Author Topic: Tai Hao 6.25x Space Bar GB [SHIPPED] (Read 118407 times)

elton5354 · « **on:** Fri, 30 August 2013, 11:36:42 »

This group buy is for the 6.25x OEM space bar from Tai Hao. Tai Hao is now willing to make tooling for this size space bar.

~~MOQ is 400 per colour~~ - black, yellow, green, red, and blue.

There is no more MOQ for this as long as we maintain this number.

Price:

$2 USD each for BLACK only
$2.50 USD each for GREEN, RED, YELLOW, and BLUE

price includes the tooling fees

You can refer to here for the original GB

Orders are closed.

Order Confirmation

Shipping will be separate from the original GB as this will take much longer to finish.

Timeline:
- 1 month to finish the tooling
- 1 month for production
- 1 week to ship to me

Shipping will be with bubble mailers.

Canada: $4
USA: $5
International: $8

For larger quantities (less than 250g and around 30 space bars)

Canada: $
USA: $8.50
International: $8.50

Shipping prices depends on how many space bars you order.

Space Bar Count: 574

Yellow: 98
Red: 144
Black: 121
Green: 95
Blue: 116

___q · « **Reply #1 on:** Fri, 30 August 2013, 11:56:07 »

I'm totally in, probably for two of each color.

Will fill out the form later today

mashby · « **Reply #2 on:** Fri, 30 August 2013, 12:13:22 »

Ordered 1 of each.

hoasican2004 · « **Reply #3 on:** Fri, 30 August 2013, 12:13:35 »

great, finally has 6.25x spacebar for Tai Hao sets

Tarzan · « **Reply #4 on:** Fri, 30 August 2013, 12:25:56 »

Ordered two of each.

kenmai9 · « **Reply #5 on:** Fri, 30 August 2013, 12:31:11 »

edit: nevermind.

heissler · « **Reply #6 on:** Fri, 30 August 2013, 12:49:48 »

Bought the amount of spacebars to match my keyset order.

player3 · « **Reply #7 on:** Fri, 30 August 2013, 13:10:07 »

Oh nice. Ordered one of each

Techno Trousers · « **Reply #8 on:** Fri, 30 August 2013, 13:30:28 »

I'm in for one of each.

Halvar · « **Reply #9 on:** Fri, 30 August 2013, 14:11:36 »

I have some bad conscience towards keypop.net who first helped make this GB happen and now probably already invested in a solution for us.

However, exact colors and profile are just too tempting. Hope keypop.net find a way to cancel/absorb their investment.

elton5354 · « **Reply #10 on:** Fri, 30 August 2013, 14:57:46 »

Just letting you all know, for full disclosure, there is no additional fee from me, so this is an official nonprofit group buy.

bazemk1979 · « **Reply #11 on:** Fri, 30 August 2013, 15:03:35 »

Elton any chance for off center stemmed caplsock dude? don't have to be stepped........ ask them dude, this will make the set go way further!!!!! and you can pair the capslock keys with the space bars!!! like ordering black space bar will come with black off center capslock, possible? if its hard for them to make it with legends they can make it without legends.... cost should not be that much me thinks. anyways we have some keys for R4 that are blanks like the x1, this wont be too different, will look unique even if its blank, but at least will match the color and the height and people can use this set for traditional keyboards and Korean or Cherry boards.

Worst come to worse if they cant make molding for off center full touch capslock, maeby we can order the regular ones and do the stem mod ourself, but at least we have 2 Capslock keys, one off center and one centered.... I'm in for 2 of these just to make this GB happen.

BTW Elton, your the best!

elton5354 · « **Reply #12 on:** Fri, 30 August 2013, 15:18:36 »

I'm not sure if there are many that expressed interest in that. I'll ask though of course.

Galaxy · « **Reply #13 on:** Fri, 30 August 2013, 16:15:04 »

I'm in for 1 of each color. Hope we can hit the MOQ.

bazemk1979 · « **Reply #14 on:** Fri, 30 August 2013, 16:35:41 »

Quote from: elton5354 on Fri, 30 August 2013, 15:18:36

I'm not sure if there are many that expressed interest in that. I'll ask though of course.

thanks Elton, if its cheap enough I know people will get it just for the sake of later down the road getting Cherry or Korean board. I know it wont cost much if its blank/full touch

cyberwave · « **Reply #15 on:** Fri, 30 August 2013, 16:36:12 »

ordered

I HATE TAIHAO!

just kidding

ChillyVanilly · « **Reply #16 on:** Fri, 30 August 2013, 17:02:11 »

Ordered.

