GON's KeyboardWorks - Questions and Answers

[radio_killah]

So I ordered a GON HHKB earlier this week, I plan to assemble it myself. Is the default housing ANSI? I didn't see any option to select ANSI or ISO and I don't want to end up with an ISO top plate.

I remember him saying he changed a few things on the newest version of the HHKB plate. Not sure if you can see it in detail but my forum picture is a HHKB plate from GON. I think it is default ansi.

[Joey Quinn]

So I ordered a GON HHKB earlier this week, I plan to assemble it myself. Is the default housing ANSI? I didn't see any option to select ANSI or ISO and I don't want to end up with an ISO top plate.

I remember him saying he changed a few things on the newest version of the HHKB plate. Not sure if you can see it in detail but my forum picture is a HHKB plate from GON. I think it is default ansi.

When are you going to assemble yours? I'm just shocked that I liked the HHKB layout enough to sell my poker and all the stuff associated with it to buy a GON.  )

[radio_killah]

So I ordered a GON HHKB earlier this week, I plan to assemble it myself. Is the default housing ANSI? I didn't see any option to select ANSI or ISO and I don't want to end up with an ISO top plate.

I remember him saying he changed a few things on the newest version of the HHKB plate. Not sure if you can see it in detail but my forum picture is a HHKB plate from GON. I think it is default ansi.

When are you going to assemble yours? I'm just shocked that I liked the HHKB layout enough to sell my poker and all the stuff associated with it to buy a GON.  )

GON is assembling mine. He should be sending it out by the end of the week. At least that is what he told me. But I sold my poker long ago to fund this. Best decision ever. But yeah HHKB layout all the way (or at least having the CTRL replace the Capslock). Kind of hard to do the HHKB on a 84 key layout.

[ceflame]

So I ordered a GON HHKB earlier this week, I plan to assemble it myself. Is the default housing ANSI? I didn't see any option to select ANSI or ISO and I don't want to end up with an ISO top plate.

I remember him saying he changed a few things on the newest version of the HHKB plate. Not sure if you can see it in detail but my forum picture is a HHKB plate from GON. I think it is default ansi.

When are you going to assemble yours? I'm just shocked that I liked the HHKB layout enough to sell my poker and all the stuff associated with it to buy a GON.  )

GON is assembling mine. He should be sending it out by the end of the week. At least that is what he told me. But I sold my poker long ago to fund this. Best decision ever. But yeah HHKB layout all the way (or at least having the CTRL replace the Capslock). Kind of hard to do the HHKB on a 84 key layout.

Haha GON told me he thought that he could ship out my order within a week.. 2 weeks ago 

Though I don't blame him, he's got a lot on his plate to take care of. My order is just bare PCBs, parts and an acrylic tkl case though. Can't live without his NerD PCB keymapper.. so I'm putting one in this lz-gh housing.

[Joey Quinn]

So I ordered a GON HHKB earlier this week, I plan to assemble it myself. Is the default housing ANSI? I didn't see any option to select ANSI or ISO and I don't want to end up with an ISO top plate.

I remember him saying he changed a few things on the newest version of the HHKB plate. Not sure if you can see it in detail but my forum picture is a HHKB plate from GON. I think it is default ansi.

When are you going to assemble yours? I'm just shocked that I liked the HHKB layout enough to sell my poker and all the stuff associated with it to buy a GON.  )

GON is assembling mine. He should be sending it out by the end of the week. At least that is what he told me. But I sold my poker long ago to fund this. Best decision ever. But yeah HHKB layout all the way (or at least having the CTRL replace the Capslock). Kind of hard to do the HHKB on a 84 key layout.

Haha GON told me he thought that he could ship out my order within a week.. 2 weeks ago 

Though I don't blame him, he's got a lot on his plate to take care of. My order is just bare PCBs, parts and an acrylic tkl case though. Can't live without his NerD PCB keymapper.. so I'm putting one in this lz-gh housing.

Yeah I think I'm in for quite a long wait, I also ordered screws and feet anodized in a different color. I still look at my email every day hoping GON happened to have everything on hand. I know that isn't a possibility but its keeping me occupied. ) My goal is finishing it by Keycon.

[ceflame]

I still look at my email every day hoping GON happened to have everything on hand. I know that isn't a possibility but its keeping me occupied.

Oh god, I know that feel as well..

I'm actually a bit surprised that there are still people waiting on their orders from September/October, especially with estimated 2 month lead time. I'm curious how long the lead times were before the DTA TKL groupbuy.

