[Order Thread] Metal (Zinc) Keycaps Round 2. [shipped to me] [Right-Shift keys avail]

[feng]

Update: Items are on the way from China. And I ordered some Zinc Blank Right-Shift Keys. 20 silver and 20 gold ones. Please PM me as soon as you can if you want some of these and need them shipped with your zinc order.

Zinc is back! with more choices! Let's get started with the 2nd round.

There are two colors available as gold and silver. They are colored by electroplating.

Also two types of keys as blank and legends ones are available. The printed ones are made by laser.

MKC said some of these zinc keycaps would fail in the process of producing, and even sometimes the failing chance is pretty high. Therefore he can't guarantee that he would give me exactly what I ordered. So I'll just follow first come first serve and prior ship the keycaps to those who first ordered. If you don't get what you originally ordered, I'll do the full refunds. But overall, no need to worry about that too much, I'll try to make sure everyone will get what he/she wanted. 
 

Please notice that these zinc keycaps would fit very tightly, there's no solution so far due to the mold of producing these keys. So when you wanna pull out the zinc keycaps from your keyboard, remember don't pull them too hard, just do it slowly and gently.



The deadline will be 4/30/2012. Estimate shipping date is between 4/30 - 5/15.



All zinc keycaps are available in GOLD and SILVER colors. Except the transformers keys.

R1-R4 keycaps:

37 Printed (37 keys included)  $85

37 Blank (37 keys included)  $85

37 Printed combined set (33 gold keys and 4 silver arrow keys) $85

R4 Blank  $3.75

R3 Blank $3.75

R2 Blank $3.75

R1 Blank $3.75

Starcraft 2 League kit (7 keys included)  $39

Arrow kit (4 keys included) $18

WASD kit (4 keys included) $18



Modifier keycaps:


1.25 Printed kit (7 keys inclued: 2x win, 2x ctrl, 2x alt, and 1x menu)  $42.5

1.25 Blank (Win row)  $6.5

CapsLock Blank  $7.5

Tab Blank  $7.5

Enter Blank  $8.5

Backspace Blank  $8.5

2.25 Shift Blank  $8.5



R4 custom keycaps (Esc row):

Protoss  $6

Terran  $6

Zerg  $6

NERV  $6

Ducky Logo  $6

Filco Logo  $6

Apple Logo  $6

Steelseries Logo  $6

Autobot (only in Gold)  $6

Decepticon (only in Gold)  $6

ESC Brush Script MT  $6

ESC 华文琥珀 (Hupo)  $6

ESC 华文隶书 (Lishu)  $6

ESC Arial  $6



Shiny version! Really limited number since MKC is not making these shiny ones anymore and these are the stocks that he has left.

Shiny CapsLock Printed  $7.5

Shiny Backspace Starcraft II  $8.5

Shiny Backspace Printed  $8.5

Shiny 2.25 Shift Ferrari  $8.5

Shiny Enter Printed  $8.5

Shiny Tab Printed  $7.5

Shiny Tab Starcraft II  $7.5

Shiny Alt  $6.5

Shiny Ctrl  $6.5



Plastic Wrist Rest with BLIZZARD's Logo (Medium size, for tenkeyless keyboards)  $35   Only 10 available.




Shipping:

USA/Canada - USPS First Class $4 (US orders will include a delivery confirmation which is the tracking number)
International - USPS First Class $7

Will ship in bubble mailer via USPS First Class. If you take like 2 sets of 37 zinc keycaps or more, it will have to go with USPS priority which will charge you a bit more on shipping.

Any customs fees, if applicable, are your responsibility.
 

Payment:

Please send me the payment via Paypal at tangxiruo@hotmail.com (as gift or add 3.5% to cover the fees). And leave me a message including your Geekhack user name with the payment. After sending the payment, PM me your order and shipping address in this forum.
 
e.g.
1x 37 Blank (Gold)
5x R4 blank (Silver)
1x Starcraft kit (Silver)

XXX XXX
1234 Keycap Blvd
Saint Louis, MO 12345
United States





37 Printed Gold
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37 Printed Silver
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37 Printed combined set
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WASD kit Silver
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WASD kit Gold
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Arrow kit
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Starcraft 2 League kit
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Four kinds of Esc key:  Arial, Brush Script MT, 华文琥珀 (Hupo), 华文隶书 (Lishu)

Use the Silver keys in the first picture as an example, from left to right: 华文琥珀 (Hupo), Arial, 华文隶书 (Lishu), Brush Script MT.
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Modifier keycaps:

backspace
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R4 custom keycaps:

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Shiny Modifiers:

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Plastic Wrist Rest
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I'll post more pictures when the samples arrive.

If any keycap that is not listed above but shown in the pictures, it means it's not available.



