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Offline JonoColwell

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[IC] Kangaroo Left Handed 108
« on: Thu, 24 September 2020, 00:29:26 »
August 2022 update

Bit shorter time between updates

First of all huge shoutout to Mendez for building the prototype and giving his honest feedback on it.


To address the points he brings up in the video
1. I am investigating the ping issue, I am currently in the process of ordering some silicone in various thicknesses that could be placed where the tape would go to resolve the ping issue.
2. I am currently working on getting some new PCB and Case prototypes made with AEboards through their manufacturer which should resolve the stabiliser issue for spacebar
3. There will be a polycarbonate plate option
4. I am currently looking at getting foam for the case to see if it makes a huge difference.
5. Colours will be finalised once I've accepted samples from the new manufacturer
6. Where to buy is still in progress, sorry about the lack of updates and lack of board but I'm not releasing a product that I'm not 100% happy with.


April 2022 Update
Wow, long time between updates

Took me a long time to get the rest of the prototypes sorted, thanks materials shortage

Check out this bad boy








Full Album (it's only a few more pics)
https://imgur.com/a/Cfxa7L2

JUNE 2021 Update

First of all, it's been a while, I've got some new stuff to share with you, some new prototypes, and finally a KLE, which I realise only now I didn't share earlier


I was going to drive the boards over to my mate's place who did the initial photos because he's good with cameras and I'm ham fisted camera shake man, however we just got locked down for two weeks so I decided to go out the front and see what I could do.

Imgur Album of the newest prototypes
https://imgur.com/a/8mLecu6

KLE:



Update: couple of new pics,
https://imgur.com/a/9OZhoQP

Kinda scuffed this one because I didn't specify tolerances for electroplating on manufacture, so I had to use a dremel and smash it with a hammer to fit it together, gonna get it cleaned up from all the finger marks etc on it and take some more pics later.

Note: Not sure if the Rose Gold will be offered as an option, if it is it'll be pricey, it's proper rose gold so it's about 10x as expensive as a black would be etc

Anyone interested in something like this?



https://imgur.com/a/jO6VprD

Features:
Left handed 108
Made in Australia TBD where it's made
Very heavy
QMK Compat
Wooden box for not for sale, just letting you know I have it
Approx Weight:
Full Alu with Brass Plate: 4 kg
Full Brass: 9 kg

Design by Solid Snake
PCB by Xelus

Price: approx 550 usd

To do:
Finish Parts
Put some words on the inside
Different Plates
Fix PCB and Plate so they support 1.5,1,1.5,7,1.5,1,1.5
Confirm price and timing
Brass top pieces
Better hinges on box

« Last Edit: Mon, 08 August 2022, 00:18:43 by JonoColwell »

Offline belgium_waffles

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Re: [IC] Kangaroo Left Handed 108
« Reply #1 on: Thu, 24 September 2020, 00:30:19 »
very lit

Offline goddream

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Re: [IC] Kangaroo Left Handed 108
« Reply #2 on: Thu, 24 September 2020, 00:32:01 »
all brass version please
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Offline JonoColwell

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Re: [IC] Kangaroo Left Handed 108
« Reply #3 on: Thu, 24 September 2020, 00:33:01 »
all brass version please

Added to the list

Offline IOVERCALLHISTIOCYTES

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Re: [IC] Kangaroo Left Handed 108
« Reply #4 on: Thu, 24 September 2020, 00:35:26 »
Love it

Offline Kingk22

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Re: [IC] Kangaroo Left Handed 108
« Reply #5 on: Thu, 24 September 2020, 00:35:54 »
nice box

Offline 002_GT

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Re: [IC] Kangaroo Left Handed 108
« Reply #6 on: Thu, 24 September 2020, 00:39:00 »
good stuff jono

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Re: [IC] Kangaroo Left Handed 108
« Reply #7 on: Thu, 24 September 2020, 00:45:04 »
this is big good.

Offline premise_

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Re: [IC] Kangaroo Left Handed 108
« Reply #8 on: Thu, 24 September 2020, 00:48:50 »
hi any split spacebar support?

Offline Silk

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Re: [IC] Kangaroo Left Handed 108
« Reply #9 on: Thu, 24 September 2020, 00:52:51 »
ne iso avail?

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Re: [IC] Kangaroo Left Handed 108
« Reply #10 on: Thu, 24 September 2020, 00:57:16 »
Looking nice. Will be keeping an eye on this one!

Offline JonoColwell

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Re: [IC] Kangaroo Left Handed 108
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Re: [IC] Kangaroo Left Handed 108
« Reply #12 on: Thu, 24 September 2020, 01:09:48 »
Very nice board, even nicer box.

