GH60 Group Buy (Salvage Mode: Enabled - Update in OP)

[nebo]

Paid, now I just need some need some nice nordic caps and a case.

Well there are a lot of options for cases.

Would love if I could get one like this. Never made a case before so I don't know where to start.

[cancelx]

Haven't got my invoice yet. When is the deadline?

[GeorgeK]

According to the google document you have...  Check in your paypal account - sometimes email notifications don't get sent from paypal...

[OnTheBrink]

I just received my invoice. Can you confirm my switches a bit more? I asked for Ergo Clears. I want to make sure that is what is listed on the invoice.

[Jocelyn]

I just received my invoice. Can you confirm my switches a bit more? I asked for Ergo Clears. I want to make sure that is what is listed on the invoice.

What's listed on your invoice? To make ergo clears, you need clear or gray tactile switches.

Edit - What I'm trying to say is that you cannot order "ergo clears". They're a modified switch and not something Cherry makes.

[tjcaustin]

I just received my invoice. Can you confirm my switches a bit more? I asked for Ergo Clears. I want to make sure that is what is listed on the invoice.

What's listed on your invoice? To make ergo clears, you need clear or gray tactile switches.

Edit - What I'm trying to say is that you cannot order "ergo clears". They're a modified switch and not something Cherry makes.

It's also not something I'm going to list as, as has been stated, I have no need to know anything about what I'm billing you.  But yes, your order still states you're getting clears to ergo out

[bear95]

Paid, now I just need some need some nice nordic caps and a case.

Well there are a lot of options for cases.

Would love if I could get one like this. Never made a case before so I don't know where to start.

Same! That is the case I want too!

[OddOne]

Just paid my invoice.  Now just need to figure out a case for this.  Keep up the good work komar, JD, & WFD!

[oluf]

...you may be interested in this, http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=43407.0

[camelCase]

...you may be interested in this, http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=43407.0

Wow if I didn't already have two plates on the way, I'd be all over this.

[nebo]

Paid, now I just need some need some nice nordic caps and a case.

Well there are a lot of options for cases.

Would love if I could get one like this. Never made a case before so I don't know where to start.

Same! That is the case I want too!

And found it:
http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=44147.0

[pandather]

If anyone decides they don't want theirs, please PM me!

[tricheboars]

should i be expecting another invoice? i onlygot one like a week ago and paid it immediately.  i am confused about the second invoice. i did order switches.

What color?

And you would have already received it if you were on the list.  It was only 40ish people

TJ i ordered red and green switches from this groupbuy.

[daerid]

And found it:
http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=44147.0

This would be the case I'd get, unfortunately GON has stated the GH60 PCB won't fit into the 38GT case

[elton5354]

I thought he's making a new one just for GH60?

[nebo]

And found it:
http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=44147.0

This would be the case I'd get, unfortunately GON has stated the GH60 PCB won't fit into the 38GT case

Yeah, I just saw that. I'm not sure why not, it looks like a pretty standard layout, but if I can bug him (with enough peoples interest) into making a HHKB style one for the GH60 I'd be super happy.

[Tarzan]

Yeah, I just saw that. I'm not sure why not, it looks like a pretty standard layout, but if I can bug him (with enough peoples interest) into making a HHKB style one for the GH60 I'd be super happy.

^This would be absolutely fantastic.  I know I'd be in for one at least, and I know there are a lot of people looking for nice GH60 cases, so he'd have a ready market.

[boost]

WFD,

When you get some time my order needs to be corrected as I filled out the change forum before I got the invoice.

Thanks
Boost

[nebo]

Yeah, I just saw that. I'm not sure why not, it looks like a pretty standard layout, but if I can bug him (with enough peoples interest) into making a HHKB style one for the GH60 I'd be super happy.

^This would be absolutely fantastic.  I know I'd be in for one at least, and I know there are a lot of people looking for nice GH60 cases, so he'd have a ready market.

I asked him about it and he currently doesn't have anything planned which is fully understandable when you look at the work he puts in to these. Really I think it'd only happen if we were able to have enough quantity to make it worth it which is made 10x harder with all the different layouts people want.



I don't know if it's appropriate for an IC to be made, but I'm not sure how else to gauge interest.

