[IC] Porbeagle. 69% keyboard (hiatus 8/15/22)

[Heist Morty]

Porbeagle


Vendor
United States: Aeternus

my personal prototype, smokey pc top with ss plate and base.

Porbeagle KLE including split enter and space bar options


The Namesake, the Porbeagle Shark


The name was chosen as the porbeagle shark is a rather short and stocky shark, giving him a very chibi vibe, this board mimic that stockiness, being almost square.

Porbeagle's layout was created by MeatSmoothies, fueled by her love of guild wars two, a game that extensively uses the numrow and f-row, she came up with the quintessential 12u layout, keeping all of the rows possible, but eliminating every column not essential for gaming.

As for the case, I was given free reign on it, so I took the liberty of having a good time with it, with a 4 degree angle, 5mm thick plate, sandwich mounted, and an exposed rear screws, as well as the name along the back edge, and the name sake milled into the back, Porbeagle is a lovely rectangle of a board.

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Specs/Features

• sandwich mount
• Alternate plate materials: Steel
• 4° typing angle
• 1u Winkey blockers
• Aluminum top and bottom housing
• QMK and VIAL-compatible JST PCB
• Unified C3 daughterboard and JST cable
• Weight built: 4 lbs 13 oz

Kit contents
not including add ons

• ABS plate
• Porbeagle PCB
• Aluminum cnc machined top case
• Aluminum cnc machined bottom case
• Unified C3 daughterboard
• JST to JST cable
• 4x Aeternus feet
• 4x m2 phillips screws (daughterboard)
• 2x m3 20mm hex screws (back)
• 2x m3 12mm hex screws (front)

SKUs

Colors:
Silver anodized Aluminum
Vote for the second color!


Thanks to
Meatsmoothies, Taylor, Dededecline, and everyone else who helped make this project happen!

[paperassgasket]

Shark me bby.
Oh wait **** I ****ed it up...

Reserved.

[bitbot]

Thock

[HappyB0T]

Will buy 1. If price is good 2. Let’s go.

[Kokaloo]

YESSSSIIIRRR
Full rshift support if that's feasible!!

[Heist Morty]

YESSSSIIIRRR
Full rshift support if that's feasible!!

Mechanically, yes, but morally, no.

[KuroTheCrazy]

I love it

[loucifer7891]

love it looks awesome hope the price is reasonable

[Kokaloo]

YESSSSIIIRRR
Full rshift support if that's feasible!!

Mechanically, yes, but morally, no.

but 40s was founded on weak morals 

[LumiP]

I literally cannot with this lol

but RESPECT tho.

[HappyB0T]

YESSSSIIIRRR
Full rshift support if that's feasible!!

Mechanically, yes, but morally, no.

but 40s was founded on weak morals 

actually spit my drink - well done.

[EdgeOfInfinity]

this layout is visually pleasing. prob good for gaming too but idk not mlg gamer bro

[pott]

This is quite possibly endgame layout for me. The only caveat being to try and find a 1.25u 'Enter' or 'Fn' key if I want to be legends-accurate.

This will be absolutely fantastic and I CANNOT wait.

(I actually saw that in person at a local meetup and could NOT stop talking about it!)

[Heist Morty]

YESSSSIIIRRR
Full rshift support if that's feasible!!

Mechanically, yes, but morally, no.

but 40s was founded on weak morals 

Touche, I'll try to rework the pcb to support that.

[mk]

With the Fbasic keycaps and layout it reminds me of the Kawasaki Fujitsu Leaf Spring Keyboard.


Speaking of a long right shift. Support for ISO left shift would also be quite nice!

[Bonsa]

ne ortho avail? love this design
(smol edit: if no ortho avail, can we have split Lshift?)

[Heist Morty]

With the Fbasic keycaps and layout it reminds me of the Kawasaki Fujitsu Leaf Spring Keyboard.

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Speaking of a long right shift. Support for ISO left shift would also be quite nice!

Thank you! that didn't occur to me, but I love to draw inspiration from old Japanese boards, loads of fun layouts, iso left shift is in the works.

[bishopj7]

The layout has me confused and excited. I really don't know what to think, but I'm seriously curious.

Re: the sight confuses me, but I'm drawn closer to check it out. I think I might have to scoop

[treeleaf64]

Something is very suspicious about this keyboard and neither I nor the treeleaf can tell what it is   The Arara Rarara Rarara will help the treeleaf

Not the treeleaf Not the third person

[tominabox1]

neat

[Heist Morty]

Something is very suspicious about this keyboard and neither I nor the treeleaf can tell what it is   The Arara Rarara Rarara will help the treeleaf

Not the treeleaf Not the third person

[PlayBox]

failed it. you have only 68 posts.
writing this at 69% battery btw

[PlayBox]

i really would love a budget version of it, but not wkl.

[Frugivore]

Really hope the price is good! If it is I might need one.

[jetjagaa]

This board is cute AF, but it legitimately feels like the first gaming keyboard that's considerately designed for actual use.

[Heist Morty]

i really would love a budget version of it, but not wkl.

its a 2 piece alu case with a lasercut plate, unless I make it stacked acrylic, it aint getting much cheaper. also WKL for life I'm sorry. :/

[PlayBox]

i really would love a budget version of it, but not wkl.

its a 2 piece alu case with a lasercut plate, unless I make it stacked acrylic, it aint getting much cheaper. also WKL for life I'm sorry. :/

in the video you said who needs windows keys especially if you are a gamer can't confirm cos im a gamer and i use these for example for windows +r for some stuff, i also use it when i game in fullscreen to see discord notifications. you don't need to make a budget version of it though

[meatsmoothies]

i really would love a budget version of it, but not wkl.

its a 2 piece alu case with a lasercut plate, unless I make it stacked acrylic, it aint getting much cheaper. also WKL for life I'm sorry. :/

in the video you said who needs windows keys especially if you are a gamer can't confirm cos im a gamer and i use these for example for windows +r for some stuff, i also use it when i game in fullscreen to see discord notifications. you don't need to make a budget version of it though

I don't use winkey when gaming so it's cool
using it to gayme even now

[Tyson]

Porbeagle Porfavor

[Nonnegaard]

Delightful 

[herbologist]

i really would love a budget version of it, but not wkl.

its a 2 piece alu case with a lasercut plate, unless I make it stacked acrylic, it aint getting much cheaper. also WKL for life I'm sorry. :/

in the video you said who needs windows keys especially if you are a gamer can't confirm cos im a gamer and i use these for example for windows +r for some stuff, i also use it when i game in fullscreen to see discord notifications. you don't need to make a budget version of it though

Remap wk somewhere else 

[Heist Morty]

Hey sharks, Unfortunately, due to the current lack of demand in the hobby, Taylor and I have decided to postpone this board until demand re-surges.

the Porbeagle will stay near the shore until then.