Post by: voxkey on Thu, 25 February 2021, 10:11:55
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Smith + Rune Website (https://smithrune.com/)
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Original IC Post (https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=110985)
Timeline, Vendors, and Quantities
Group Buy Start Time
The group buy will go live on February 27th, 2021 at 10 AM EST worldwide! We expect a conservative fulfillment time of January 2022.
Countdown Timer (https://www.timeanddate.com/countdown/taxday?iso=20210227T10&p0=179&msg=Iron165+Round+2+Worldwide+Release&font=sanserif&csz=1)
Vendors, Pricing, and Quantities
We're very proud to announce we've partnered up with CannonKeys in the US, DeskHero in Canada, MyKeyboard in the EU, and ILUMKB in the AP/China market to handle sales once again.
If you are unsure which vendor covers the country you live in, please reach out to the vendors directly to confirm.
CannonKeys (https://cannonkeys.com) - North/Central/South America Vendor (excluding Canada) - About CannonKeys Raffle Queue (https://docs.cannonkeys.com/raffle-queue/)
500 boards, region locked, CannonKeys hybrid FCFS/raffle checkout. Limit 1 per household.
$424 USD
DeskHero (https://www.deskhero.ca/) - Canadian Vendor
150 boards, region locked for first ten minutes
$566 CAD
MyKeyboard EU (https://mykeyboard.eu) - European Vendor
300 boards, region locked, Koi raffle system
Click here for Koi Raffle System info
More
The raffle will take place here:
https://www.koi-raffle.com/ (https://www.koi-raffle.com/)
To join the raffle you need to join the Koi Raffle System Discord. The following link should be the invite, otherwise google for it: https://discord.gg/yxqVMrw (https://discord.gg/yxqVMrw)
After joining the discord you need to verify yourself in the registration channel (should be the only channel you can see) to verify just press the thumbs up reaction on the bot-post in that channel like over 9k others have. After doing so you will get the verified role (your name is blue and you can access the verified channel).
Next you head to the website (koi-raffle.com) and log in with your discord account.
If you followed the steps above and are verified on the server it should work and your discord username, hash and email will be displayed at the top of the website.
To change the email you will have to change your discord email and re-log into the website.
Once the raffle starts it will be displayed on the koi-raffle website and allow you to join. The raffle will not be visible to you if you are not verified on the server!
If you win an invoice will be sent to the displayed email.
The raffle will remain open for 12 hours.
€424 w/VAT included
iLumkb (https://ilumkb.com) - Asia Pacific Vendor
500 boards, region locked, FCFS
$566 SGD
Iron165 Changes for Round 2
- Deeper gasket pockets, allowing the same poron gaskets, but with less overall compression, making the case easier to assemble
- 0.25mm top case height increase, to better hide keycaps that aren’t as deep as GMK, while still maintaining the same overall switch height
- Better, beefier, longer screws
- Removal of cable channel
- Revised PCB with VIA compatibility **NOT HOTSWAP**
- Further optimized consistency aluminum plate
- All aluminum construction
- Many other minor tweaks to optimize machining
Iron165 Features
- 7 Degree Typing Angle
- Full Gasket Isolation Mount
- Bottom Accent Plate w/exposed rune logo
- Low-Profile Front Height (less than 17.25mm)
- Seamless Case Design
- QMK/VIA compatible PCB, designed in collaboration with Gondolindrim
- Unified C3 USB-C daughterboard (centered on case)
- Optimized plate for consistency on every key press (see analysis below)
Iron165 Colors
Each board comes with a black anodized aluminum base and contrasting aluminum accent plate and aluminum badge. Please refer to the renders for a visual depiction.
- Midnight Teal
- Graphite
- Red
Addons and Extras (All prices in EUR include VAT)
- Extra PCB w/daughterboard and JST cable - $60 USD / €60 EUR / $80 CAD / $79 SGD
- Extra Aluminum Plate - $40 USD / €40 EUR / $53 CAD / $53 SGD
- Forged Carbon Plate - $50 USD / €50 EUR / $67 CAD / $66 SGD
- Stainless Steel (mirror polished) Weight and Badge Set - $175 USD / €175 EUR / $232 CAD / $235 SGD
- Copper Weight and Badge Set - $100 USD / €100 EUR / $133 CAD / $135 SGD
- Brass Weight and Badge Set - $90 USD / €90 EUR / $119 CAD / $120 SGD
Additional Information
- Badges and weights will only be sold as addon sets to simply order fulfillment across all vendors due to the increased quantities offered. We're planning to order many extra badges for the online store though for those original Iron165 owners who'd like a new and different badge.
- We are adding a small pocket to make it compatible with other JST 65% PCBs on the market. This should help ensure that even if we run out of stock on PCBs that a suitable replacement can be found in a pinch.
