[IC] SP-SA Carbon Round 2

[dsaf]

...PBT...

Who produces double-shot PBT sculptured sphericals?

[kmba]

...PBT...

Who produces double-shot PBT sculptured sphericals?

No one.

[T0mb3ry]

What made you go with ABS over PBT? Do people prefer ABS? I would have thought the durability of PBT would outweigh the price increase and people expect to pay more. Like the only downside that I see with PBT is it tends to be slightly limited in terms of colours. I'm kind of new to the mech keeb game, but I would like to design a set of keys one day.

Why dont you wear denim underwear? Its more durable than cotton. I've never tasted PBT which felt good to me. To rough to dry for my taste. Pbt is defenitely not better than ABS. Each material has its downsides.

[eddible]

The ABS/PBT debate is so boring, every single time. For the most part, it isn't even a choice. Sculpted SA doesn't come in PBT, there is no decision to be made in the first place.

[bun]

Hi T0mb3ry,

I just joined this site and one of the reasons I did was this group buy.

Count me in.... count me in several times over.

I must have it 

[strigif0rm3s]

Hi T0mb3ry,

Count me in.... count me in several times over.

I must have it 

SAME HERE!!!
I plan on buying a few sets.
Also, I saw your "OverWatch" concept and WANT IT SO BAD.
Do you think that could actually come to fruition?

Keyboards on my desk with HL and OW keys would be endgame.......if there is such a thing with this disease....

[OkinaDaikon]

I missed out on round one and i've been waiting far too long for this!

I keep seeing that it's going to happen soon, but really it should happen right now!

Please take my money!

[breckstar]

The ABS/PBT debate is so boring, every single time. For the most part, it isn't even a choice. Sculpted SA doesn't come in PBT, there is no decision to be made in the first place.

I don't believe that is entirely true. I thought a while back vortex showed PBT SA sculpted blanks. It's just something that SP/Maxkeys has not released as available options or the lack of people asking if the option is available/when it could be.

[T0mb3ry]

Schedule changes: Carbon will drop in Juny. This should be enough of info, if you want to prepare for this drop. Dont forget also about GMK Nautilus from my buddy Zambumon. Thus Juny is going to be drop heavy.

[colbs]

Schedule changes: Carbon will drop in Juny. This should be enough of info, if you want to prepare for this drop. Dont forget also about GMK Nautilus from my buddy Zambumon. Thus Juny is going to be drop heavy.

Sorry, do you mean June or July?  Juny is one letter away from either

Need to make sure I have good info on this, so my wallet is fully prepared!

EDIT: or, does "Juny" mean "June OR July" and the exact month isn't set yet...

[Atredl]

Schedule changes: Carbon will drop in Juny. This should be enough of info, if you want to prepare for this drop. Dont forget also about GMK Nautilus from my buddy Zambumon. Thus Juny is going to be drop heavy.

Sorry, do you mean June or July?  Juny is one letter away from either

Need to make sure I have good info on this, so my wallet is fully prepared!

I thought it was intentional since he wrote it twice. I think he means to say that it could drop in June or July. Correct me if I'm wrong though.

[colbs]

Schedule changes: Carbon will drop in Juny. This should be enough of info, if you want to prepare for this drop. Dont forget also about GMK Nautilus from my buddy Zambumon. Thus Juny is going to be drop heavy.

Sorry, do you mean June or July?  Juny is one letter away from either

Need to make sure I have good info on this, so my wallet is fully prepared!

I thought it was intentional since he wrote it twice. I think he means to say that it could drop in June or July. Correct me if I'm wrong though.

Thanks, I didn't know if there was some slang I was completely unfamiliar with.

[T0mb3ry]

Schedule changes: Carbon will drop in Juny. This should be enough of info, if you want to prepare for this drop. Dont forget also about GMK Nautilus from my buddy Zambumon. Thus Juny is going to be drop heavy.

Sorry, do you mean June or July?  Juny is one letter away from either

Need to make sure I have good info on this, so my wallet is fully prepared!

EDIT: or, does "Juny" mean "June OR July" and the exact month isn't set yet...

Juny not July. Next month.

[johnthedong]

Schedule changes: Carbon will drop in Juny. This should be enough of info, if you want to prepare for this drop. Dont forget also about GMK Nautilus from my buddy Zambumon. Thus Juny is going to be drop heavy.

Sorry, do you mean June or July?  Juny is one letter away from either

Need to make sure I have good info on this, so my wallet is fully prepared!

EDIT: or, does "Juny" mean "June OR July" and the exact month isn't set yet...

Juny not July. Next month.

I guess I'd assume it's June then. Better prepare my wallets!

[Atredl]

Schedule changes: Carbon will drop in Juny. This should be enough of info, if you want to prepare for this drop. Dont forget also about GMK Nautilus from my buddy Zambumon. Thus Juny is going to be drop heavy.

Sorry, do you mean June or July?  Juny is one letter away from either

Need to make sure I have good info on this, so my wallet is fully prepared!

EDIT: or, does "Juny" mean "June OR July" and the exact month isn't set yet...

Juny not July. Next month.