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Re: [IC] Kangaroo Left Handed 108
« Reply #13 on: Thu, 24 September 2020, 01:29:51 »
Interested. QMK support?

Offline JonoColwell

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Re: [IC] Kangaroo Left Handed 108
« Reply #14 on: Thu, 24 September 2020, 01:35:02 »

Offline Dovan1405

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Re: [IC] Kangaroo Left Handed 108
« Reply #15 on: Thu, 24 September 2020, 01:42:36 »
nice keyboard can you send me all the files to study it?

Offline jamster

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Re: [IC] Kangaroo Left Handed 108
« Reply #16 on: Thu, 24 September 2020, 02:08:29 »
Looks good. Shipping out of Oz is going to be killer though.

Offline Agilr

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Re: [IC] Kangaroo Left Handed 108
« Reply #17 on: Thu, 24 September 2020, 03:32:51 »
Yes.

Offline Sycomore

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Re: [IC] Kangaroo Left Handed 108
« Reply #18 on: Thu, 24 September 2020, 04:38:08 »
Australia, yes.

Offline Laneware

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Re: [IC] Kangaroo Left Handed 108
« Reply #19 on: Thu, 24 September 2020, 04:52:43 »
Good luck mate! Support for Australian made  :thumb:

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Re: [IC] Kangaroo Left Handed 108
« Reply #20 on: Thu, 24 September 2020, 06:53:17 »
Great work Jono good to see some more home grown aussie talent, looking forward to seeing this develop further.

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Re: [IC] Kangaroo Left Handed 108
« Reply #21 on: Thu, 24 September 2020, 07:00:26 »
Okay. I'm saying yes again.

Offline ttom

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Re: [IC] Kangaroo Left Handed 108
« Reply #22 on: Thu, 24 September 2020, 07:08:56 »
best ic formatting i've seen in a while

love the board too
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Offline MuffinCat

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Re: [IC] Kangaroo Left Handed 108
« Reply #23 on: Thu, 24 September 2020, 09:35:24 »
best ic formatting i've seen in a while

love the board too

Jono gets to the point and gets **** done.


Offline reminbee

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Re: [IC] Kangaroo Left Handed 108
« Reply #24 on: Thu, 24 September 2020, 10:12:08 »
wow that is gorgeous

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Re: [IC] Kangaroo Left Handed 108
« Reply #25 on: Sun, 27 September 2020, 06:57:57 »
Really good formatting. Interested

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Re: [IC] Kangaroo Left Handed 108
« Reply #26 on: Sun, 27 September 2020, 07:25:35 »
Let us buy the box with the board as an extra!

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Re: [IC] Kangaroo Left Handed 108
« Reply #28 on: Sun, 27 September 2020, 11:55:23 »
that box is next level!

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Re: [IC] Kangaroo Left Handed 108
« Reply #29 on: Sun, 27 September 2020, 14:49:29 »
Looks interesting, gonna keep an eye on this one (:

Offline JonoColwell

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Re: [IC] Kangaroo Left Handed 108
« Reply #30 on: Sun, 27 September 2020, 16:20:34 »
https://dribbble.com/shots/6274769-Kangaroo-Line-Logo

Edit: original was a bit disjointed

I originally paid to have this drawn in October of last year.

I assumed gold faith on the part of the artist however I can clearly see the similarities here

I have contacted the original artist to discuss a resolution

Edit2: And it's been resolved.
« Last Edit: Sun, 27 September 2020, 23:35:34 by JonoColwell »

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Re: [IC] Kangaroo Left Handed 108
« Reply #31 on: Sun, 27 September 2020, 19:55:10 »
holy moly this is cool

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Re: [IC] Kangaroo Left Handed 108
« Reply #32 on: Sun, 27 September 2020, 19:56:21 »
Yes.

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Re: [IC] Kangaroo Left Handed 108
« Reply #33 on: Sun, 27 September 2020, 20:10:07 »
GB when.   :thumb:

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Re: [IC] Kangaroo Left Handed 108
« Reply #34 on: Sat, 03 October 2020, 13:32:16 »
👀super interested omg. Imagine “9kg gang”, lit

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Re: [IC] Kangaroo Left Handed 108
« Reply #35 on: Tue, 13 October 2020, 02:53:39 »
I think this a Perfect! I am drafter that this Keyboard is exactly what I am looking for! If you make a few prototypes I will buy one from you.
I in Australia too. The desing is optimal, i dont have to remove my hand from the mouse. There is a lot of southpaw Keyboards but they keep the arrows in the right.

