[GB] Modern M0110 custom keyboard

[laserbeamspewpew]

I hate it when gb-runners "don't have the time" to share some news (or just say we have no news). You had the time to advertise your product here! It takes one minute.
Since I've joined via proxy, I didn't get a single email or anything.

Communication has been extremely poor this GB. In the last (and I think only) email update over a month ago, he claimed he wanted to get better at this. Crickets since then.

[pixelpusher]

I suppose they’ll get finished at some point.  Lessons we be learned by all parties. It’s just the nature of group buys.  It’s obviously difficult to quote accurate timelines with unproven manufacturers.  It happens a lot.  But yes, more communication is always welcome. 

[dantambok]

I totally undestand that setbacks are unavoidable especially in GBs so delays are part of the process. Just wish there was better communication regarding updates.

That being said, i hope John updates again soon.

[janglad]

I hate it when gb-runners "don't have the time" to share some news (or just say we have no news). You had the time to advertise your product here! It takes one minute.
Since I've joined via proxy, I didn't get a single email or anything.

I understand that there hasn't been regular communication here, but I have always updated here as soon as I knew progress was made. It's just that the progress sadly is taking a long time....

As for you not getting an email, that definitely is a mistake on our part. I'll make sure people who ordered through proxies will also get updates via email from now on.

[pixelpusher]

I hate it when gb-runners "don't have the time" to share some news (or just say we have no news). You had the time to advertise your product here! It takes one minute.
Since I've joined via proxy, I didn't get a single email or anything.

I understand that there hasn't been regular communication here, but I have always updated here as soon as I knew progress was made. It's just that the progress sadly is taking a long time....

As for you not getting an email, that definitely is a mistake on our part. I'll make sure people who ordered through proxies will also get updates via email from now on.

Good to see you here, sir.  Looking forward to some cerakote alps goodness one day.

[befbef]

I hate it when gb-runners "don't have the time" to share some news (or just say we have no news). You had the time to advertise your product here! It takes one minute.
Since I've joined via proxy, I didn't get a single email or anything.

I understand that there hasn't been regular communication here, but I have always updated here as soon as I knew progress was made. It's just that the progress sadly is taking a long time....

As for you not getting an email, that definitely is a mistake on our part. I'll make sure people who ordered through proxies will also get updates via email from now on.

Appreciate that! That it's taking much longer is not that big of a problem for me as long as I know you're working on it. **** happens, I just hope quality doesn't suffer from all the problems.

[Darknight00z]

From Jan 4

Hey folks,


Happy new year!


Quick update here on the Modern M0110 group buy progress. I am very happy to say that all the machining work is now done! Desk Candy is now paid in full for all the machining work after I inspected the final product, so what's left is finish work (Cerakote, anodizing, and engraving) and getting the laser-cut plates.


Right now, a large quantity of machined boards are at our Cerakote vendor's shop in Huntington Beach, CA waiting to be shot-blasted, engraved and Cerakoted (he is doing shot-blasting and engraving for all boards and Cerakote for the Cerakote orders). However, the Cerakote vendor just had a son right before New Years, and coupled with the holiday hasn't made much progress. He is a skilled artisan but because his is a small shop, everything pretty much shuts down over the holidays and for life events (birth of his son).


I am personally visiting the shop on Sunday to hopefully pick up the first production sample which I will send to Jan in Europe (some of you may recall that Huey from Top Clack find some inconsistencies in the Cerakote finishes) so he can double check everything is good to go for the full finishing process.


I know some of you are frustrated with how long everything is taking and I am right there with you, the longer this process takes, the longer before I can really sink meaningful time into future Desk Candy or other projects, so believe me when I say I'm right there with you I can't really give an updated time estimate right now that I have real confidence in (you wouldn't want me to just arbitrarily pick a new delivery date) until we actually start getting boards Cerakoted. Once I know that we can complete X boards per week, then I can do some math to figure out how long the whole thing will take if that makes sense.


This has been overall a much more unpredictable process to complete the project than I anticipated or would have liked, and a lot of the current state of the project is out of my control and in our vendor's hands. The issue with manufacturing this project in the US versus China, is that while there are a lot of great artisans and vendors here to work with, because of the order size we are restricted to working with mom and pop shops which come with more unpredictability when it comes to timing.


Last thing--Alps Throwback is almost done shipping to people who just ordered Alps Throwback as a standalone order. If you ordered Alps Throwback with Modern M0110 and want to get it sooner instead of waiting until Modern M0110 ships, please reply back to me directly--this will cost a bit more in shipping just as a heads up.