Welp, I guess I was wrong. I hope I can afford both nautilus and carbon. Most likely only have enough money for one :-/

[T0mb3ry]

Update.

Added missing "|\" 1.5u  keys to both beige alpha kits.



Since we got less time as supposed, it would be good if someone could find some errors and call these. I would be thankfull.

[kikan]

Schedule changes: Carbon will drop in Juny. This should be enough of info, if you want to prepare for this drop. Dont forget also about GMK Nautilus from my buddy Zambumon. Thus Juny is going to be drop heavy.

Sorry, do you mean June or July?  Juny is one letter away from either

Need to make sure I have good info on this, so my wallet is fully prepared!

EDIT: or, does "Juny" mean "June OR July" and the exact month isn't set yet...

Juny not July. Next month.

Yeah!!! June it is ! (June is Juni in german if I'm right ) My wallet will hurt bad as well.

[T0mb3ry]

LOL i see right now i wrote June everytime in german....

But its alright...  )

The singer is definitely grumpy cat in human form. Dont know that the dude at 4.12 is trying to do on the floor...

[Cas]

As i see in this groupbuy from zfrontier there is a an option for a spacebar 6u sa from signature plastics, on 1800 kit
https://en.zfrontier.com/collections/keysets/products/sp-corner-creatures
is it available now? i thought that signature plastics didnt do it, may be possible on this keyset? i would buy this keyset anyway

[a_ak57]

As i see in this groupbuy from zfrontier there is a an option for a spacebar 6u sa from signature plastics, on 1800 kit
https://en.zfrontier.com/collections/keysets/products/sp-corner-creatures
is it available now? i thought that signature plastics didnt do it, may be possible on this keyset? i would buy this keyset anyway

I wrote them an email asking if they were truly funding the creation of a 6u spacebar or if it was a mistake (other sets like Danger Zone have mistakenly had a 6u bar listed), but never heard back.  Really hoping it's true, but the Carbon drop is happening too soon for a 6u bar to be part of it anyway.

[johuu]

Juny not July. Next month.

Yuri, Nautilus, Carbon in a period of 30 days. Who wants to join to plan a bank robbery?

[elfick]

Juny not July. Next month.

Yuri, Nautilus, Carbon in a period of 30 days. Who wants to join to plan a bank robbery?

It may come to that... I already have over $1k outstanding in undelivered keysets between Godspeed, Dasher, Terminal, /dev/tty, and a couple XDA sets.

[eddible]

Hey T0mb3ry, did you catch my post about the C novelty? Any chance it could be added to the novelties kit for those of us who have round 1 sets but want to get the novelties kit on this second drop?

[T0mb3ry]

Hey T0mb3ry, did you catch my post about the C novelty? Any chance it could be added to the novelties kit for those of us who have round 1 sets but want to get the novelties kit on this second drop?

Yes why not. I'll add some extra Carbon signature keys to Novelties.

[eddible]

Hey T0mb3ry, did you catch my post about the C novelty? Any chance it could be added to the novelties kit for those of us who have round 1 sets but want to get the novelties kit on this second drop?

Yes why not. I'll add some extra Carbon signature keys to Novelties.

You're a hero, thank you!

[kikan]

Hi T0mb3ry, everyone,

I am in the process of buying a black Ergodox and I fell in love with the Carbon design while looking at some Ergodox setup on the net.
Now I can't even think about this keyboard without your keyset on. It is such a good fit. Your design is so sleek.

I did not even know keycaps mods where a thing a few days ago, but I'm all in now ;-)

To the point, I use an exotic layout (French dvorack : bépo) and while I don't expect you to accommodate for it*, I'd like to know it would be possible to have a set of blanck  keycaps for the "alpha" keys in the "bone" color. Sorry if this is a noob question, I did read the entire thread first to see if it had been discussed before, but it was not.

*Homing keys are E and T; letters position is very different of azerty/ qwerty.
http://bepo.fr/wiki/Fichier:Carte-bepo-simple.png

Hope you'll have the time and patience to answer this question,

Best,

G


Envoyé de mon iPhone en utilisant Tapatalk

Hi and welcome

I'll look into offering some kind of blank keys, though only alphas (1u sized but fully profiled keys). By the way you may take a look at rolling bones which has numpad alphas and these might be used also as "doted" blanks but that idea might cost a little bit.

Hi T0mb3ry,

Do you think the "blank" alphas will happen ?

Best,

G

[dsaf]

Schedule changes: Carbon will drop in Juny...

Does it mean you are freezing any changes except for mistake corrections? I am interested in the fate of complete ISO-friendly set of novelties and whether the lambda will ultimately happen this time or not. Thanks!

[Bob]

Looking at my BL82 again you have everything just right for cop car coverage (excluding space bar) as far as I can tell

I'd be very interested in a 6u space bar kit so I don't have to try and get a closest possible match from another vendor or wait to buy a separate space bar later if Signature Plastics do have a mold. Could you possibly ask SP when you place the order if this is possible? BL82s might not be so common, but I'm pretty sure there's a lot of 1800s out there.

I'd also be very interested in a lambda kit (even if it has to be run separately after the main groupbuy) - Have you been in contact with Valve yet?