[tjcaustin]

WFD,

When you get some time my order needs to be corrected as I filled out the change forum before I got the invoice.

Thanks
Boost

You know he can't change invoices right?

Since, you know, it's my paypal and all.

[pasph]

Yeah, I just saw that. I'm not sure why not, it looks like a pretty standard layout, but if I can bug him (with enough peoples interest) into making a HHKB style one for the GH60 I'd be super happy.

^This would be absolutely fantastic.  I know I'd be in for one at least, and I know there are a lot of people looking for nice GH60 cases, so he'd have a ready market.

I asked him about it and he currently doesn't have anything planned which is fully understandable when you look at the work he puts in to these. Really I think it'd only happen if we were able to have enough quantity to make it worth it which is made 10x harder with all the different layouts people want.



I don't know if it's appropriate for an IC to be made, but I'm not sure how else to gauge interest.

It's 2 plates universal ANSI & ISO and 3 cases winkey, winkeyless and hhkb

[nebo]

Yeah, I just saw that. I'm not sure why not, it looks like a pretty standard layout, but if I can bug him (with enough peoples interest) into making a HHKB style one for the GH60 I'd be super happy.

^This would be absolutely fantastic.  I know I'd be in for one at least, and I know there are a lot of people looking for nice GH60 cases, so he'd have a ready market.

I asked him about it and he currently doesn't have anything planned which is fully understandable when you look at the work he puts in to these. Really I think it'd only happen if we were able to have enough quantity to make it worth it which is made 10x harder with all the different layouts people want.



I don't know if it's appropriate for an IC to be made, but I'm not sure how else to gauge interest.

It's 2 plates universal ANSI & ISO and 3 cases winkey, winkeyless and hhkb

The case is the plate, so he'd have to make:
ANSI winkey
ANSI winkeyless
ANSI hhkb
ANSI 1.5 full mods
ISOwinkey
ISO winkeyless
ISO hhkb
ISO 1.5 full mods

which is going to be hard, and most likely not going to happen, to get all of those with enough interest. More so for the ISO as they already don't sell all that many to my knowledge (164 total ISO plates bought vs 692 ANSI and that isn't counting HHKB). Then of all those people, who will spend an additional ~$150 on the case.


An IC is the only way to be certain and I'm asking GON if he is okay with it. Don't want to put pressure on him to do anything he doesn't want to do.

[domoaligato]

Yeah, I just saw that. I'm not sure why not, it looks like a pretty standard layout, but if I can bug him (with enough peoples interest) into making a HHKB style one for the GH60 I'd be super happy.

^This would be absolutely fantastic.  I know I'd be in for one at least, and I know there are a lot of people looking for nice GH60 cases, so he'd have a ready market.

I asked him about it and he currently doesn't have anything planned which is fully understandable when you look at the work he puts in to these. Really I think it'd only happen if we were able to have enough quantity to make it worth it which is made 10x harder with all the different layouts people want.



I don't know if it's appropriate for an IC to be made, but I'm not sure how else to gauge interest.

It's 2 plates universal ANSI & ISO and 3 cases winkey, winkeyless and hhkb

The case is the plate, so he'd have to make:
ANSI winkey
ANSI winkeyless
ANSI hhkb
ANSI 1.5 full mods
ISOwinkey
ISO winkeyless
ISO hhkb
ISO 1.5 full mods

which is going to be hard, and most likely not going to happen, to get all of those with enough interest. More so for the ISO as they already don't sell all that many to my knowledge (164 total ISO plates bought vs 692 ANSI and that isn't counting HHKB). Then of all those people, who will spend an additional ~$150 on the case.


An IC is the only way to be certain and I'm asking GON if he is okay with it. Don't want to put pressure on him to do anything he doesn't want to do.

that case is also cool if you want to hardwire without a pcb. I know that is what I am going to use them for.

[pasph]

We will have plenty of choices:
 - Plastic Poker case
 - Plastic Pure case
 - Imsto aluminum tray
 - Oneproduct aluminum case
 - Treble aluminum tray
 - Pure’s aluminum CNC
 - WhiteFireDragon’s design
 - The_Beast’s design
 - alixinhzai's acrylic case

[nebo]

Don't want those.

[Leslieann]

Paid!