Why didn't Tai Hao just do this from the beginning? The group buy would have been larger for them.

Toad1677 · « **Reply #17 on:** Fri, 30 August 2013, 18:41:47 »

Great news. order one of each

meeekus · « **Reply #18 on:** Fri, 30 August 2013, 18:48:50 »

Quote from: ChillyVanilly on Fri, 30 August 2013, 17:02:11

Ordered.

Why didn't Tai Hao just do this from the beginning? The group buy would have been larger for them.

I really am wondering this myself.

Techno Trousers · « **Reply #19 on:** Fri, 30 August 2013, 19:15:44 »

Quote from: elton5354 on Fri, 30 August 2013, 14:57:46

Just letting you all know, for full disclosure, there is no additional fee from me, so this is an official nonprofit group buy.

Just letting you all know, for full disclosure, that Elton is an awesome guy!

MOZ · « **Reply #20 on:** Fri, 30 August 2013, 20:00:49 »

Quote from: Techno Trousers on Fri, 30 August 2013, 19:15:44

Quote from: elton5354 on Fri, 30 August 2013, 14:57:46
Just letting you all know, for full disclosure, there is no additional fee from me, so this is an official nonprofit group buy.

Just letting you all know, for full disclosure, that Elton is an awesome guy!

Welcome to GeekHack Cap'n Obvious

Grimey · « **Reply #21 on:** Fri, 30 August 2013, 20:17:28 »

In for one of each.

rowdy · « **Reply #22 on:** Fri, 30 August 2013, 21:08:04 »

KeyPop were going to make polycarb space bars iirc, which will look great! Hopefully their colours will match.

For $2 each I will be in for Tai Hao space bars and almost certainly KeyPop ones too! Can't have enough space bars, right? Spares for after the shining

... once my internets are back ...

mark_thaddeus · « **Reply #23 on:** Fri, 30 August 2013, 21:10:15 »

Order placed; 2 spacebars each for yellow, red, blue and black!

salmo · « **Reply #24 on:** Fri, 30 August 2013, 21:33:39 »

Ordered 2 for each of my colors (black, green, blue). Thanks for following up and through with this elton.

I'm really not that miffed about this, because while it would have been nice to get them with the rest of the caps, they're still soooo cheap that it's like complaining about the quality of the pickles on a Krystal (or White Castle). I mean, even for a 37 key set, it would have been a good deal. And now I can get extra spacebars, so there's that.

Will get keypop spacebars as well if they still offer them. You can never have too many spacebars.

babychoy · « **Reply #25 on:** Fri, 30 August 2013, 21:46:03 »

I take the tooling is yet to be made. They might as well consider making the spacebars "universal" (100mm and 80mm stab-compatible).

quake4mhg · « **Reply #26 on:** Sat, 31 August 2013, 00:21:58 »

Ordered 2 of each color. Thanks alot Elton. These toys gonna be fun

Jokrik · « **Reply #27 on:** Sat, 31 August 2013, 02:50:46 »

Ordered!

xpistalpetex · « **Reply #28 on:** Sat, 31 August 2013, 03:25:36 »

ordered

LechnerDE · « **Reply #29 on:** Sat, 31 August 2013, 07:50:28 »

I ordered 9 spacebars - one for each for my sets.

If it doesn't affect shipping prices, I'd double that order.

Elton, could you please check the shipping prices based on the 7x spacebar you already have? Would be awesome to know how much fit into in one envelope

SkyBlaze · « **Reply #30 on:** Sat, 31 August 2013, 09:43:34 »

ordered 1 blue 1 black .

elton5354 · « **Reply #31 on:** Sat, 31 August 2013, 10:57:59 »

Quote from: LechnerDE on Sat, 31 August 2013, 07:50:28

I ordered 9 spacebars - one for each for my sets.

If it doesn't affect shipping prices, I'd double that order.