[sklin]

maybe grey spacebar in the spacebar kit?

[Hydrolithium]

I'm so totally hyped up for this set!!

[PlasticSporkz]

Oh man I cannot wait for this to drop!!

[LifeIsOnTheWire]

Wow, I've been waiting for another SA Carbon drop. 

Also, this is the first keyset that I've seen a 40% pack that actually covers my 40% board!

[kawaiicheung]

Wow, I've been waiting for another SA Carbon drop. 

Also, this is the first keyset that I've seen a 40% pack that actually covers my 40% board!

especially the 2.75u spacebar.  hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

[RevoTeam]

T0mb3ry,You are the best.Man I think i need to save some money from now since there are so many kits.

[imprevade]

I'm really excited about the 'adaptive alphas' kit. I'm not only going to get a set of carbon, but an extra set of alphas to go with my Penumbra R2.

[ChitownM2]

T0mb3ry,You are the best.Man I think i need to save some money from now since there are so many kits.

I thought so too, but that is going to be impossible. Oblivion GMK, K-type, Yuri, and this...going to be so broke.

[T0mb3ry]

T0mb3ry,You are the best.Man I think i need to save some money from now since there are so many kits.

Thanks!
I recommend you to set preferences. I woudln't try to get all the kits, because that will cost a fortune  )

[breusch91]

T0mb3ry,You are the best.Man I think i need to save some money from now since there are so many kits.

Thanks!
I recommend you to set preferences. I woudln't try to get all the kits, because that will cost a fortune  )

Yes but if you buy all the kits you can basically cover two full TKL's , a 60, a 40, a 30, and a bunch of macro pads! (overgeneralizing here but you definitely get at least coverage for two TKL's)

[gutsack]

Registering interest, especially so I can finally get orange alphas for my existing Carbon set.

[Vibex]

Absolutely loving these. I've wanted to try SA for a long time, but since I don't use QWERTY, I never got the chance. Glad to finally be able to give it a go.

[EddyChan]

Will there be a R4 End for KBT Race 2 in the exotic kit? It is because there is one on Race 2.

[Aistina]

This is awesome! Count me in if I'm not too late.

[Oblotzky]

This is awesome! Count me in if I'm not too late.

This is just the design phase closing, the actual group buy is happening next month. So no worries!

[rabbitfire]

This is awesome! Count me in if I'm not too late.

No you're not   

[BlackInk]

I dont really like SA profile, but this is Carbon so its a must buy for me

There are so many kits coming up. At least we need to save around $1k for keycaps 

[CursorTN]

Whoa!  I need to get in on this in the worst way.  Like 2 sets with 4 child kits each.  Love to see this happen.  Hope SP gets their production issues fixed.

[T0mb3ry]

Update.

Novelties
- Added Carbon signature keys (legacy for those who missed novelties round 1, though also interesting for others in round 2).


Exotic kit
- Added missing row 4 1.25u DEL key for race 2


Since we got no more time i call the kits as FINALIZED. That means i do not take any new suggestion but i can consider some changes if there are some errors. So check the keys you are interested in, and if you miss something or encountered an error - reply here.

All in all the amount of kits is crazy and there is something for everybody.

[dsaf]

The only "error" I see is there is no honeycomb pattern key R4 2.75/1.25. This is the only way for ISO TKL to have this novelty at all AFAIK and it would also be a usable option for the majority of other buyers (TKL + full-size). I would buy a kit I don't need just to get this button.

[kikan]

Hi T0mb3ry

Update.

Novelties
- Added Carbon signature keys (legacy for those who missed novelties round 1, though also interesting for others in round 2).

Show Image

Exotic kit
- Added missing row 4 1.25u DEL key for race 2

Show Image

Since we got no more time i call the kits as FINALIZED. That means i do not take any new suggestion but i can consider some changes if there are some errors. So check the keys you are interested in, and if you miss something or encountered an error - reply here.

All in all the amount of kits is crazy and there is something for everybody.

So much for the blank alphas  . I guess that's the game. You can't please everyone.

Btw, I don't see the R4 1.25u DEL key in the image you just posted.

Do you have an idea where I could find a blank SA kit somewhere that would match the beige colour?

Regards,

G

[T0mb3ry]

Hi T0mb3ry

Update.

Novelties
- Added Carbon signature keys (legacy for those who missed novelties round 1, though also interesting for others in round 2).

Show Image

Exotic kit
- Added missing row 4 1.25u DEL key for race 2

Show Image

Since we got no more time i call the kits as FINALIZED. That means i do not take any new suggestion but i can consider some changes if there are some errors. So check the keys you are interested in, and if you miss something or encountered an error - reply here.

All in all the amount of kits is crazy and there is something for everybody.

So much for the blank alphas  . I guess that's the game. You can't please everyone.

Btw, I don't see the R4 1.25u DEL key in the image you just posted.

Do you have an idea where I could find a blank SA kit somewhere that would match the beige colour?

Regards,

G

Sorry forgot to add blanks. Will add in next update i promise. There will be only beige blanks - rows 1234 and 5 columns (total 20 keys) + 1 deep dish homing key