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Offline elton5354

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[GB] Octagon 75% Kustom Keyboard
« on: Fri, 31 October 2014, 19:59:03 »
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Included in this set:
Aluminium housing (Aluminum 6061) in black, silver, blue-gray, or red
MX Reinforcement stainless steel plate (STS-304 1.5T)
PCB presoldered (resistors, diodes, smd leds, etc, but not switches)
Fixing bolts
Custom metal stickers

Info:
Case has an angle of 11 degrees.
Stainless Steel plate for more rigidity than aluminium.
Full keymapping
12 macro settings
Supports MX switches
Full LED and RGB SMD LED compatible.  17 RGB SMD LEDs are included!
Switches and stabilizers are not included (Requires Cherry PCB stabilizers)
Supports centred caps lock or stepped caps lock.
Acrylic accessories are not included and not for sale.


More information on this :

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  • More pictures and info here: here

Price:
Set: $295 USD


Shipping

Shipping will be from South Korea with EMS.  Shipping cost will depend on your location.  Each set weighs about 2.5 kg with packaging. Click here to check your zone and Click here to check their prices in Korean Won

Notes

- Deadline for payment is December 1, 2014.
- Order ONLY if you can pay the invoice by the deadline.
- There will be no extras for sale after this group buy is closed, so please put your order in before it's too late ;)
- I will send invoices through Paypal to everyone, so you need a verified Paypal account to receive and pay. Also please check the information carefully before submitting your order. There will be Paypal fees added to the price.
- If you want to make changes to your order, please send me a PM.
- I can only guarantee damages for 7 days from the day you receive the items.

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Re: [GB] Octagon Kustom Keyboard
« Reply #1 on: Fri, 31 October 2014, 20:00:34 »
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Re: [GB] Octagon 75% Kustom Keyboard
« Reply #2 on: Sat, 01 November 2014, 01:42:18 »
So tempting  :eek:

Not sure if I have the money for this right now.

Are orders limited like in the Lightsaver V2 GB or will there be as many available as needed?

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Re: [GB] Octagon 75% Kustom Keyboard
« Reply #4 on: Sat, 01 November 2014, 01:45:15 »
-Opens wallet-


Question: Are the SMD LEDs pre-soldered?

Question 2: What colour will the stickers be? (Will have to see if it clashes with the anodizing. :P Same dark gray-ish colour with white letters?
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Re: [GB] Octagon 75% Kustom Keyboard
« Reply #5 on: Sat, 01 November 2014, 02:01:03 »
This looks really sweet, do you know if the source for programming the keyboard is available?  Or if there is a linux version for the software

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Re: [GB] Octagon 75% Kustom Keyboard
« Reply #6 on: Sat, 01 November 2014, 02:50:16 »
I really want to get this keyboard, but I'm already waiting on a sprit 75%. I wish I could cancel my sprit order and jump on this.

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Re: [GB] Octagon 75% Kustom Keyboard
« Reply #7 on: Sat, 01 November 2014, 04:50:04 »
I jumped on this faster than a Fat Kid on Cake  8) .

Definitely want this, been needing a Duck done like this especially with the "Winkey, Winkeyless Mix" a brilliant layout.  It's like you're torn between having a Winkey then later slapping yourself for even thinking about it.
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Re: [GB] Octagon 75% Kustom Keyboard
« Reply #8 on: Sat, 01 November 2014, 05:35:25 »
-Opens wallet-


Question: Are the SMD LEDs pre-soldered?

Question 2: What colour will the stickers be? (Will have to see if it clashes with the anodizing. :P Same dark gray-ish colour with white letters?
Answer 1:
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Included in this set:
Aluminium housing (Aluminum 6061) in black, silver, blue-gray, or red
MX Reinforcement steel plate (STS-304 1.5T)
PCB presoldered
Fixing bolts
Custom metal stickers

Answer 2: So far I only saw metalic silver stickers, perhaps other colors are available too. Not sure  :rolleyes:

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Re: [GB] Octagon 75% Kustom Keyboard
« Reply #9 on: Sat, 01 November 2014, 05:55:26 »
Just blew money on 2 HHKB I'll find more before the deadline  :-X

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Re: [GB] Octagon 75% Kustom Keyboard
« Reply #10 on: Sat, 01 November 2014, 06:33:16 »
Included in this set:

MX Reinforcement steel plate (STS-304 1.5T)


Can you at least let us know if this is plain carbon steel which will corrode like hell or is it Stainless Steel which should last for centuries?

