transparency on what's going on.
His last post said something about "Proxy boxes should be shipped next week" but at the same time, the counting scale is $300 a pop (which is a chunk to ask anyone to drop).
**** happens and life gets in the way. I've been guilty of it (am right now in fact). Any chance someone can poke him and just ask for an update?
What's the ETA on an update?Whenever samwisekoi can get the next step figured out he's supposed to update here.
Is there a reason my proxy (HoffmanMyster) has not sent an invoice? Is he waiting on something? It's been 4 months since proxies were announced and I'm not quite sure what is going on.
Ok, that makes sense. I have not received an initial email either, but I'm guessing he's waiting on the parts before sending those out?No that should have been sent. I know he was behind so I guess he never got around to finishing or maybe the email didn't go through for some reason.
He has gone very quiet, its been quite considerable time since any updates or progress. Honestly you can keep the my plates I just want my PCB!!
He has gone very quiet, its been quite considerable time since any updates or progress. Honestly you can keep the my plates I just want my PCB!!
You had the chance didn't you? There's no point getting angry over ones own stupidity, at least out loud anyway.
o **** waddup.
Ok, that makes sense. I have not received an initial email either, but I'm guessing he's waiting on the parts before sending those out?No that should have been sent. I know he was behind so I guess he never got around to finishing or maybe the email didn't go through for some reason.
Ok, that makes sense. I have not received an initial email either, but I'm guessing he's waiting on the parts before sending those out?No that should have been sent. I know he was behind so I guess he never got around to finishing or maybe the email didn't go through for some reason.
Basically it was confirming shipping address and order details and also explaining our plan going forward.
Right now we are waiting for @samwisekoi to figure out the best way to get all the parts to us (plates are very heavy in bulk) so we can attempt to bring this buy some closure.
Ok, that makes sense. I have not received an initial email either, but I'm guessing he's waiting on the parts before sending those out?No that should have been sent. I know he was behind so I guess he never got around to finishing or maybe the email didn't go through for some reason.
Basically it was confirming shipping address and order details and also explaining our plan going forward.
Right now we are waiting for @samwisekoi to figure out the best way to get all the parts to us (plates are very heavy in bulk) so we can attempt to bring this buy some closure.
At this point has sam provided any updates? We've been stalled for several months at this point. If it costs money to ship the plates to the final proxies let's just figure out the cost and get this done. I'll gladly donate funds to help complete this, but I need some direction from the organizers.
So it looks like Sam hasn't been active on GH since June 10th. Does anyone else have an alternate way to reach out to him?
Going to keep this going, do any of the proxies have an alternative way to contact Sam? If not I know iMav has a contact number.
Edit: I just went ahead and reached out to iMav, we'll see if we can jump start this GB.
I hope this road ends soon lol.Show Image(https://i.ytimg.com/vi/rKaq7sjg6Yo/maxresdefault.jpg)
I haven't heard anything for some time
Going to keep this going, do any of the proxies have an alternative way to contact Sam? If not I know iMav has a contact number.
Edit: I just went ahead and reached out to iMav, we'll see if we can jump start this GB.
I haven't heard anything for some time, my last PM went unanswered.
Bump. Yep that's right, I'm bumping a GB thread. This **** needs to get sorted out.At this point I'm not sure what to think anymore.
Bump. Yep that's right, I'm bumping a GB thread. This **** needs to get sorted out.At this point I'm not sure what to think anymore.
I'd love to just sell my orders. Unfortunately though, my most expensive order was one I took over after initial payments were done. These 'taken over' orders have not been accounted for though.
Are there any solutions concerning:
1. The orders that were taken over by others
2. I don't want this anymore, but I have to pay shipping for it anyways
??
Good news,
I was able to speak with Samwisekoi about a half hour ago and he updated me that the SMD presoldered kits were broken up into 5 separate shipments which will be going out soon to the proxies. Due to the heavy weight of the plates, extra effort was made in insuring that their packaging was appropriate.
There has been a challenge in shipping the DIY kits to the proxies due to the quantity of small static sensitive SMD components. Static bags and other packaging materials have been ordered and this effort is nearing completion. It sounds like these will be shipped separately.
We're nearing the final stretch everyone, hopefully more to come soon!
I sent a pm to mashby over a month ago and didn't get a reply. It looks like he hasn't been on the forum since June 20. Do I need to reach out to someone else to confirm my shipping address?If he's your proxy just pm him again.
My wife just texted me and said I received 2 very heavy boxes... :eek: :spam:
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I haven't heard from @mashby but maybe @samwisekoi has?
Any word on European shipments, is samwise dealing with that part?
(I am also going to try to get the Euro boxestofor BunnyLake shipped today or Monday.)
- Ron | samwisekoi
Whoa a day 3 years in the making. I got my GH60s today! Thanks spamray and all those who helped in-between. I didn't think I'd ever see these.
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Was the packaging adequate?
Trying to do this on the cheap while getting the job done.
There were also 4 other orders delivered this week. :D :spam:
Whoa a day 3 years in the making. I got my GH60s today! Thanks spamray and all those who helped in-between. I didn't think I'd ever see these.
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Woot! This is amazing! Even Canadian orders are shipping! Most tenacious GB rescue team ever.
Is there a spreadsheet with the proxies? And who we should contact to update shipping addresses?
Has anyone heard from Mashby recently? He got me my original notice, but it doesn't look like he's been active in over a month here...
I have no doubt he'll hold up his side of the bargan, just checking (It's been 3 years, and I wanna get building on these boards)
I just texted mashby asking how he's doing and if he received his shipment from samwisekoi. No shipment received, and work has been kicking his ass. I won't speak for him as far as his expected timeline for GH60 things, but he is alive and well, if incredibly swamped.I haven't heard from @mashby but maybe @samwisekoi has?
Hey! I'm here.
Sorry for being AFK, but 2016 is one of the most difficult years I've had in a long time. Everything is "fine", just seems to be one thing after another, the flood in Louisiana being the latest. Both parents lost their homes and vehicles and it's been a bit crazy to say the least. Didn't mean to spend so much time away, I've just had to focus on real life.
I'm still on standby for receiving my portion of the proxy. Just got word from Samwisekoi that the address he used was incorrect -- I don't know why yet -- and they were returned to him. I've given him my addresses and I'll pay for the re-shipping to get things back on track.
Once I have the boards in hand, I will get back to the list and confirm everyone again. With everything else on my plate, I figured this could wait until I had the items ready to ship and then just do it in one big batch.
Thanks for everyone's continued patience.
I still have not received an email / message from HoffmanMyster. Should I keep waiting or is there something I need to do?
I still have not received an email / message from HoffmanMyster. Should I keep waiting or is there something I need to do?
All of the people on my list should hang tight for another week or so. I'm taking care of some personal things at the moment, then will dedicate a lot more time to this once I get that sorted. It's not ideal, but please bear with me just a little while longer. :thumb:
I still have not received an email / message from HoffmanMyster. Should I keep waiting or is there something I need to do?
All of the people on my list should hang tight for another week or so. I'm taking care of some personal things at the moment, then will dedicate a lot more time to this once I get that sorted. It's not ideal, but please bear with me just a little while longer. :thumb:
That's fine, it's just tough to keep up to date with this thread for all these years.
Ray sure can package a box. I don't think customs wanted to even bother trying to open it its packed so well. lmao...
FINALLY AFTER YEARS OF WAITING IT HAS ARRIVED!
I have just received an invoice from SpamRay for 1 GH60 PCB, 1 Poker Plate and 63 MX Brown switches. If anyone is interested in a deal on these, and wishes to take over this order, please send me a PM, as I don't have any use for these any more. Any reasonable offer will be accepted.
For those of you on my proxy list, I have tracking information. It's scheduled to arrive next Thursday, September 8th.
I got flooded out in BR, got invoice a few days ago (more like a week now), ready to click "go," but need address change... lol, after all this time, i have to move *right* when the GH60s start shipping. (i don't actually know my new address at this minute, but i can go find it when i get a reply from my shipper handler... SpAmRaY?)
Paid the shipping invoice today, Spamray.
Received my package yesterday, thanks Ray! And thanks to everyone who is working to drag this thing over the finish line. :thumb:
has this been shipped yet? i never received my set
...
Also just in the way of information for those who ordered mx gray switches I only have linear grays and no tactile grays, I am not sure what the other proxies received and have not heard back from @samwisekoi as to if there were any tactile grays to begin with.
...
has this been shipped yet? i never received my set
I sent you a PM.
For everyone else I am around halfway done, I have not touched anything in the last week due to everyone in our household being ill. My shipping strategy has been shipping the simplest orders first so if you have a big order expect to be near the end.
For those who have DIY Kits those have not yet been shipped to us from @samwisekoi it is my understanding he was still working on getting all the small bits and pieces split into manageable bites to send to us proxies.
Also just in the way of information for those who ordered mx gray switches I only have linear grays and no tactile grays, I am not sure what the other proxies received and have not heard back from @samwisekoi as to if there were any tactile grays to begin with.
And just another FYI I know it has been discussed somewhere but for anyone who ordered costar stabilizers those were never sourced so they are not available.
Again I remind everyone those of us doing the shipping are simply trying to get everyone as correct an order as is possible to bring this buy to as best a resolution as there can be.
that looks like you're sticking screws through your Vias on the board. Highly suggest you don't do that.
Unless you're not. I haven't seen one of the Rev C boards yet (still got my rev A looking for a plate though :) )
Yours is on the way. :thumb:And it arrived Tuesday. Now to figure out a case some 3 years later I guess...
that looks like you're sticking screws through your Vias on the board. Highly suggest you don't do that.
Unless you're not. I haven't seen one of the Rev C boards yet (still got my rev A looking for a plate though :) )
The pcb-mount stabs from this GB and the stab GB use screws to keep them in place. The board was probably designed for the older Cherry style without screws, otherwise the stab would be flipped around. I found an insulating washer in my electronics stuff, so it's all good now.
Nah, some older cherry boards had screw in stabilizers.that looks like you're sticking screws through your Vias on the board. Highly suggest you don't do that.
Unless you're not. I haven't seen one of the Rev C boards yet (still got my rev A looking for a plate though :) )
The pcb-mount stabs from this GB and the stab GB use screws to keep them in place. The board was probably designed for the older Cherry style without screws, otherwise the stab would be flipped around. I found an insulating washer in my electronics stuff, so it's all good now.
The first EVER stabilizers with screws were announced like two weeks ago by Zeal. I advise you to REALLY think about this!
I can not quote the post because the groupbuy thread is locked but here is a link to the groupbuy.
search for the work bolt and the whole conversation will come up.
https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=60789
the stabilizer groupbuy had some bolt style stabilizers in it, and they came direct from GMK.
I <3 Zeal, but he is not the first one running a GB for bolt style cherry pcb stabilizers.
Maybe he is having a new design made by someone other than GMK?
that looks like you're sticking screws through your Vias on the board. Highly suggest you don't do that.
Unless you're not. I haven't seen one of the Rev C boards yet (still got my rev A looking for a plate though :) )
The pcb-mount stabs from this GB and the stab GB use screws to keep them in place. The board was probably designed for the older Cherry style without screws, otherwise the stab would be flipped around. I found an insulating washer in my electronics stuff, so it's all good now.
The first EVER stabilizers with screws were announced like two weeks ago by Zeal. I advise you to REALLY think about this!
btw for people that do not know what a insulating washer looks like...
they come with a lot of pc motherboards and if you have a old pc in your garage you plan to throw out you can harvest one from that.
or you can go to a pc repair shop and ask them if they have one.
Any update on the fate of people who picked up unpaid orders? Does anyone know if those were ever even ordered?All I can say is if the order wasn't in one of our lists we wouldn't have known to ask for the parts to proxy.
Sorry for inconvenience, some people told me that i still can buy here the GH60 pcb in black color. Is it truth or not? :-X
"This product is no longer in stock"
but thank you for the information! :rolleyes:
Sorry for inconvenience, some people told me that i still can buy here the GH60 pcb in black color. Is it truth or not? :-X
PM incoming to you, SpAmRaY, regarding change of address. Thanks!Got it and replied.
Quick update -- I received my proxy bundle from Samwisekoi. I'm in the process of sorting it out and I hope to begin building orders this weekend.
