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Title: Keycult No. 2 build log & teardown video
Post by: riotonthebay on Thu, 11 April 2019, 10:01:58
Wanted to share a teardown video and build log of a new board I just announced ;D. Build log here (https://keycult.io/pages/no-2-build-log) (warning: lots of pictures) and teardown video below:


Title: Re: Keycult No. 2 build log & teardown video
Post by: hayt on Thu, 11 April 2019, 10:03:55
Dude, this thing is sick. Love the attention to detail and the original aesthetic. I’m tempted for a red
Title: Re: Keycult No. 2 build log & teardown video
Post by: danielucf on Thu, 11 April 2019, 10:20:06
This looks amazing. 80% isn't normally my bag, but I really want to build one of these.

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Title: Re: Keycult No. 2 build log & teardown video
Post by: ejewell89 on Thu, 11 April 2019, 12:41:01
This looks amazing. 80% isn't normally my bag, but I really want to build one of these.

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you buy it i'll build it.  :))
Title: Re: Keycult No. 2 build log & teardown video
Post by: danielucf on Thu, 11 April 2019, 13:01:06
This looks amazing. 80% isn't normally my bag, but I really want to build one of these.

Sent from my Pixel 3 XL using Tapatalk

you buy it i'll build it.  :))
Reverse that and we have a deal

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Title: Re: Keycult No. 2 build log & teardown video
Post by: ejewell89 on Thu, 11 April 2019, 13:09:01
This looks amazing. 80% isn't normally my bag, but I really want to build one of these.

Sent from my Pixel 3 XL using Tapatalk

you buy it i'll build it.  :))
Reverse that and we have a deal

Sent from my Pixel 3 XL using Tapatalk

today's opposite day, so, done.
Title: Re: Keycult No. 2 build log & teardown video
Post by: laughatpain on Thu, 11 April 2019, 13:24:25
I never thought someone could make a rectangle so interesting.
Another great board!


Every time I say I'm done with the hobby, something new and interesting comes up.

Any details on the chamfer angle? I'm always looking for something as rounded as the corsa
Title: Re: Keycult No. 2 build log & teardown video
Post by: riotonthebay on Thu, 11 April 2019, 13:52:39
I never thought someone could make a rectangle so interesting.
Another great board!


Every time I say I'm done with the hobby, something new and interesting comes up.

Any details on the chamfer angle? I'm always looking for something as rounded as the corsa

Heh, thanks for the kind words ;D. And which angle do you mean?
Title: Re: Keycult No. 2 build log & teardown video
Post by: laughatpain on Thu, 11 April 2019, 15:51:40
Its the edge of the top piece that faces the user when typing. The difference in the chamfer can be seen distinctly between my old corsa and the jane v1.

I just got my tx108 and it has a similar chamfer to the corsa and its just one of the small details that I really enjoy about certain boards so I was just curious.

More
https://www.flickr.com/photos/115722906@N08/15287239137/in/album-72157648098547719/

-from photekq's corsa album

More
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/319551286993485836/325798862264598529/JPEG_20170617_174747.jpg

-my old corsa

More
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/319551286993485836/325798564292853760/JPEG_20170617_174648.jpg

-my old jane v1
Title: Re: Keycult No. 2 build log & teardown video
Post by: Photekq on Thu, 11 April 2019, 16:06:46
Awesome work dude! I've been waiting to see someone attach the bottom piece through the plate for ages.

Title: Re: Keycult No. 2 build log & teardown video
Post by: riotonthebay on Thu, 11 April 2019, 16:09:37
Its the edge of the top piece that faces the user when typing. The difference in the chamfer can be seen distinctly between my old corsa and the jane v1.

I just got my tx108 and it has a similar chamfer to the corsa and its just one of the small details that I really enjoy about certain boards so I was just curious.