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Re: [IC] Kangaroo Left Handed 108
« Reply #36 on: Tue, 13 October 2020, 03:03:11 »
Please plenty of spot for us Aussies on the GB.
AE boards and Rama always put America first, many American Group Buys are exclusive to Americans or are priorities.
Group Buys open to them first and then the rest of the world.
AEboards dose not priorities the Australian customer.
Like the SOUTHPAW75 was focus on Americans.

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Re: [IC] Kangaroo Left Handed 108
« Reply #37 on: Tue, 13 October 2020, 06:41:14 »
Can I use only left-handed people?

Offline musdem

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Re: [IC] Kangaroo Left Handed 108
« Reply #38 on: Tue, 13 October 2020, 08:30:59 »
I stupidly missed the HEX.6C so I really hope I'll be able to grab this for my work.

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Re: [IC] Kangaroo Left Handed 108
« Reply #39 on: Tue, 13 October 2020, 12:49:50 »
No, but i am kind of interested in a keyboard with a closing lid.. or a keyboard in a wood box.

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Re: [IC] Kangaroo Left Handed 108
« Reply #40 on: Wed, 14 October 2020, 01:54:58 »
The gravitational force of this keyboard will mean that you need heavier springs.

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Re: [IC] Kangaroo Left Handed 108
« Reply #41 on: Sat, 17 October 2020, 07:22:05 »
Please plenty of spot for us Aussies on the GB.
AE boards and Rama always put America first, many American Group Buys are exclusive to Americans or are priorities.
Group Buys open to them first and then the rest of the world.
AEboards dose not priorities the Australian customer.
Like the SOUTHPAW75 was focus on Americans.

Excuse me?
Who are you? You've got 2 posts on geekhack so I assume you are new to the community.

I'm running the Australian commmunity server and gave friends and family gb slots to people in there. I've not run a public group buy in a long time so I'm unsure of what your accusations are.

What does Southpaw75 have to do with AEBoards or Rama?

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Re: [IC] Kangaroo Left Handed 108
« Reply #42 on: Sat, 17 October 2020, 07:51:44 »
That brass bottom is hot

Offline JonoColwell

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Re: [IC] Kangaroo Left Handed 108
« Reply #43 on: Sat, 21 November 2020, 17:44:14 »
Updated with additional pics of the prototype, I've had it electroplated, unfortunately I didn't  get tolerances put in for electroplating, so that needed to be dremel'd down and bashed with a hammer a fair bit to fit it together, next time definitely get the tolerances right.

https://imgur.com/a/9OZhoQP

Couple of additional prototypes lined up, some which are just blasted and sealed brass with anodised tops and another couple I'm looking into which I'm planning on getting plated with proper tolerances etc.

Note the rose gold on this does not have the protective coating on it, so it's very prone to scratching, I elected to not have the coating as it would add additional thickness and I knew I would already be running into issues with that, overall this thing is very stiff to type on but that's not so bad because I like tactiles. Not 100% sold on the sound of if, but that's at least in part because I'm using U4s unmodded because I'm kinda lazy.

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Re: [IC] Kangaroo Left Handed 108
« Reply #44 on: Sat, 21 November 2020, 18:23:07 »
This thing looks insane. Is this a top mount? I couldn't find the mounting information. I am a leftie and am interested.

Offline JonoColwell

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Re: [IC] Kangaroo Left Handed 108
« Reply #45 on: Sat, 21 November 2020, 18:54:39 »
Yeah standard top mount

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Re: [IC] Kangaroo Left Handed 108
« Reply #46 on: Sun, 22 November 2020, 01:08:49 »
Have been lurking for some time but as a leftie, had to create an account to show interest.

Do you have a discord channel?

Offline Freeaboo

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Re: [IC] Kangaroo Left Handed 108
« Reply #47 on: Fri, 27 November 2020, 19:13:40 »
Now I need a wood box...

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Re: [IC] Kangaroo Left Handed 108
« Reply #48 on: Sat, 19 December 2020, 04:22:39 »
I stumbled on this looking at some AE Boards.

This is exactly what I was after.

Expressing interest in all brass but would take anything for the layout. I'm expecting it's going to be excessively expensive but that's fine if your plan comes together.

Whats the angle going to be?

BTW it's not really left handed so much as sensible keyboard design. The arrows and number pad on the right is a remnant of the pre-mouse days. Saying that I suppose the qwerty layout is as well.


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Re: [IC] Kangaroo Left Handed 108
« Reply #49 on: Sat, 19 December 2020, 06:06:54 »