I plan to take each order one-by-one and I'll confirm shipping information and then invoice you for the shipping. Once your shipping is paid, I'll ship you your order. :cool:
Quick update -- I received my proxy bundle from Samwisekoi. I'm in the process of sorting it out and I hope to begin building orders this weekend.
I plan to take each order one-by-one and I'll confirm shipping information and then invoice you for the shipping. Once your shipping is paid, I'll ship you your order. :cool:
Quick update -- I received my proxy bundle from Samwisekoi. I'm in the process of sorting it out and I hope to begin building orders this weekend.
I plan to take each order one-by-one and I'll confirm shipping information and then invoice you for the shipping. Once your shipping is paid, I'll ship you your order. :cool:
I want to encourage anyone who paid money who has not been contacted please let us know you are owed an order.
I can't speak for the other guys but personally I'll do whatever I can to help people get what they ordered however most if not all of the parts have already been sorted into shipments for the individual proxies based on the information we have. Hopefully we will get them soon so we can start shipping things out.
Having said that the hard truth is
-some orders simply won't be fulfilled; at best until we get a majority of orders out and find we have extras or possibly not at all due to not having the proper information and/or parts
-not everyone who does get an order will get everything they ordered
Some parts were never ordered (just a reminder the money is long gone and that has nothing to do with any of us currently involved), other parts have already been found out to be short on amount and as has been mentioned we are limited by the information we have been given to work from.
The names that have been posted in this thread are the only names the CONUS proxies have an order on record for.
Don't give up hope, we all want this to succeed as best it can. 8)
I wonder how the European proxy bundle is doing. My Poker has been acting up a lot and could do with a new controller...
I want to encourage anyone who paid money who has not been contacted please let us know you are owed an order.
I can't speak for the other guys but personally I'll do whatever I can to help people get what they ordered however most if not all of the parts have already been sorted into shipments for the individual proxies based on the information we have. Hopefully we will get them soon so we can start shipping things out.
Having said that the hard truth is
-some orders simply won't be fulfilled; at best until we get a majority of orders out and find we have extras or possibly not at all due to not having the proper information and/or parts
-not everyone who does get an order will get everything they ordered
Some parts were never ordered (just a reminder the money is long gone and that has nothing to do with any of us currently involved), other parts have already been found out to be short on amount and as has been mentioned we are limited by the information we have been given to work from.
The names that have been posted in this thread are the only names the CONUS proxies have an order on record for.
Don't give up hope, we all want this to succeed as best it can. 8)
I just updated myself from April (my last post) to today, and it appears I should still be waiting on a email from HoffmanMyster for my information confirmation. I have yet to receive that. It appears he has all the supplies now, and my name is 16th on his list.
Also, does anyone care to just give a brief recap of what the hell happened from start to finish?
The Aristocrats!I want to encourage anyone who paid money who has not been contacted please let us know you are owed an order.
I can't speak for the other guys but personally I'll do whatever I can to help people get what they ordered however most if not all of the parts have already been sorted into shipments for the individual proxies based on the information we have. Hopefully we will get them soon so we can start shipping things out.
Having said that the hard truth is
-some orders simply won't be fulfilled; at best until we get a majority of orders out and find we have extras or possibly not at all due to not having the proper information and/or parts
-not everyone who does get an order will get everything they ordered
Some parts were never ordered (just a reminder the money is long gone and that has nothing to do with any of us currently involved), other parts have already been found out to be short on amount and as has been mentioned we are limited by the information we have been given to work from.
The names that have been posted in this thread are the only names the CONUS proxies have an order on record for.
Don't give up hope, we all want this to succeed as best it can. 8)
I just updated myself from April (my last post) to today, and it appears I should still be waiting on a email from HoffmanMyster for my information confirmation. I have yet to receive that. It appears he has all the supplies now, and my name is 16th on his list.
Also, does anyone care to just give a brief recap of what the hell happened from start to finish?
I'll give it my best shot. Other people can chime in and correct me please?
Buy was running, WFD was supposed to run manufacturing, looks like jdcarpe did management of orders to some degree, TJ collected money. Switches were being bought from 7-bit.
WFD goes silent and dissapears(Page 55-60ish?) after prototypes are needed to be made for a 3rd time (possible cause of less money later on?). Luckily, TJ was the one who collected money (iirc, he had a paypal account built for it given that he'd done bigger buys like Klaxon before). People rallied and got stuff built anyways and all shipped to TJ. PCBs were built but some of the shipping was not paid for. People ragged on TJ. TJ decided he had no interest in actually making buy happen anymore (due to personal attacks and/or laziness/other? Not entirely sure. Frankly, TJ signed on to originally just take money, but WFD pulling a houdini ****ed him over.) Buy goes silent in terms of movement for months and months. Buy is considered lost.
Bunny (at this point, somewhat knowledgeable in salvaging dead GBs, sadly), Matt3o and komar managed to get ahold of TJ, and get **** moving again. Managed to get TJ to release all the components/money, got the boards shipped to the EU. Komar shipps bunny switches as well. (around page 95 of this thread). Matt3o takes over getting stuff through the US. When Bunny gets the $$$ it's MUCH less than it should be (never sure that was sorted out). Samwisekoi agrees to sort out everything that's shipped to him, which turns out to be a crapton of things, but not everything that was ordered is there, AND weird things like mixed clears/whites have occurred.) A call is made for people to take on some of the load, Spamray, Hoffman and Mashby agree to take charge of that.
Samwise sorts all the things, and mails them to the proxies. Spamray and Hoff are working through what they get. Mashby's shipment was mis-shipped at some point, and has just arrived, but he's been dealing with life stuff due to all the flooding that's been going on in the south.
All of the people up above have pretty much saved this GB from turning into vapor at some point, and should be thanked for that.
Edit: I've been reading through and updating as stuff gets clearer.
I received my GH60 today.. It was packed extremely well... Thank you SpAmRaY!Good to hear.
If anyone knows @Dubsgalore or @codyeatworld have them either PM me or reply to my email about their GH60 orders they were both supposed to reply to me months ago and never have.
The Aristocrats!I want to encourage anyone who paid money who has not been contacted please let us know you are owed an order.
I can't speak for the other guys but personally I'll do whatever I can to help people get what they ordered however most if not all of the parts have already been sorted into shipments for the individual proxies based on the information we have. Hopefully we will get them soon so we can start shipping things out.
Having said that the hard truth is
-some orders simply won't be fulfilled; at best until we get a majority of orders out and find we have extras or possibly not at all due to not having the proper information and/or parts
-not everyone who does get an order will get everything they ordered
Some parts were never ordered (just a reminder the money is long gone and that has nothing to do with any of us currently involved), other parts have already been found out to be short on amount and as has been mentioned we are limited by the information we have been given to work from.
The names that have been posted in this thread are the only names the CONUS proxies have an order on record for.
Don't give up hope, we all want this to succeed as best it can. 8)
I just updated myself from April (my last post) to today, and it appears I should still be waiting on a email from HoffmanMyster for my information confirmation. I have yet to receive that. It appears he has all the supplies now, and my name is 16th on his list.
Also, does anyone care to just give a brief recap of what the hell happened from start to finish?
I'll give it my best shot. Other people can chime in and correct me please?
Buy was running, WFD was supposed to run manufacturing, looks like jdcarpe did management of orders to some degree, TJ collected money. Switches were being bought from 7-bit.
WFD goes silent and dissapears(Page 55-60ish?) after prototypes are needed to be made for a 3rd time (possible cause of less money later on?). Luckily, TJ was the one who collected money (iirc, he had a paypal account built for it given that he'd done bigger buys like Klaxon before). People rallied and got stuff built anyways and all shipped to TJ. PCBs were built but some of the shipping was not paid for. People ragged on TJ. TJ decided he had no interest in actually making buy happen anymore (due to personal attacks and/or laziness/other? Not entirely sure. Frankly, TJ signed on to originally just take money, but WFD pulling a houdini ****ed him over.) Buy goes silent in terms of movement for months and months. Buy is considered lost.
Bunny (at this point, somewhat knowledgeable in salvaging dead GBs, sadly), Matt3o and komar managed to get ahold of TJ, and get **** moving again. Managed to get TJ to release all the components/money, got the boards shipped to the EU. Komar shipps bunny switches as well. (around page 95 of this thread). Matt3o takes over getting stuff through the US. When Bunny gets the $$$ it's MUCH less than it should be (never sure that was sorted out). Samwisekoi agrees to sort out everything that's shipped to him, which turns out to be a crapton of things, but not everything that was ordered is there, AND weird things like mixed clears/whites have occurred.) A call is made for people to take on some of the load, Spamray, Hoffman and Mashby agree to take charge of that.
Samwise sorts all the things, and mails them to the proxies. Spamray and Hoff are working through what they get. Mashby's shipment was mis-shipped at some point, and has just arrived, but he's been dealing with life stuff due to all the flooding that's been going on in the south.
All of the people up above have pretty much saved this GB from turning into vapor at some point, and should be thanked for that.
Edit: I've been reading through and updating as stuff gets clearer.
The Aristocrats!I want to encourage anyone who paid money who has not been contacted please let us know you are owed an order.
I can't speak for the other guys but personally I'll do whatever I can to help people get what they ordered however most if not all of the parts have already been sorted into shipments for the individual proxies based on the information we have. Hopefully we will get them soon so we can start shipping things out.
Having said that the hard truth is
-some orders simply won't be fulfilled; at best until we get a majority of orders out and find we have extras or possibly not at all due to not having the proper information and/or parts
-not everyone who does get an order will get everything they ordered
Some parts were never ordered (just a reminder the money is long gone and that has nothing to do with any of us currently involved), other parts have already been found out to be short on amount and as has been mentioned we are limited by the information we have been given to work from.
The names that have been posted in this thread are the only names the CONUS proxies have an order on record for.
Don't give up hope, we all want this to succeed as best it can. 8)
I just updated myself from April (my last post) to today, and it appears I should still be waiting on a email from HoffmanMyster for my information confirmation. I have yet to receive that. It appears he has all the supplies now, and my name is 16th on his list.
Also, does anyone care to just give a brief recap of what the hell happened from start to finish?
I'll give it my best shot. Other people can chime in and correct me please?
Buy was running, WFD was supposed to run manufacturing, looks like jdcarpe did management of orders to some degree, TJ collected money. Switches were being bought from 7-bit.
WFD goes silent and dissapears(Page 55-60ish?) after prototypes are needed to be made for a 3rd time (possible cause of less money later on?). Luckily, TJ was the one who collected money (iirc, he had a paypal account built for it given that he'd done bigger buys like Klaxon before). People rallied and got stuff built anyways and all shipped to TJ. PCBs were built but some of the shipping was not paid for. People ragged on TJ. TJ decided he had no interest in actually making buy happen anymore (due to personal attacks and/or laziness/other? Not entirely sure. Frankly, TJ signed on to originally just take money, but WFD pulling a houdini ****ed him over.) Buy goes silent in terms of movement for months and months. Buy is considered lost.
Bunny (at this point, somewhat knowledgeable in salvaging dead GBs, sadly), Matt3o and komar managed to get ahold of TJ, and get **** moving again. Managed to get TJ to release all the components/money, got the boards shipped to the EU. Komar shipps bunny switches as well. (around page 95 of this thread). Matt3o takes over getting stuff through the US. When Bunny gets the $$$ it's MUCH less than it should be (never sure that was sorted out). Samwisekoi agrees to sort out everything that's shipped to him, which turns out to be a crapton of things, but not everything that was ordered is there, AND weird things like mixed clears/whites have occurred.) A call is made for people to take on some of the load, Spamray, Hoffman and Mashby agree to take charge of that.
Samwise sorts all the things, and mails them to the proxies. Spamray and Hoff are working through what they get. Mashby's shipment was mis-shipped at some point, and has just arrived, but he's been dealing with life stuff due to all the flooding that's been going on in the south.
All of the people up above have pretty much saved this GB from turning into vapor at some point, and should be thanked for that.
Edit: I've been reading through and updating as stuff gets clearer.
Thanks for that, shortly after I got in on this group buy I kind of faded from keyboards so the whole story wasn't clear.
So WFD never actually possessed the money or materials, but was the master mind and coordinator?
What happened to the guy who designed the pcb, was that Komar? I don't recall.
I'm not even sure what I'll do with mine once I get it any more lol
So, if I never got contacted regarding a shipping address, I'm not likely at this point to get a GH60? Or should I just check back in another year?