Supported Layouts
There will be three plate layout options, semi-fixed. All plates support split backspace and stepped caps. ISO plates may not be available from all vendors.
- Tsangan (7u bottom row)
- ANSI (6.25u bottom row)
- ISO
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What's In The Box
- Iron165 Keyboard
- Aluminum Plate
- PCB, USB-C Daughterboard, and JST cable
- Gaskets and all mounting hardware
- Iron165 custom carrying case
Optimized Plate, the Process, and FEA analysis
More
Keyboard plate FEA analysis was needed to measure deflection and try to achieve a uniform plate deflection distribution across the keyboard. You can read more about our process and testing methodology in the original Iron165 IC.
https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=101470.0
Renders
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Addon Weight and Badge Set Prototypes
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For more renders, prototype pictures, and discussion, please check out the IC thread or join our Discord.
Original IC Post (https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=110985)
Join Smith + Rune Discord (https://discord.gg/YjU7wRy)
Special Thanks
- LBaron, the other half of Smith + Rune!
- Mods, admins, and of course, the Inner Circle, best team ever!
- The entire Smith + Rune community, a bright light in a sometimes very dark world
- Everyone who has supported us this far. We couldn't have got to this point without you!
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Post by: bball2 on Sat, 27 February 2021, 09:23:05
Super happy that a Canadian vendor is getting boards for group buys like this! Jerrold and the team over at desk hero really do a great job. They spent a bunch of time testing different systems yesterday to make sure things run smooth, got feedback from users, and are active/friendly on discord through the whole process. :thumb:
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Post by: Kings on Sat, 27 February 2021, 10:05:49
Did my part to free up a spot by bailing on Cannon Keys at the part where the cart price for the basic keyboard was US$585. Obviously I missed a memo.
I was curious about this as well. Price on GB post was different than what was on CannonKeys. Must have been a last minute change?
Post by: DukeEsquire on Sat, 27 February 2021, 10:08:18
Did my part to free up a spot by bailing on Cannon Keys at the part where the cart price for the basic keyboard was US$585. Obviously I missed a memo.
I was curious about this as well. Price on GB post was different than what was on CannonKeys. Must have been a last minute change?
It was a price error. They are refunding people the extra amount.
Post by: DukeEsquire on Sat, 27 February 2021, 10:09:08
Did my part to free up a spot by bailing on Cannon Keys at the part where the cart price for the basic keyboard was US$585. Obviously I missed a memo.
Oof. It was a price error and they are fixing it for everyone.
I saw the same thing, but went with it anyways.
Post by: YESWEKEN on Sat, 27 February 2021, 10:32:49
I didn't get in on a R2 board so the extra weight+badge set that's currently available on Cannon Keys is kinda pointless for me...
Post by: bball2 on Sat, 27 February 2021, 10:38:52
Will badges be available anywhere for purchase without having to buy the weight along with it?
I didn't get in on a R2 board so the extra weight+badge set that's currently available on Cannon Keys is kinda pointless for me...
Looks like it, from the interest check:
"We are only selling weight & badges as a bundle right now during the GB. We will be ordering a lot of extra badges only to stock in our S+R store incase any R1 or R2 owners are looking for just a badge."
https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=110985.msg3018367#msg3018367
Post by: YESWEKEN on Sat, 27 February 2021, 10:40:07
Will badges be available anywhere for purchase without having to buy the weight along with it?
I didn't get in on a R2 board so the extra weight+badge set that's currently available on Cannon Keys is kinda pointless for me...
Looks like it, from the interest check:
"We are only selling weight & badges as a bundle right now during the GB. We will be ordering a lot of extra badges only to stock in our S+R store incase any R1 or R2 owners are looking for just a badge."
https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=110985.msg3018367#msg3018367
awesome,. thanks
Post by: Kings on Sat, 27 February 2021, 11:26:05
Did my part to free up a spot by bailing on Cannon Keys at the part where the cart price for the basic keyboard was US$585. Obviously I missed a memo.
I was curious about this as well. Price on GB post was different than what was on CannonKeys. Must have been a last minute change?
It was a price error. They are refunding people the extra amount.
That's great to hear. Where did you find this out?
Post by: HelloThisIsDog on Sat, 27 February 2021, 11:50:26
Did my part to free up a spot by bailing on Cannon Keys at the part where the cart price for the basic keyboard was US$585. Obviously I missed a memo.
I was curious about this as well. Price on GB post was different than what was on CannonKeys. Must have been a last minute change?
It was a price error. They are refunding people the extra amount.
That's great to hear. Where did you find this out?
It’s posted everywhere in the smith and rune discord
Post by: lbaron on Sat, 27 February 2021, 12:21:28
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Post by: RobbyRobsen on Sat, 27 February 2021, 23:03:44
Also: are we notified if we didn't win the raffle?