Thanks,

John

[TunnaTown]

Thanks for sharing the info.

[dantambok]

I wonder if anything has happened in the past 2 weeks  )

[beekey]

I wonder if anything has happened in the past 4 weeks

[ihalatch]

If anyone wants to sell a spot, please send a pm? Thanks.

[dantambok]

Ok so i forgot about this but John from deskcandy told me on Jan 21, 2019 that the person who was supposed to do the engraving backed out

[idlemao]

would be interested in a beige one of these if anyone is looking to transfer their slot

[pandemic123]

is that the same vendor for the cerakote as well?

[dantambok]

is that the same vendor for the cerakote as well?

probably different. not sure tho

[crowKAKAWWW]

I know all of the delays have been out of John's control, but damn this sucks.

[Darknight00z]

I know all of the delays have been out of John's control, but damn this sucks.

We could have had some updates about it instead word of mouth....

inbe4 janglad comes with another apology.

[ThomasTH]

Is that for the custom engraving stuff or all cases?


Communication sucks hard here...

What's the progress on cherakoting etc...

Sent from my LYA-L29 using Tapatalk

[crowKAKAWWW]

Right now, a large quantity of machined boards are at our Cerakote vendor's shop in Huntington Beach, CA waiting to be shot-blasted, engraved and Cerakoted (he is doing shot-blasting and engraving for all boards and Cerakote for the Cerakote orders).

Looks like engraving and cerakoting. 

[pandemic123]

oh crap....

[laserbeamspewpew]

Right now, a large quantity of machined boards are at our Cerakote vendor's shop in Huntington Beach, CA waiting to be shot-blasted, engraved and Cerakoted (he is doing shot-blasting and engraving for all boards and Cerakote for the Cerakote orders).

Looks like engraving and cerakoting. 

A few replies up claims that this vendor has backed out...

[Darknight00z]

Is that for the custom engraving stuff or all cases?


Communication sucks hard here...

What's the progress on cherakoting etc...

Sent from my LYA-L29 using Tapatalk

All boards are engraved whether you chose the extra custom engraving. As the inside of the case has the engraving of Modern M0110, case number and among other things? Seems gb page has been removed from DeskCandy.

[pixelpusher]

The option to join the group buy points to a missing page https://www.deskcandy.xyz/group-buys-overview/ but the link on alps throwback does the same thing. 

It's not like they've removed all information about the product from their website. 

https://www.deskcandy.xyz/modern-m0110/

Still, we need communication or options or refunds.  I'd honestly be happy with any of the three at this point.

[Darknight00z]

Thanks pixelpusher, that was the link I was looking for.

Default engraving here:

[laserbeamspewpew]

Thanks pixelpusher, that was the link I was looking for.

Default engraving here:

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Personally I’d be okay with no engraving, as long as a competent cerakote vendor can be found if indeed he has backed out.

[ZROGST]

I know we're kind of in a limbo for this project - but will there be any extras to buy?  Or if not anyone has a spot they would sell me?

[xoxox1029]

im interested in extra too or also interested in taking other's spot if you changed your mind 

[trikoi00]

I have a cerakote beige unit for spot transfer. Order with extra acrylic frosted plate, walnut waist rest. PM me and we can work it out with John.

[janglad]

I know we're kind of in a limbo for this project - but will there be any extras to buy?  Or if not anyone has a spot they would sell me?

We ordered quite a bit of extra boards, but if those will be sold all depends on how many we need to reject due to QC. They were ordered as "backup units" mainly, to make sure everyone in the GB gets their board with good quality. I'm not sure about this but I assume that if we do need to reject some boards due to QC they will be sold as B stock by Deskcandy.

As for updates on this board, sadly I don't really have any.... I've asked Deskcandy again a couple of days ago and seemingly nothing much has happened at the Cerakote shop. I understand this is a frustrating GB for a lot of you, me and Deskcandy included. I'm still waiting on my personal boards as well (I only have a China made prototype from a year ago at this point) and Deskcandy has not been able to move on to different projects because of how long all the manufacturers are taking...

Either way, I genuinely hope it'll all be worth it in the end. Even though the delays are obvious, so far everything is looking perfect quality wise. As mentioned above I'd much rather have it go this way than the other way around....

[dead_pixel_design]

Sorry to hear about the problems with the engraver. I am really excited for the engraving so I hope that is something you are able to get sorted. But thank you for keeping us updated as you have been getting new information.