Hi, please, whom is dealing with the US orders?
I got 3 pcbs looooooong time ago (no stabs or plate) to be shiiped to JdCarpe however I'm kinda out and dunno how it's going on ...
thank you
To everyone else waiting on their order to ship from me, @samwisekoi has disappeared and I have not been able to get a reply from him.
I have never received any of the DIY parts and the only gray switches I received were linear and not tactile.
All I know is shipping of the stuff to bunnylake from samwisekoi has been pending for some time now.
To everyone else waiting on their order to ship from me, @samwisekoi has disappeared and I have not been able to get a reply from him.
I have never received any of the DIY parts and the only gray switches I received were linear and not tactile.
When can we conclude that we have gotten to the point where there is no more parts left to wait for, so we can just start ship what has been salvaged?
I'm in the international group and thought a year ago, that plates would be just around the corner.
BunnyLake, would it be possible to get international orders shipped? We will never get the plates anyway.
Quick update -- I received my proxy bundle from Samwisekoi. I'm in the process of sorting it out and I hope to begin building orders this weekend.
I plan to take each order one-by-one and I'll confirm shipping information and then invoice you for the shipping. Once your shipping is paid, I'll ship you your order. :cool:
I'm a little slow to get going, but I have one order shipped out as of today.
There are a lot of parts involved in this, so all I can say at this point is that samwisekoi is a saint for sorting everything and tidying it all up for us proxies. I knew how many orders (and PCBs, plates, switches, etc) I would be shipping, but opening the boxes and seeing it all in front of me was very overwhelming. I hope that no one ever attempts a group buy of this scale again.
paging DR. Hoof.
what the latest on international orders? :(
I'm sure @bunnylake has just been busy if you haven't heard from him.what the latest on international orders? :(
The latest on non-US orders is that I do not have confirmation to ship. I've got boxes all packed up and ready, but no where for them to go.
Anyone want to be the EU-proxy?
- Ron | samwisekoi
what the latest on international orders? :(
The latest on non-US orders is that I do not have confirmation to ship. I've got boxes all packed up and ready, but no where for them to go.
Anyone want to be the EU-proxy?
- Ron | samwisekoi
what the latest on international orders? :(
The latest on non-US orders is that I do not have confirmation to ship. I've got boxes all packed up and ready, but no where for them to go.
Anyone want to be the EU-proxy?
- Ron | samwisekoi
I've been just waiting for them to ship to me
Havent had any further communication about it
Got all the PCBs here and I'm dying to get them out my house
Either ship the plates switches, diy kits and stabs to me and I'm sill happy to ship them
Or let me know who you are shipping those parts to and ill forward them the PCBs
Eother way I'd like it done asap as I've now had to sit on these PCBs for well over a year when this was meant to be finished for me before my kid was born
what the latest on international orders? :(
The latest on non-US orders is that I do not have confirmation to ship. I've got boxes all packed up and ready, but no where for them to go.
Anyone want to be the EU-proxy?
- Ron | samwisekoi
I've been just waiting for them to ship to me
Havent had any further communication about it
Got all the PCBs here and I'm dying to get them out my house
Either ship the plates switches, diy kits and stabs to me and I'm sill happy to ship them
Or let me know who you are shipping those parts to and ill forward them the PCBs
Eother way I'd like it done asap as I've now had to sit on these PCBs for well over a year when this was meant to be finished for me before my kid was born
OK! Apparently my e-mail of 11/11 did not make it to you. I shall re-send now.
Thanks for the quick reply!
- Ron | samwisekoi
Shoot it to bunnylake@ctrlalt.io I'm on it now
this is so hilarious the only thing i wanted was a customizable 60% keyboard
three and a half years ago
paging DR. Hoof.
If I'm remembering right he got both a new job and a new living situation within the past month, so I'm sure that's what attributing to the delays.
Mashby still committed? Is there still hope?
I am confused. This groupbuy is from 2013 and it is still shipping in 2016?
I am confused. This groupbuy is from 2013 and it is still shipping in 2016?
I am confused. This groupbuy is from 2013 and it is still shipping in 2016?
Right. This buy grew way too big, and all of the original people who launched it dropped out for one reason or another. And so there was a dead group buy and a whole bunch of material (PCBs, plates, switches, etc.) sitting in garages. Then a completely separate bunch of volunteers agreed to salvage the GB by sorting and shipping all the material through a series of proxies in the hopes of getting as many participants something for their initial investments.
Normally when a group buy dies mid-stream, everybody loses their investment, but in THIS case, several of us are trying to prevent that.
So the "Salvage Mode" in the thread title represents that volunteer effort to avoid a complete loss.
To the degree that makes sense, it also explains the pace, as zero of the people working on this now had any part in the original group buy, and are mostly losing money by helping salvage this thing.
- Ron | samwisekoi
(Auto-typed by my GH36 Matrix Keypad.)
p.s. Bunny, it will be coming next week. I unburied it yesterday.
For everyone I'm shipping orders to (basically every non conus order) what I will have people do is fill out a support request on ctrl alt, please don't do this now I will announce whenOnce you're ready and post an announcement, can you include some (short) instructions on the URL, where to get an account and how to correctly contact you there?
I am confused. This groupbuy is from 2013 and it is still shipping in 2016?
Right. This buy grew way too big, and all of the original people who launched it dropped out for one reason or another. And so there was a dead group buy and a whole bunch of material (PCBs, plates, switches, etc.) sitting in garages. Then a completely separate bunch of volunteers agreed to salvage the GB by sorting and shipping all the material through a series of proxies in the hopes of getting as many participants something for their initial investments.
Normally when a group buy dies mid-stream, everybody loses their investment, but in THIS case, several of us are trying to prevent that.
So the "Salvage Mode" in the thread title represents that volunteer effort to avoid a complete loss.
To the degree that makes sense, it also explains the pace, as zero of the people working on this now had any part in the original group buy, and are mostly losing money by helping salvage this thing.
- Ron | samwisekoi
(Auto-typed by my GH36 Matrix Keypad.)
p.s. Bunny, it will be coming next week. I unburied it yesterday.
Yay for switches that were lost but now are found!
Back at it
I know mashby had a series of unfortunate events at home and cant help it but it would be good if he at least checked in, i swear this group buy isnt just a clusterf**K, its also cursed.
GH60 parts for Europe have made it to London. From now on it is up to the Royal Mail...
- Ron | samwisekoi
Held in Customs COVENTRY PARCELFORCE, UNITED KINGDOM December 18, 2016 9:42 am
GH60 parts for Europe have made it to London. From now on it is up to the Royal Mail...
- Ron | samwisekoi
see it in a few weeks then :)
ok non conus folksMorethe stuff from america should be with me any day now
could everyone, regardless of whether we have been in communication before or not
please fill out a support request on ctrlalt.io
you can do so by logging in and going here
https://ctrlalt.io/account/help/requests/new
for the subject, please title it GH60
for the body of the message
please include in this order
NAME AND ADDRESS (with phone number)
CONTACT EMAIL ADDRESS (just in case iu need to contact you and you arent responding in support)
A VERY CLEAR DESCRIPTION OF WHAT YOU ORDERED
PREFERABLY A SCREENSHOT OF YOUR ORIGINAL INVOICE
for anyone who required their gh60 to be built, i will be providing building services, this will be charged at $25 per board, you can take this option regardless of whether you initially ordered it or not, i have just added this figure as a barrier to entry to stop everyone doing it, but the service is there for anyone who needs it, itll be a fixed price no matter what the job including switch modding etc, as long as all supplies are either on hand or provided
if you would like me to build your board, please also state this in your original support request, with a detailed description of what you would like done, layout, parts etc
if you provide me with a hex file of the layout you want, i will put that on for you, if you do not, ill put a generic one on to fully test the board for you
as for time on this, i feel comfortable doing 3 a night, and would like to cap this service at 40 boards total so this doesnt drag out more than 2 weeks
they will be built on a first come first serve basis, apart from people who originally ordered soldering services with their order, anybody who originally paid for that i will also allow in after the 40 board cap as i expect this number to be low
all money taken from building services will be donated to the hospital who will be performing my sons operation later next year
i will also pack standard orders on a first come first serve basis based on the order i receive the support requests
that being said this should be a very quick turnaround for everyone who follows the instructions above
please also note some additional shipping fees will need to be collected as with american orders, and i will include any relevent details about this once i contact you back via the support for
once you have made a support ticket, you can update it at any time, and i would prefer if all ocmmunication with myself be kept there, so things are kept both together and in order, i will also give out the tracking numbers via the support tickets, and at that time close the ticket, once the board has shipped, please then feel free to contact me either via this thread or via pm
thanks
Is there even a chance of getting switches (green in my case)? And will I get the plate I ordered (SamwiseKoi), or whatever is on hand? What's the best way to send a screenshot? So many questions, but I'm grateful for the light at the end of the tunnel for some people.
Back at itThx BOO. Don't forget, my plates aren't in there :pShow Image(https://i.imgur.com/QSjwPaz.jpg)Show Image(https://i.imgur.com/5N1IVOk.jpg)Show Image(https://i.imgur.com/oZzhPMd.jpg)
ok non conus folks
the stuff from america should be with me any day now
could everyone, regardless of whether we have been in communication before or not
please fill out a support request on ctrlalt.io
you can do so by logging in and going here
https://ctrlalt.io/account/help/requests/new
Filled up the support request
Guess I'll finally have use for that 200$ paperweight
u da man bunny
btw bunny what do you think about sending the money as a gift on pp rather than a payment?
btw bunny what do you think about sending the money as a gift on pp rather than a payment?
I'd be totally fine with it however my pp account doesn't accept gifts sadly
If for any reason you absolutely needed to send funds as a gift I could forward my wife's PayPal
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https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1jkoS8UjR9ufSjokrJgz96HgO4R8IFQ7Vi1WuPvOjbjM/edit?usp=sharingare "nowhere to be found" (roughly paraphrased).
I just received the invoice for one of my orders from Hoffman, but he says that the orders from this spreadsheetQuotehttps://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1jkoS8UjR9ufSjokrJgz96HgO4R8IFQ7Vi1WuPvOjbjM/edit?usp=sharingare "nowhere to be found" (roughly paraphrased).
Would it be possible to find out what happened to those?
I just received the invoice for one of my orders from Hoffman, but he says that the orders from this spreadsheetQuotehttps://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1jkoS8UjR9ufSjokrJgz96HgO4R8IFQ7Vi1WuPvOjbjM/edit?usp=sharingare "nowhere to be found" (roughly paraphrased).
Would it be possible to find out what happened to those?
If anyone (maybe @tjcaustin or @jdcarpe ?) has a list of [original_user] -> [new_user] for those orders, that would be really helpful. I'm hoping that the orders are at least accounted for and the proxies have the parts for them.
In this particular case, the order that gnubag took over does not appear in the spreadsheet exactly as listed, for any proxy's orders. :-/ It may be possible that it was parted out from a larger order?
For reference, I spot-checked three orders from the linked spreadsheet and could not find any of them in the master GH60 order spreadsheet that the proxies were sent.
hey good folks
i will begin shipping my orders next week, it wont take me long to get em cranked out, ive replied to most of the the contact forms but have a few from this week i need to go through which ill do some time in the next couple days once ive finished packing sophomore
Anyone knows who's handling the bare PCB orders? I ordered some bare PCBs and I need to change the shipping address.You said to send those to Sheraton and I believe samwisekoi did that.
Anyone knows who's handling the bare PCB orders? I ordered some bare PCBs and I need to change the shipping address.You said to send those to Sheraton and I believe samwisekoi did that.
GH60 hype after 3 years
Who's handling the CONUS orders? I need to change my address.
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Sorry I'm in the wrong topicWho's handling the CONUS orders? I need to change my address.
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I don't see your username in the spreadsheet. Your forum join date is way past when ordering for this buy was over.
If you want to PM me other identifying information I will try and locate your order.
does anyone want to buy out my GH60 i'm never going to receive, because i'd prefer to have a little cash instead of looking at this thread ever again :)):):)
does anyone want to buy out my GH60 i'm never going to receive, because i'd prefer to have a little cash instead of looking at this thread ever again :)):):)
Why wouldn't you receive it, arent all the orders now shipping
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does anyone want to buy out my GH60 i'm never going to receive, because i'd prefer to have a little cash instead of looking at this thread ever again :)):):)
Why wouldn't you receive it, arent all the orders now shipping
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I don't know about anyone else, but Mashby last posted in here in October (hasn't been seen since).
