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geekhack Marketplace => Group Buys and Preorders => Topic started by: TheProfosist on Mon, 17 October 2011, 03:32:48
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During the last group buy of colored topre keycaps I notice that a lot of people were buying blank sets for their HHKB because labeled keys wouldnt match up. I missed out on the group buy and when Elite Keyboards had them in stock. While trying to track down a set I found out that within the next month or two more sets will be available. After learning this I contacted WASD Keyboards about doing custom etching on a blank topre keycap set. I was told that with one set it would be very expensive to do because of the testing needed to get the correct laser settings. The other problem that he had was that there may not be enough extra keys to do good enough testing to produce a satisfactory etching.
I came up with the idea of group etching to cut down on cost and have the ability to have enough extra key caps for the testing. Depending on the number of people interested we may have to limit the color of caps to a single color (for testing reasons) and the layout would be kept the same between colors (if there are different ones) to keep down on cost.
Once some interest is shown I will contact WASD and start getting more of the particulars worked out. Like how the caps will be bought, prices for shipping, and pricing on the testing and etching.
The best way would be for the caps to be sent directly to WASD from the seller. Then have WASD etch and ship the keycaps. This way we could keep the number of shipments down, keeping shipping cost down. Though this would be the best method it would require a large commitment from WASD which I dont know yet if he would be willing to do.
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No interest?
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Mark me down as interested.
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I rather keep my keys blank so I can swap them between my HHKB and Realforce, but thanks for the heads up on more sets being available later, rally hope to land a yellow or a blue set this time ;)
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I rather keep my keys blank so I can swap them between my HHKB and Realforce, but thanks for the heads up on more sets being available later, rally hope to land a yellow or a blue set this time ;)
any interest in atleast getting the letter keys on the blank sets etched?
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I'd buy some.
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nice two people! though I dont know what the minimum amount of extra keys that needed. Maybe I should start send some questions to WASD already.
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Depending on the price, I might be in for a set.
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Depending on the price, I might be in for a set.
well the price on just a black set is $100+ already.
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If i stil had my hhkb
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any interest in atleast getting the letter keys on the blank sets etched?
Just ordered a set of yellow and a set of blue printed topre caps, so won't need to etch anything anymore
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Just ordered a set of yellow and a set of blue printed topre caps, so won't need to etch anything anymore
Tsangan - if you dont mind me asking did you order the yellow set from iomania also?
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looks like this isnt going to have enough people to get off the ground
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Would you consider doing this again now?
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Prof is in deep trouble with this group buy (http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=38471.0). A lot of people have never received anything from him and that GB started in december 2012.
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Prof is in deep trouble with this group buy (http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=38471.0). A lot of people have never received anything from him and that GB started in december 2012.
Ahh okay, thanks for that, just hard to get hold of topre's :(