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Re: [GB] Octagon 75% Kustom Keyboard
« Reply #11 on: Sat, 01 November 2014, 06:43:37 »
oh me oh my...
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Re: [GB] Octagon 75% Kustom Keyboard
« Reply #12 on: Sat, 01 November 2014, 07:05:52 »
Included in this set:

MX Reinforcement steel plate (STS-304 1.5T)


Can you at least let us know if this is plain carbon steel which will corrode like hell or is it Stainless Steel which should last for centuries?

I believe it's type 304 stainless steel.
Also, I'm in for a blue grey.  ;D

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Re: [GB] Octagon 75% Kustom Keyboard
« Reply #13 on: Sat, 01 November 2014, 07:27:08 »
Does anyone have a photo of the Blue-Gray case?

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Re: [GB] Octagon 75% Kustom Keyboard
« Reply #15 on: Sat, 01 November 2014, 08:03:16 »
Does anyone have a photo of the Blue-Gray case?

there is a photo within the additional photo tab that Elton provided, just open up the sub file called "octagon 75%"

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Re: [GB] Octagon 75% Kustom Keyboard
« Reply #16 on: Sat, 01 November 2014, 08:09:02 »
Ordered! Do these get shipped in the order they were reserved?
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Re: [GB] Octagon 75% Kustom Keyboard
« Reply #17 on: Sat, 01 November 2014, 08:16:48 »
Hello, nice to see that the GB's up!

Since 75% keyboards are custom, I've always wondered on what people are thinking for the very RIGHT side of the keyboard.

Ignore improper keycap profile for now, what would you like to use in 1), 2), 3), 4)?

For me, I would definitely put a 1) Del, maybe 2) PgUp, 3) PgDn, not sure what for 4), since I like both Home and End.

Let's discuss the layout! I've made a picture for reference:


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Re: [GB] Octagon 75% Kustom Keyboard
« Reply #18 on: Sat, 01 November 2014, 09:35:02 »
Out of curiosity...why is it called octagon? I get that viper and eagle are sort of random names but octagon seems even more random. Trapezoid would have made more sense (albeit a terrible name).
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Re: [GB] Octagon 75% Kustom Keyboard
« Reply #19 on: Sat, 01 November 2014, 09:37:13 »
Out of curiosity...why is it called octagon? I get that viper and eagle are sort of random names but octagon seems even more random. Trapezoid would have made more sense (albeit a terrible name).

By having the little area for the sticker it adds 4 more sides to make  total of 8.

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Re: [GB] Octagon 75% Kustom Keyboard
« Reply #20 on: Sat, 01 November 2014, 09:39:35 »
Ahh I see
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Re: [GB] Octagon 75% Kustom Keyboard
« Reply #21 on: Sat, 01 November 2014, 09:45:08 »
Karuna, i'd definitely take out the Pause and Scroll Lock first, those are the most useless keys of all. gonna replace them with Del and another (haven't thought of anything yet but i'm sure i'll find a use for it). for the lower 4 buttons i'll keep them as Home/End, PgUp and PgDn. these navigation keys are immensely useful for switching between tabs and scrolling within browsers/documents.

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Re: [GB] Octagon 75% Kustom Keyboard
« Reply #22 on: Sat, 01 November 2014, 09:54:50 »
Hello, nice to see that the GB's up!

Since 75% keyboards are custom, I've always wondered on what people are thinking for the very RIGHT side of the keyboard.

Ignore improper keycap profile for now, what would you like to use in 1), 2), 3), 4)?

For me, I would definitely put a 1) Del, maybe 2) PgUp, 3) PgDn, not sure what for 4), since I like both Home and End.

Let's discuss the layout! I've made a picture for reference:
Show Image

Hmm, I also curious what's ppl gonna map their 75% too. If don't need arrow keys can map them as others too  :))
This is what I did on my 75%, FN2 just swap num and f row vice versa.

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Re: [GB] Octagon 75% Kustom Keyboard
« Reply #23 on: Sat, 01 November 2014, 09:55:45 »
Oh wow.. maybe I won't be getting that FC for my arrow-keyed needs.  Love the winkeyless setup.
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Re: [GB] Octagon 75% Kustom Keyboard
« Reply #24 on: Sat, 01 November 2014, 12:22:33 »
What can we put on the metal sticker?