And I never received an invoice or email or anything from him. So, that's 1/3 of the US orders that from what I understand went dark again.
I'm at the point of selling off all the bits and bobs I've had sitting around for GH60. They've been clutter in my house for years now. if the boards show, I don't know what I'll do with them.
Update: I am in the middle of moving once again, and will pick this up once I've had a chance to unpack. I also still have quite a few un-responded emails and unpaid invoices, so if that's you, please respond. :) I don't want to store this stuff forever.
Uhm this thing still alive?
What i have to do to have my original order shipped?
Uhm this thing still alive?
What i have to do to have my original order shipped?
Uhm this thing still alive?
What i have to do to have my original order shipped?
Are you on the original spreadsheet or did you buy someone else's order?
If you are here since the beginning, as a European you should look at BunnyLake's GH60 shipping instructions (https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=41464.msg2323159#msg2323159).
Uhm this thing still alive?
What i have to do to have my original order shipped?
https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=41464.msg2323159#msg2323159
I'm super sick and just couldn't pull it together enough to stand in the post office today but all those orders are packed and will be out Monday
I'm super sick and just couldn't pull it together enough to stand in the post office today but all those orders are packed and will be out Monday
This group buy must be cursed!
Get well soon...
HoffmanMyster, you say you've sent out emails, but I don't think I got one. I'm not sure what email I was originally using, so I'm DMing you a current one.
Sorry guys, what about EU orders?
Sorry guys, what about EU orders?
At long last, the wait is finaly over! Thanks a lot everyone involved in making this happend! :thumb:
(http://i1191.photobucket.com/albums/z479/slaktarnp90/B0F866FD-361B-4004-8D1C-D7EEC53FFAC8_zpsajm94atm.jpg) (http://s1191.photobucket.com/user/slaktarnp90/media/B0F866FD-361B-4004-8D1C-D7EEC53FFAC8_zpsajm94atm.jpg.html)
Now I have just got to learn how to program this beauty :p
At long last, the wait is finaly over! Thanks a lot everyone involved in making this happend! :thumb:
(http://i1191.photobucket.com/albums/z479/slaktarnp90/B0F866FD-361B-4004-8D1C-D7EEC53FFAC8_zpsajm94atm.jpg) (http://s1191.photobucket.com/user/slaktarnp90/media/B0F866FD-361B-4004-8D1C-D7EEC53FFAC8_zpsajm94atm.jpg.html)
Now I have just got to learn how to program this beauty :p
It's been so many years I can't even remember what I ordered. I can't even remember last time I logged in. I think it was 4x PCB because I have a PM from someone asking me if I would sell one to him. Any Idea of how could I find what I ordered?
I thought this GB was already dead.
It's been so many years I can't even remember what I ordered. I can't even remember last time I logged in. I think it was 4x PCB because I have a PM from someone asking me if I would sell one to him. Any Idea of how could I find what I ordered?
I thought this GB was already dead.
Really happy that something is finally coming my way, but just curious if a decision was made about DIY orders?
Really happy that something is finally coming my way, but just curious if a decision was made about DIY orders?
I have been waiting to see if the DIY kits are needed after all this time. And also (well, primarily) procrastinating on dealing with that little box of evil.
However, I have now received two separate requests for info on the DIY kits. I'll go open the box and see what it will really take to deal with.
And as always, anyone who wants to take this delightful little task off my hands is welcome to it!
- Ron | samwisekoi
Auto-typed by my GH-122 keyboard.
There are some leftover assembled PCBs. Not enough to replace the original list of DIY orders, but certainly enough to replace some of them. Enough of them to cover actual current demand? I don't know.
- Ron | samwisekoi
Is there any PCB will SMD soldered left for sell?I know one of the members I am proxying for wants to sell his order.
Can you comment on mashby's absence? Is stuff gonna get shipped from him?
Can you comment on mashby's absence? Is stuff gonna get shipped from him?
I have no knowledge about mashby.
- Ron | samwisekoi
Can you comment on mashby's absence? Is stuff gonna get shipped from him?
I have no knowledge about mashby.
- Ron | samwisekoi
Bummer.
Thank you though!
Can you comment on mashby's absence? Is stuff gonna get shipped from him?
I have no knowledge about mashby.
- Ron | samwisekoi
Bummer.
Thank you though!
i wouldnt worry about mashby, hes a super solid dude im sure his absence is time constraint related with work or something, he will show back up
and once myself and the other proxys have concluded shipping, we can look in to seeing what if any of his orders we can fullfill should he still be MIA
Can you comment on mashby's absence? Is stuff gonna get shipped from him?
I have no knowledge about mashby.
- Ron | samwisekoi
Bummer.
Thank you though!
i wouldnt worry about mashby, hes a super solid dude im sure his absence is time constraint related with work or something, he will show back up
and once myself and the other proxys have concluded shipping, we can look in to seeing what if any of his orders we can fullfill should he still be MIA
To add to this, I'm only ~3hrs from mashby so one way or the other we will get this done eventually. I did send him an email to check on him and will reply if there is anything to add. :thumb:
Can you comment on mashby's absence? Is stuff gonna get shipped from him?
I have no knowledge about mashby.
- Ron | samwisekoi
Bummer.
Thank you though!
i wouldnt worry about mashby, hes a super solid dude im sure his absence is time constraint related with work or something, he will show back up
and once myself and the other proxys have concluded shipping, we can look in to seeing what if any of his orders we can fullfill should he still be MIA
To add to this, I'm only ~3hrs from mashby so one way or the other we will get this done eventually. I did send him an email to check on him and will reply if there is anything to add. :thumb:
I spoke to mashby a little while back, and he was absolutely swamped with work and personal issues. If some assistance is needed, it sounds like ray can help out, but I'll also toss my name back in the bucket as able to help take on any additional work. I am of course still working through my existing backlog but now that I'm settling in at the new place I should be able to work through what I have on my plate in a reasonable time frame. :thumb:
Does anyone know what happened to mashby? It's been a year since my hopes got refreshed and he seems to be MIA.
Where can I find the latest updates on this gb?@Hoffmanmyster is your proxy and he is getting shipments out as he can. https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=41464.msg2352724.msg#2352724
The op looks out of date.
I don't know where I stand.Where can I find the latest updates on this gb?@Hoffmanmyster is your proxy and he is getting shipments out as he can. https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=41464.msg2352724.msg#2352724
The op looks out of date.
For @mashby people all I know is what has been posted that he is swamped with work and personal things. I've emailed him to check on him.
For my people I'm waiting on invoices to get paid and for responses to emails and PM's. I've only got a handful of orders left.
@Bunnylake is cranking out orders and giving updates for rest of the world.
On the DIY kits @samwisekoi posted recently about those here
https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=41464.msg2356706.msg#2356706
I don't know where I stand.Where can I find the latest updates on this gb?@Hoffmanmyster is your proxy and he is getting shipments out as he can. https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=41464.msg2352724.msg#2352724
The op looks out of date.
For @mashby people all I know is what has been posted that he is swamped with work and personal things. I've emailed him to check on him.
For my people I'm waiting on invoices to get paid and for responses to emails and PM's. I've only got a handful of orders left.
@Bunnylake is cranking out orders and giving updates for rest of the world.
On the DIY kits @samwisekoi posted recently about those here
https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=41464.msg2356706.msg#2356706
Is there a new invoice that I'm supposed to get?
I don't know where I stand.Where can I find the latest updates on this gb?@Hoffmanmyster is your proxy and he is getting shipments out as he can. https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=41464.msg2352724.msg#2352724
The op looks out of date.
Is there a new invoice that I'm supposed to get?
Yes. I received and paid it.I don't know where I stand.Where can I find the latest updates on this gb?@Hoffmanmyster is your proxy and he is getting shipments out as he can. https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=41464.msg2352724.msg#2352724
The op looks out of date.
Is there a new invoice that I'm supposed to get?
I sent a shipping invoice to the email address that the confirmation email was sent to (also listed as your paypal email). Did you receive it? I just sent a reminder for the invoice - let me know if that doesn't go through. :thumb:
Who is my proxy? US-based, ordered as Greystoke.
I sent a shipping invoice to the email address that the confirmation email was sent to (also listed as your paypal email). Did you receive it? I just sent a reminder for the invoice - let me know if that doesn't go through. :thumb:Yes. I received and paid it.
Was there anything else I needed to do?
Also, let me know that your received payment.
Yay! After all this time.I sent a shipping invoice to the email address that the confirmation email was sent to (also listed as your paypal email). Did you receive it? I just sent a reminder for the invoice - let me know if that doesn't go through. :thumb:Yes. I received and paid it.
Was there anything else I needed to do?
Also, let me know that your received payment.
Got the payment! It's been packaged up and ready to go, so I'll just print the shipping label, slap it on, and send it out. :thumb: Nothing else needed from you, and this should be wrapped up for you in a short while. :)
well... ****.
here we are years later and i am about to move. i need to change my address for this. i am not sure what the status of my order is or what is going on at all. hell, i havent even logged into this site in almost 2 years. sorry i got distracted.
so SamWise is doing this now? should i reach out to him directly? any help would be appreciated.
thanks guys. keep clacking.
well... ****.
here we are years later and i am about to move. i need to change my address for this. i am not sure what the status of my order is or what is going on at all. hell, i havent even logged into this site in almost 2 years. sorry i got distracted.
so SamWise is doing this now? should i reach out to him directly? any help would be appreciated.
thanks guys. keep clacking.
well... ****.
here we are years later and i am about to move. i need to change my address for this. i am not sure what the status of my order is or what is going on at all. hell, i havent even logged into this site in almost 2 years. sorry i got distracted.
so SamWise is doing this now? should i reach out to him directly? any help would be appreciated.
thanks guys. keep clacking.
Technically you last posted 6 months ago but that's ok. :P
Mashby is your proxy and he is currently MIA however given his past trustworthiness and being an all around great guy I'm sure it is only a matter of time before he can come up for air and check in. Last update we have from mashby is he was covered up with real life issues much more important than keyboards.
Honestly for anyone moving for any proxy it shouldn't be an issue as we will send a paypal invoice for shipping charges you have to pay before we ship anything thus you have all the power in regards to what address we ship to as we will ship to your paypal confirmed address.
well... ****.
here we are years later and i am about to move. i need to change my address for this. i am not sure what the status of my order is or what is going on at all. hell, i havent even logged into this site in almost 2 years. sorry i got distracted.
so SamWise is doing this now? should i reach out to him directly? any help would be appreciated.
thanks guys. keep clacking.
Technically you last posted 6 months ago but that's ok. :p
Mashby is your proxy and he is currently MIA however given his past trustworthiness and being an all around great guy I'm sure it is only a matter of time before he can come up for air and check in. Last update we have from mashby is he was covered up with real life issues much more important than keyboards.
Honestly for anyone moving for any proxy it shouldn't be an issue as we will send a paypal invoice for shipping charges you have to pay before we ship anything thus you have all the power in regards to what address we ship to as we will ship to your paypal confirmed address.
Have we come up with how we're going to handle the diy kits with smd components, I know the plan was to ship these separate from the other kits because there were a lot of parts. Any updates on that?
Really happy that something is finally coming my way, but just curious if a decision was made about DIY orders?
I have been waiting to see if the DIY kits are needed after all this time. And also (well, primarily) procrastinating on dealing with that little box of evil.
However, I have now received two separate requests for info on the DIY kits. I'll go open the box and see what it will really take to deal with.
And as always, anyone who wants to take this delightful little task off my hands is welcome to it!
- Ron | samwisekoi
Auto-typed by my GH-122 keyboard.
Ok, I went and looked at this. Lots of taped parts, so maybe I can use a ruler to cut measured lengths of (e.g.) teeny tiny diodes. I'll try to make up a couple of kits just to see. Shipping will be annoying because a blank PCB has to go with each kit. Perhaps they could be shipped in Priority Mail envelopes?
If there is a person or two in the US who would actually build a DIY kit, let me know and I'll drop one in the mail. (You have to already be on the list as a buyer, of course.)
Also, the little GH60 stickers ARE in there as well. Those will be simplest to just drop in the mail in a regular envelope.