By the way, does anyone have the cad diagram, I need some measurements so I can get started on my case.

[balanar]

We will have plenty of choices:
 - Plastic Poker case
 - Plastic Pure case
 - Imsto aluminum tray
 - Oneproduct aluminum case
 - Treble aluminum tray
 - Pure’s aluminum CNC
 - WhiteFireDragon’s design
 - The_Beast’s design
 - alixinhzai's acrylic case

It won't fit in the Duck Poker case? Don't forget that beautiful case!

[jabar]

deadline for payment?

[salmo]

We will have plenty of choices:
 - Plastic Poker case
 - Plastic Pure case
 - Imsto aluminum tray
 - Oneproduct aluminum case
 - Treble aluminum tray
 - Pure’s aluminum CNC
 - WhiteFireDragon’s design
 - The_Beast’s design
 - alixinhzai's acrylic case

Also, piece of cardboard. 

[Jocelyn]

We will have plenty of choices:
 - Plastic Poker case
 - Plastic Pure case
 - Imsto aluminum tray
 - Oneproduct aluminum case
 - Treble aluminum tray
 - Pure’s aluminum CNC
 - WhiteFireDragon’s design
 - The_Beast’s design
 - alixinhzai's acrylic case

Also, piece of cardboard. 

This^

We will have plenty of choices:
 - Plastic Poker case
 - Plastic Pure case
 - Imsto aluminum tray
 - Oneproduct aluminum case
 - Treble aluminum tray
 - Pure’s aluminum CNC
 - WhiteFireDragon’s design
 - The_Beast’s design
 - alixinhzai's acrylic case

It won't fit in the Duck Poker case? Don't forget that beautiful case!

Don't forget about Planar

[mkaito]

As far as I can tell, and after some light research, getting a case is either going to require a lot of luck, a lot of money, or both. Unless you happen to have a poker case lying around, which I suspect is the case for a lot of you guys.

I was toying with an idea for a wood tray/plate with exposed switches, but eventually realized that I don't know enough about wood, nor anyone nearby to make one should I ever succeed in designing it.

After looking at WFD's case design, which I really like, I realized it might have been a mistake to order an assembled GH60 with plate, since a lot of cool cases seem to come with an integrated plate. Tough luck for someone who doesn't know any soldering...

I might just buy 4 rubber feet and put one at each corner and call it a super geeky exposed nude keyboard.

[Leslieann]

As far as I can tell, and after some light research, getting a case is either going to require a lot of luck, a lot of money, or both. Unless you happen to have a poker case lying around, which I suspect is the case for a lot of you guys.

I have two things going that will help in that regard.
The first is end caps/feet for the [ur=http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=43407.0l]plate/case[/url] The-Beast is working on.

The second project is a complete GH60 case. Plans are for around $40, hopefully less, depends on plastic and print time. While they won't be as cool as aluminum or quite as smooth as a molded part, there are some significant advantages. Price, customization (colors, logos), low weight, and they will have dual height, removable feet (giving 3 heights total). I can even remove the foot mounts entirely if someone wants.

[WhiteFireDragon]

Update: payment deadline is the end of June 30. If invoices are not paid by the end of that date, your order gets dropped, simply because waiting for you slows down the whole GB.

The last batch of order changes are done with, and from now on, no more order changes. I think we were pretty lenient with this, because no other GB accepts constant order changes, even after invoicing. Thank you to all who have paid quickly, and/or had no requests for any changes.

[metafour]

I made an order change request but received my invoice without the change applied. I just paid it assuming that it wouldn't happen. Just want to make sure it doesn't get applied retroactively and cause issues.

[WhiteFireDragon]

After looking at WFD's case design, which I really like, I realized it might have been a mistake to order an assembled GH60 with plate, since a lot of cool cases seem to come with an integrated plate. Tough luck for someone who doesn't know any soldering...

If you're looking specifically at my case design, then it will fit all these plates in here, as well as the custom plate for that case. But just letting you know now that it won't be cheap because of all the details. I hope to have a budget case around $50-$100 around the same time though.

I made an order change request but received my invoice without the change applied. I just paid it assuming that it wouldn't happen. Just want to make sure it doesn't get applied retroactively and cause issues.

