The stock color UN6037 Cyan is pretty close really with CP for the legend color so it matches Dolch set. If use stock color, you only need 250 which isn't too bad. Single key should be like $2-$3. Maybe it would be cool to do also something like Enter, WASD, cursors.
Maybe it would be cool to do also something like Enter, WASD, cursors.
In for Esc, WASD, Enter, F5-F8, entire nav cluster. :)
In for Esc, WASD, Enter, F5-F8, entire nav cluster. :)THIS^^^^
In for Esc, WASD, Enter, F5-F8, entire nav cluster. :)THIS^^^^
Great idea. I'd like the ESC, WASD, arrows, and enter.
White lettering to match Dolch keyboard.
Great idea. I'd like the ESC, WASD, arrows, and enter.
White lettering to match Dolch keyboard.
Great idea. I'd like the ESC, WASD, arrows, and enter.
White lettering to match Dolch keyboard.
In for Esc, WASD, Enter, F5-F8, entire nav cluster. :)THIS^^^^
This ^.
Guys, sorry I have let this lapse, have been busy with the custom carrying case project.
As I mentioned in the OP, this would be my first keycap group buy, and I'm not completely clear on GMK's MOQ requirements. I believe it's 250, but are we completely free to choose the number/selection of caps in each order? For example, does MOQ=250 mean we could do an order for 250 green esc's for a total of only 250 keycaps? Or choose 10-15 select caps per order? Or what?
Regardless, I am concerned that we're way short of 250.
Would Ivan or another experienced GB facilitator shed some light?
Esc, F5, F6, F7, F8, Arrows, Enter - 10 keys.
Guys, sorry I have let this lapse, have been busy with the custom carrying case project.
As I mentioned in the OP, this would be my first keycap group buy, and I'm not completely clear on GMK's MOQ requirements. I believe it's 250, but are we completely free to choose the number/selection of caps in each order? For example, does MOQ=250 mean we could do an order for 250 green esc's for a total of only 250 keycaps? Or choose 10-15 select caps per order? Or what?
Regardless, I am concerned that we're way short of 250.
Would Ivan or another experienced GB facilitator shed some light?
Talking to Ivan is probably the best bet. I attempted to get some consensus on what to order, my proposed set is:QuoteEsc, F5, F6, F7, F8, Arrows, Enter - 10 keys.
Yes. Will buy and help meet moq
I would get 2 or 3 set if it becomes a GB at an appropriate time :))
I plan on picking this up as an extras option when I attempt full set GMK Dolch soon.
I plan on picking this up as an extras option when I attempt full set GMK Dolch soon.
I plan on picking this up as an extras option when I attempt full set GMK Dolch soon.
Not too far away. Just need to work with GMK to try and get the base set to $100 or less without loosing anything 'essential'.
Dolch set will be very similar in key selection as what was tried in the all grey set buy (http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=48798.0) but some keys will be cut to drop that extra $20. Some of the 'fun' non essential stuff will be moved into the extras pack along with the white/cyan alternates proposed in here.Curious about the odd legends on the home cluster and no text on the mods. Is that staying? I assume that's what everyone preferred in the previous IC?
Text free mods will stay as long as there is an ISO options, because 1.25 with 'shift' on it looks crazy, and having one with and one without looks bad too. If there is no text on shift, there might as well not be any text on others either. Having multiples of the same keys is dumb and not cost effective. What is weird about the nav cluster?Sounds good on the mods, looking again it looks nice.
Not too far away. Just need to work with GMK to try and get the base set to $100 or less without loosing anything 'essential'.
Dolch set will be very similar in key selection as what was tried in the all grey set buy (http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=48798.0) but some keys will be cut to drop that extra $20. Some of the 'fun' non essential stuff will be moved into the extras pack along with the white/cyan alternates proposed in here.
Anything to be made by GMK I will be in it :thumb: .
Just name the date when this Group Buy will start, and I shall be there with my wallet.
Just waiting on pricing and updated mock ups from GMK. As soon as I have them I will start up the groupbuy.
For this kit, it will have 2x variation of Esc white/cyan and cyan/dark grey, white on cyan ▲ style arrows WASD replacement, cyan on grey F J, white on cyan ANSI ISO and NP enters, 1.25 and 1x cyan on dark grey win8 keys.
There will be a Dolch base set that will be around $110, a F'n'A rows pack, and an 'odd' mods+nav pack for minila, fc660, choc mini, keycool 84, Pure Pro/Tex, Race, 5000, 1800, and etc.
Just waiting on pricing and updated mock ups from GMK. As soon as I have them I will start up the groupbuy.
For this kit, it will have 2x variation of Esc white/cyan and cyan/dark grey, white on cyan ▲ style arrows WASD replacement, cyan on grey F J, white on cyan ANSI ISO and NP enters, 1.25 and 1x cyan on dark grey win8 keys.
There will be a Dolch base set that will be around $110, a F'n'A rows pack, and an 'odd' mods+nav pack for minila, fc660, choc mini, keycool 84, Pure Pro/Tex, Race, 5000, 1800, and etc.