[radio_killah]

I still look at my email every day hoping GON happened to have everything on hand. I know that isn't a possibility but its keeping me occupied.

Oh god, I know that feel as well..

I'm actually a bit surprised that there are still people waiting on their orders from September/October, especially with estimated 2 month lead time. I'm curious how long the lead times were before the DTA TKL groupbuy.

Well actually I'm coming up on almost 4 months.. Made the order October 18th..

[Evo_Spec]

I'm unfortunately really good and buying **** and forgetting about it all together till i run out of money and look for where it went lol
It makes for quite the surprise when i get packages.

[MrMen]

Thank you for the link. I was more talking about the pcb because this one is not a NerD if I'm right.
I'm more interested in assembling it by myself. I'll wait for a few time to think more about that.

I don't even know if I want acrylic or al housing. And tkl is not so bad... So hard to choose.

[animated]

Just curious, but is there 2-4 month wait time if you order the DIY kit also?  Thanks!

[radio_killah]

Just curious, but is there 2-4 month wait time if you order the DIY kit also?  Thanks!

Not usually. But right now probably yes.

[avtar]

radio_killah, is the blue keyboard in your profile pic the one you ordered from Gon? If so what colour is that supposed to be?

[Joey Quinn]

radio_killah, is the blue keyboard in your profile pic the one you ordered from Gon? If so what colour is that supposed to be?

Looks like a Blue GON HHKB.

[radio_killah]

radio_killah, is the blue keyboard in your profile pic the one you ordered from Gon? If so what colour is that supposed to be?

Looks like a Blue GON HHKB.

radio_killah, is the blue keyboard in your profile pic the one you ordered from Gon? If so what colour is that supposed to be?

Yup it's the blue anodized non glare version.

[avtar]

Yup it's the blue anodized non glare version.

Thanks, just wanted to confirm that it wasn't the Sky Blue non glare colour, which is what I chose. I was hoping mine would be lighter than that.

[Sifo]

Yup it's the blue anodized non glare version.

Thanks, just wanted to confirm that it wasn't the Sky Blue non glare colour, which is what I chose. I was hoping mine would be lighter than that.

Yours should be more similar looking to mine but a little less shiny

[faceyourfaces]

I still look at my email every day hoping GON happened to have everything on hand. I know that isn't a possibility but its keeping me occupied.

Oh god, I know that feel as well..

I'm actually a bit surprised that there are still people waiting on their orders from September/October, especially with estimated 2 month lead time. I'm curious how long the lead times were before the DTA TKL groupbuy.

Well actually I'm coming up on almost 4 months.. Made the order October 18th..

I ordered mine a week after you, on October 25th. At this point I'd be happy if it got here before spring starts.

[Joey Quinn]

Yup it's the blue anodized non glare version.

Thanks, just wanted to confirm that it wasn't the Sky Blue non glare colour, which is what I chose. I was hoping mine would be lighter than that.

Yours should be more similar looking to mine but a little less shiny

I haven't seen your GON, are there pictures?

Edit: Found them, kind of makes me regret getting non glare black. Anyone have a picture for of full glare black?

[Sifo]

Yeah I was actually just updating the albums in my sig. Unfortunately no pics of glare black from me. I need the Cherry legends Miami from CtrlAlt but I can't afford since I need to fly to visit gf ^_^ oh well

[radio_killah]

Yup it's the blue anodized non glare version.

Thanks, just wanted to confirm that it wasn't the Sky Blue non glare colour, which is what I chose. I was hoping mine would be lighter than that.

Yours should be more similar looking to mine but a little less shiny

I haven't seen your GON, are there pictures?

Edit: Found them, kind of makes me regret getting non glare black. Anyone have a picture for of full glare black?

You ordered recently right? I doubt GON has even sent the plate out for anodization. Contact him through Skype so he can edit your order.

[Joey Quinn]

Yup it's the blue anodized non glare version.

Thanks, just wanted to confirm that it wasn't the Sky Blue non glare colour, which is what I chose. I was hoping mine would be lighter than that.

Yours should be more similar looking to mine but a little less shiny

I haven't seen your GON, are there pictures?

Edit: Found them, kind of makes me regret getting non glare black. Anyone have a picture for of full glare black?

You ordered recently right? I doubt GON has even sent the plate out for anodization. Contact him through Skype so he can edit your order.

Yeah, my only doubt was whether I wanted glare or non glare. Do you know what Dustin's HHKB was?

[radio_killah]

Yup it's the blue anodized non glare version.

