Firmware update:

As per our recent discussions, all of the project's firmware development is now available in one place, Rico's github:  https://github.com/mymakercorner/

The leyden_jar branch is current for the Leyden Jar controller.  https://github.com/mymakercorner/vial-qmk/tree/leyden_jar

The xwhatsit_vial branch is current for the finalized NathanA updates of xwhatsit.

Other branches are for testing.

Additionally, I have attached an untested and unsupported Leyden Jar port of all the various xwhatsit boards, along with a python script that does the porting.  I just sent it to Rico.  It's provided untested, as is, but any fixes would be helpful.  So far the script is extremely preliminary and doesn't properly port over all of the features, the new calibration binning, the ability to check or uncheck in Vial to split or unsplit keys, etc.  If you're on Windows, QMK WSL compiles in minutes compared to the hours QMK MSYS takes.  This is only for those who have soldered a Leyden Jar controller to one of these other keyboards (F62, F77, F15, F Ortho, F50) and are willing to do some testing.

Thanks! I've been using MX Clear with stock springs but lube and silencing clips for some time.

Kailh Box Brown are a bit different from Kailh Brown. I've seen that there should exist a Box Silent Brown. Perhaps that's for me.

Yes. Brown and Box Brown are different switches. Also Box Brown (old) and Box Brown V2 (new) are different.
And, as you mentioned, there are also the Kailh x Novelkeys Box Brown (silent, cylindrical stem, Browns).
It's getting convoluted....

Container shipment update:

The container shipment was delivered last week without issue. 

Over the coming weeks I will be confirming mailing addresses, updating the manual for the round 2 boards, inspecting inventory, and testing the keyboards with Rico's latest Leyden Jar firmware which offers some improvements to the calibration binning.  These are the first beam spring keyboards to use Rico's Leyden Jar controller!

As always there is still time to add on to your order any additional key sets, first aid kits, LED overlays and other parts to ship with your keyboard.  You can also order the skip the line custom/low serial product add-on.

In other words, shipping will not start for several weeks, and there are a couple hundred boards to ship, so this will take quite some time.  And as I mentioned with a previous update, please do not ask me which batch your keyboard is in or when your order will ship.  As per a previous update: 

"The factory has completed just about all needed variations except for nearly all the black and industrial gray cases; most of those will be shipping in the container shipment departing in a few months from now.  If you picked one of those two case colors and want to get your keyboard in the shortest amount of time, you can request switching to Dark Blue, Light Blue, Regular Gray, or True Red by emailing me.  You can't switch to Off-White/Beige.  In other words, just about everyone who has ordered a B104 is expected to be in the current shipment, except the black and industrial gray case orders and possibly a few other exceptions; being in one shipment or another is not guaranteed."

Lucky you!

They passed a few weeks ago here. Do you forage them yourself?

nah, I pay through the teeth for them from the farmer's market

Approved