[IC] Moonphase 60 - An aftermarket case for popular O-ring mount keyboards - GB

[Rationalkeys]

Moonphase 60
60% Keyboard Case by Rationalkeys

An aftermarket case for popular O-ring mount keyboards. Update: Group Buy started

CONTENTS

1. Introduction
2. At a glance
3. Manufacturing/Price
4. Current Roadmap
5. Raw Aluminum?
6. Specifications
7. IC Form
8. Follow us

1. Introduction

Moonphase is an aftermarket case for popular O-ring mount keyboards. Moonphase will be compatible with PCBs supporting symmetrical 8 pole cases such as TGR-Unikorn PCB v1.3 and CK Bakeneko60 PCB.




2. At a glance

Here are the basic specs:

60% o-ring gasket mounted keyboard case replacement


• CNC machined 6063 aluminum.
• Case only
• 8 pole o ring mount

• 6 degree typing angle

• 1.2 kg weight unbuilt
• Professional 2K Acrylic Paint (Car Paint), cured under 110°C
• Dark (Gray) texture topcoat 7190 Color
• Harvest (Yellow) RAL 2007 Color
• Ships with custom thick rubber feet.
• Price $330 USD plus shipping.






















3. Manufacturing/Price

3rd and final Prototype is complete and ready for production. Below are some pictures of the finished prototype with both color options. Moonphase will be released in 2 colors.
Dark (Gray) texture topcoat 7190, Harvest (Yellow) RAL 2007
Although the details are yet to be confirmed, we are planning to run a group buy of 300 units FCFS.
Price is $330 USD plus shipping.









4. Current roadmap

Group-buy is starting on 20th of November 2022 and will run for 3 weeks. We will start production right after the GB stage is complete. We are planning to begin shipment in Q1 2023.

5. Raw Aluminum?

We talked about a raw aluminum version of the keyboard case after seeing the quality work we received from our manufacturer. Will leave a picture here. Let us know if you would like to see more. If not Maximo enjoys it all the same.




6. Specifications



Dimensions: 315.7 x 130.92  x  35.13 mm
Weight: ≈1.2 kg (just case)
Price: $330 USD
Sale method: To be announced

7. IC Form

https://forms.gle/1MAzzE8FNLwaLmFm7

8. Follow us

Please join our Discord and follow our Instagram for updates and to reach out to us with any comments or questions. We want to hear from you!

Discord: https://discord.gg/6Er3Zbrj
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rationalkeys/
Website: https://rationalkeys.com

Thanks Elaine from Singa for allowing us to use the pole positions for this project.

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[kyuut]

not a huge fan of the feet, i think it would look a little nicer if it was much smaller.
pricing seems a little high for case only. that aside, GLWIC

[hali]

there is less design here than the actual open source bakeneko. i could make this in 14 minutes and 3 seconds

[stidal]

330 seems steep for one piece case no extras at 300 moq

edit: also, does it use 3 or 4 feet? photos show 3 bumpons, but renders seem to have 4. i'm sure most people would prefer the latter

[LMarci]

ramaneko

[whirlwind]

This is art

[Blind_Panda]

What a goofy cash-grab. Hope you get some good feedback here and are able to use it to your benefit.

[plag]

there is less design here than the actual open source bakeneko. i could make this in 14 minutes and 3 seconds

I think it’s less so about the amount or theoretical time it would take someone to clone someone else’s hard work, and more-so about the time it took to gather inspiration and put together something that they call theirs. You say you’d be able to design this in minutes, but I can almost guarantee that it took GeekHack User RationalKeys months. Maybe even YEARS to come up with a design such as this one. I can point out at least 5 design cues that make a board like this utterly unique and special, and it takes a real eye to notice the art that goes into it.

[Lysol_]

so... why 3 bumpons instead of 4 if this is flat on the bottom? if it's because you're trying to save a little by not using 1 extra skuf feet, that's not a good reason.

[Rationalkeys]

not a huge fan of the feet, i think it would look a little nicer if it was much smaller.
pricing seems a little high for case only. that aside, GLWIC

Thanks for the feedback. We switched to 4 symmetrical feet.

We really tried taking the price down but this is what we could come up with at this point of R&D of our company.

[Cipulot]

Ah yes ramaneko

[Rationalkeys]

330 seems steep for one piece case no extras at 300 moq

edit: also, does it use 3 or 4 feet? photos show 3 bumpons, but renders seem to have 4. i'm sure most people would prefer the latter

Good catch!

Yes, we made that revision in the design after the last prototype. Also the USB hole is improved.

[Rationalkeys]

This is art

Thanks! Quite motivating.

[fruitykeeb]

technical drawing shows your logo on the top bezel but not anywhere on renders?

[Rationalkeys]

What a goofy cash-grab. Hope you get some good feedback here and are able to use it to your benefit.

That is certainly not our intention. We really tried taking the price down but this is what we could come up with at this point of our R&D process. But we are definitely taking in all the feedback.

[treeleaf64]

https://youtu.be/hz6gJBVIqO4

[Rationalkeys]

there is less design here than the actual open source bakeneko. i could make this in 14 minutes and 3 seconds

I think it’s less so about the amount or theoretical time it would take someone to clone someone else’s hard work, and more-so about the time it took to gather inspiration and put together something that they call theirs. You say you’d be able to design this in minutes, but I can almost guarantee that it took GeekHack User RationalKeys months. Maybe even YEARS to come up with a design such as this one. I can point out at least 5 design cues that make a board like this utterly unique and special, and it takes a real eye to notice the art that goes into it.

Thanks! That's how it really happened.

[Rationalkeys]

so... why 3 bumpons instead of 4 if this is flat on the bottom? if it's because you're trying to save a little by not using 1 extra skuf feet, that's not a good reason.

At first we tried to use tripod style feet as a design element but as you will see in the render we later on switched to 4 feet. Sorry that it's not clear in the initial post.

[OJtheTiny]

there is less design here than the actual open source bakeneko. i could make this in 14 minutes and 3 seconds

I think it’s less so about the amount or theoretical time it would take someone to clone someone else’s hard work, and more-so about the time it took to gather inspiration and put together something that they call theirs. You say you’d be able to design this in minutes, but I can almost guarantee that it took GeekHack User RationalKeys months. Maybe even YEARS to come up with a design such as this one. I can point out at least 5 design cues that make a board like this utterly unique and special, and it takes a real eye to notice the art that goes into it.

Found OPs alt

[ankit]

GLWIC 

[Blind_Panda]

this is what we could come up with at this point of our R&D process

Straight up, what does this mean? This just reads like a complete cop-out.

[efikeebs]

This is really nice reminds me of lots of other boards ive seen in the past. I like that its gummy mount aswell. thanks

[Rationalkeys]

This is really nice reminds me of lots of other boards ive seen in the past. I like that its gummy mount aswell. thanks

Bloobalooby

[Jefff]

there is less design here than the actual open source bakeneko. i could make this in 14 minutes and 3 seconds

Amateur, this would only take me 4 minutes and 20 seconds

[Jefff]

there is less design here than the actual open source bakeneko. i could make this in 14 minutes and 3 seconds

5 design cues

Oh, so you mean Rama?

[panka]

"CNC machined 6063 aluminum" i thought it was made out of cheese bruh
also, 330 is definitely quite steep for a 1 piece 60% @300MOQ from a no name maker, sorry not sorry