Ahh gotcha -- When it's rounded like that it's usually called a fillet in CAD-world, and when it's a sharp angle it's a chamfer. The fillets are 2mm around the top of the No. 2.
Title: Re: Keycult No. 2 build log & teardown video
Post by: laughatpain on Thu, 11 April 2019, 16:16:26
Its the edge of the top piece that faces the user when typing. The difference in the chamfer can be seen distinctly between my old corsa and the jane v1.

I just got my tx108 and it has a similar chamfer to the corsa and its just one of the small details that I really enjoy about certain boards so I was just curious.

Ahh gotcha -- When it's rounded like that it's usually called a fillet in CAD-world, and when it's a sharp angle it's a chamfer. The fillets are 2mm around the top of the No. 2.

Ahhh, thanks for the clarification. I'll mock it up on solid works to get a better image of my head.

Either way, excited to see another one of your ideas come to production and what good timing with tax returns coming in ;D
Title: Re: Keycult No. 2 build log & teardown video
Post by: Puddsy on Thu, 11 April 2019, 17:38:38
best keyboard 2019 calling it now
Title: Re: Keycult No. 2 build log & teardown video
Post by: pr0ximity on Thu, 11 April 2019, 19:02:54
best keyboard 2019 calling it now

bold move, but I like it
Title: Re: Keycult No. 2 build log & teardown video
Post by: Puddsy on Thu, 11 April 2019, 19:15:27
best keyboard 2019 calling it now

bold move, but I like it

needs brian lee seal of brutalist approval before we can confirm it
Title: Re: Keycult No. 2 build log & teardown video
Post by: Sifo on Thu, 11 April 2019, 19:29:37
but its not blue
Title: Re: Keycult No. 2 build log & teardown video
Post by: Puddsy on Thu, 11 April 2019, 20:01:28
but its not blue

that's why god invented cerakote
Title: Re: Keycult No. 2 build log & teardown video
Post by: Pemdas on Thu, 11 April 2019, 21:12:06
Wow every new board of yours introduces me to a new concept :eek:

Really cool design for that screwless bottom!

Just out of curiosity

(https://i.imgur.com/WFAuynz.png)

On the base plate is the a specific reason for the circled holes?
Title: Re: Keycult No. 2 build log & teardown video
Post by: Puddsy on Thu, 11 April 2019, 22:00:30
Wow every new board of yours introduces me to a new concept :eek:

Really cool design for that screwless bottom!

Just out of curiosity

Show Image
(https://i.imgur.com/WFAuynz.png)


On the base plate is the a specific reason for the circled holes?

alignment

he talks about it in the breakdown video
Title: Re: Keycult No. 2 build log & teardown video
Post by: riotonthebay on Thu, 11 April 2019, 22:03:42
Wow every new board of yours introduces me to a new concept :eek:

Really cool design for that screwless bottom!

Just out of curiosity

Show Image
(https://i.imgur.com/WFAuynz.png)


On the base plate is the a specific reason for the circled holes?

They were a recommendation from the factory to improve holding during anodizing.
Title: Re: Keycult No. 2 build log & teardown video
Post by: Puddsy on Thu, 11 April 2019, 22:22:14
Wow every new board of yours introduces me to a new concept :eek:

Really cool design for that screwless bottom!

Just out of curiosity

Show Image
(https://i.imgur.com/WFAuynz.png)


On the base plate is the a specific reason for the circled holes?

They were a recommendation from the factory to improve holding during anodizing.

i was wrong and i admit it
Title: Re: Keycult No. 2 build log & teardown video
Post by: nickheller on Thu, 11 April 2019, 22:23:48
Wow every new board of yours introduces me to a new concept :eek:

Really cool design for that screwless bottom!

Just out of curiosity

Show Image
(https://i.imgur.com/WFAuynz.png)


On the base plate is the a specific reason for the circled holes?

alignment

he talks about it in the breakdown video

Wow every new board of yours introduces me to a new concept :eek:

Really cool design for that screwless bottom!

Just out of curiosity

Show Image
(https://i.imgur.com/WFAuynz.png)


On the base plate is the a specific reason for the circled holes?