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Re: [GB] Octagon 75% Kustom Keyboard
« Reply #25 on: Sat, 01 November 2014, 12:38:25 »
Oh no, my wallet.

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Re: [GB] Octagon 75% Kustom Keyboard
« Reply #26 on: Sat, 01 November 2014, 12:40:18 »
Ignore improper keycap profile for now, what would you like to use in 1), 2), 3), 4)?

I use:
1 - Delete
2 - Home
3 - Page Up
4 - Page Down


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Re: [GB] Octagon 75% Kustom Keyboard
« Reply #27 on: Sat, 01 November 2014, 12:44:19 »
um....

why no acrylic accessories?  coming later or coming never?
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Re: [GB] Octagon 75% Kustom Keyboard
« Reply #28 on: Sat, 01 November 2014, 12:46:48 »
So the original plans for alps switch support went out the window completely? Very disappointing.

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Re: [GB] Octagon 75% Kustom Keyboard
« Reply #29 on: Sat, 01 November 2014, 12:50:04 »
um....

why no acrylic accessories?  coming later or coming never?

It actually went on a few weeks ago:
http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=61227.msg1481285#msg1481285


I don't know if elton plans on doing it again.  I guess we'll see after the first batch arrives.


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Re: [GB] Octagon 75% Kustom Keyboard
« Reply #30 on: Sat, 01 November 2014, 12:55:15 »
So the original plans for alps switch support went out the window completely? Very disappointing.

um....

why no acrylic accessories?  coming later or coming never?

It actually went on a few weeks ago:
http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=61227.msg1481285#msg1481285


I don't know if elton plans on doing it again.  I guess we'll see after the first batch arrives.

I might have an extra 75% pair :)
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Re: [GB] Octagon 75% Kustom Keyboard
« Reply #31 on: Sat, 01 November 2014, 15:10:44 »
About the sticker; you can have up to 12 characters on it.  Not 100% sure if they will include them though.  If custom stickers aren't available, their logo may be on the sticker and will be included. That X symbol

They usually ship them together at once. 



Oh and it will come in only that one colour.
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Re: [GB] Octagon 75% Kustom Keyboard
« Reply #32 on: Sat, 01 November 2014, 15:11:57 »
About the sticker; you can have up to 12 characters on it.  Not 100% sure if they will include them though.  If custom stickers aren't available, their logo may be on the sticker and will be included. That X symbol

Will stickers be pre-applied? Or will they come on a separate sheet?
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Re: [GB] Octagon 75% Kustom Keyboard
« Reply #33 on: Sat, 01 November 2014, 15:12:38 »
About the sticker; you can have up to 12 characters on it.  Not 100% sure if they will include them though.  If custom stickers aren't available, their logo may be on the sticker and will be included. That X symbol

Will stickers be pre-applied? Or will they come on a separate sheet?

Separate sheets most like.

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Re: [GB] Octagon 75% Kustom Keyboard
« Reply #34 on: Sat, 01 November 2014, 15:31:35 »
About the sticker; you can have up to 12 characters on it.  Not 100% sure if they will include them though.  If custom stickers aren't available, their logo may be on the sticker and will be included. That X symbol

They usually ship them together at once. 



Oh and it will come in only that one colour.
No chance of having a custom symbol on the sticker? How about picking a font for the text?

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Re: [GB] Octagon 75% Kustom Keyboard
« Reply #35 on: Sat, 01 November 2014, 15:37:24 »
About the sticker; you can have up to 12 characters on it.  Not 100% sure if they will include them though.  If custom stickers aren't available, their logo may be on the sticker and will be included. That X symbol

They usually ship them together at once. 



Oh and it will come in only that one colour.
No chance of having a custom symbol on the sticker? How about picking a font for the text?

or providing an image in certain dimensions and file type/size

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Re: [GB] Octagon 75% Kustom Keyboard
« Reply #36 on: Sat, 01 November 2014, 16:01:41 »
So the original plans for alps switch support went out the window completely? Very disappointing.

Might be like the Viper/Eagle with which the PCB has alps support and there are files for the alps plate but it's not included...

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Re: [GB] Octagon 75% Kustom Keyboard
« Reply #37 on: Sat, 01 November 2014, 16:05:41 »
I'll ask about the sticker thing.

There aren't any ALPs support at all on the PCB.  The reason is because of the 1.75x shift..

