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Offline HaveANiceDay

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SignaturePlastics alternatives?
« on: Fri, 22 April 2011, 12:06:19 »
SP seems to be the one stop shop for all of GH key cap needs.
But are there alternatives? Is there some other company that's able to do thicker keys, or use PBT in double shots?

I asked hngroup.dk if they can do slave labor for us. But they said key caps are not their business focus.
I also asked some chinese company, but I forgot which. I emailed them using their website form as there was no email to be found. Never got a reply, so they probably don't care.

Finally, I found another company in china today: http://www.kyhmold.com
They seem quite promising, offering double injection molding and PBT among others.

I made this topic so someone with more experience in this (like 7bit) could ask them. Maybe I'm not the businessman type of guy, so I don't want to blow our chances.

If it works out, maybe we'll have better/cheaper keycaps in the next group buy.
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Offline Hamblet

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« Reply #1 on: Fri, 22 April 2011, 12:23:04 »
Have you tried,

http://www.datacal.com/

http://www.devlin.co.uk/

??

There should be some more in Taiwan and Japan (I guess). That is all I know.
I am not a big fan of keytops. I am just  t.y.p.e. it.
« Last Edit: Fri, 22 April 2011, 12:25:19 by Hamblet »

Offline Lpb45

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« Reply #2 on: Fri, 22 April 2011, 13:41:32 »
No keytops are good enough for Hamblet which is why he types with his MIND!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Offline Hamblet

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« Reply #3 on: Fri, 22 April 2011, 14:01:11 »
Quote from: Lpb45;335607
No keytops are good enough for Hamblet which is why he types with his MIND!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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All keytops are good enough for Hamblet which is why he types with his MIND!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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This is really Why you Lpb45 is an Asshat !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Offline noodles256

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« Reply #4 on: Fri, 22 April 2011, 14:05:08 »
^^^^^^^^^^^^ +1
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Offline Lpb45

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« Reply #5 on: Fri, 22 April 2011, 14:15:44 »
lol
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Offline keyboardlover

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« Reply #6 on: Fri, 22 April 2011, 15:31:36 »
Lol...Hamblet roflstomps again!

Offline jnsjr

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« Reply #7 on: Fri, 22 April 2011, 15:39:59 »
Quote from: Lpb45;335607
No keytops are good enough for Hamblet which is why he types with his MIND!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I LOL'd so hard I had to leave the library.  Geez.
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