They were a recommendation from the factory to improve holding during anodizing.

i was wrong and i admit it
Maybe stop talking out of your ass then?
Title: Re: Keycult No. 2 build log & teardown video
Post by: Puddsy on Thu, 11 April 2019, 22:27:29
Wow every new board of yours introduces me to a new concept :eek:

Really cool design for that screwless bottom!

Just out of curiosity

Show Image
(https://i.imgur.com/WFAuynz.png)


On the base plate is the a specific reason for the circled holes?

alignment

he talks about it in the breakdown video

Wow every new board of yours introduces me to a new concept :eek:

Really cool design for that screwless bottom!

Just out of curiosity

Show Image
(https://i.imgur.com/WFAuynz.png)


On the base plate is the a specific reason for the circled holes?

They were a recommendation from the factory to improve holding during anodizing.

i was wrong and i admit it
Maybe stop talking out of your ass then?

i misunderstood after watching the video is all
Title: Re: Keycult No. 2 build log & teardown video
Post by: vegs on Fri, 12 April 2019, 02:51:51
I'm going to be that guy and ask - since you designed the board with classic dyesub sets in mind, will ISO be offered as well?
I pretty much exclusively use Cherry ISO dyesubs nowadays :))
Title: Re: Keycult No. 2 build log & teardown video
Post by: Puddsy on Fri, 12 April 2019, 02:56:13
I'm going to be that guy and ask - since you designed the board with classic dyesub sets in mind, will ISO be offered as well?
I pretty much exclusively use Cherry ISO dyesubs nowadays :))

if you watch the video he says no

i don't think the WT80 supports ISO in the first place anyway
Title: Re: Keycult No. 2 build log & teardown video
Post by: vegs on Fri, 12 April 2019, 04:25:15
I'm going to be that guy and ask - since you designed the board with classic dyesub sets in mind, will ISO be offered as well?
I pretty much exclusively use Cherry ISO dyesubs nowadays :))

if you watch the video he says no

i don't think the WT80 supports ISO in the first place anyway
oh so you watched the video? :rolleyes:
Title: Re: Keycult No. 2 build log & teardown video
Post by: LightningXI on Fri, 12 April 2019, 05:03:43
I'm going to be that guy and ask - since you designed the board with classic dyesub sets in mind, will ISO be offered as well?
I pretty much exclusively use Cherry ISO dyesubs nowadays :))

if you watch the video he says no

i don't think the WT80 supports ISO in the first place anyway
oh so you watched the video? :rolleyes:
Sometimes these questions are a form of making a suggestion as well.

If anything, I'd like to see it supporting ISO if it's something the PCB designer would be willing to do on any future iteration.
Title: Re: Keycult No. 2 build log & teardown video
Post by: riotonthebay on Fri, 12 April 2019, 06:07:21
As for universal plates like the ones included with the original No. 1, I've moved away from those and standard plates will only include ANSI. At the moment there is not a compatible PCB with ISO support, but if one came along, I'd likely release fixed layout ISO plates as an option.
Title: Re: Keycult No. 2 build log & teardown video
Post by: vegs on Fri, 12 April 2019, 06:17:40
As for universal plates like the ones included with the original No. 1, I've moved away from those and standard plates will only include ANSI. At the moment there is not a compatible PCB with ISO support, but if one came along, I'd likely release fixed layout ISO plates as an option.
Gotcha, thanks :thumb:
Title: Re: Keycult No. 2 build log & teardown video
Post by: ejewell89 on Fri, 12 April 2019, 07:31:27
I'm going to be that guy and ask - since you designed the board with classic dyesub sets in mind, will ISO be offered as well?
I pretty much exclusively use Cherry ISO dyesubs nowadays :))

if you watch the video he says no

i don't think the WT80 supports ISO in the first place anyway
oh so you watched the video? :rolleyes:

50/50 on talking out of his ass again.  :))