Post by: MediocreTurtle on Sun, 28 February 2021, 06:55:42
Just out of curiosity - can you list the number of EU raffle participants to see the odds against one has lost/won?No emails if you don't win
Also: are we notified if we didn't win the raffle?
Post by: Llamakob on Sun, 28 February 2021, 15:37:00
Just out of curiosity - can you list the number of EU raffle participants to see the odds against one has lost/won?
Also: are we notified if we didn't win the raffle?
IIRC necroman said 1/3 in the MKB discord
Post by: MediocreTurtle on Sun, 28 February 2021, 15:42:58
Post by: AshF on Mon, 01 March 2021, 02:21:42
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Post by: El_Jackador on Mon, 01 March 2021, 04:25:41
You literally have to be in the mykeybaords discord to know whats going on as the information from Smith and Rune isn't enough
This is really sad
Post by: DEG_2196 on Mon, 01 March 2021, 06:52:55
I had a spot and because I didn't check my emails between 8pm last night and 9am this morning, I lost my spot.
You literally have to be in the mykeybaords discord to know whats going on as the information from Smith and Rune isn't enough
This is really sad
Damn, that's a tough one. I was lucky enough to secure one from MKB but I made sure i was in ALL the relevant discords before GB start. Smith + Rune aren't responsible for vendor communications.
Post by: El_Jackador on Mon, 01 March 2021, 07:23:43
I had a spot and because I didn't check my emails between 8pm last night and 9am this morning, I lost my spot.
You literally have to be in the mykeybaords discord to know whats going on as the information from Smith and Rune isn't enough
This is really sad
Damn, that's a tough one. I was lucky enough to secure one from MKB but I made sure i was in ALL the relevant discords before GB start. Smith + Rune aren't responsible for vendor communications.
Yeah, you're right! I honestly didn't even know mykeyboards had a discord so I thought I was fully prepared but sadly it just wasn't meant to be!
Post by: darthcapn on Tue, 02 March 2021, 10:30:38
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Post by: AshF on Tue, 02 March 2021, 12:15:37
Thank me later
Post by: cigs_coffee on Tue, 02 March 2021, 12:26:08
I had a spot and because I didn't check my emails between 8pm last night and 9am this morning, I lost my spot.Tough one. Allowing a grace period of 24h should be affordable? Grace period for payment of the invoice was 6hours? Guess i was just lucky checking mails at the right time.
You literally have to be in the mykeybaords discord to know whats going on as the information from Smith and Rune isn't enough
This is really sad
ps. mail modified to make my point clearer
Post by: darthcapn on Tue, 02 March 2021, 12:26:47
SK:1296SeriouslyBeautifulI was not able to find anything for sk1296 :o was that a reply to my color question?
Thank me later
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Post by: El_Jackador on Tue, 02 March 2021, 12:31:55
I had a spot and because I didn't check my emails between 8pm last night and 9am this morning, I lost my spot.Tough one. A grace period of 24h should be affordable? Grace period for payment of the invoice was 6hours? Guess i was just lucky checking mails at the right time.
You literally have to be in the mykeybaords discord to know whats going on as the information from Smith and Rune isn't enough
This is really sad
It wasn't a grace period of 24 hours, you had between 8pm and 9am the next day if you knew thats when the emails were sent out and I wasn't on the mykeyboards discord
Post by: nathanchere on Tue, 02 March 2021, 14:50:32
It wasn't a grace period of 24 hours, you had between 8pm and 9am the next day if you knew thats when the emails were sent out and I wasn't on the mykeyboards discord
Yeah it's quite ****ty. There's no good reason why they can't give at least 48 hours to pay, especially given that there's no forewarning if you actually 'won' in the raffle and ****-house communication in general from them. I would say to email them in this instance and hope for the best but given my previous experience with MyKeyboards customer service I wouldn't expect much.
Post by: gex on Wed, 03 March 2021, 19:16:35
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All invoices are OUT. Everyone has till 02/03/2021 20:00 CET to pay their invoices. Not paid by then and your invoice will get cancelled.
well, last comment was about the payment but the original was about the config form.
Post by: LASERman Projects on Wed, 10 March 2021, 06:05:27
There was clear email saying you have won the spot.
There was standard PayPal invoice email.
In my case it was nearly 18 hrs to pay.
It is pretty clear those sought after boards are acquired by paying special attention.
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Post by: TjarleN on Thu, 14 October 2021, 00:27:35
How's it going?
Update from the smith and rune discord (2 weeks ago):
Iron165 r2
Kinda sorta big news here. Tops and bottoms are done machining! Weights, plates, etc still have a ways to go, but we’re on track!
Post by: honoka on Sat, 16 October 2021, 17:23:35
Ban them
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