- Ron | samwisekoi
just to let my guys know im super super behind on support tickets
including the most recent ones i now have just 13 orders left to send
tomorrow night ill tackle support tickets so i apologise to anyone who is due a reply
I did, almost all went out last week but I dropped 5 of them off this morning including yours, so it will either be with you tomorrow or Monday, its first class recorded
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I did, almost all went out last week but I dropped 5 of them off this morning including yours, so it will either be with you tomorrow or Monday, its first class recorded
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got it today :)
thanks for all your work with this GB
Will there be extras or another chance to get in on the group buy?
I feel like the pcb mount 6.25 stabilizer doesn't work with the plate. The metal part of the stabilizer hits the bottom of the plate causing the mx mounts of the stabs to raise.
It's like there isn't enough clearance.
I'll tryI feel like the pcb mount 6.25 stabilizer doesn't work with the plate. The metal part of the stabilizer hits the bottom of the plate causing the mx mounts of the stabs to raise.
It's like there isn't enough clearance.
have you tried turning the wire over, like flipping it so the kink in the wire heads towards the pcb rather than the plate
Ok, I went and looked at this. Lots of taped parts, so maybe I can use a ruler to cut measured lengths of (e.g.) teeny tiny diodes. I'll try to make up a couple of kits just to see. Shipping will be annoying because a blank PCB has to go with each kit. Perhaps they could be shipped in Priority Mail envelopes?
If there is a person or two in the US who would actually build a DIY kit, let me know and I'll drop one in the mail. (You have to already be on the list as a buyer, of course.)
Also, the little GH60 stickers ARE in there as well. Those will be simplest to just drop in the mail in a regular envelope.
- Ron | samwisekoi
It's been so long I can't recall how many DIY kits I had ordered, but I believe there were more then a few. I'd be in interested in getting them if possible. In fact, given the quantity you could probably drop all the little parts in a Ziploc bag and ship me those and the boards in a small flat rate box. I originally wanted to take on another soldering challenge, but that was a few years ago, I'm still up to it again though...
I'll tryI feel like the pcb mount 6.25 stabilizer doesn't work with the plate. The metal part of the stabilizer hits the bottom of the plate causing the mx mounts of the stabs to raise.
It's like there isn't enough clearance.
have you tried turning the wire over, like flipping it so the kink in the wire heads towards the pcb rather than the plate
What if I use my backup plate mount cherry stabs? Do you think that could work as well?I'll tryI feel like the pcb mount 6.25 stabilizer doesn't work with the plate. The metal part of the stabilizer hits the bottom of the plate causing the mx mounts of the stabs to raise.
It's like there isn't enough clearance.
have you tried turning the wire over, like flipping it so the kink in the wire heads towards the pcb rather than the plate
Costar stabilizer had to be turned around as well. Wire still hits that switch but it works without a problem.
I've been out of the loop and got tired of looking for updates. I tried looking at the order confirmation and its blank. How do I go about checking if my order will ever get to me or not? I noticed some people were getting stuff sent out?
Hoff, should everyone in your group have received a confirmation email by now? I haven't seen anything come through.
God damn, haven't posted here in years, only logged in a couple times to check this thread and hope. Can't believe it's actually happening.
I have a problem now though... I have to a get a case.
What's everyone else going to be using? Dunno if I wanna shell out for the FJELL buy or if I like the look of the X60.
ok non conus folks
ok non conus folks
Sorry, what exactly do you mean by non-conus? :))
ok non conus folks
Sorry, what exactly do you mean by non-conus? :))
Quick update for my people:
I've received quite a few responses to my emails, but have not had a chance yet to pack and invoice the orders. Work has been and will continue to be crazy and unpredictable, due to an unexpected issue that occurred. I'll get back to everyone as soon as I can - I haven't forgotten about you! :)
Quick update for my people:
I've received quite a few responses to my emails, but have not had a chance yet to pack and invoice the orders. Work has been and will continue to be crazy and unpredictable, due to an unexpected issue that occurred. I'll get back to everyone as soon as I can - I haven't forgotten about you! :)
I was supposed to get an email from you, but I haven't. I've tried PMing you but my messages don't show up in my sent folder, so I'm unconvinced they're actually getting sent. Have you received any?
I'm in the US. When I would get my GH60?
I am trying to track down the 63 Cherry Brown switches that I ordered from 7-bit that he confirmed were sent to the group buy. Neither samwisekoi nor my proxy, HoffmanMyster, have them. I'm not sure who might as I have not deciphered every detail in this thread. Who should I be getting in touch with?
Quick update for my people:
I've received quite a few responses to my emails, but have not had a chance yet to pack and invoice the orders. Work has been and will continue to be crazy and unpredictable, due to an unexpected issue that occurred. I'll get back to everyone as soon as I can - I haven't forgotten about you! :)
I was supposed to get an email from you, but I haven't. I've tried PMing you but my messages don't show up in my sent folder, so I'm unconvinced they're actually getting sent. Have you received any?
Quick update for my people:
I've received quite a few responses to my emails, but have not had a chance yet to pack and invoice the orders. Work has been and will continue to be crazy and unpredictable, due to an unexpected issue that occurred. I'll get back to everyone as soon as I can - I haven't forgotten about you! :)
I was supposed to get an email from you, but I haven't. I've tried PMing you but my messages don't show up in my sent folder, so I'm unconvinced they're actually getting sent. Have you received any?
I've definitely been receiving your PMs, and have updated your shipping information and received your order confirmation. Unfortunately, I've been absolutely slammed by work lately so just haven't had a chance to get things packed and invoiced. That will all be coming as soon as I'm able.
So who is handling Canadian orders? :O
So who is handling Canadian orders? :O
gonna sound like a broken record here, but once again i need to apologise
for the last 3 weeks i have made zero progress with this, the day after my last update the jtk sliders arrived to me and i was shipping those and there was alot, it has completely consumed me the last 3 weeks, i know that is nobody heres problem but i have to take care of my personal obligations before my donated time on this
that being said my lack of communication is totally unacceptable, especially to the 6 people whom i messaged saying i was going to drop of your orders 3 weeks ago and havent, not to excuse myself but merely to offer an explanation, i was just trying to focus on one thing and clear it as fast as possible so i could then take that same attack on what i have remaining here
its my wifes birthday weekend and im not around at all this evening, but tomorrow night i will contact everyone remaining on my list via their support ticket, and will work monday through through thursday evenings on getting as much cranked out as i possibly can to drop off this friday, and have everything else completed for the following week
you guys have all waited so long and im sorry to have been another slight bottleneck to this it just fell at an awkward time for me
im very much looking forward to having my house cleared of this stuff and now i have the sliders basically finished ive finally got the room again to pull everything back out and get this finished
Bunny, I'm happy to wait. No big deal.
Progress...Show Image(https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2914/33983551776_2f10280c8a_k.jpg)
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All orders for people that responded to my last wave of emails are now packed. Invoices will be sent over the next week or so. :thumb:
There are a few orders that are a bit more complicated and are being left until the end; rest assured they have not been ignored, and will be the next to get packed and invoiced. :)
Any questions at all, let me know.
Progress...Show Image(https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2914/33983551776_2f10280c8a_k.jpg)
GH60 Proxy Shipping (https://flic.kr/p/TM1zYu) by HoffmanMyster (https://www.flickr.com/photos/99522542@N03/), on Flickr
All orders for people that responded to my last wave of emails are now packed. Invoices will be sent over the next week or so. :thumb:
There are a few orders that are a bit more complicated and are being left until the end; rest assured they have not been ignored, and will be the next to get packed and invoiced. :)
Any questions at all, let me know.
Yo dawg, got an email from you back on March 3 to confirm address, I responded confirming it. Didn't hear anything back, I'm assuming that means we're all good?
Thanks for getting this done.
Update: Still need to invoice for shipping. Will start that when I know they will be sent out in the following few days. I've got some long days at work this week, then out of town this coming weekend, so won't be able to get them in the mail until next week. Keep your eyes peeled for invoices starting early next week. :thumb:
Any update for those who took-over unpaid orders?
Does anyone have a copy of the original order-spreadsheet? -- the one that has since disappeared from google.docs
Sounds good, bunny! If I'm not in that batch, I'm still happy.
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Update: Still need to invoice for shipping. Will start that when I know they will be sent out in the following few days. I've got some long days at work this week, then out of town this coming weekend, so won't be able to get them in the mail until next week. Keep your eyes peeled for invoices starting early next week. :thumb:
Update: Still need to invoice for shipping. Will start that when I know they will be sent out in the following few days. I've got some long days at work this week, then out of town this coming weekend, so won't be able to get them in the mail until next week. Keep your eyes peeled for invoices starting early next week. :thumb:
I've been responding to every e-mail I have gotten and no one has gotten back to me over the past year (both from this round that has been passed to HoffmanMyster and from Michael Ashby).
I sent my updated shipping address and want to confirm that it's correct before paying. Can you please reply to my e-mail?
Thanks
Update: Still need to invoice for shipping. Will start that when I know they will be sent out in the following few days. I've got some long days at work this week, then out of town this coming weekend, so won't be able to get them in the mail until next week. Keep your eyes peeled for invoices starting early next week. :thumb:
I've been responding to every e-mail I have gotten and no one has gotten back to me over the past year (both from this round that has been passed to HoffmanMyster and from Michael Ashby).
I sent my updated shipping address and want to confirm that it's correct before paying. Can you please reply to my e-mail?
Thanks
2 months ago, i got a message saying my order was "now packed and will be shipping on Friday". One month later, I was told that some batches had or were being dropped off, and that tracking information would follow. I assume that has actually happened by this point, but there was no further support saying if this was the case. Did I miss an email. I have had packages take a really long time to arrive, but in this case, i don't even know when or if to expect anything.
I have of course updated the support ticket, but feel this thread should also serve to let people know if they are the only one waiting or not.
Very sorry about the lack of email response. I sent the initial wave of emails right when I was moving and wasn't able to pick it up again and actually pack the items until the last few weeks. I opted to post updates in the thread here rather than respond to emails individually, which I now realize it not helpful for those that have stopped browsing the forum. Sorry about that.
As for the mashby confusion, I'm not sure what's going on there. Your name appears in my list, but may also appear in his for whatever reason. I have the parts on hand to satisfy my orders, and can/will ship those out. If, for some reason, you also have an order on his list, you may still receive additional emails and shipments from him. It's very possible that through order takeovers and other various oddities with the group buy we are working with imperfect/fragmented lists.
Very sorry about the lack of email response. I sent the initial wave of emails right when I was moving and wasn't able to pick it up again and actually pack the items until the last few weeks. I opted to post updates in the thread here rather than respond to emails individually, which I now realize it not helpful for those that have stopped browsing the forum. Sorry about that.
As for the mashby confusion, I'm not sure what's going on there. Your name appears in my list, but may also appear in his for whatever reason. I have the parts on hand to satisfy my orders, and can/will ship those out. If, for some reason, you also have an order on his list, you may still receive additional emails and shipments from him. It's very possible that through order takeovers and other various oddities with the group buy we are working with imperfect/fragmented lists.
I went back, and saw that for some reason I am on both lists.
Thanks for the response here at least.
One question that I wasn't able to suss out from the responses here -- are pre-soldered SMD components still pre-soldered? I can't tell, since the updates seem to only say that assembly is not included anymore.
I sent my updated shipping address and want to confirm that it's correct before paying. Can you please reply to my e-mail?
Thanks
Update: Still need to invoice for shipping. Will start that when I know they will be sent out in the following few days. I've got some long days at work this week, then out of town this coming weekend, so won't be able to get them in the mail until next week. Keep your eyes peeled for invoices starting early next week. :thumb:
What kind of solder have you guys been using? 0.5-0.6 mm? Does it need to be a certain type, like unleaded or something?
Have any of the people who have taken over this group buy tried contacting Mashby recently? I have read the posts, but it has been a good long while with no word.I'll try again.
these orders are ready and going out in my next drop off
raphdu57
tobi
gruener_salat
txepox
cjhogben
nask
bvtton
alexander-procter
maurizio-bassani
agor
these are the screennames given on your ctrl alt account rather than gh
do not worry if your name isnt on that list, thats just whats going out in the next drop, and im preparing some more now
Have any of the people who have taken over this group buy tried contacting Mashby recently? I have read the posts, but it has been a good long while with no word.I'll try again.
Have any of the people who have taken over this group buy tried contacting Mashby recently? I have read the posts, but it has been a good long while with no word.I'll try again.
