Author Topic: [GB] CAKE60_R1 🍰 COMPLETE 🍰 (Read 24652 times)

hayt · « **on:** Fri, 13 August 2021, 07:51:48 »

Boards shipped: 20/20

Group buy form: Closed

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CAKE60_R1

A lightweight gasket-mount Plexiglas® keyboard

Design direction

Plexiglas® material
High clarity and brightness
Improved scratch resistance vs polycarbonate

Every board is hand polished, dyed and sand blasted

Unikorn style gasket mount with 70 A o-ring

Sculpted underside highlights the PCB

Lightweight, weighs the same as an HHKB

Unique sound signature

Square bumpons as an homage to OEM vintage boards

CAKE logo is inspired by the wedge shape of the 60% keyboard form factor

Fixed 7U layout

8° typing angle

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Group buy details

Choose your own PANTONE® C swatch

PANTONE® Formula Guide Coated Library

Choose any PANTONE® you want, as long as it ends with a C

Kit includes

Custom PANTONE® keyboard case
Silver anodized aluminum plate
Custom Hiney WKL H60 PCB with fixed 7U, optional split backspace, split right shift, stepped caps lock, VIA compatible
Square bumpons in black or white
70 A shore hardness silicone o-ring

Add-ons

Color-matched PANTONE® wrist-rest (with bumpons)
FR4 half plate

Layout compatibility

Hiney WKL H60

Silver anodized aluminum plate

FR4 half plate

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Lead time

4-6 months from the time of invoice

Quantity

20 boards

Pricing

$400 for base kit includes custom PANTONE® keyboard case, H60 WKL PCB, silver aluminum plate, bumpons, o-ring

$85 for PANTONE® color-matched wrist-rest (with bumpons)
$35 per FR4 half plate

$45 per extra Hiney WKL H60 PCB
$45 per extra silver anodized aluminum plate
$5 per extra o-ring

Shipping

Invoiced separately

Build streams

Lulzthax

TaehaTypes

Alexotos

LightningXI

LightningXI

Typing tests

choo keyboards

kitanabladex

Keynions

dutchmasterw

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LightningXI

Rickeebs

nickheller

KeebLook

Altos Studio

Previous group buys

Artisan Case v3 coming soon™

Artisan Case v2.5

Artisan Case v2

Artisan Case v1

Thank you to

Elaine and Yuk Tsi for providing permission and design advice on the Unikorn mounting system
Hiney for custom PCB design
Pwade for rendering and color support
Alexotos and Taeha for the build streams and exposure
GX gang

Thanks for your interest!

Hayt

hayt · « **Reply #1 on:** Fri, 13 August 2021, 08:06:55 »

Changelog
08/13/2021: GB form posted on GH
08/14/2021: GB closed
08/15/2021: Winners invoiced
08/17/2021: Paid keyboard supplier
08/18/2021: Paid PCB supplier
08/24/2021: PCB order placed
09/04/2021: FR4 half-plate orders placed
09/29/2021: All dye samples approved
10/15/2021: PCBs received from manufacture
10/20/2021: All cases shipped from manufacture to my location
11/08/2021: All boards shipped to the GB participants, GB completed

dgneo · « **Reply #2 on:** Fri, 13 August 2021, 08:11:31 »

hell yeah

space cowboy · « **Reply #3 on:** Fri, 13 August 2021, 08:21:12 »

i am prepared to eat cake tonight

lewisflude · « **Reply #4 on:** Fri, 13 August 2021, 08:24:12 »

Great keyboard with an innovative approach to materials by a designer who has an attention to detail not seen by many in the hobby. For a refined 60% with an honest, transparent aesthetic you should look no further. Good luck with the GB!

pwade3 · « **Reply #5 on:** Fri, 13 August 2021, 08:29:28 »

Working on the renders for this board with you was an absolute pleasure.

Obviously my bigger interests in keyboards are in keysets and artisans but this is one of the few boards in recent history to get me excited!

shuangmu · « **Reply #6 on:** Fri, 13 August 2021, 08:30:00 »

looks great!