Order list: (paid already)

1) silat (Shipped)
2) Playtrumpet (Shipped)
3) Wraul (Shipped)
4) Mike Rowe
5) morgofborg (Shipped)
6) mmmty (Shipped)
7) oneproduct
Elrobo (Shipped)
9) Fobbah
10) F u r u y á
11) ishtob
12) OPTiK (Shipped)
13) NotDavidM
14) Kisakuku
15) JPP
16) 눈호랑이
17) JonSpark
18) Glissant
19) Nunez (Shipped)
20) pyro_dragun (Shipped)
21) DrunkenLizard
22) pannkakan (Shipped)
23) fohat.digs
24) Namkung (Shipped)
25) longweight
26) anonymous
27) Hirsti
28) nolliepoper (Shipped)
29) sii92

[dink_]

This is way too tempting... I want to buy one key, but the shipping makes me feel like I need to buy more.

[CaiSter21]

dont these keys have a lot issues with quality control?

[TheProfosist]

Anyway u could geta a full keyboards worth etched your almost there

[KyesaRRi]

I bought some gold and silver W A S D from the last batch and the only issues was some markings on the sides of the gold keys. My sets of silver ones were perfect. I can upload some pictures but they are taken on a phone at night so the quality is fairly bad.

The right shift on a Ducky 1008 is a 3.00 correct? I would be in for a full blank modifier set if i can get a shift to match the rest.
Maybe ill have to buy a new keyboard :roll:

Edit:

Here are some bad pictures of the QC on the last batch

http://imageshack.us/g/441/img20120315200205.jpg/

[divinity]

How do they feel? Do they feel cold and metallic or just like plastic that has had a metallic coating on them?

[feng]

dont these keys have a lot issues with quality control?

The blemish problem has been solved. There's no more finger print. But the tight-fitting problem is still there, it couldn't be solved since MKC can't change the mold of making these keys.

[feng]

Anyway u could geta a full keyboards worth etched your almost there

Many people have asked about that. I tried, but MKC said the zinc spacebar is too heavy and he has stopped making it. But he'll probably produce something like aluminum spacebar or other kinds of metal material in the future.

I bought some gold and silver W A S D from the last batch and the only issues was some markings on the sides of the gold keys. My sets of silver ones were perfect. I can upload some pictures but they are taken on a phone at night so the quality is fairly bad.

The right shift on a Ducky 1008 is a 3.00 correct? I would be in for a full blank modifier set if i can get a shift to match the rest.
Maybe ill have to buy a new keyboard :roll:

Edit:

Here are some bad pictures of the QC on the last batch

http://imageshack.us/g/441/img20120315200205.jpg/

Yeah there was a finger print problem on those Gold keys during the 1st round. But it has been solved in this round.

The right shift on a Ducky, Filco, Leopold, etc. should be 2.75.  I'm working on it and trying to get MKC starts making the other modifier keys.

How do they feel? Do they feel cold and metallic or just like plastic that has had a metallic coating on them?

They do feel cold since they are real metal keycaps. It's not just a metalic coating on them.

[MyNameIsFinn]

hey um, what is the one with the skull on it called?

[MyNameIsFinn]

Also which one is the one with the chick on the pole

[feng]

Also which one is the one with the chick on the pole

They are Punisher and Ducky Logo.

[Playtrumpet]

PM'd/payment sent for a blank backspace (gold). Forgive me if you get like 3 of the same PMs; geekhack is being weird for me.

[IPT]

hey feng, forgive me if this is answered, but what is the warcraft kit?
i was trying to look through your pics for a 7 key set, but I can't figure out which it is lol

[Rumudiez]

I think the Warcraft kit is referring to the Starcraft 2 related keycaps. I didn't see any WC in there, although I didn't check all of them so I might be mistaken.

[feng]

I think the Warcraft kit is referring to the Starcraft 2 related keycaps. I didn't see any WC in there, although I didn't check all of them so I might be mistaken.

Thank you Rumudiez! Can't believe I made such a stupid mistake. I meant to write Starcraft, but somehow I wrote Warcraft. -_-

[morgofborg]

I don't see a price listed, are the printed win keys going to be available? Either silver or gold.

[Djuzuh]

There are a few keys where the picture is here but no price is listed

[Mike Rowe]

I gotta stop coming here. Anyway payment sent

[Parak]

I gotta stop coming here. Anyway payment sent

Yeah, don't you have better things to do, like biting off some sheep testicles or something?

[Zzoram]

What do you guys think would look better on a black keyboard with mostly black keycaps, silver or gold?

[Playtrumpet]

What do you guys think would look better on a black keyboard with mostly black keycaps, silver or gold?

Comes down to preference in the end. I think asking what does the key mean to you and which color fits your taste best are the better questions.

[Zzoram]

I noticed in the sample pictures that the Protoss logo is misprinted for the gold example. If you look at the silver and gold versions, the gold one seems cut off on the left.




Will that be fixed for this batch of gold keycaps?

[Taracta]

Round 4 and now this!  C'mon guy! We are going to end up spending more on kepcaps than on keyboards!

[Playtrumpet]

Round 4 and now this!  C'mon guy! We are going to end up spending more on kepcaps than on keyboards!

I officially HAVE done just that..

[morgofborg]

Pm sent.

[Djuzuh]

Is row 1*the first 2 rows from top ( echap, F1, number keys) or the two rows at bottom (ctrl, space, arrows, …)

[oneproduct]

The top two rows are row 4.

