Prototype looking good!
Will there be an option for a non-shiny finish for the brass parts? or even an aluminum option would be great. I'd much prefer a finish that won't scratch so easily
You can get a sand-blast brass plate on extra.
the mounting system we proposed will be having the PCB screwed and locked in to the bottom case, while the plate will be screwed in and locked in place on the top case.Another thought we put into this design is that we hope that whoever appreciate hot-swappable PCB could easily change the plate by unscrewing it off the top case and swap it to another material to experience different typing feel. Last but not the least, user can enjoy the plateless set up on this mounting system as well.
- So if my understanding is correct… it’s top-mounting the plate and tray-mounting the PCB. But it requires the right amount of space between the plate and the PCB such that the switches can sit properly. The tolerance seems hard to achieve
- If someone solders the switches, does she need to screw the PCB to the bottom? I guess no?
- If someone uses a hot-swappable PCB and wants to change the plate material, she would still need to pop out all the switches, unless she has the same 70 switches on the other plate already. Doesn’t seem like an improvement either way.
- so I think it really only enables a plateless setup — a tray mounted plateless setup — which might not sound great imo.
I’m not against your design but if these details could be filled in that’d be helpful.
Still super interested in this keyboard but need some more info on the mounting methods please
- Your understanding is correct. We will carefully monitor the tolerance in between to make sure its a feasible work for all setup.
- You could choose not to, but that defeats the sole purpose of this mounting system in the first place.
- Correct. But comparing to solder PCB, you wouldn't have to desolder all the switches to achieve plate swap.
- I will quote my explanation on Discord here - "Most of the mounting system, if not all, has their PCB alleviated in between cases. There is only 1 thing that consolidates the PCB's position, the plate, obviously, because most people will have their set up with a plate. Which is why sometimes there are many space in between PCB and bottom case, causing hollowness in typing sound or some people might find it not rigid enough and some would add a foam in between the PCB and bottom case in hopes of achieving a more singular bottom out typing sound. One of the reasons we implement this mounting system was that we hope to eliminate these flaws. Also, since the tray mounting points are on the edge, if you are looking to have a plate-less setup, the flex in the alpha would be more significant."
In this picture, there is a silver weight on the right side (almost cut off). I've also noticed that it is larger than the brass weights on the left. Is this a special weight? I'd love to have a larger weight that is longer on the bottom- Also I think it'll be more porportionate. Is this possible?
https://geekhack.org/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=101417.0;attach=224796;image
It should be just the camera angle problem, we didn't develop a special weight for BOCC. As for the request, since design is final now, we wouldn't change the weight size unfortunately - and that making it larger means more materials for weight, it entices increase in cost - which we believe many are avoiding it to get more expensive at this point. But thank you for your input.