<3

Waateva · « **Reply #7 on:** Fri, 13 August 2021, 08:35:57 »

Looks clean af

danielucf · « **Reply #8 on:** Fri, 13 August 2021, 08:36:09 »

389C is the OG color for DCS (and probably SA) Toxic.

Bub · « **Reply #9 on:** Fri, 13 August 2021, 08:50:42 »

GLGWB super cool board u got there

bisoromi · « **Reply #10 on:** Fri, 13 August 2021, 08:57:25 »

glwgb!!!!!!!!!

Nuclear Nachos · « **Reply #11 on:** Fri, 13 August 2021, 10:46:40 »

very nice

Rafa_n · « **Reply #12 on:** Fri, 13 August 2021, 10:47:16 »

I'm struggling to understand all the praise this is getting. It seems to be just a one piece 60% being sold for $400, which is more expensive than the unikorn.

hayt · « **Reply #13 on:** Fri, 13 August 2021, 11:00:30 »

Quote from: Rafa_n on Fri, 13 August 2021, 10:47:16

I'm struggling to understand all the praise this is getting. It seems to be just a one piece 60% being sold for $400, which is more expensive than the unikorn.

Thanks for the comment. I acknowledge that this board is on the pricy end for the following reasons:

1) This isn't my first GB, but it is my first keyboard GB. I am approaching cautiously with a brand new supplier, and I am using this round to test their quality and reliability. The direct reason for the price is in relation to only running 20 boards, meaning the individual unit cost to manufacture is significantly higher.

2) In order to incentivize people to join, I am offering to choose your own color, essentially allowing every participant to have their own 1-off colorway.

3) If all goes well, I'll run a larger future buy with fixed colors at a lower price.

Thx again for the feedback

hayt · « **Reply #14 on:** Fri, 13 August 2021, 11:03:40 »

Quote from: bisoromi on Fri, 13 August 2021, 08:57:25

glwgb!!!!!!!!!

<3

Quote from: pwade3 on Fri, 13 August 2021, 08:29:28

Working on the renders for this board with you was an absolute pleasure.

Obviously my bigger interests in keyboards are in keysets and artisans but this is one of the few boards in recent history to get me excited!

Likewise!

Quote from: lewisflude on Fri, 13 August 2021, 08:24:12

Great keyboard with an innovative approach to materials by a designer who has an attention to detail not seen by many in the hobby. For a refined 60% with an honest, transparent aesthetic you should look no further. Good luck with the GB!

Thanks, man. Much appreciated all your advice and feedback along the way.

Quote from: Waateva on Fri, 13 August 2021, 08:35:57

Looks clean af

Thx dad

packman86 · « **Reply #15 on:** Fri, 13 August 2021, 11:39:52 »

Good luck, Hayt!

This board checks a lot of peoples' boxes in 2021.

hayt · « **Reply #16 on:** Fri, 13 August 2021, 16:07:10 »

Form updated in GB post! I'll leave it open for 24 hours, thanks all!

pr0ximity · « **Reply #17 on:** Fri, 13 August 2021, 19:22:17 »

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SDKCAMPING · « **Reply #18 on:** Fri, 13 August 2021, 19:27:39 »

We can kind of see under the edge of the GMK caps from a flat view , does that mean this will have pretty big gaps using pbt or other profiles ? I feel like the edges may need a mm or two higher..

ygor · « **Reply #19 on:** Fri, 13 August 2021, 19:29:25 »

Pretty damn dank.

hayt · « **Reply #20 on:** Fri, 13 August 2021, 21:37:14 »

Quote from: SDKCAMPING on Fri, 13 August 2021, 19:27:39

We can kind of see under the edge of the GMK caps from a flat view , does that mean this will have pretty big gaps using pbt or other profiles ? I feel like the edges may need a mm or two higher..

