Hello,
I've been wanting to make a keyboard. The time has come! I made some sketches and showed Zambumon. He made 3D files. Salvun's CNC machine goes brrr. Wilba makes PCB. Voilà! Keyboard.
The main inspiration comes from keyboards with handles, I love them, so this one has some. I also wanted a big weight because I like heavy keyboards, what can I say. Also, the sides are seamless, which is very nice IMO. I hope you like the design as well! Below is a summary of details, should have everything you would want to know about the project.
Details:
- Material: Aluminium case, Stainless Steel weight, Brass or Aluminium plate
- Colors: Black and Silver
- Layout: 65% with both ANSI and ISO variants available
- Typing angle: 8°
- Width: 314.75mm
- Depth: 110.80mm
- Height: 19.57mm (front), 35.00mm (back)
- Weight: Approximately 2.25kg, depending on configuration
- Plate mounting style: 6-point top mount leaf spring
- Interface: USB-C
- Electronics: WT65-G PCB designed by wilba.tech, QMK compatible and fully programmable with VIA configurator
- Availability: 200 units
- Price: 529€ (479€ for non-EU) with Brass plate, 519€ (469€ for non-EU) with Aluminium plate, extra PCB's are 59€ each while additional plates are 49€ for Brass and 39€ for Aluminium
- Ships in 2021 from Germany
- Designed by Oblotzky and Zambumon, in collaboration with Salvun and Wilba
More professional texts that go more in-depth here:
https://oblotzky.industries/pages/aurora-input-series-65Salvun will be making a prototype tonight at 21:30 CET on his stream at https://www.twitch.tv/salvuncnc Archived video of stream:
https://www.twitch.tv/videos/736244661, top halfway done, bottom piece done.
If you have any more questions, please feel free to ask!