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Group Buys and Preorders / Re: Beam Spring 104+SSK+122+62 Reproduction Project! Round 1 now shipping
« Last post by Ellipse on Tue, 14 April 2026, 15:42:46 »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."
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."