[wompwomp]

Any reason why you've up'd the priced?

[transcend3nt]

aluminium spacebars would be great..

[Djuzuh]

probably too heavy.

[Fobbah]

Payment sent.

*sits on driveway and awaits postman*

[sii92]

I was theorycraftin... I mean theory buying(?) the keycaps and decided to make a excel spreadsheet of it.


Here's the download if anybody wants it
http://www.mediafire.com/?45k5f9bn774c1l9

[sii92]

I was theorycraftin... I mean theory buying(?) the keycaps and decided to make a excel spreadsheet of it.


Here's the download if anybody wants it
http://www.mediafire.com/?45k5f9bn774c1l9

[feng]

aluminium spacebars would be great..

MKC is considering making that, but the aluminium material costs more than zinc. We'll see if he can bring that out.

probably too heavy.

The zinc spacebar is too heavy which is why he no longer makes it. But the aluminium spacebar is lighter than zinc spacebar.

[rekanise]

I had a lot of issues in terms of fit, it was way too tight and damaged my cherry switches, has this problem been rectified in this round?

[sii92]

I was theorycraftin... I mean theory buying(?) the keycaps and decided to make a excel spreadsheet of it.


Here's the download if anybody wants it
http://www.mediafire.com/?45k5f9bn774c1l9

[Swede]

MKC is considering making that, but the aluminium material costs more than zinc. We'll see if he can bring that out.


The zinc spacebar is too heavy which is why he no longer makes it. But the aluminium spacebar is lighter than zinc spacebar.

I'm interested in a complete set if a Alu spacebar made

[feng]

I had a lot of issues in terms of fit, it was way too tight and damaged my cherry switches, has this problem been rectified in this round?

The tight-fitting issue is still there, it can't be rectified since it would have to change the whole mold of making the keycaps which costs really a lot. But I'll keep asking MKC about whether or not he can find some other molds in China.

I wondered about that.  The stem looks a bit squirrely to me.
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I think it's from a guy in China named 李哥, and his English name is Vortex. Really drooling on those keycaps. But it will probably take a long time in order to show up in the market.

[devouringone3]

Feng I would be interested in the wrist rest but I would like to know is the printed "BLIZZARD" layout in between two layers of plastic joint together in a two-piece design? or is it printed directly underneath one single block of plastic/acrylic?

Thank you. I will confirm to you my order:
-- BLIZZARD Tenkeyless wrist rest
-- Shiny gold printed enter
-- Shiny silver Starcraft II tab (if you don't have it I will take any shiny silver Starcraft II key instead) (if you don't have a shiny silver Starcraft II, I will take a shiny silver printed tab instead)

After your reply

[Lord de Seis]

would 1.25 blank set be the same as the printed for $42.5?

[Lord de Seis]

also, i think titanium would be nice for spacebars, too--but i'm just nuts over titanium products, so....

[devouringone3]

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[feng]

Feng I would be interested in the wrist rest but I would like to know is the printed "BLIZZARD" layout in between two layers of plastic joint together in a two-piece design? or is it printed directly underneath one single block of plastic/acrylic?

Just checked with MKC, he said the image is in between two layer of plastic.

would 1.25 blank set be the same as the printed for $42.5?

Sorry, but it's $6.5 for each one, $45.5 for 7 keys.

Yep Feng once sold titanium space bars too.

That was way too expensive. But really high quality though. Hopefully I can do a group buy for those awesome titanium keys, but the maker is not available at this time, need to wait untill.... he doesn't even know.

[devouringone3]

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[Swede]

Yep, 60-80 dollars. I wonder about a magnesium space bars. I think magnesium is made to be light but I have no idea about its other characteristics.


Okay Feng my order will be... Actually I will take only the BLIZZARD Tenkeyless wrist rest. Can you tell me about the shipping to Canada? It can't be only 4 dollars (that would be for key caps), lol.

Also, I will pay you but I won't be able to give to you a shipping address just yet because I will be moving in late April / early May, and I still don't know where I'm going. I might also ask you to hold the wrist rest a little longer with you before shipping it, if I'm not yet arrived to my place. Are you O.K. with that? :-/

Thank's a lot!

Magnesium is light and quick to machine. You can apparently machine it twice as fast as aluminium, which means it's really quick! So if we get hold of magnesium, it should be easy to make something out of it. Since machining will be cheap the material cost will be the most we will pay, that will still be a lot I think if... If feng can get his hands on it

(just checked and it's about $40/kg on the market, will be even more for feng I think)
Edit: you will also need special coolant for it, water reacts with magnesium when hot...

[feng]

Magnesium is light for sure, but IMK it's quite expensive due to its value. I should ask MKC about the possibility of making it.

[FinancialWar]

do they have blank version?

[feng]

do they have blank version?

If those are made, there should be blank version available.

[nntnam]

Magnesium is light for sure, but IMK it's quite expensive due to its value. I should ask MKC about the possibility of making it.

Please ask him about the titan as well. I love it :-).

[ekw808]

whats the difference between shiny and the silver plated ones?