Elton, could you please check the shipping prices based on the 7x spacebar you already have? Would be awesome to know how much fit into in one envelope

Yeah I'll see how much each weighs approx.

If it doesn't fit the envelope, I'll just use a box since it's by weight, it doesn't matter if I use either one.

Quote from: babychoy on Fri, 30 August 2013, 21:46:03

I take the tooling is yet to be made. They might as well consider making the spacebars "universal" (100mm and 80mm stab-compatible).

Can you give me the specific dimensions?

Halvar · « **Reply #32 on:** Sat, 31 August 2013, 14:00:57 »

Here's a photo of the universal space bar (note the orientation):

http://elitekeyboards.com/proddata/images/th/sbu2_under1000_th0x0.jpg

There are 6 stems:
- in the center (for all MX keyboards except Cherry G80-3000)
- 11.9 mm (5/8 units) to the right of the center (for Cherry G80-3000 and Cherry-made Das keyboard 2) It's on the left on that photo because of its orientation.
- 50 mm (2 5/8 units) to the right and to the left of the center (most MX keyboards)
- 40 mm to the right and to the left of the center (some Leopolds, Steelseries, Zowie Celeritas)

Source: DT wiki ( http://deskthority.net/wiki/Space )

LechnerDE · « **Reply #33 on:** Sat, 31 August 2013, 14:28:01 »

Thanks for posting this Halvar.

Would be awesome if we got a universal spacebar, but a standard one for modern boards should suffice

elton5354 · « **Reply #34 on:** Sat, 31 August 2013, 14:37:08 »

Thanks, I've just emailed Tai Hao about adding specifications to the space bar and tooling for off-centered caps lock. Will probably receive an answer on Sunday night or Monday night if she can figure something out.

bazemk1979 · « **Reply #35 on:** Sat, 31 August 2013, 15:55:34 »

Quote from: elton5354 on Sat, 31 August 2013, 14:37:08

Thanks, I've just emailed Tai Hao about adding specifications to the space bar and tooling for off-centered caps lock. Will probably receive an answer on Sunday night or Monday night if she can figure something out.

thanks Elton, much appreciated

elton5354 · « **Reply #36 on:** Sat, 31 August 2013, 16:41:52 »

Maybe I should close the order for now until I finalize the group buy. If the caps lock does go through, there will be extra cost for it and i don't want it to be the same as the original group buy where I added a dollar to the set half way through.

MOZ · « **Reply #37 on:** Sat, 31 August 2013, 17:04:36 »

Quote from: elton5354 on Sat, 31 August 2013, 16:41:52

Maybe I should close the order for now until I finalize the group buy. If the caps lock does go through, there will be extra cost for it and i don't want it to be the same as the original group buy where I added a dollar to the set half way through.

If you are waiting for the capslock, then lock the thread till then.

elton5354 · « **Reply #38 on:** Sat, 31 August 2013, 17:12:08 »

Quote from: MOZ on Sat, 31 August 2013, 17:04:36

Quote from: elton5354 on Sat, 31 August 2013, 16:41:52
Maybe I should close the order for now until I finalize the group buy. If the caps lock does go through, there will be extra cost for it and i don't want it to be the same as the original group buy where I added a dollar to the set half way through.

If you are waiting for the capslock, then lock the thread till then.

Closing the order form is good enough. I encourage discussion.

KeyPop · « **Reply #39 on:** Sat, 31 August 2013, 17:17:44 »

Oi... This is truly unfortunate news to us..
We might be investing in this group buy but we do need some time to re-evaluate our current funds.

MOZ · « **Reply #40 on:** Sat, 31 August 2013, 17:22:23 »

Quote from: elton5354 on Sat, 31 August 2013, 17:12:08

Quote from: MOZ on Sat, 31 August 2013, 17:04:36
Quote from: elton5354 on Sat, 31 August 2013, 16:41:52
Maybe I should close the order for now until I finalize the group buy. If the caps lock does go through, there will be extra cost for it and i don't want it to be the same as the original group buy where I added a dollar to the set half way through.

If you are waiting for the capslock, then lock the thread till then.

Closing the order form is good enough. I encourage discussion.

Yeah, that is what I meant, silly me.

elton5354 · « **Reply #41 on:** Sat, 31 August 2013, 17:26:22 »

Quote from: KeyPop on Sat, 31 August 2013, 17:17:44

Oi... This is truly unfortunate news to us..
We might be investing in this group buy but we do need some time to re-evaluate our current funds.