Thanks, just wanted to confirm that it wasn't the Sky Blue non glare colour, which is what I chose. I was hoping mine would be lighter than that.

Yours should be more similar looking to mine but a little less shiny

I haven't seen your GON, are there pictures?

Edit: Found them, kind of makes me regret getting non glare black. Anyone have a picture for of full glare black?

You ordered recently right? I doubt GON has even sent the plate out for anodization. Contact him through Skype so he can edit your order.

Yeah, my only doubt was whether I wanted glare or non glare. Do you know what Dustin's HHKB was?

His I think was non glare by the looks of it. It had more of a matte finish in his photos.

[avtar]

Yours should be more similar looking to mine but a little less shiny

Thanks, Sifo Looking at yours makes me think I should have opted for the glare version. Oh well.

[missalaire]

Is shipping always around $25 minimum? Trying to order a pair of aluminum feet and shipping is more expensive than the feet o.o

[ceflame]

Is shipping always around $25 minimum? Trying to order a pair of aluminum feet and shipping is more expensive than the feet o.o

Yep, winkeyless also charges a pretty high base rate for shipping to US (seeing $38 on their site.. though I remember a post saying it would be around $25-30). Pretty sure it's UPS Korea rate to the US, since that's how GON shipped to me last time.

[Battou62]

Hey guys. I am not sure if this has been answered or not. Does  anyone know if it is possible to reduce the usb polling rate on the nerd pcb? Also is it possible to modify the pcb so that you can use the keyboard to enter the computers bios?

[MrMen]

I'm still there with my thought about MxMini.The Hoffmann board is an old one if I'm right. I'm looking for the NerD one version.

If it's already released, I think I'll take it and build it myself.

[radio_killah]

I'm still there with my thought about MxMini.The Hoffmann board is an old one if I'm right. I'm looking for the NerD one version.

If it's already released, I think I'll take it and build it myself.

Oh showing you Hoffman's board was just to show you what it would look like. His is the old version without the NerD pcb. But the NerD version should already be produced I think and you can order that directly from GON.

[asgeirtj]

If one wants to have side leds or pcb leds does one have to have an acryllic case?  And if yes, isn't acryllic worse than aluminum cases?

[Sifo]

If one wants to have side leds or pcb leds does one have to have an acryllic case?  And if yes, isn't acryllic worse than aluminum cases?

Nope you can have aluminum, but the centre piece to the sandwich style case is a translucent polycarb material. And yeah acrylic sucks but you save money.

See my signature for an outdated and poorly executed example.

[asgeirtj]

If one wants to have side leds or pcb leds does one have to have an acryllic case?  And if yes, isn't acryllic worse than aluminum cases?

Nope you can have aluminum, but the centre piece to the sandwich style case is a translucent polycarb material. And yeah acrylic sucks but you save money.

See my signature for an outdated and poorly executed example.

But if one doesn't get any leds with GON, is the centre piece then aluminum?  And if yes is that better for keyboard sturdiness?  I don't really care about leds, so if there are any downsides to them then I will not get them.  But if there are no downsides then I'll get them since they are little to no extra cost and I'll just turn them off if I don't like the sideleds/pcb leds (not getting switch leds that's for sure).

[Lastpilot]

But if one doesn't get any leds with GON, is the centre piece then aluminum?  And if yes is that better for keyboard sturdiness?  I don't really care about leds, so if there are any downsides to them then I will not get them.

GON currently doesn't make boards with aluminum center pieces, but if that's what you want you might want to check Kaliet (22kbd.com). As far as polycarbonate middles go, I haven't seen any downsides to durability at all. The main difference is weight. I also think that an all metal housing might be a little louder than a polycarb hybrid.

[asgeirtj]

But if one doesn't get any leds with GON, is the centre piece then aluminum?  And if yes is that better for keyboard sturdiness?  I don't really care about leds, so if there are any downsides to them then I will not get them.

GON currently doesn't make boards with aluminum center pieces, but if that's what you want you might want to check Kaliet (22kbd.com). As far as polycarbonate middles go, I haven't seen any downsides to durability at all. The main difference is weight. I also think that an all metal housing might be a little louder than a polycarb hybrid.

Alrighty then.  I don't think a low weight keyboard is a concern for me, also I use o-rings so loudness is not a problem.  Thanks for answers!

[StinkyTheDonut]

If one wants to have side leds or pcb leds does one have to have an acryllic case?  And if yes, isn't acryllic worse than aluminum cases?

Nope you can have aluminum, but the centre piece to the sandwich style case is a translucent polycarb material. And yeah acrylic sucks but you save money.