Sorry to not clarify in the original post, I have corrected this. The pink and smoke gray photos are first prototypes, but I made the adjustment on the second prototype, shown below:

OfTheWild · « **Reply #21 on:** Fri, 13 August 2021, 22:05:54 »

Been watching the project and I'm a fan. Fingers crossed!

honoka · « **Reply #22 on:** Sat, 14 August 2021, 00:24:55 »

is it actual branded Plexiglas or should it just be called acrylic?

hayt · « **Reply #23 on:** Sat, 14 August 2021, 10:01:04 »

Quote from: honoka on Sat, 14 August 2021, 00:24:55

is it actual branded Plexiglas or should it just be called acrylic?

I covered this with my supplier and they did indeed confirm that it is cell cast plexiglass. I should probably update my GB post to include the Plexiglas® brand name. Here are the test results of their material from third party (SGS) if you'd like further details:

dantambok · « **Reply #24 on:** Mon, 16 August 2021, 12:07:09 »

TIL plexiglass is a brand?

hayt · « **Reply #25 on:** Thu, 19 August 2021, 10:16:52 »

Quick update, the keyboard and PCB suppliers have been paid and we're entering production. Thx!

pr0ximity · « **Reply #26 on:** Thu, 19 August 2021, 16:00:01 »

🚀

hayt · « **Reply #27 on:** Sat, 04 September 2021, 11:06:22 »

By way of a quick update, all parts have finished CNC and have moved on to the hand polishing stage. Once I start to see pics of the final parts before and after dye I will post here. PCBs and FR4 half plates have been ordered with a 2 week ETA.

TY
Hayt

hayt · « **Reply #28 on:** Tue, 07 September 2021, 22:07:22 »

Progress update, all aluminum parts are complete. Cases and wrist-rests in polishing phase:

roostrc0gburn · « **Reply #29 on:** Tue, 07 September 2021, 23:17:37 »

hayt · « **Reply #30 on:** Wed, 29 September 2021, 22:32:38 »

Production is moving along and we look to be almost complete with the dying process.

I anticipate that we will begin packaging and preparation to ship to my attention week of October 4th.

hayt · « **Reply #31 on:** Wed, 29 September 2021, 22:35:04 »

PCBs and FR4 half plates have been approved for production and should also be shipping within the next few weeks. (Yellow PCB is for a future sale)

hayt · « **Reply #32 on:** Wed, 20 October 2021, 08:36:30 »

All cases and kits have shipped from the manufacture with an ETA to me by 10/30

Thx!

dantambok · « **Reply #33 on:** Wed, 20 October 2021, 08:51:40 »

what's the standing record for fastest gb ever?

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hayt · « **Reply #34 on:** Thu, 04 November 2021, 19:48:35 »

All cakes have arrived and are in good order. I have begun invoicing and shipping out to the GB participants and will continue to do so over the next few days. Below are some pics of the boards I've checked so far, they really turned out amazing and the colors are bright and vibrant

A few reminders to the group buy participants:

1) The cases are all polished, dyed, and bead blasted by hand. As such, you may notice some extremely small micro-scratches or blemishes on the surface. Nothing I have seen so far I would consider requesting a remake from the manufacture. If anyone has an issue with a particular detail or discrepancy in the surface finish, please reach out to me and we can review together

2) Please remember that this board will only work with clip-in stabs!

3) Please remember this is a fixed 7U layout and will not work with 6.25U or ISO layouts

Thanks and more updates to come!

hayt · « **Reply #35 on:** Tue, 09 November 2021, 07:58:50 »

CAKE60 R1 GB is complete, all units shipped. If anyone has questions or concerns or needs replacement parts, please reach out to me on discord.

Upcoming HAYTCO projects:

1) Extras sale (mint, lime, cream)
2) Clear CAKE w/ Yellow PCB x 10 sale
3) HHKB CAKE with 6U spacebar (optional blockerless version)

Follow me on Instagram or join the Discord for updates!

CONIN · « **Reply #36 on:** Sun, 23 January 2022, 17:06:57 »

Ouch, why do I always miss the nice boards?

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Author Topic: [GB] CAKE60_R1 🍰 COMPLETE 🍰 (Read 24652 times)