I can't get a reply. I've tried texting, email and twitter.
Have any of the people who have taken over this group buy tried contacting Mashby recently? I have read the posts, but it has been a good long while with no word.I'll try again.
I can't get a reply. I've tried texting, email and twitter.
Thanks for trying. I was going to do the same, but didn't want him to get a ton of spam from random people in the group buy.
Sounds like it's time for a new round! Who has ten years or so to spare to run it?
Sorry BunnyLake.
When you get a chance, could you check my status, please? I don't have any open support tickets on your site (it disappeared).
But last I remember, I paid for the shipping and assembly as per your instructions in January.
Thanks!
To my guys, I'm finally completely up to date with my sophomore gb and as of this Friday my only shipping obligations will be to my last gh60 orders
Thanks for your patience with the little man I only get so much time and doing replacements and missing keys on my last gb took longer than expected
I have about 15 percent of my total orders left roughly so I'll be getting them knocked out very fast from here
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To my guys, I'm finally completely up to date with my sophomore gb and as of this Friday my only shipping obligations will be to my last gh60 orders
Thanks for your patience with the little man I only get so much time and doing replacements and missing keys on my last gb took longer than expected
I have about 15 percent of my total orders left roughly so I'll be getting them knocked out very fast from here
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Well done! Wish you were handling my order :(
To my guys, I'm finally completely up to date with my sophomore gb and as of this Friday my only shipping obligations will be to my last gh60 orders
Thanks for your patience with the little man I only get so much time and doing replacements and missing keys on my last gb took longer than expected
I have about 15 percent of my total orders left roughly so I'll be getting them knocked out very fast from here
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Well done! Wish you were handling my order :(
I've been a pain to the last of my guys as well sadly, this just landed to me at an incredibly busy time where all my other obligations were coming together as well and I had to prioritise those
Will be very glad to see the end of it and reclaim some of the space in my house, I've had half of this stuff in my house for 2 years roughly now as I was waiting on the plates and stabs for over 18 months
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Sorry BunnyLake.
When you get a chance, could you check my status, please? I don't have any open support tickets on your site (it disappeared).
But last I remember, I paid for the shipping and assembly as per your instructions in January.
Thanks!
They shouldn't disappear, and I can search for it without a ticket number,
Might be worth making a new ticket with the info for me and then sending me a pm with the ticket number
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They're isn't much we can do. As far as I know the parts for his group of orders were sent to @mashby there aren't even enough of some parts to completely fulfill our own groups much less any large stockpile of extras.To my guys, I'm finally completely up to date with my sophomore gb and as of this Friday my only shipping obligations will be to my last gh60 orders
Thanks for your patience with the little man I only get so much time and doing replacements and missing keys on my last gb took longer than expected
I have about 15 percent of my total orders left roughly so I'll be getting them knocked out very fast from here
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Well done! Wish you were handling my order :(
I've been a pain to the last of my guys as well sadly, this just landed to me at an incredibly busy time where all my other obligations were coming together as well and I had to prioritise those
Will be very glad to see the end of it and reclaim some of the space in my house, I've had half of this stuff in my house for 2 years roughly now as I was waiting on the plates and stabs for over 18 months
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I'm fine with saying goodbye to the money I spent on my order, I've come to terms with it, but is that the unfortunate position of everyone on Mashby's list?
They're isn't much we can do. As far as I know the parts for his group of orders were sent to @mashby there aren't even enough of some parts to completely fulfill our own groups much less any large stockpile of extras.To my guys, I'm finally completely up to date with my sophomore gb and as of this Friday my only shipping obligations will be to my last gh60 orders
Thanks for your patience with the little man I only get so much time and doing replacements and missing keys on my last gb took longer than expected
I have about 15 percent of my total orders left roughly so I'll be getting them knocked out very fast from here
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Well done! Wish you were handling my order :(
I've been a pain to the last of my guys as well sadly, this just landed to me at an incredibly busy time where all my other obligations were coming together as well and I had to prioritise those
Will be very glad to see the end of it and reclaim some of the space in my house, I've had half of this stuff in my house for 2 years roughly now as I was waiting on the plates and stabs for over 18 months
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I'm fine with saying goodbye to the money I spent on my order, I've come to terms with it, but is that the unfortunate position of everyone on Mashby's list?
I've tried reaching out to him through various means but clearly whatever he has going on his life right now has taken precedent over coming here and giving an update or even responding to contact.
This seems to happen a lot when people commit to helping with things then life throws an unexpected curve ball and people get overwhelmed, this 'hobby' life is what must be put aside for a while.
We can only hope things clear up for him and he comes back or at least let's one of us help him and get his parts to finish fulfillment.
Some good news. I finally heard back from mashby and he's alive!
Slammed with life but he says tentatively he has his sights set on June for digging into his GH60 stuffs.
Some good news. I finally heard back from mashby and he's alive!
Slammed with life but he says tentatively he has his sights set on June for digging into his GH60 stuffs.
I guess I'm doomed to not see my GH60. Endless stream of dominoes falling over, crashing into each other, yelling obscenities... :(Don't give up yet. I did hear from mashby as I posted a few posts above.
Hope all is well with Mashby, but damn it all just the same.
Ha!
Finally holding it in my hands.. is this real?
Thank you so much again for saving this, BunnylakeShow Image(http://i.imgur.com/uOjFStU.jpg)
I flashed the bugger but it doesn't seem to work. Any ideas?
Also you people with the hammer case, what's the white mesh for?
I flashed the bugger but it doesn't seem to work. Any ideas?
Also you people with the hammer case, what's the white mesh for?
What did you flash it with?
The white mesh is for insulation between the pcb and the bottom of the case.
I flashed the bugger but it doesn't seem to work. Any ideas?
Also you people with the hammer case, what's the white mesh for?
What did you flash it with?
The white mesh is for insulation between the pcb and the bottom of the case.
i followed the instructions on the 1st page.
surely there's no need for insulation as the case has stand offs?
just to let people no, im going to be away from wednesday for 8 days, so itll delay me continuing my orders for a week but once i get back i have little to no distractions in my life between then and october, which of course i plan to have this knocked out long before then, realistically id expect to have my end of this 100 percent finished by the end of juneHey BunnyLake,
just to let people no, im going to be away from wednesday for 8 days, so itll delay me continuing my orders for a week but once i get back i have little to no distractions in my life between then and october, which of course i plan to have this knocked out long before then, realistically id expect to have my end of this 100 percent finished by the end of juneHey BunnyLake,
Finally I received the package with gh60 pcb and stabs but no switches have been included and the layout of the plate isn't I selected. :'(
I suspect that the package was accidentally interchanged by other one.
Is there any possibility for obtaining the rest of material and the correct plate?.
Any updates for the CONUS folks?
Sorry about that, I'm away until the 8th, shoot me a pm then and we can work out what happened and get you sorted out
@hoffmanmyster is slowly shipping things out AFAIK, he also moved and got a new job and I'm pretty sure got a gf or wife because he sold a bunch of stuff the other day and I don't know why else anyone would do that :p
Any updates for the CONUS folks?
On the SMD parts @samwisekoi was supposed to be trying to work something out. He is still packing and moving he posted elsewhere he would try to be back online around July.
I'm on hold for the rest of my orders due to not having those SMD parts and waiting on fulfilling a couple big orders to see what is left to fulfill with and honestly quite a few people just never responded to being contacted a second time.
I got in touch with @mashby the other week and he said he is going to do his best to get back in the game sometime this month (June).
@hoffmanmyster is slowly shipping things out AFAIK, he also moved and got a new job and I'm pretty sure got a gf or wife because he sold a bunch of stuff the other day and I don't know why else anyone would do that :p
so tl;dr as is typical with this buy....things are happening in spurts....we have not given up.....
:spam: 8)
Any updates for the CONUS folks?
On the SMD parts @samwisekoi was supposed to be trying to work something out. He is still packing and moving he posted elsewhere he would try to be back online around July.
I'm on hold for the rest of my orders due to not having those SMD parts and waiting on fulfilling a couple big orders to see what is left to fulfill with and honestly quite a few people just never responded to being contacted a second time.
I got in touch with @mashby the other week and he said he is going to do his best to get back in the game sometime this month (June).
@hoffmanmyster is slowly shipping things out AFAIK, he also moved and got a new job and I'm pretty sure got a gf or wife because he sold a bunch of stuff the other day and I don't know why else anyone would do that :p
so tl;dr as is typical with this buy....things are happening in spurts....we have not given up.....
:spam: 8)
I can't believe I paid for this PCB more than four years ago and still don't have it.
That's absolutely insane.
Received my 2 PCB's from Spamray months ago but have just now gotten around to working with them. Thanks for helping revive this GB everyone BTW.
I wannted to see what could be done since 1 of my 2 PCB was missing 3 of the designators. Being as this is my first time building a keyboard I failed to check to see if all the SMD components where in place before working on it. After getting everything soldered, mounted, and firmware flashed(default 60% layout) I noticed the '\', 'RCtrl', 'RAlt' key are all not working. After trying multiple firmware flashes nothing seemed to work. Reading through forums I read something about designators being backwards in an unrelated thread. I flipped my board over and noticed that 4 designators are missing 3 of which are to the mentioned keys. D55, D70, D67, also D50 but no switch in that location.
I know this GB has been a mess from the start pretty much and after investing the money and time waiting I just want both of my keyboards to work. Can anyone here help me out with this. Anyone have any spares of these SMD parts or know where i can purchase them individually?
I can't believe I paid for this PCB more than four years ago and still don't have it.
That's absolutely insane.
There is implied risk involved with group buys. I've paid for several things over the years that I never received. (including not getting MY GH60 order as of yet!) :)
I can't believe I paid for this PCB more than four years ago and still don't have it.
That's absolutely insane.
There is implied risk involved with group buys. I've paid for several things over the years that I never received. (including not getting MY GH60 order as of yet!) :)
Yeah, I still don't understand why someone would take on such responsibility if they weren't able to follow through.
What makes this even worse, however, is that apparently whoever is presently handling my order apparently had the same sort of "problem."
How do you guys solder those switches? Just one by one?
Putting all the switches into place and turning the pcb + plate upside down seems rather difficult - would add some workflow though.
One switch at each end is still a little shaky.
The GH60 is easily available in lots of places like ebay. There's nothing special about these ones.
Can anyone update me with the status of the european (germany) shipping status?
Thanks! ;)
Thank you BunnyLake for all your effort.
In which order do you ship out? I hope not in the alphabet? :))
Do you need any additional $ from me for shipping?
The Chinese clones have north facing LEDs, which I don't want. Regular GH60s have south facing LEDs but for a few switches
bunny i just now filled out that form. sorry i havent logged onto geekhack in some time.
ive moved since this order in 2013. i seem to have two invoices too? i guess i ordered 3 boards and a bunch of stuff. i dont remember what type of switches i originally ordered.
sorry i was so late to this. i forgot about this until yesterday when one of my mechanicals started not working.
*** wait. since i am not CONUS was i not supposed to fill that out? i am so confused. is it still possible for me to actually get this hardware? i dont care about assembly i can do that myself even though i ordered it. apparently i spent over 300$ on this?! lol.
anywho if anyone can help please let me know what to do. thanks so much for all those who stepped in. and screw whitefiredragon of course.
well... ****.
here we are years later and i am about to move. i need to change my address for this. i am not sure what the status of my order is or what is going on at all. hell, i havent even logged into this site in almost 2 years. sorry i got distracted.
so SamWise is doing this now? should i reach out to him directly? any help would be appreciated.
thanks guys. keep clacking.
Technically you last posted 6 months ago but that's ok. :p
Mashby is your proxy and he is currently MIA however given his past trustworthiness and being an all around great guy I'm sure it is only a matter of time before he can come up for air and check in. Last update we have from mashby is he was covered up with real life issues much more important than keyboards.
Honestly for anyone moving for any proxy it shouldn't be an issue as we will send a paypal invoice for shipping charges you have to pay before we ship anything thus you have all the power in regards to what address we ship to as we will ship to your paypal confirmed address.
so i am not too late? and we are just waiting for mashby? ok. when he gets back how do i let him know i moved and what i ordered? sorry if i appear to need this spelled out for me.
so i am not too late? and we are just waiting for mashby? ok. when he gets back how do i let him know i moved and what i ordered? sorry if i appear to need this spelled out for me.
