OK. SO...
Yuktsi also recommended "1."
And I think I need to reiterate this so people understand:
polycarbonate is not a CHEAP option. Or easy. There is are reasons why Yuktsi didn't run a polycarbonate Alice GB.
Also, this is NOT the Lubrigante. If that price is all you care about, please just MAKE ONE. The files are open source. Laser cutting and acrylic material are cheap.
This will be a premium keyboard at what is to me a premium price.
A price at which--being completely honest--I still don't come out ahead compared to what I've spent on these projects. But I'll be locking the price down because people will never really want to spend more than a certain amount for something that isn't anodized aluminum. There is no getting around that preconception.
But hopefully, if enough sell, I will have funds to develop the UHMW boards.
Again, being totally open: polycarbonate is great. People who have the high end polycarb boards love them for a reason. They sell for higher prices sometimes than the metal versions for a reason. Polycarbonate sounds great, is durable, looks great with RGB, and is just sexy to feel up on. I get it.
But I'm not going to give up on UHMW or injection molding. It's coming, and I want it as soon as possible.
I already don't sleep, but if I can get to be the actual manufacturer, I assure you, I will be TIRELESS with this thing.
And if there's one thing I've learned that the community does much better than any other niche hobby I've been a part of--it's talk ****.
Which is great for correcting things, if you can take things constructively.
So I plan to blog/vlog the process when I get going. It'll be a way for people to check in on the project in real time, but it will also be helpful for me to get over barriers and avoid pitfalls.
Okay, so here it is...I'll be temporarily halting the updates to this IC while the "PC Alice GB" goes up later today or tomorrow.
It will be about a 90-day lead time because pretty much everything is already set up with PCBs, plates, and the manufacturer of the case parts and weights.