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Title: Thick Black Blank PBT Keycaps Set
Post by: LollyWater on Sun, 25 November 2012, 21:24:50: Does anyone know where I can buy a set of thick black blank PBT set of keycaps?
Title: Re: Thick Black Blank PBT Keycaps Set
Post by: demik on Sun, 25 November 2012, 21:31:33: no such thing
Title: Re: Thick Black Blank PBT Keycaps Set
Post by: DanGWanG on Sun, 25 November 2012, 21:46:11: Are you trolling? http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=37551.0
Title: Re: Thick Black Blank PBT Keycaps Set
Post by: metafour on Sun, 25 November 2012, 22:10:07: There's thick white/off-white and thin black but not thick black PBTs.
Title: Re: Thick Black Blank PBT Keycaps Set
Post by: LollyWater on Sun, 25 November 2012, 22:23:44: Quote from: DanGWanG on Sun, 25 November 2012, 21:46:11
Are you trolling? http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=37551.0

I thought you thought I meant double shot keycaps.

My bad:

Quote from: DanGWanG on Mon, 19 November 2012, 17:03:23
Quote from: LollyWater on Mon, 19 November 2012, 16:53:08
Sorry, I meant to Thick PBT Blank caps.

You can buy them from imsto, feng or qtan. They're all vendors of this forum =)

Edit: Oh does feng and qtan not sell them? Oops.
Title: Re: Thick Black Blank PBT Keycaps Set
Post by: Hyde on Sun, 25 November 2012, 23:52:12: feng and qtan sells black blank PBT keycaps, but not the thick ones.

Thick black blank PBT doesn't exist.
Title: Re: Thick Black Blank PBT Keycaps Set
Post by: LollyWater on Mon, 26 November 2012, 00:44:56: Quote from: Hyde on Sun, 25 November 2012, 23:52:12
feng and qtan sells black blank PBT keycaps, but not the thick ones.

Thick black blank PBT doesn't exist.

Why don't they exist?
Title: Re: Thick Black Blank PBT Keycaps Set
Post by: quake4mhg on Mon, 26 November 2012, 02:43:17: I'm waiting for white thick side print PBT lol
Let's wait :)
Title: Re: Thick Black Blank PBT Keycaps Set
Post by: WhiteFireDragon on Mon, 26 November 2012, 02:49:58: Quote from: LollyWater on Sun, 25 November 2012, 21:24:50
thick black blank PBT

These don't exist yet. I've looked a while ago, and will buy a set the moment one comes out.
Title: Re: Thick Black Blank PBT Keycaps Set
Post by: rainb1ood on Mon, 26 November 2012, 03:57:16: Quote from: quake4mhg on Mon, 26 November 2012, 02:43:17
I'm waiting for white thick side print PBT lol
Let's wait :)

Not all white, but imsto sells 'white' thick side printed PBT

(http://i.imgur.com/bTgy1.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/rzwbr.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/pBvMT.jpg)
Title: Re: Thick Black Blank PBT Keycaps Set
Post by: WhiteFireDragon on Mon, 26 November 2012, 04:22:58: Quote from: rainb1ood on Mon, 26 November 2012, 03:57:16
Not all white, but imsto sells 'white' thick side printed PBT

Not anymore. He's only doing dark grey and blue.

Btw, I think those side printed ones in your pic are from the mini GB I ran from imsto :)
Title: Re: Thick Black Blank PBT Keycaps Set
Post by: rainb1ood on Mon, 26 November 2012, 04:46:40: Quote from: WhiteFireDragon on Mon, 26 November 2012, 04:22:58
Quote from: rainb1ood on Mon, 26 November 2012, 03:57:16
Not all white, but imsto sells 'white' thick side printed PBT

Not anymore. He's only doing dark grey and blue.