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Re: [GB] Octagon 75% Kustom Keyboard
« Reply #38 on: Sat, 01 November 2014, 17:20:12 »


There aren't any ALPs support at all on the PCB.  The reason is because of the 1.75x shift..

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Re: [GB] Octagon 75% Kustom Keyboard
« Reply #39 on: Sat, 01 November 2014, 18:37:46 »
I'll ask about the sticker thing.

There aren't any ALPs support at all on the PCB.  The reason is because of the 1.75x shift..

Not that big a deal. Some old boards come with 1.75 double shot shift keys so you can source them. Somewhat rare I suppose. But that's beside the point.

If the PCB supported both MX and ALPS as originally planned, people could have mixed & matched switches. So you could have all alphas be ALPS and MX in mods..etc. Hell, even a single MX on the 1.75 shift would have been fine. I know this complicates things but that was the biggest selling point for me personally.

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Re: [GB] Octagon 75% Kustom Keyboard
« Reply #40 on: Sat, 01 November 2014, 18:51:57 »
Wow, those Duck GBs are rolling out pretty fast. What's next? A 84 key TKL in the style of the Duckmini v2? :D

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Re: [GB] Octagon 75% Kustom Keyboard
« Reply #41 on: Sat, 01 November 2014, 18:57:53 »
Not that big a deal. Some old boards come with 1.75 double shot shift keys so you can source them. Somewhat rare I suppose. But that's beside the point.

If the PCB supported both MX and ALPS as originally planned, people could have mixed & matched switches. So you could have all alphas be ALPS and MX in mods..etc. Hell, even a single MX on the 1.75 shift would have been fine. I know this complicates things but that was the biggest selling point for me personally.

Agreed with you calavera. I've been eagerly awaiting a 75% Alps board for a while and was hoping Duck would deliver. Actually, it's been disappointing how Alps has been handled in these buys lately. The last time I asked about Alps support for the Viper/Eagle, it took three months for elton to answer my question on what Alps stabilizers the board would take. And that he had the files for the Alps plate. This meant that instead of saving for the sale, I missed out on the GB due to the lack of information.

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Re: [GB] Octagon 75% Kustom Keyboard
« Reply #42 on: Sat, 01 November 2014, 19:23:25 »
i'm sorry to hear that.

ALPs for Octagon was never been part of the original plan.  I suggested it to them and in the keyboard discussion thread, but it didn't go through. I'm still trying to persuade them now somehow..

the viper/eagle wasn't meant to have ALPs as well, but it was just easier for them to have it on (similar dwg from duck mini v2) hence no ALPs plate was offered to begin with.

For the alps dwg for Eagle/Viper, I asked tc to make me a dwg it took them a while to make it.  Either way that group buy was opened for a while..the last order was in early October I think.

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Re: [GB] Octagon 75% Kustom Keyboard
« Reply #43 on: Sat, 01 November 2014, 20:20:05 »


With an acrylic material called "three acrylic" (direct korean translation?)

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Re: [GB] Octagon 75% Kustom Keyboard
« Reply #44 on: Sat, 01 November 2014, 20:35:50 »
Wow, this looks really sick. I've set aside money for the NerD and now this appears. D;
Never used a 75% before. Damn. Decisions.  :-X
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Re: [GB] Octagon 75% Kustom Keyboard
« Reply #45 on: Sat, 01 November 2014, 21:43:02 »
These will pretty much have the same type of color and anodized textures as the most recent duck releases won't they?

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Re: [GB] Octagon 75% Kustom Keyboard
« Reply #46 on: Sat, 01 November 2014, 21:53:39 »
These will pretty much have the same type of color and anodized textures as the most recent duck releases won't they?

Pretty much.  Same materials and anodizing process. 

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Re: [GB] Octagon 75% Kustom Keyboard
« Reply #47 on: Sat, 01 November 2014, 22:04:29 »
They should offer hard Anodize even for extra charge :p will

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Re: [GB] Octagon 75% Kustom Keyboard
« Reply #48 on: Sat, 01 November 2014, 22:04:40 »
So are the orders shipped in order they are received, and what is the expected shipping times on these?

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Re: [GB] Octagon 75% Kustom Keyboard
« Reply #49 on: Sat, 01 November 2014, 22:07:33 »
Takes around a week since its EMS. Chances are they will all ship together since that's what they did with the eagles and vipers aside for the late orders.