Yeah..it's an unfortunate for everyone who took part of my Tai Hao group buy. I do apologize to everyone as an organizer. If I had to go back in time, I would've pushed them harder to make the space bar in the first place.

KeyPop · « **Reply #42 on:** Sat, 31 August 2013, 17:42:32 »

Quote from: elton5354 on Sat, 31 August 2013, 17:26:22

Quote from: KeyPop on Sat, 31 August 2013, 17:17:44
Oi... This is truly unfortunate news to us..
We might be investing in this group buy but we do need some time to re-evaluate our current funds.

Yeah..it's an unfortunate for everyone who took part of my Tai Hao group buy. I do apologize to everyone as an organizer. If I had to go back in time, I would've pushed them harder to make the space bar in the first place.

It is by no means your fault. Tai Hao has been known for quite some time to not produce 6.25x spacebars. This is very unexpected and nobody would have been able to predict this.

bazemk1979 · « **Reply #43 on:** Sat, 31 August 2013, 18:01:16 »

Elton its fine brother nobody knew about this, we only knew that they could of made x7 space bars, then it turned out that they can make the 1.5 and x1 R4 modifiers.... Lets make it this time final and get the space bar in 6.25 and the off center caps lock, this 2 addition will make this set fully complete excluding the ISO layout.

Halvar · « **Reply #44 on:** Sun, 01 September 2013, 01:27:14 »

I'd love an off-center stemmed caps lock for my sets, but I wonder how we can reach MOQs with that.

bianco · « **Reply #45 on:** Sun, 01 September 2013, 02:12:58 »

i'll definitely order these once the form is available.

bazemk1979 · « **Reply #46 on:** Sun, 01 September 2013, 03:51:58 »

Quote from: Halvar on Sun, 01 September 2013, 01:27:14

I'd love an off-center stemmed caps lock for my sets, but I wonder how we can reach MOQs with that.

If the capslock are cheap enough maeby Elton can pair them in matching colors with the space bars

meeekus · « **Reply #47 on:** Sun, 01 September 2013, 11:03:11 »

Quote from: KeyPop on Sat, 31 August 2013, 17:42:32

Quote from: elton5354 on Sat, 31 August 2013, 17:26:22

Quote from: KeyPop on Sat, 31 August 2013, 17:17:44
Oi... This is truly unfortunate news to us..
We might be investing in this group buy but we do need some time to re-evaluate our current funds.

Yeah..it's an unfortunate for everyone who took part of my Tai Hao group buy. I do apologize to everyone as an organizer. If I had to go back in time, I would've pushed them harder to make the space bar in the first place.

It is by no means your fault. Tai Hao has been known for quite some time to not produce 6.25x spacebars. This is very unexpected and nobody would have been able to predict this.

However there is a silver lining. All future Tai Hao buys now have the possibility of 6.25x spacebars and, if elton can pressure enough, the off-center stemmed caps lock.

RickyJ · « **Reply #48 on:** Sun, 01 September 2013, 12:45:49 »

In for spacebars matching my sets!

Hyde · « **Reply #49 on:** Sun, 01 September 2013, 19:14:39 »

Quote from: KeyPop on Sat, 31 August 2013, 17:42:32

Quote from: elton5354 on Sat, 31 August 2013, 17:26:22

Quote from: KeyPop on Sat, 31 August 2013, 17:17:44
Oi... This is truly unfortunate news to us..
We might be investing in this group buy but we do need some time to re-evaluate our current funds.

Yeah..it's an unfortunate for everyone who took part of my Tai Hao group buy. I do apologize to everyone as an organizer. If I had to go back in time, I would've pushed them harder to make the space bar in the first place.

It is by no means your fault. Tai Hao has been known for quite some time to not produce 6.25x spacebars. This is very unexpected and nobody would have been able to predict this.

Yeah I'm surprised they even budge in, I'd say you still did a good job convincing them.

Now I hope we can meet the 400 MOQ, damn Tai Hao and their ridiculously high MOQ lol.

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Author Topic: Tai Hao 6.25x Space Bar GB [SHIPPED] (Read 118407 times)