Btw, I think those side printed ones in your pic are from the mini GB I ran from imsto :)

Yes they are :) Others ordered blanks, not sure how many ordered side print. I remembered it was a group buy within a group buy to save on shipping cost :D
Title: Re: Thick Black Blank PBT Keycaps Set
Post by: feng on Mon, 26 November 2012, 11:01:24: Hm... I'll get some thick PBT ~~black~~white dyesub set soon, but not sure if they make blank set as well.
Title: Re: Thick Black Blank PBT Keycaps Set
Post by: DanGWanG on Mon, 26 November 2012, 11:03:24: ^WHAT?? I want it. Do you have any pics feng?
Title: Re: Thick Black Blank PBT Keycaps Set
Post by: feng on Mon, 26 November 2012, 11:22:54: Quote from: DanGWanG on Mon, 26 November 2012, 11:03:24
^WHAT?? I want it. Do you have any pics feng?
Sorry I meant white. :/
Title: Re: Thick Black Blank PBT Keycaps Set
Post by: Sifo on Mon, 26 November 2012, 11:30:32: lol how can you dyesub on black xD
Title: Re: Thick Black Blank PBT Keycaps Set
Post by: feng on Mon, 26 November 2012, 11:33:11: Quote from: Sifo on Mon, 26 November 2012, 11:30:32
lol how can you dyesub on black xD
Well they do have regular PBT black dyesub set, those look like Topre's black dyesub caps.
Title: Re: Thick Black Blank PBT Keycaps Set
Post by: Vintage on Mon, 26 November 2012, 11:34:28: Quote from: Sifo on Mon, 26 November 2012, 11:30:32
lol how can you dyesub on black xD
I think I saw some pics of black on black PBT dyesub once. I think that's possible, but kinda pointless IMO.

Sounds cool Feng, I would love to see some pics of the thick white dyesub. What colors will the legends be available in? And is it Cherry or OEM profile?
Title: Re: Thick Black Blank PBT Keycaps Set
Post by: WhiteFireDragon on Mon, 26 November 2012, 11:34:58: Please try to get some black blanks. If they can dyesub it, no reason they can't do less work and pull out the sets before the dyesub process.

Quote from: Vintage on Mon, 26 November 2012, 11:34:28
What colors will the legends be available in? And is it Cherry or OEM profile?

Same as always, it'll be cherry profile with sharp corners.
Title: Re: Thick Black Blank PBT Keycaps Set
Post by: Sifo on Mon, 26 November 2012, 11:40:46: Oh right black on black I forgot about that.
Title: Re: Thick Black Blank PBT Keycaps Set
Post by: DanGWanG on Mon, 26 November 2012, 11:54:17: Quote from: Sifo on Mon, 26 November 2012, 11:30:32
lol how can you dyesub on black xD

Think Realforce black keycaps. They're black on black on black on black =)
Title: Re: Thick Black Blank PBT Keycaps Set
Post by: The_Beast on Mon, 26 November 2012, 11:55:17: Quote from: DanGWanG on Mon, 26 November 2012, 11:54:17
Quote from: Sifo on Mon, 26 November 2012, 11:30:32
lol how can you dyesub on black xD

Think Realforce black keycaps. They're black on black on black on black =)

It's black dye subbed on a very dark gray, not a huge difference but it's there ^__^
Title: Re: Thick Black Blank PBT Keycaps Set
Post by: DanGWanG on Mon, 26 November 2012, 12:00:14: ^Mr Technical in the house!!! =)
Title: Re: Thick Black Blank PBT Keycaps Set
Post by: demik on Mon, 26 November 2012, 13:03:15: Quote from: demik on Sun, 25 November 2012, 21:31:33
no such thing

LIKE I SAID. NO SUCH THING FFS
Title: Re: Thick Black Blank PBT Keycaps Set
Post by: The_Beast on Mon, 26 November 2012, 13:13:53: Quote from: DanGWanG on Mon, 26 November 2012, 12:00:14
^Mr Technical in the house!!! =)

justsayin' Brorannasaurs Rex
Title: Re: Thick Black Blank PBT Keycaps Set
Post by: rowdy on Mon, 26 November 2012, 13:14:06: GB!
Title: Re: Thick Black Blank PBT Keycaps Set
Post by: LollyWater on Mon, 26 November 2012, 15:53:45: Quote from: demik on Mon, 26 November 2012, 13:03:15
Quote from: demik on Sun, 25 November 2012, 21:31:33
no such thing

LIKE I SAID. NO SUCH THING FFS

OK BRO GEEEEEEEEEEEZZZZZZZ
Title: Re: Thick Black Blank PBT Keycaps Set
Post by: asura on Mon, 26 November 2012, 15:58:25: G80-3000LPCXY-2?
Title: Re: Thick Black Blank PBT Keycaps Set
Post by: 0100010 on Mon, 26 November 2012, 15:58:55: The blank black keys I have on my Unicomp are pretty thick and made from PBT. Granted they are BS keys though...
Title: Re: Thick Black Blank PBT Keycaps Set
Post by: kmiller8 on Mon, 26 November 2012, 16:17:43: Quote from: asura on Mon, 26 November 2012, 15:58:25
G80-3000LPCXY-2?