Just waiting on pricing and updated mock ups from GMK. As soon as I have them I will start up the groupbuy.Excellent news! Can't wait Ivan!
For this kit, it will have 2x variation of Esc white/cyan and cyan/dark grey, white on cyan ▲ style arrows WASD replacement, cyan on grey F J, white on cyan ANSI ISO and NP enters, 1.25 and 1x cyan on dark grey win8 keys.
There will be a Dolch base set that will be around $110, a F'n'A rows pack, and an 'odd' mods+nav pack for minila, fc660, choc mini, keycool 84, Pure Pro/Tex, Race, 5000, 1800, and etc.
No purple this time, but I do like that idea.
Just waiting on pricing and updated mock ups from GMK. As soon as I have them I will start up the groupbuy.
For this kit, it will have 2x variation of Esc white/cyan and cyan/dark grey, white on cyan ▲ style arrows WASD replacement, cyan on grey F J, white on cyan ANSI ISO and NP enters, 1.25 and 1x cyan on dark grey win8 keys.
There will be a Dolch base set that will be around $110, a F'n'A rows pack, and an 'odd' mods+nav pack for minila, fc660, choc mini, keycool 84, Pure Pro/Tex, Race, 5000, 1800, and etc.
Excited! Even though I already have a Dolch set, I can't have too many of them. In for sure.
Just waiting on pricing and updated mock ups from GMK. As soon as I have them I will start up the groupbuy.
For this kit, it will have 2x variation of Esc white/cyan and cyan/dark grey, white on cyan ▲ style arrows WASD replacement, cyan on grey F J, white on cyan ANSI ISO and NP enters, 1.25 and 1x cyan on dark grey win8 keys.
There will be a Dolch base set that will be around $110, a F'n'A rows pack, and an 'odd' mods+nav pack for minila, fc660, choc mini, keycool 84, Pure Pro/Tex, Race, 5000, 1800, and etc.
No, the odd mods pack won't include any spacebar, well except for minila or JIS keyboard that use but it's actually just a normal B profile key like a shift. GMK says they don't have any spacebar profile keys smaller than 6.25 and nothing in B profile over 3.
Just waiting on pricing and updated mock ups from GMK. As soon as I have them I will start up the groupbuy.
For this kit, it will have 2x variation of Esc white/cyan and cyan/dark grey, white on cyan ▲ style arrows WASD replacement, cyan on grey F J, white on cyan ANSI ISO and NP enters, 1.25 and 1x cyan on dark grey win8 keys.
There will be a Dolch base set that will be around $110, a F'n'A rows pack, and an 'odd' mods+nav pack for minila, fc660, choc mini, keycool 84, Pure Pro/Tex, Race, 5000, 1800, and etc.
Either way, count me in! I could always use another GMK dolch set! :thumb:
WordEither way, count me in! I could always use another GMK dolch set! :thumb:
This person is right, just want a GMK key-set to go through and finally be made. Would that be too much to hope for?
This person is right, just want a GMK key-set to go through and finally be made. Would that be too much to hope for?
You guys will see what everything is really soon. Just waiting on GMK to get back to me... working to resolve some legend/key size combination that I requested for that don't seem available. If the alternate I suggest are not available either, there will be some pad printing but nothing really major.
Just waiting on pricing and updated mock ups from GMK. As soon as I have them I will start up the groupbuy.
For this kit, it will have 2x variation of Esc white/cyan and cyan/dark grey, white on cyan ▲ style arrows WASD replacement, cyan on grey F J, white on cyan ANSI ISO and NP enters, 1.25 and 1x cyan on dark grey win8 keys.
There will be a Dolch base set that will be around $110, a F'n'A rows pack, and an 'odd' mods+nav pack for minila, fc660, choc mini, keycool 84, Pure Pro/Tex, Race, 5000, 1800, and etc.
You guys will see what everything is really soon.
You guys will see what everything is really soon.
Okay Ivan we will wait, but you know what that is like here on Geekhack, waiting is what no cap-head wants to hear. Patience is a dirty word amongst most of us here.
In for Esc, WASD, Enter, F5-F8, entire nav cluster. :)This This This!!!
I expect to have quotes and everything next week some time. We got all the legend stuff settled.
I think it will make it. Even the all dark grey set came really close and I know no where as near as popular as Dolch. If we can get big Korean and Chinese keyboard forums to participate too it will be no problem for sure... might even hit into the 400 tier.
I know... maybe sometime later we can do a little alphas kit to make mono set to interchange with Dolch.Good good :thumb: i am expecting that :p
I expect to have quotes and everything next week some time. We got all the legend stuff settled.goodddddddddddddddd :thumb:
I think it will make it. Even the all dark grey set came really close and I know no where as near as popular as Dolch. If we can get big Korean and Chinese keyboard forums to participate too it will be no problem for sure... might even hit into the 400 tier.