He has a speadsheet with what is listed as your order. He should have contacted you many months ago and confirmed that with you, he may or may not have everything you ordered as none of the 'takeover' orders were listed in our spreadsheets. Some parts there were not enough of and some parts were never ordered.
As far as you having moved it doesn't matter since he will send you a PayPal invoice for shipping costs and will ship to whatever your address is on file with PayPal, so just make sure it is updated on PayPal.
so i am not too late? and we are just waiting for mashby? ok. when he gets back how do i let him know i moved and what i ordered? sorry if i appear to need this spelled out for me.
He has a speadsheet with what is listed as your order. He should have contacted you many months ago and confirmed that with you, he may or may not have everything you ordered as none of the 'takeover' orders were listed in our spreadsheets. Some parts there were not enough of and some parts were never ordered.
As far as you having moved it doesn't matter since he will send you a PayPal invoice for shipping costs and will ship to whatever your address is on file with PayPal, so just make sure it is updated on PayPal.
so i am not too late? and we are just waiting for mashby? ok. when he gets back how do i let him know i moved and what i ordered? sorry if i appear to need this spelled out for me.
He has a speadsheet with what is listed as your order. He should have contacted you many months ago and confirmed that with you, he may or may not have everything you ordered as none of the 'takeover' orders were listed in our spreadsheets. Some parts there were not enough of and some parts were never ordered.
As far as you having moved it doesn't matter since he will send you a PayPal invoice for shipping costs and will ship to whatever your address is on file with PayPal, so just make sure it is updated on PayPal.
no one has contacted me in anyway regarding this. does that mean i am SOL spam??
is there any way i can get the address where the thing i bought four years ago is located so i can just maybe pick it up insteadI'd say you'd have about a 9hr (one way) drive from your address in the spreadsheet, but maybe you moved?
Can't remember the last time I posted or actively browsed (read: lurked) this forum, and apologies for rehashing what's probably been discussed somewhere in the thread. I was never contacted again about my order after initially placing it four years ago. No PM or email or anything. I'm international, Canada. Can someone explain to me whether or not I have any hope of ever receiving my order at this point or if I'm asking too late? Thanks!@Hoffmanmyster is your proxy, shoot him a PM
I contacted PayPal regarding a refund concerning a purchase I made four years ago and they told me there was nothing I could do. They referred me to the FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center and suggested that I make a report.
For anyone else here who paid for something more than four years ago and hasn't received it yet, I guess their advice was to simply report it to the FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center.
This is the website they told me to go to: https://www.ic3.gov/
I contacted PayPal regarding a refund concerning a purchase I made four years ago and they told me there was nothing I could do. They referred me to the FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center and suggested that I make a report.
For anyone else here who paid for something more than four years ago and hasn't received it yet, I guess their advice was to simply report it to the FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center.
This is the website they told me to go to: https://www.ic3.gov/
Can't remember the last time I posted or actively browsed (read: lurked) this forum, and apologies for rehashing what's probably been discussed somewhere in the thread. I was never contacted again about my order after initially placing it four years ago. No PM or email or anything. I'm international, Canada. Can someone explain to me whether or not I have any hope of ever receiving my order at this point or if I'm asking too late? Thanks!@Hoffmanmyster is your proxy, shoot him a PM
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Can't remember the last time I posted or actively browsed (read: lurked) this forum, and apologies for rehashing what's probably been discussed somewhere in the thread. I was never contacted again about my order after initially placing it four years ago. No PM or email or anything. I'm international, Canada. Can someone explain to me whether or not I have any hope of ever receiving my order at this point or if I'm asking too late? Thanks!
I'm looking to buy one more pcb, anyone from Europe that might have a spare pcb that wants to sell?
I contacted PayPal regarding a refund concerning a purchase I made four years ago and they told me there was nothing I could do. They referred me to the FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center and suggested that I make a report.
For anyone else here who paid for something more than four years ago and hasn't received it yet, I guess their advice was to simply report it to the FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center.
This is the website they told me to go to: https://www.ic3.gov/
I contacted PayPal regarding a refund concerning a purchase I made four years ago and they told me there was nothing I could do. They referred me to the FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center and suggested that I make a report.
For anyone else here who paid for something more than four years ago and hasn't received it yet, I guess their advice was to simply report it to the FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center.
This is the website they told me to go to: https://www.ic3.gov/
Anyone heard back from Mashby? He doesn't reply to my emails so I've stopped trying.
Anyone heard back from Mashby? He doesn't reply to my emails so I've stopped trying.
I haven’t heard from mashby but I did see him post on social media recently so hopefully will be back around shortly
For the list of people I posted above, I’m very sorry right after that posted my wife got in a really severe car accident so I’ve been dealing with that recently I’ll have the above out ASAP
Anyone heard back from Mashby? He doesn't reply to my emails so I've stopped trying.
I haven’t heard from mashby but I did see him post on social media recently so hopefully will be back around shortly
For the list of people I posted above, I’m very sorry right after that posted my wife got in a really severe car accident so I’ve been dealing with that recently I’ll have the above out ASAP
Thanks for the reply! Shame I hope your wife is okay?!
But what about me Hoof... what about me :-* :-* :-*Can't remember the last time I posted or actively browsed (read: lurked) this forum, and apologies for rehashing what's probably been discussed somewhere in the thread. I was never contacted again about my order after initially placing it four years ago. No PM or email or anything. I'm international, Canada. Can someone explain to me whether or not I have any hope of ever receiving my order at this point or if I'm asking too late? Thanks!
Hey! I did send an email back in March, but I'm guessing that was never received for whatever reason. I've just responded to your PM, and will be getting this whole thing wrapped up for you sooner than later. :thumb:
Hey! I did send an email back in March, but I'm guessing that was never received for whatever reason. I've just responded to your PM, and will be getting this whole thing wrapped up for you sooner than later. :thumb:But what about me Hoof... what about me :-* :-* :-*
I've had this milled case with custom powdercoating and CC&G caps sitting here for years now waiting for GH60. Bittersweet, but finally gave up and bought a Pok3r RBG for the guts. (Also my first Silver switches... I don't hate them.)
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Green mods didn't match unfortunately... but I like simple clean things anyway:
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Yay!?!
This GB is still going on? I was literally 14 years old when this started. That was when I got into keyboards. I'm in college now going on 19.
Well, finally I had some time while visiting my parents to check what I received .. and instead my gorgeous ISO 150 plate I have a weird GH60 maxkeys plate with no place for a single modifier (and also a bit defective with an ugly dent in the left side), pretty useless for me.
At least the PCB is in good shape and probably I will just buy a nice universal plate from Aliexpress.
Such a shame this went the way it did, It was ahead of its time. Now 60% PCBs are all over the place that are a million times better, you can a Satan GH60 on eBay for cheap (and in under a week) and i spent HUNDREDS on this group buy and never got a thing. Learning experience i guess.
It actually does make me happy to come back to geekhack and see that some people did actually get their GH60s thanks to people like Spam, Bunny, and at one point Sam. Warms the heart.
Still waiting for mine :(
Anyone still waiting for me
I’m sorry I had a baby 2 weeks ago and it’s thrown me upside down, I did manage to finish all the builds and will flash and get them out shortly to people
I’ve sent videos of the builds to about 5 people but haven’t taken the other footage off my phone yet
Will come back with pics, vids and final update soon once I get the home life under control with the new little person
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Anyone still waiting for me
I’m sorry I had a baby 2 weeks ago and it’s thrown me upside down, I did manage to finish all the builds and will flash and get them out shortly to people
I’ve sent videos of the builds to about 5 people but haven’t taken the other footage off my phone yet
Will come back with pics, vids and final update soon once I get the home life under control with the new little person
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Congratulations!
My order wasn't a build, I've sent support ticket but haven't heard anything in a while.
I hope you don't lose too much sleep in the coming months!
Still waiting for mine :(
Anyone still waiting for me
I’m sorry I had a baby 2 weeks ago and it’s thrown me upside down, I did manage to finish all the builds and will flash and get them out shortly to people
I’ve sent videos of the builds to about 5 people but haven’t taken the other footage off my phone yet
Will come back with pics, vids and final update soon once I get the home life under control with the new little person
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Still waiting for mine :(
Anyone still waiting for me
I’m sorry I had a baby 2 weeks ago and it’s thrown me upside down, I did manage to finish all the builds and will flash and get them out shortly to people
I’ve sent videos of the builds to about 5 people but haven’t taken the other footage off my phone yet
Will come back with pics, vids and final update soon once I get the home life under control with the new little person
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Nah. waiting for mashby to return...Someday?
It's really frustrating to watch every other proxy complete their thing...and mashby has just kinda poofed. I'm super happy, and super greatful to everyone who's involved and helped with this project so many times....Just it's kinda the neverending feeling of stuff getting ALMOST there but just not entirely?
I know that mashby has a life, and he's still alive and functional (his blog updates) and I don't harbor any ill will, but it's just at that point where you're entirely at "WTF?!"
Wanted to let y'all know that I'm trying to get in contact with mashby and see if I can take over the shipping for the orders he has.
I have a 6 week break from school in December/January and believe I would be able to get all of the orders shipped during that time. I've had someone text him and I have been trying to get in touch with him on Twitter which he seems to be active on.
Really hoping this works out and that those of us remaining will be able to get our boards!
Wanted to let y'all know that I'm trying to get in contact with mashby and see if I can take over the shipping for the orders he has.
I have a 6 week break from school in December/January and believe I would be able to get all of the orders shipped during that time. I've had someone text him and I have been trying to get in touch with him on Twitter which he seems to be active on.
Really hoping this works out and that those of us remaining will be able to get our boards!
Turns out I won't be taking over the shipping. Mashby wants to finish it himself. He said he is going to post here soon(tm) with an update on shipping.
Hope it goes well for him.
Has Mashby been active? I know he had a lot going on towards the end of last year. Hoping to see an update in the months to come. Fingers-crossed!!
Hey @bunnylake! Thanks for all your efforts!
I just checked my ctrlalt account and realized I apparently never paypal'd you the money for the shipping (a year ago,... my bad... :-[ ). My ctrlalt username == hellerbarde (same as here). Can you look into my ticket and stuff?
I hope your family is well.
Cheers,
hellerbarde
All hail the bunny! It looks like my part of the GB might be salvaged too.
Kind of funny to see the invoice from mid 2013. The many times I gave up on this over the years.
Has Mashby been active? I know he had a lot going on towards the end of last year. Hoping to see an update in the months to come. Fingers-crossed!!
I was in contact with him in early December; he said he was just coming out of a crazy hectic time but is committed to seeing this project through. He expected to make a post here in the next couple weeks, but that obviously hasn't happened. I still trust mashby and believe that he will get this wrapped up, sadly that does seem to involve some delays.
Has Mashby been active? I know he had a lot going on towards the end of last year. Hoping to see an update in the months to come. Fingers-crossed!!
I was in contact with him in early December; he said he was just coming out of a crazy hectic time but is committed to seeing this project through. He expected to make a post here in the next couple weeks, but that obviously hasn't happened. I still trust mashby and believe that he will get this wrapped up, sadly that does seem to involve some delays.
Um....Any news?
Has Mashby been active? I know he had a lot going on towards the end of last year. Hoping to see an update in the months to come. Fingers-crossed!!
I was in contact with him in early December; he said he was just coming out of a crazy hectic time but is committed to seeing this project through. He expected to make a post here in the next couple weeks, but that obviously hasn't happened. I still trust mashby and believe that he will get this wrapped up, sadly that does seem to involve some delays.
Um....Any news?
I haven't heard from him since making this post.
I can't manage to fit the Cherry spacebar stabilizer between the plate and pcb, are there different types of cherry stabs? The one I have looks like a Costar stab so the wire isn't straight.
I can't manage to fit the Cherry spacebar stabilizer between the plate and pcb, are there different types of cherry stabs? The one I have looks like a Costar stab so the wire isn't straight.
You are probably using a bar meant for PCB mount stabs, but mounting it with plate mount inserts. If you are using Cherry plate mount stabs, you want a bar that is not bent except for the 90-degree bends on the ends.
I can't manage to fit the Cherry spacebar stabilizer between the plate and pcb, are there different types of cherry stabs? The one I have looks like a Costar stab so the wire isn't straight.
You are probably using a bar meant for PCB mount stabs, but mounting it with plate mount inserts. If you are using Cherry plate mount stabs, you want a bar that is not bent except for the 90-degree bends on the ends.