See my signature for an outdated and poorly executed example.

I don't know much about plastics, may I ask what makes acrylic worse than polycarbonate?

[Sifo]

If one wants to have side leds or pcb leds does one have to have an acryllic case?  And if yes, isn't acryllic worse than aluminum cases?

Nope you can have aluminum, but the centre piece to the sandwich style case is a translucent polycarb material. And yeah acrylic sucks but you save money.

See my signature for an outdated and poorly executed example.

I don't much about plastics, may I ask what makes acrylic worse than polycarbonate?

Well for me it's preference. I don't like how acrylic feels and I don't enjoy typing on anything made from acrylic. Polycarb has a nice texture to it and doesn't bother me so much, and it's also been more reliable as far as durability goes for me.

[StinkyTheDonut]

If one wants to have side leds or pcb leds does one have to have an acryllic case?  And if yes, isn't acryllic worse than aluminum cases?

Nope you can have aluminum, but the centre piece to the sandwich style case is a translucent polycarb material. And yeah acrylic sucks but you save money.

See my signature for an outdated and poorly executed example.

I don't know much about plastics, may I ask what makes acrylic worse than polycarbonate?

Well for me it's preference. I don't like how acrylic feels and I don't enjoy typing on anything made from acrylic. Polycarb has a nice texture to it and doesn't bother me so much, and it's also been more reliable as far as durability goes for me.

Do they still have a difference if a metal plate is used?

[Sifo]

If one wants to have side leds or pcb leds does one have to have an acryllic case?  And if yes, isn't acryllic worse than aluminum cases?

Nope you can have aluminum, but the centre piece to the sandwich style case is a translucent polycarb material. And yeah acrylic sucks but you save money.

See my signature for an outdated and poorly executed example.

I don't know much about plastics, may I ask what makes acrylic worse than polycarbonate?

Well for me it's preference. I don't like how acrylic feels and I don't enjoy typing on anything made from acrylic. Polycarb has a nice texture to it and doesn't bother me so much, and it's also been more reliable as far as durability goes for me.

Do they still have a difference if a metal plate is used?

I've never tried a metal plate + acrylic sandwich. But plate isn't everything that makes the feel of a keyboard, it's everything combined.

[asgeirtj]

If one wants to have side leds or pcb leds does one have to have an acryllic case?  And if yes, isn't acryllic worse than aluminum cases?

Nope you can have aluminum, but the centre piece to the sandwich style case is a translucent polycarb material. And yeah acrylic sucks but you save money.

See my signature for an outdated and poorly executed example.

I don't much about plastics, may I ask what makes acrylic worse than polycarbonate?

Well for me it's preference. I don't like how acrylic feels and I don't enjoy typing on anything made from acrylic. Polycarb has a nice texture to it and doesn't bother me so much, and it's also been more reliable as far as durability goes for me.

When talking about feel in a keyboard, is this only applicable when you don't use o-rings?  I'm thinking that since I use o-rings so I don't even clack so maybe it doesn't matter if I bottom out to a plastic case or an aluminum case?

[Sifo]

If one wants to have side leds or pcb leds does one have to have an acryllic case?  And if yes, isn't acryllic worse than aluminum cases?

Nope you can have aluminum, but the centre piece to the sandwich style case is a translucent polycarb material. And yeah acrylic sucks but you save money.

See my signature for an outdated and poorly executed example.

I don't much about plastics, may I ask what makes acrylic worse than polycarbonate?

Well for me it's preference. I don't like how acrylic feels and I don't enjoy typing on anything made from acrylic. Polycarb has a nice texture to it and doesn't bother me so much, and it's also been more reliable as far as durability goes for me.

When talking about feel in a keyboard, is this only applicable when you don't use o-rings?  I'm thinking that since I use o-rings so I don't even clack so maybe it doesn't matter if I bottom out to a plastic case or an aluminum case?

I don't use o-rings so I can't tell you really. An aluminum case should still feel more "solid" than plastic, even with o-rings, but it's all subjective. If you don't care about the luxury and aesthetics of aluminum housings, then don't bother, I don't think it will make that much of a difference in feel for it to matter.

[Dark_wizzie]

Sorry if this has been answered before...

Some of the Gons are really top notch in the looks department. However, I'm looking for a very solidly build keyboard, where literally, literally, if I smacked somebody with my keyboard, the keyboard would be a deadly weapon. I don't think the Gon offerings have enough solid metal to do that. Is it a good idea (and possible) to buy a pre-assemebled Gon pcb with the switches and all mounted and ready to go, and then I just plop the thing into TKL aluminum casing like the one from Tex?

