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Title: [GB] Liberi | 65XT with Frog side
Post by: $W4GK!NG on Thu, 21 July 2022, 21:45:58

Liberi
(https://imgur.com/izEddtl.png) (https://imgur.com/gwo19jR.jpg)
Discord Server (https://discord.gg/Uvan7uXTsk)

About

Hi, I'm $W4GK!NG, and this is my first publicly project.
I saw a Kmac Mini and I instantly fell in love, so I made this board. The namesake and color choices are some weeb stuff no one probably cares about.

Specs

- Material: 6063 Aluminum with Brass Weight
- Color: Anodized blue or gray with Clear Coated Sandblasted Weight
- Plate: Sandblasted Polycarbonate with MX cutouts (Alps plate will be available later)
- PCB: Designed by Sleepdealer, Solder only with Alps support, using a Unified Daughterboard
- Typing angle: 6°
- Dimension: 358mm x 112mm
- Front Height: 22mm adjusted
- Weight: 1.6KG unbuilt
- Mounting: Top mount
- Layouts: Refer to the picture below

(https://imgur.com/DIkV0Ud.png)
(https://imgur.com/0dX6rRF.png)
(https://imgur.com/rvt9vUy.png)

Colors

(https://imgur.com/EeVV2kq.jpg) (https://imgur.com/XFngjJp.jpg)

The colors are RAL 5000 and RAL 7011.

Pricing, Lead Time, Availability & Vendors

The GB will be running from July 22nd to August 5th with an unlimited cap

Vendors
- Ashkeebs (covers the NA area)
- KEYGEM (covers EU and UK)
- HexKeyboard (covers SEA and Asia in general)
- Acid & Co (covers Indonesia)

Price per keyboard is $545.00CA / €500.00 (incl. 19% VAT) / $589SG / 6,299,00Rp with 100MOQ
Both the extra plate and PCB are $58.00CA / €55.00 (incl. 19% VAT) / $65SG / 749,00Rp
The estimated shipping date is around Q2 2023 :thumb:

Prototype & Iteration

Prototype Album (https://imgur.com/a/eGNayZc)
Alexotos Prototyle Album (https://imgur.com/a/VRwRgVD)
(In the RAL 7011 color and with all the design updates)

This blue prototype was built in the most basic of all layouts.

(https://imgur.com/FsKlGuE.jpg)

I typed on that for a month and I don't like how muted the spacebar was so I decided to add some acoustic cut on the spacebar area both on my prototype and the model.

(https://imgur.com/fRjFLrd.png)
(https://imgur.com/ELWpU2F.jpg)

And I ended up infilling the front engraving with acrylic paint.

(https://imgur.com/QRGHRFC.jpg)

For the GBrun, there are some changes since the prototype unit, the case wall size has been reduced and the wall that separated the xt column has been thickened a little. ~~I also added a chamfer all around the bottom case and the seam,~~ and also the plate height from plate to top case has been increased from 7.5mm to 7.8mm.

(https://imgur.com/8Dr1Xpa.png) (https://imgur.com/FRTbT0L.png)

Anyway here's a sound test of the first build of the prototype unit, without the spacebar cut yet.

Special Thanks

Bachoo - Literally everything, from teaching me the design basic to CAD and ****, thank you :peepolove:
CrazyAssMonkey - Thank you for answering all my dumb Fusion questions
Bababaul - Thank you for the feedback and all the info I probably would never have if it weren't for you
Founder role on my discord - Thank you for supporting me all this time, thank you

Title: Re: [GB] Liberi | 65XT with Frog side
Post by: Kokaloo on Fri, 22 July 2022, 21:06:50

del

Title: Re: [GB] Liberi | 65XT with Frog side
Post by: Fraaaan on Sat, 23 July 2022, 03:46:25

This is the top mounted, weeb, 65XT board of the year to get. GLWGB Swag! <3

Title: Re: [GB] Liberi | 65XT with Frog side
Post by: The0rigina1 on Sat, 23 July 2022, 04:43:08

2/10 needs more weeb

Title: Re: [GB] Liberi | 65XT with Frog side
Post by: whirlwind on Sat, 23 July 2022, 04:48:10

Amazing job with the project Swag, good luck with the GB!

Title: Re: [GB] Liberi | 65XT with Frog side
Post by: Bunn3y on Sat, 23 July 2022, 05:03:50

It's great to see that this project is finally coming to fruition. Congratulations on the groupbuy Swag! :D

Title: Re: [GB] Liberi | 65XT with Frog side
Post by: ankit on Sat, 23 July 2022, 11:12:16

liberi so lit, glwgb dad

Title: Re: [GB] Liberi | 65XT with Frog side
Post by: $W4GK!NG on Sun, 24 July 2022, 20:52:46

Quote from: ankit-sachdeva on Sat, 23 July 2022, 11:12:16

liberi so lit, glwgb dad

Quote from: Fraaaan on Sat, 23 July 2022, 03:46:25

This is the top mounted, weeb, 65XT board of the year to get. GLWGB Swag! <3

Quote from: whirlwind on Sat, 23 July 2022, 04:48:10

Amazing job with the project Swag, good luck with the GB!

Quote from: Bunn3y on Sat, 23 July 2022, 05:03:50

It's great to see that this project is finally coming to fruition. Congratulations on the groupbuy Swag! :D

Thank you everyone for your kind words :thumb: