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Title: [IC] Kangaroo Left Handed 108
Post by: JonoColwell on Thu, 24 September 2020, 00:29:26

Update: couple of new pics,
https://imgur.com/a/9OZhoQP

Kinda scuffed this one because I didn't specify tolerances for electroplating on manufacture, so I had to use a dremel and smash it with a hammer to fit it together, gonna get it cleaned up from all the finger marks etc on it and take some more pics later.

Note: Not sure if the Rose Gold will be offered as an option, if it is it'll be pricey, it's proper rose gold so it's about 10x as expensive as a black would be etc

Anyone interested in something like this?

(https://i.imgur.com/cmRIXYE.jpeg)

https://imgur.com/a/jO6VprD

Features:
Left handed 108
Made in Australia TBD where it's made
Very heavy
QMK Compat
Wooden box for not for sale, just letting you know I have it
Approx Weight:
Full Alu with Brass Plate: 4 kg
Full Brass: 9 kg

Design by Solid Snake
PCB by Xelus

Price: Large

To do:
Finish Parts
Put some words on the inside
Different Plates
Fix PCB and Plate so they support 1.5,1,1.5,7,1.5,1,1.5
Confirm price and timing
Brass top pieces
Better hinges on box

Title: Re: [IC] Kangaroo Left Handed 108
Post by: belgium_waffles on Thu, 24 September 2020, 00:30:19

very lit

Title: Re: [IC] Kangaroo Left Handed 108
Post by: goddream on Thu, 24 September 2020, 00:32:01

all brass version please

Title: Re: [IC] Kangaroo Left Handed 108
Post by: JonoColwell on Thu, 24 September 2020, 00:33:01

Quote from: goddream on Thu, 24 September 2020, 00:32:01

all brass version please

Added to the list

Title: Re: [IC] Kangaroo Left Handed 108
Post by: IOVERCALLHISTIOCYTES on Thu, 24 September 2020, 00:35:26

Love it

Title: Re: [IC] Kangaroo Left Handed 108
Post by: Kingk22 on Thu, 24 September 2020, 00:35:54

nice box

Title: Re: [IC] Kangaroo Left Handed 108
Post by: 002_GT on Thu, 24 September 2020, 00:39:00

good stuff jono

Title: Re: [IC] Kangaroo Left Handed 108
Post by: pngu on Thu, 24 September 2020, 00:45:04

this is big good.

Title: Re: [IC] Kangaroo Left Handed 108
Post by: premise_ on Thu, 24 September 2020, 00:48:50

hi any split spacebar support?

Title: Re: [IC] Kangaroo Left Handed 108
Post by: Silk on Thu, 24 September 2020, 00:52:51

ne iso avail?

Title: Re: [IC] Kangaroo Left Handed 108
Post by: Rebral on Thu, 24 September 2020, 00:57:16

Looking nice. Will be keeping an eye on this one!

Title: Re: [IC] Kangaroo Left Handed 108
Post by: JonoColwell on Thu, 24 September 2020, 01:04:03

Quote from: premise_ on Thu, 24 September 2020, 00:48:50

hi any split spacebar support?

No

Quote from: Silk on Thu, 24 September 2020, 00:52:51

ne iso avail?

Also no

Title: Re: [IC] Kangaroo Left Handed 108
Post by: sirieous on Thu, 24 September 2020, 01:09:48

Very nice board, even nicer box.

Title: Re: [IC] Kangaroo Left Handed 108
Post by: niakulah on Thu, 24 September 2020, 01:29:51

Interested. QMK support?

Title: Re: [IC] Kangaroo Left Handed 108
Post by: JonoColwell on Thu, 24 September 2020, 01:35:02

Quote from: niakulah on Thu, 24 September 2020, 01:29:51

Interested. QMK support?

(https://i.imgur.com/7E8OQhQ.png)

Yes

Title: Re: [IC] Kangaroo Left Handed 108
Post by: Dovan1405 on Thu, 24 September 2020, 01:42:36

nice keyboard can you send me all the files to study it?

Title: Re: [IC] Kangaroo Left Handed 108
Post by: jamster on Thu, 24 September 2020, 02:08:29

Looks good. Shipping out of Oz is going to be killer though.

Title: Re: [IC] Kangaroo Left Handed 108
Post by: Agilr on Thu, 24 September 2020, 03:32:51

Yes.

Title: Re: [IC] Kangaroo Left Handed 108
Post by: Sycomore on Thu, 24 September 2020, 04:38:08

Australia, yes.

Title: Re: [IC] Kangaroo Left Handed 108
Post by: Laneware on Thu, 24 September 2020, 04:52:43

Good luck mate! Support for Australian made  :thumb:

Title: Re: [IC] Kangaroo Left Handed 108
Post by: CAZ on Thu, 24 September 2020, 06:53:17

Great work Jono good to see some more home grown aussie talent, looking forward to seeing this develop further.

Title: Re: [IC] Kangaroo Left Handed 108
Post by: Capsy on Thu, 24 September 2020, 07:00:26

Okay. I'm saying yes again.

Title: Re: [IC] Kangaroo Left Handed 108
Post by: ttom on Thu, 24 September 2020, 07:08:56

best ic formatting i've seen in a while

love the board too

Title: Re: [IC] Kangaroo Left Handed 108
Post by: MuffinCat on Thu, 24 September 2020, 09:35:24

Quote from: ttom on Thu, 24 September 2020, 07:08:56

best ic formatting i've seen in a while

love the board too

Jono gets to the point and gets **** done.

Title: Re: [IC] Kangaroo Left Handed 108
Post by: reminbee on Thu, 24 September 2020, 10:12:08

wow that is gorgeous

Title: Re: [IC] Kangaroo Left Handed 108
Post by: Lysol_ on Sun, 27 September 2020, 06:57:57

Really good formatting. Interested

Title: Re: [IC] Kangaroo Left Handed 108
Post by: dandruff on Sun, 27 September 2020, 07:25:35

Let us buy the box with the board as an extra!

Title: Re: [IC] Kangaroo Left Handed 108
Post by: illusixn on Sun, 27 September 2020, 10:21:26

https://dribbble.com/shots/6274769-Kangaroo-Line-Logo

Title: Re: [IC] Kangaroo Left Handed 108
Post by: jjoejimmy on Sun, 27 September 2020, 11:55:23

that box is next level!

Title: Re: [IC] Kangaroo Left Handed 108
Post by: Luciqueii on Sun, 27 September 2020, 14:49:29

Looks interesting, gonna keep an eye on this one (:

Title: Re: [IC] Kangaroo Left Handed 108
Post by: JonoColwell on Sun, 27 September 2020, 16:20:34

Quote from: illusixn on Sun, 27 September 2020, 10:21:26

https://dribbble.com/shots/6274769-Kangaroo-Line-Logo

Edit: original was a bit disjointed

I originally paid to have this drawn in October of last year.

I assumed gold faith on the part of the artist however I can clearly see the similarities here

I have contacted the original artist to discuss a resolution

Edit2: And it's been resolved.

Title: Re: [IC] Kangaroo Left Handed 108
Post by: huey on Sun, 27 September 2020, 19:55:10

holy moly this is cool

Title: Re: [IC] Kangaroo Left Handed 108
Post by: aeryxz on Sun, 27 September 2020, 19:56:21

Yes.

Title: Re: [IC] Kangaroo Left Handed 108
Post by: Suavity on Sun, 27 September 2020, 20:10:07

GB when.   :thumb:

Title: Re: [IC] Kangaroo Left Handed 108
Post by: Michele on Sat, 03 October 2020, 13:32:16

👀super interested omg. Imagine “9kg gang”, lit

Title: Re: [IC] Kangaroo Left Handed 108
Post by: MABC01 on Tue, 13 October 2020, 02:53:39

I think this a Perfect! I am drafter that this Keyboard is exactly what I am looking for! If you make a few prototypes I will buy one from you.
I in Australia too. The desing is optimal, i dont have to remove my hand from the mouse. There is a lot of southpaw Keyboards but they keep the arrows in the right.

Title: Re: [IC] Kangaroo Left Handed 108
Post by: MABC01 on Tue, 13 October 2020, 03:03:11

Please plenty of spot for us Aussies on the GB.
AE boards and Rama always put America first, many American Group Buys are exclusive to Americans or are priorities.
Group Buys open to them first and then the rest of the world.
AEboards dose not priorities the Australian customer.
Like the SOUTHPAW75 was focus on Americans.

Title: Re: [IC] Kangaroo Left Handed 108
Post by: yumboy1 on Tue, 13 October 2020, 06:41:14

Can I use only left-handed people?

Title: Re: [IC] Kangaroo Left Handed 108
Post by: musdem on Tue, 13 October 2020, 08:30:59

I stupidly missed the HEX.6C so I really hope I'll be able to grab this for my work.

Title: Re: [IC] Kangaroo Left Handed 108
Post by: Havattack on Tue, 13 October 2020, 12:49:50

No, but i am kind of interested in a keyboard with a closing lid.. or a keyboard in a wood box.

Title: Re: [IC] Kangaroo Left Handed 108
Post by: noorejji on Wed, 14 October 2020, 01:54:58

The gravitational force of this keyboard will mean that you need heavier springs.

Title: Re: [IC] Kangaroo Left Handed 108
Post by: aeryxz on Sat, 17 October 2020, 07:22:05

Quote from: MABC01 on Tue, 13 October 2020, 03:03:11

Please plenty of spot for us Aussies on the GB.
AE boards and Rama always put America first, many American Group Buys are exclusive to Americans or are priorities.
Group Buys open to them first and then the rest of the world.
AEboards dose not priorities the Australian customer.
Like the SOUTHPAW75 was focus on Americans.

Excuse me?
Who are you? You've got 2 posts on geekhack so I assume you are new to the community.

I'm running the Australian commmunity server and gave friends and family gb slots to people in there. I've not run a public group buy in a long time so I'm unsure of what your accusations are.

What does Southpaw75 have to do with AEBoards or Rama?

Title: Re: [IC] Kangaroo Left Handed 108
Post by: productkun on Sat, 17 October 2020, 07:51:44

That brass bottom is hot

Title: Re: [IC] Kangaroo Left Handed 108
Post by: JonoColwell on Sat, 21 November 2020, 17:44:14

Updated with additional pics of the prototype, I've had it electroplated, unfortunately I didn't  get tolerances put in for electroplating, so that needed to be dremel'd down and bashed with a hammer a fair bit to fit it together, next time definitely get the tolerances right.

https://imgur.com/a/9OZhoQP

Couple of additional prototypes lined up, some which are just blasted and sealed brass with anodised tops and another couple I'm looking into which I'm planning on getting plated with proper tolerances etc.

Note the rose gold on this does not have the protective coating on it, so it's very prone to scratching, I elected to not have the coating as it would add additional thickness and I knew I would already be running into issues with that, overall this thing is very stiff to type on but that's not so bad because I like tactiles. Not 100% sold on the sound of if, but that's at least in part because I'm using U4s unmodded because I'm kinda lazy.

Title: Re: [IC] Kangaroo Left Handed 108
Post by: despairsray on Sat, 21 November 2020, 18:23:07

This thing looks insane. Is this a top mount? I couldn't find the mounting information. I am a leftie and am interested.

Title: Re: [IC] Kangaroo Left Handed 108
Post by: JonoColwell on Sat, 21 November 2020, 18:54:39

Yeah standard top mount

Title: Re: [IC] Kangaroo Left Handed 108
Post by: Uriell on Sun, 22 November 2020, 01:08:49

Have been lurking for some time but as a leftie, had to create an account to show interest.

Do you have a discord channel?

Title: Re: [IC] Kangaroo Left Handed 108
Post by: Freeaboo on Fri, 27 November 2020, 19:13:40

Now I need a wood box...

Sent from my SM-G930V using Tapatalk

Title: Re: [IC] Kangaroo Left Handed 108
Post by: foriscamis on Sat, 19 December 2020, 04:22:39

I stumbled on this looking at some AE Boards.

This is exactly what I was after.

Expressing interest in all brass but would take anything for the layout. I'm expecting it's going to be excessively expensive but that's fine if your plan comes together.

Whats the angle going to be?

BTW it's not really left handed so much as sensible keyboard design. The arrows and number pad on the right is a remnant of the pre-mouse days. Saying that I suppose the qwerty layout is as well.

Title: Re: [IC] Kangaroo Left Handed 108
Post by: Rob27shred on Sat, 19 December 2020, 06:06:54

Quote from: JonoColwell on Sat, 21 November 2020, 18:54:39

Yeah standard top mount

:thumb:

Title: Re: [IC] Kangaroo Left Handed 108
Post by: PickleTickle on Thu, 14 January 2021, 05:19:44

I honestly still come back to this thread from time to time to see if there's an update. This board honestly ticks so many boxes for me

Title: Re: [IC] Kangaroo Left Handed 108
Post by: low_key_keyboards on Sat, 30 January 2021, 02:33:21

Yes please!