I know... maybe sometime later we can do a little alphas kit to make mono set to interchange with Dolch.
Just waiting on pricing and updated mock ups from GMK. As soon as I have them I will start up the groupbuy.
For this kit, it will have 2x variation of Esc white/cyan and cyan/dark grey, white on cyan ▲ style arrows WASD replacement, cyan on grey F J, white on cyan ANSI ISO and NP enters, 1.25 and 1x cyan on dark grey win8 keys.
There will be a Dolch base set that will be around $110, a F'n'A rows pack, and an 'odd' mods+nav pack for minila, fc660, choc mini, keycool 84, Pure Pro/Tex, Race, 5000, 1800, and etc.
No the normal modifier selection will be part of the base set.I like this :thumb: :thumb: :thumb:
Would love to get my hands on a Dolch set (though it does seem pretty pricey)
Any info on what sort of profiles they'll come in?
Preview:
BASE
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F'n'A add on
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Color pack
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ODD mods
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Base should be something like $110. I don't have final price for the other yet. Should not be too high though... well maybe the ODD pack will be more pricy as there is lot of keys there.That's sick!
Blank Windows keys... because I am tired of endless debate about which style logo and better for Apple/NIX user.I understand. Impatiently waiting for pricing. Are you still waiting on gmk or just need to make the GB thread?
Yes there will be extra spacebar... no need for a mock up of spacebar. There may also be EDOX add on... maybe a blank 37 set or something like this if the price isn't stupid.
Base should be something like $110. I don't have final price for the other yet. Should not be too high though... well maybe the ODD pack will be more pricy as there is lot of keys there.
Base should be something like $110. I don't have final price for the other yet. Should not be too high though... well maybe the ODD pack will be more pricy as there is lot of keys there.
I thought the shift keys would actually say "shift" on them.
The originative dolch gb had the shift text on them.
(http://i.imgur.com/HTPsAtD.jpeg) (http://i.imgur.com/HTPsAtD.jpeg)
Am I missing something?
The pictures and the mockups look slightly different from this :(Show Image(http://dangwang.files.wordpress.com/2012/07/4.jpg)
The mods in the picture look alot darker, maybe even blackish already
Or am I seeing wrongly?
Am I missing something?
The pictures and the mockups look slightly different from this :(Show Image(http://dangwang.files.wordpress.com/2012/07/4.jpg)
The mods in the picture look alot darker, maybe even blackish already
Or am I seeing wrongly?
Blank Windows keys... because I am tired of endless debate about which style logo and better for Apple/NIX user.If you want Win8 key, you can get color pack. I thought to do just WASD, but I thought the arrow would be more interesting for something different.
Blank Windows keys... because I am tired of endless debate about which style logo and better for Apple/NIX user.If you want Win8 key, you can get color pack. I thought to do just WASD, but I thought the arrow would be more interesting for something different.
For ISO user, 'shift' is a problem because it doesn't fit well on 1.25 key... and also the arrow alignment is different on text and no text for whatever reason so even then it would mismatch. Other mods also then don't have text so it is more uniform.
What keys are same in each packs? Only duplicate key is extra 2.25 shift in ODD pack for FC660. F'n'A have same legend... appear to be redundant but it have different row profiles F and A like original 1000 set.Show Image(http://www.cherrycorp.com/english/switches/key/images/mx_keydim_cyl.gif)
Modern sets use double E and double B instead which is what BASE configuration.
Mock ups are not 100% color accurate... also that picture is Dolch alpha with SP black Cherryesque font modifiers so it's not even the same thing.
Color pack F J will have homing bar, it's something different to have.
That picture isn't dolch.
It's the dolch alphas with black mods.
Dolch colourway is what you see in Ivan's preview pictures. Go google some dolch keyboards or check 'dolch' on ebay for the right colourways
Does the majority prefer no text mods. Or are you just doing it how you like it Ivan? Seems like a big change just cause of the iso shift. Maybe just give them a blank right shift in the iso kit
Yeah me too. I am fan of only mod symbolDoes the majority prefer no text mods. Or are you just doing it how you like it Ivan? Seems like a big change just cause of the iso shift. Maybe just give them a blank right shift in the iso kit
I'm running my GMK dolch set with symbol only mods.
Yeah me too. I am fan of only mod symbolDoes the majority prefer no text mods. Or are you just doing it how you like it Ivan? Seems like a big change just cause of the iso shift. Maybe just give them a blank right shift in the iso kit
I'm running my GMK dolch set with symbol only mods.
Base should be something like $110. I don't have final price for the other yet. Should not be too high though... well maybe the ODD pack will be more pricy as there is lot of keys there.
will this dolch be in abs (made by gmk?) or pbt?Gmk doubleshot, you can't have PBT Dolch with dyesub, and no one wants pad printed
pbt would be terrific for my long-lasting collection :p
Still waiting on GMK?Yeah sure :)
Nope, just waiting on moderator approval.Sweet!!
if anyone can't wait you can see it up at DT ;)
I would be interested in this for sure.