Dunno how that came to be, I thought I ordered a pcb mount stab set :cool: But yeah, I guess I do need a straight sb wire.
Alright, I'm have the worst ****ing time trying to fit the cherry plate mount spacebar stab, it literally won't fit the universal iso plate. Ya'll got any secret tips, like filing the notches or some voodoo ****.
Alright, I'm have the worst ****ing time trying to fit the cherry plate mount spacebar stab, it literally won't fit the universal iso plate. Ya'll got any secret tips, like filing the notches or some voodoo ****.
If you have a bent rather than straight wire you can bend the 2 ends round a little so that the notch doesn’t interfere with the plate, it’s not ideal but will work
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So, there's a chance I may actually get the GH60s I ordered so many moons ago?? :)
So, there's a chance I may actually get the GH60s I ordered so many moons ago?? :)
With another semester coming to an end in a few weeks, I thought I would put it out there again that I am willing to do the shipping for the orders mashby has.
If anyone has heard from his recently please let me know.
It's been 5 years, I think it's time to give up.
It's been 5 years, I think it's time to give up.
Its been 5 years, I am still trying after moving from person to person each time paying them more assembly fees
Type | Item | Qty |
PCB | GH60 | 6 |
Plate | Poker | 4 |
Plate | Universal ANSI | 2 |
Switch | MX Red | 89 |
Switch | MX Brown | 85 |
Switch | MX Blue | 5 |
Switch | MX Black | 7 |
Switch | MX Green | 19 |
Switch | MX Clear | 65 |
Switch | MX Grey | 13 |
Stabilizer Set | Cherry Plate 6.25x | 3 |
Hey all, I wanted to offer a (semi) final update for my portion of the US proxying work.
I've coordinated shipping/pickup of the final few stragglers and now have a fair amount of keyboard hardware left in my possession. I'm really not sure what the best thing to do with it is, so wanted to gather some input/feedback from people in this thread. Should I start going down Mashby's list and offer the items to people there? Give it all away? I'm not sure what's the most "fair" or makes the most sense - my main interest here is getting keyboard things into the hands of people that have paid for said keyboard things and do not yet have them (in other words, my top choice is not to sell the items and pocket the money).
The items in question:
Type Item Qty PCB GH60 6 Plate Poker 4 Plate Universal ANSI 2 Switch MX Red 89 Switch MX Brown 85 Switch MX Blue 5 Switch MX Black 7 Switch MX Green 19 Switch MX Clear 65 Switch MX Grey 13 Stabilizer Set Cherry Plate 6.25x 3
Thanks to everyone for sticking with it through all the turmoil associated with this group buy. :-* I was not part of running the initial buy of course (I was a participant way back when - not sure what I'm going to do with three very outdated boards, lol), but I'm glad that a decent portion of the participants were able to see some sort of closure in the end. :thumb:
Hey all, I wanted to offer a (semi) final update for my portion of the US proxying work.
I've coordinated shipping/pickup of the final fewi stragglers and now have a fair amount of keyboard hardware left in my possession. I'm really not sure what the best thing to do with it is, so wanted to gather some input/feedback from people in this thread. Should I start going down Mashby's list and offer the items to people there? Give it all away? I'm not sure what's the most "fair" or makes the most sense - my main interest here is getting keyboard things into the hands of people that have paid for said keyboard things and do not yet have them (in other words, my top choice is not to sell the items and pocket the money).
The items in question:
Type Item Qty PCB GH60 6 Plate Poker 4 Plate Universal ANSI 2 Switch MX Red 89 Switch MX Brown 85 Switch MX Blue 5 Switch MX Black 7 Switch MX Green 19 Switch MX Clear 65 Switch MX Grey 13 Stabilizer Set Cherry Plate 6.25x 3
Thanks to everyone for sticking with it through all the turmoil associated with this group buy. :-* I was not part of running the initial buy of course (I was a participant way back when - not sure what I'm going to do with three very outdated boards, lol), but I'm glad that a decent portion of the participants were able to see some sort of closure in the end. :thumb:
As someone in Mashby's list, I would also appreciate this.
Hey guys, realized it's been awhile since my last post in here. I've been passively monitoring things - a bit hectic in my personal life for the next few weeks, and will return after to wrap things up as best I can with what I have on hand. :thumb: Haven't forgotten about you all. :)
I give up, I was one of the first people to order this ****. If mashby ever gets to mine and reads this, feel free to do whatever you want to my set.
So sorry for the necto post but..
I've been inactive for a number of years and I JUST realized I payed out for a few assembled GH60s like a lifetime ago and never got anything. I see WFD went MIA. Mashby was supposed to be taking care of the ConUS shipments? and he's MIA. So I'm assuming I'm pretty much boned at this point?
I just want to confirm, so I can move on from this **** show of a GB.
So sorry for the necto post but..
I've been inactive for a number of years and I JUST realized I payed out for a few assembled GH60s like a lifetime ago and never got anything. I see WFD went MIA. Mashby was supposed to be taking care of the ConUS shipments? and he's MIA. So I'm assuming I'm pretty much boned at this point?
I just want to confirm, so I can move on from this **** show of a GB.
No prob bro, there are still a good handful of hopefuls... any updates @hoffmanmyster?
So sorry for the necto post but..
I've been inactive for a number of years and I JUST realized I payed out for a few assembled GH60s like a lifetime ago and never got anything. I see WFD went MIA. Mashby was supposed to be taking care of the ConUS shipments? and he's MIA. So I'm assuming I'm pretty much boned at this point?
I just want to confirm, so I can move on from this **** show of a GB.
No prob bro, there are still a good handful of hopefuls... any updates @hoffmanmyster?
Still no word from mashby, sadly. :| I do still have extras as I mentioned last year, and am hoping to return to this in the near future. Last summer and fall were pretty busy for me (wedding and all that), and I simply didn't have the bandwidth to make progress on this or any other keyboard project. I feel terrible about that and want to get whatever I can wrapped up sooner than later, and appreciate everyone's patience. It's been an interesting ride for all of us.
So sorry for the necto post but..
I've been inactive for a number of years and I JUST realized I payed out for a few assembled GH60s like a lifetime ago and never got anything. I see WFD went MIA. Mashby was supposed to be taking care of the ConUS shipments? and he's MIA. So I'm assuming I'm pretty much boned at this point?
I just want to confirm, so I can move on from this **** show of a GB.
No prob bro, there are still a good handful of hopefuls... any updates @hoffmanmyster?
Still no word from mashby, sadly. :| I do still have extras as I mentioned last year, and am hoping to return to this in the near future. Last summer and fall were pretty busy for me (wedding and all that), and I simply didn't have the bandwidth to make progress on this or any other keyboard project. I feel terrible about that and want to get whatever I can wrapped up sooner than later, and appreciate everyone's patience. It's been an interesting ride for all of us.
Thanks for the update! It really does mean something, considering the journey this has taken. I'll check in, in a couple weeks again haha.
Is there a copy of the original GB order? I know I bought a few pre-assembled ones and never received anything either.
Still waiting on my order. 6 years and 2 persons that i paid assembly fees to later......
Once again I will offer to do the shipping for this group buy over my winter break. I will be back home doing an internship between December and March and would gladly ship the orders that mashby has. This is my last year of undergrad, so this is probably the last chance I will have a block of time that I can confidently volunteer my time.
Seems weird to say it was almost two years ago the first time I offered to take over the shipping from mashby :)). He's active on twitter if anyone wants to reach out and try to get in touch with him.
https://twitter.com/mashby
Once again I will offer to do the shipping for this group buy over my winter break.
Once again I will offer to do the shipping for this group buy over my winter break. I will be back home doing an internship between December and March and would gladly ship the orders that mashby has. This is my last year of undergrad, so this is probably the last chance I will have a block of time that I can confidently volunteer my time.
Seems weird to say it was almost two years ago the first time I offered to take over the shipping from mashby :)). He's active on twitter if anyone wants to reach out and try to get in touch with him.
https://twitter.com/mashby
billnye - thank you so much for your generous offer. I will reach out to mashby by any means I have available and ask that he take you up on this. It's high time that the remaining participants get the parts they've been waiting years for. **** happens, things fall through the cracks, and it sucks to admit it - at some point it's time to call in some help.
Would be nice to get at least one PCB/plate.
Once again I will offer to do the shipping for this group buy over my winter break. I will be back home doing an internship between December and March and would gladly ship the orders that mashby has. This is my last year of undergrad, so this is probably the last chance I will have a block of time that I can confidently volunteer my time.
Seems weird to say it was almost two years ago the first time I offered to take over the shipping from mashby :)). He's active on twitter if anyone wants to reach out and try to get in touch with him.
https://twitter.com/mashby
billnye - thank you so much for your generous offer. I will reach out to mashby by any means I have available and ask that he take you up on this. It's high time that the remaining participants get the parts they've been waiting years for. **** happens, things fall through the cracks, and it sucks to admit it - at some point it's time to call in some help.
No response. :(
I haven't forgotten about my promise to dig through my leftover parts from proxying, by the way. I just moved house once again (hopefully for the last time!) and am still settling in. Once that's all wrapped up, I will be cataloging what I do still have and offering it up here as an attempt to at least sort of almost make things right with those who have been proxy-neglected thus far.
Still holding on to hope too... Anyone has any updates for international orders?
It has been 7 years. I keep getting passed from person to person ( last person bunnylake) Am I ever getting the GH60 i paid USD 250++ for ?
I paid in 2013 for the following items...
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Never received them, what can i do, who should i contact. After several years i lost my hope, but i want what i paid for...
Still holding on to hope too... Anyone has any updates for international orders?It has been 7 years. I keep getting passed from person to person ( last person bunnylake) Am I ever getting the GH60 i paid USD 250++ for ?I paid in 2013 for the following items...
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Never received them, what can i do, who should i contact. After several years i lost my hope, but i want what i paid for...
To all the EU people, bunnylake is the proxy who will be able to help. I just pinged him and he should have a chance to post here sometime next Monday or so - he is out of switches and stabilizers (we all were under-supplied most of those parts), but does still have some PCBs and plates to take care of some/most (?) outstanding EU orders.
It's also likely he will have some extras when all is said and done, since not everyone replied to the messages, so may be able to help out some mashby refugees as well. :thumb:
Anybody know if Mashby is alive?
He is active on Twitter
https://twitter.com/mashby?s=21Anybody know if Mashby is alive?
He is active on Twitter
https://twitter.com/mashby?s=21Anybody know if Mashby is alive?
Hello, posting this message again...
I paid in 2013 for the following items...
-2x PCB (SMD presoldered) - $30
-2x bare PCB
- 1 universal ISO
- 1 universal ANSI
- 1x Cherry (PCB-mounted) stabilizers
- 1x Cherry (Plate-mounted) stabilizers
Never received them, what can i do, who should i contact. After several years i lost my hope, but i want what i paid for...
Is there anyone who can assist me please?
I think i lost my money but i would like to get at least the parts to build 1 keyboard...
Regards
korne
this group buy is what drove me from the site for 5 years.
I got burned on two group buys in like 6 months. out several hundred bucks.
its a shame. I was so excited about these.
I logged back into this site a week or so ago to check out what you guys were saying about the HHKB Hybrid. Then today I remembered this group buy as its in the logo of the website. seeing all this here makes me sad.
this group buy is what drove me from the site for 5 years.
I got burned on two group buys in like 6 months. out several hundred bucks.
its a shame. I was so excited about these.
I logged back into this site a week or so ago to check out what you guys were saying about the HHKB Hybrid. Then today I remembered this group buy as its in the logo of the website. seeing all this here makes me sad.
Note I ordered three and never received a single thing either...so, the failing of this group buy didn't discriminate. Heck, I've never even seen one of these in person! (was hoping that, someday, I'd at least get part of what I ordered.)
this group buy is what drove me from the site for 5 years.
I got burned on two group buys in like 6 months. out several hundred bucks.
its a shame. I was so excited about these.
I logged back into this site a week or so ago to check out what you guys were saying about the HHKB Hybrid. Then today I remembered this group buy as its in the logo of the website. seeing all this here makes me sad.
Note I ordered three and never received a single thing either...so, the failing of this group buy didn't discriminate. Heck, I've never even seen one of these in person! (was hoping that, someday, I'd at least get part of what I ordered.)
Pretty much ditto.