To the best of my knowledge, I would assume those would have POM caps, not PBT, am I wrong, probably?
Title: Re: Thick Black Blank PBT Keycaps Set
Post by: Hyde on Mon, 26 November 2012, 16:31:16: Quote from: LollyWater on Mon, 26 November 2012, 00:44:56
Quote from: Hyde on Sun, 25 November 2012, 23:52:12
feng and qtan sells black blank PBT keycaps, but not the thick ones.

Thick black blank PBT doesn't exist.

Why don't they exist?

Because no one makes them yet. Though I'm suprised no one jump on that yet, I always thought anything white or black should sell well in the keyboard world.

But it's ok my white keycaps is in production and hopefully will be on the way soon weeeeeeeeeeeeee :D
Title: Re: Thick Black Blank PBT Keycaps Set
Post by: Vintage on Mon, 26 November 2012, 17:42:29: Quote from: Hyde on Mon, 26 November 2012, 16:31:16
Quote from: LollyWater on Mon, 26 November 2012, 00:44:56
Quote from: Hyde on Sun, 25 November 2012, 23:52:12
feng and qtan sells black blank PBT keycaps, but not the thick ones.

Thick black blank PBT doesn't exist.

Why don't they exist?

Because no one makes them yet. Though I'm suprised no one jump on that yet, I always thought anything white or black should sell well in the keyboard world.

But it's ok my white keycaps is in production and hopefully will be on the way soon weeeeeeeeeeeeee :D

Most companies probably think it makes more sense to make white caps instead because they can be sold blank or dyesubed instead of just blank. More economical that way.

And, there are only so many PBT keycap makers, especially the "thick" kind.
Title: Thick Black Blank PBT Keycaps Set
Post by: quake4mhg on Mon, 26 November 2012, 17:50:07: Quote from: rainb1ood on Mon, 26 November 2012, 03:57:16
Quote from: quake4mhg on Mon, 26 November 2012, 02:43:17
I'm waiting for white thick side print PBT lol
Let's wait :)

Not all white, but imsto sells 'white' thick side printed PBT

Show Image
(http://i.imgur.com/bTgy1.jpg)

Show Image
(http://i.imgur.com/rzwbr.jpg)

Show Image
(http://i.imgur.com/pBvMT.jpg)

Thanks for the awesome pix. I'm gonna talk to imsto right away 😊
Title: Re: Thick Black Blank PBT Keycaps Set
Post by: Hyde on Mon, 26 November 2012, 20:00:43: Those are from his old old stock that he doesn't have them anymore. You'll have to wait for the new white keycaps which is going into production tomorrow, production time is about 2-3 weeks so you won't see it until close to January.

Quote
And, there are only so many PBT keycap makers, especially the "thick" kind.

lol only 1 factory for the thick kind right now I think.
Title: Re: Thick Black Blank PBT Keycaps Set
Post by: IlikeGravy on Thu, 29 November 2012, 19:15:12: Are there any thick OEM profile keycaps?
Title: Re: Thick Black Blank PBT Keycaps Set
Post by: Vintage on Thu, 29 November 2012, 19:44:48: Uhhh... I think IMSTO sells OEM profile PBT. I think that stuff is "thick" too.

There might be some OEM profile "thick' PBT on Ebay too.
Title: Re: Thick Black Blank PBT Keycaps Set
Post by: dorkvader on Sat, 01 December 2012, 13:47:38: Quote from: Vintage on Thu, 29 November 2012, 19:44:48
Uhhh... I think IMSTO sells OEM profile PBT. I think that stuff is "thick" too.

There might be some OEM profile "thick' PBT on Ebay too.
I'm pretty sure the KBC keycaps are OEM profile, the famous thick PBT dyesubs are cherry profile, near as I can tell.
Title: Re: Thick Black Blank PBT Keycaps Set
Post by: Sifo on Sat, 01 December 2012, 13:49:20: No there's no OEM thick as far as I know. Thicks are all cherry profile... the oem black ones are thin