You mean the recent change request on the stabilizers? I'll send you a PM about this.

[metafour]

After looking at WFD's case design, which I really like, I realized it might have been a mistake to order an assembled GH60 with plate, since a lot of cool cases seem to come with an integrated plate. Tough luck for someone who doesn't know any soldering...

If you're looking specifically at my case design, then it will fit all these plates in here, as well as the custom plate for that case. But just letting you know now that it won't be cheap because of all the details. I hope to have a budget case around $50-$100 around the same time though.

I made an order change request but received my invoice without the change applied. I just paid it assuming that it wouldn't happen. Just want to make sure it doesn't get applied retroactively and cause issues.

You mean the recent change request on the stabilizers? I'll send you a PM about this.

Yeah. I am totally fine with just going with my original order.

[TheQsanity]

Anyone working on hhkb case layout?

[mkaito]

After looking at WFD's case design, which I really like, I realized it might have been a mistake to order an assembled GH60 with plate, since a lot of cool cases seem to come with an integrated plate. Tough luck for someone who doesn't know any soldering...

If you're looking specifically at my case design, then it will fit all these plates in here, as well as the custom plate for that case. But just letting you know now that it won't be cheap because of all the details. I hope to have a budget case around $50-$100 around the same time though.

So you're saying I could just drop the assembled GH60 with plate into your case? That's mega-awesome! I think I remember seeing a ballpark figure of $180 for your case design. If it's still somewhere around that mark, I might be able to set aside some money in the coming months. I'll keep an eye out for that budget version too, just in case

[Turkishrambo]

Anyone working on hhkb case layout?

there was a sale for acrylic cases. I believe hes doing Round 2 once gh60 is finished

http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=40468.0

[yyr]

Seen late, I can still submit an order?

[jdcarpe]

Seen late, I can still submit an order?

Sorry, but no. Orders have been closed for over a month now. People with orders are not even allowed to change them at this late date. All invoices have gone out.

[IvanIvanovich]

I'm sure there will be some people that will decide they don't need as many PCB as they ordered. Hell I may even be one of those people.

[ApocalypseMaow]

I'm sure there will be some people that will decide they don't need as many PCB as they ordered. Hell I may even be one of those people.

Yeah me as well! I think 3 is a bit much :\

[mkaito]

In order to not burden the GB organizers with extra work, I suggest those who still want a board to get in touch directly with those who might have ordered too many.

[tjcaustin]

Form up to date with people that have paid

[guilleguillaume]

Woops! I received the Invoice three days ago and I didn't notice. Paying tomorrow! 

[Robstero]

Where are the invoices typically sent to? Am not seeing anything in my PMs or at my email address - am probably being  daft though

[jdcarpe]

Where are the invoices typically sent to? Am not seeing anything in my PMs or at my email address - am probably being  daft though

Check your paypal account.

[danielucf]

So my note associated with my order might be confusing and I just want to clarify, who should I PM?

[ferociousfingerings]

Okay, i knowwwww you said no more order changes...

But... if possible, i would like to subtract assembly from my order. I don't want to change any parts or anything "crazy" like that, just a little light on funds and still not sure which layout i want to use on my universal plate, so i don't even know how you'd assemble it... unless of course all the plate-mount-able switches can be assembled, prior to the pcb-mount-required switches, allowing me to finish that part myself, once i decide which layout i want, and can find keys for.

I asked this pages ago, but i don't think anyone answered: is this a reasonable thing to attempt? Assembling all the plate-mount switches first, then adding the pcb-mount switches to the board After the plate and plate-switches are already mounted? Or is that a wicked-bad ultra-hassle thing? Is it just better to wait to mount the plate and plate-switches, until after the pcb-mount switches are mounted?

If it's not a big deal to add pcb-mounted switches in the "universal" holes, after the plate and plate-switches are already assembled, then maybe i don't need to change anything. But if it's a huge hassle to mount the pcb-mounted switches after the plate-mounted switches and plate, then i do. Or, i need to decide which layout i want, prior to assembly... which is what i hoped to avoid by going with the universal plate.

That's right, i'm noob, i just need to know what, if any, are my options here, and which way to proceed. Or, if there is but a single way forward, then i guess knowing that would work too. <.<