Thanks

[Evo_Spec]

Sorry if this has been answered before...

Some of the Gons are really top notch in the looks department. However, I'm looking for a very solidly build keyboard, where literally, literally, if I smacked somebody with my keyboard, the keyboard would be a deadly weapon. I don't think the Gon offerings have enough solid metal to do that. Is it a good idea (and possible) to buy a pre-assemebled Gon pcb with the switches and all mounted and ready to go, and then I just plop the thing into TKL aluminum casing like the one from Tex?

Thanks

I'm pretty sure the GON PCB isn't compatible with the TEX TKL cases.

[Joey Quinn]

Sorry if this has been answered before...

Some of the Gons are really top notch in the looks department. However, I'm looking for a very solidly build keyboard, where literally, literally, if I smacked somebody with my keyboard, the keyboard would be a deadly weapon. I don't think the Gon offerings have enough solid metal to do that. Is it a good idea (and possible) to buy a pre-assemebled Gon pcb with the switches and all mounted and ready to go, and then I just plop the thing into TKL aluminum casing like the one from Tex?

Thanks

Buy anything from Duck, my lightsaver is really heavy and when it was assembled it was really solid. Also I'm not sure a gon pcb will work with a Tex case.

[Battou62]

Hey guys. I am not sure if this has been answered or not. Does  anyone know if it is possible to reduce the usb polling rate on the nerd pcb? Also is it possible to modify the pcb so that you can use the keyboard to enter the computers bios?

I love how my question was skipped over. I can't even get GON to respond to this question via PM. I am guessing no one knows the answers to this questions?

[radio_killah]

Hey guys. I am not sure if this has been answered or not. Does  anyone know if it is possible to reduce the usb polling rate on the nerd pcb? Also is it possible to modify the pcb so that you can use the keyboard to enter the computers bios?

I love how my question was skipped over. I can't even get GON to respond to this question via PM. I am guessing no one knows the answers to this questions?

I am pretty sure it was skipped since no one knew how to answer it. I have no idea sorry

[Dark_wizzie]

Hey guys. I am not sure if this has been answered or not. Does  anyone know if it is possible to reduce the usb polling rate on the nerd pcb? Also is it possible to modify the pcb so that you can use the keyboard to enter the computers bios?

I love how my question was skipped over. I can't even get GON to respond to this question via PM. I am guessing no one knows the answers to this questions?

I do not know the answer either. I heard that Gon is backlogged with tons of work. I also heard that you will reach him faster on Skype instead of Geekhack.

[Battou62]

Hey guys. I am not sure if this has been answered or not. Does  anyone know if it is possible to reduce the usb polling rate on the nerd pcb? Also is it possible to modify the pcb so that you can use the keyboard to enter the computers bios?

I love how my question was skipped over. I can't even get GON to respond to this question via PM. I am guessing no one knows the answers to this questions?

I do not know the answer either. I heard that Gon is backlogged with tons of work. I also heard that you will reach him faster on Skype instead of Geekhack.

Oh, okay. Where can I find his skype info?

[radio_killah]

Hey guys. I am not sure if this has been answered or not. Does  anyone know if it is possible to reduce the usb polling rate on the nerd pcb? Also is it possible to modify the pcb so that you can use the keyboard to enter the computers bios?

I love how my question was skipped over. I can't even get GON to respond to this question via PM. I am guessing no one knows the answers to this questions?

I do not know the answer either. I heard that Gon is backlogged with tons of work. I also heard that you will reach him faster on Skype instead of Geekhack.

Oh, okay. Where can I find his skype info?

I think his skype ID is "GONsKeyboardWorks" it is listed on the bottom banner of his wesbite, just send him a message saying you are from geekhack and he should add you.

[faceyourfaces]

Hey guys. I am not sure if this has been answered or not. Does  anyone know if it is possible to reduce the usb polling rate on the nerd pcb? Also is it possible to modify the pcb so that you can use the keyboard to enter the computers bios?

I love how my question was skipped over. I can't even get GON to respond to this question via PM. I am guessing no one knows the answers to this questions?

I do not know the answer either. I heard that Gon is backlogged with tons of work. I also heard that you will reach him faster on Skype instead of Geekhack.

Oh, okay. Where can I find his skype info?

Skype: GONsKeyboardWorks

[eten]

Are there any pictures available for Gon's Crystal MX Mini?

[radio_killah]

Are there any pictures available for Gon's Crystal MX Mini?

Not that I know of.