[Chewwy]

I have a Dark Grey M0110 spot with an extra brass plate and looking to transfer my spot. PM me if interested. We can work out all the details with the GB runner on the transfer.

[Perfex]

John sent out an update stating you can opt out of engraving and possibly receive your board sooner, this is the route I’ll be taking.

[eyedrop]

John sent out an update stating you can opt out of engraving and possibly receive your board sooner, this is the route I’ll be taking.

I wonder what about those who paid extra to pick a certain number to be engraved.

[Perfex]

John sent out an update stating you can opt out of engraving and possibly receive your board sooner, this is the route I’ll be taking.

I wonder what about those who paid extra to pick a certain number to be engraved.

If I understood his email, every one who opts for no engraving will be refunded $10, it didn’t specifically state the custom options, but I would imagine those charges will also be refunded.

[Perfex]

For those of you in proxy that still have mailing issues:

Hey folks,

Quick update here on the Modern M0110 group buy. Unfortunately we hit another setback--the engraving vendor that I picked (based on the recommendation of our Cerakote vendor) decided to not help us with engraving since they are at full capacity with their laser engraver. So my current focus recently has been to find a new engraving vendor, which is easier said than done.

Laser engravers which can truly engrave metal (removing material as opposed to just marking metal) cost tens of thousands of dollars and either 1) the big shops who have them don’t want to work on the group buy project because it’s too small for them or 2) the small shops can’t afford such a machine. I have a line on one shop in LA that *should* be able to help (and potentially a few more leads from the manufacturer of one brand of laser engravers), and I’m reaching out to them about doing a quick sample so we can move forward, but if anyone knows a reliable laser engraver in Southern California, please let me know!!

That being said--if you would like to receive your keyboard earlier and don’t care about having a serial number engraved (serial number engraving was supposed to be for all M0110 units, and certain customers paid to reserve specific numbers), I would like to give you the option of skipping engraving, get a $10 refund, and receive your keyboard sooner. Please email me back if you want to do this!

Thank you all for your support and have a great weekend everyone!

Best regards,
John

[dantambok]

I replied opting out the engraving as well. Hoping this wraps up quickly

[Dumblescore]

I’ll wait another year if I have to, #22 is MINE

[hhkbp2]

Even though there are setbacks and delays on this project, I hope these issues and pressure would not rush the GB runners in production/delivery. Please don't compromise or risk the quality just to catch up the delivery date. I would rather to wait longer than to receive poor quality product.

And Please improve the communication. Make a post here if you have any issue, any update on sample of engraving, etc.

[Starius]

Even though there are setbacks and delays on this project, I hope these issues and pressure would not rush the GB runners in production/delivery. Please don't compromise or risk the quality just to catch up the delivery date. I would rather to wait longer than to receive poor quality product.

And Please improve the communication. Make a post here if you have any issue, any update on sample of engraving, etc.

I concur. 

[crowKAKAWWW]

Bad news > no news

[kitimon]

I have a cerakote beige unit for spot transfer. Order with extra acrylic frosted plate, walnut waist rest. PM me and we can work it out with John.

I have a Dark Grey M0110 spot with an extra brass plate and looking to transfer my spot. PM me if interested. We can work out all the details with the GB runner on the transfer.

Messaged both of you. Hope to hear back soon.

[ZROGST]

Looking to purchase Light Sand Cerakote spot, please message me.

[Darknight00z]

From Jan 4

Hey folks,


Happy new year!


....

I am personally visiting the shop on Sunday to hopefully pick up the first production sample which I will send to Jan in Europe (some of you may recall that Huey from Top Clack find some inconsistencies in the Cerakote finishes) so he can double check everything is good to go for the full finishing process.

....

Thanks,

John

@janglad Do you know when you will receive the final cerakoted production sample as quoted by John's email?

[Dumblescore]

Any update on the Modern M0120 concept?  Already dying to get one

[adamcobabe]

Any update on the Modern M0120 concept?  Already dying to get one

I want to know as well. I'd buy two.

[pandemic123]

anyone get a response from John after picking the no engraving option?

[crowKAKAWWW]

anyone get a response from John after picking the no engraving option?

I've sent 3 emails since the 8th, one of which asked him to step up his communication. Not a single word from him.

[rmacdowe]

I also haven't recieved a reply/ refund since emailing like a week+ ago on the engraving. Not sure what's up.

[pan]

I am looking to purchase a Light Sand Cerakote spot, please PM me 

[lyk503]

I’m looking to sell a spot.

Light Sand cerakote, alps PCB and plate, engraved No. 100 spot.