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Fossil Southpaw Gunmetal Grey Prototype
Fossil Full Size R2 + Southpaw Fossil - Made in USACarolina Mech (https://www.carolinamech.com) + Van Dusen (https://www.vdmfg.com/)
R2 Album (https://imgur.com/a/38BVyUQ)
Join our Discord and give us feedback! (https://discord.gg/zzyj64g)
Follow us on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/carolinamech/)
The best full size keyboard is back for Round 2. We're excited to be offering a Southpaw variant this time! The group buy is planned for August 25 2025 through mid September 2025. Shooting for a 6 month turnaround time. Worldwide sale exclusively on Carolina Mech (https://www.carolinamech.com). Sale format is an preorder style buy, no max currently set beyond human limit.
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Northern Lights Cerakote Fossil Southpaw Proto
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Ankylosaurus weight for R2!
Blued Ankylosaurus Engraving Video (https://youtube.com/shorts/4KZILnQwD2g?si=Lz8uYROtUAmIPy06)
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Carnivore Weight, blued, designed by u/onecreativemind
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7 degrees, 17.5mm front height
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Herbivore Weight, blued
specifications:
- solder only for southpaw, regular will have option for hotswap pcb, via, f12 and f13 compatible
- grommet mount
- usb-c daughterboard
- 7 degrees
- 17.5mm front height
- 2.44 kg / 5.6 lb
- price: kits around $660-$700 still finalizing and worried about tariffs.
- plates: kit will come with an aluminum full plate, option for half , fr4, carbon fiber
- custom tx bag style carrying case
colors are: Grey, Sand, Mongoose (color changing), Pegasus (color changing), and Northern Lights, maybe raw?
weight options: Carnivore (T-rex), Herbivore (Brontosaurus), Ankylosaurus, or blank. Bronto and Ankylo will have an option for a bluing, then engraving process in this video (https://youtube.com/shorts/4KZILnQwD2g?si=Lz8uYROtUAmIPy06)
Below are some renders by ruby (https://www.instagram.com/rubybuilds/) of the color options this round, which were voted on by our discord.
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Gunmetal Grey Cerakote (https://www.cerakote.com/shop/cerakote-coating/H-219/gun-metal-grey)
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Mongoose Gun Candy Color Changing (https://www.guncandy.com/products/mongoose?srsltid=AfmBOoo7xWai5czsqoah9VJX6IdPterdvdQIwHeLmMk1FQPUUsSqoAfX)
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Northern Lights Cerakote (https://www.cerakote.com/shop/cerakote-coating/H-315/northern-lights)
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Pegasus Gun Candy Color Changing (https://www.guncandy.com/products/pegasus?srsltid=AfmBOooMSKlxcsDXoxNtRGf3SQKRONVSegoeZILD-oYmyMep5wBPpwqH)
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Sand Cerakote (custom blend)
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exploded view
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side view
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grommet rubber mount
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plate
We have a few more protos being coated and will update with IRL pics. Renders are approximations and color changing coating is tough to match! Please note the grey is a little tough to capture, here's another photo of it in natural light (https://i.imgur.com/GkIqaYE.png)
some stuff from R1
typing tests by u/Hedgey:
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R1 pic from u/coalxxx
Alexotos' youtube video below on Fossil:Album from Lightning (https://imgur.com/a/TcYxurB)Sound test from Lightning: Join our Discord and give us feedback! (https://discord.gg/zzyj64g)
Alexotos will be building a Southpaw Fossil on August 27!
Thanks for looking!