[IC] M65 aka RAMABAE65 - Made with RAMA

[jchan94]

I am reading this tread correctly that ISO possibility have been added??  You are the man, Chan! Have a great Christmas everybody!

Correct! . Of course, with this "universal plate", the switch alignment is always a challenge since it is a little more loose, but I believe it's at a benefit at the end of the day.

A new PCB is going to me soon, and we're just about to finish up the plate to get another one done. I might just test it myself with acrylic since I have a laser cutter at my office.

[pon10]

I am reading this tread correctly that ISO possibility have been added??  You are the man, Chan! Have a great Christmas everybody!

Correct! . Of course, with this "universal plate", the switch alignment is always a challenge since it is a little more loose, but I believe it's at a benefit at the end of the day.

A new PCB is going to me soon, and we're just about to finish up the plate to get another one done. I might just test it myself with acrylic since I have a laser cutter at my office.

Thanks for your reply Looking forward! 1 question, is the RGB light gonna be static? 

[sony]

I am reading this tread correctly that ISO possibility have been added??  You are the man, Chan! Have a great Christmas everybody!

Correct! . Of course, with this "universal plate", the switch alignment is always a challenge since it is a little more loose, but I believe it's at a benefit at the end of the day.

A new PCB is going to me soon, and we're just about to finish up the plate to get another one done. I might just test it myself with acrylic since I have a laser cutter at my office.

Thanks for your reply Looking forward! 1 question, is the RGB light gonna be static?

It's ps2avr so it has all the effects of wkl keyboards.

[pon10]

I am reading this tread correctly that ISO possibility have been added??  You are the man, Chan! Have a great Christmas everybody!

Correct! . Of course, with this "universal plate", the switch alignment is always a challenge since it is a little more loose, but I believe it's at a benefit at the end of the day.

A new PCB is going to me soon, and we're just about to finish up the plate to get another one done. I might just test it myself with acrylic since I have a laser cutter at my office.

Thanks for your reply Looking forward! 1 question, is the RGB light gonna be static?

It's ps2avr so it has all the effects of wkl keyboards.

Cool, thanks i am not on the firmware level yet. searched an it looks super, have a good holiday!

[jonthn]

This looks amazing.

Do you think it will be possible to make the board/PCB hotswappable-switch friendly ?
I hope not to be completely off-topic, don't hesitate to correct/explain/point-out what's required to make a keyboard with hotswappable switches.

[kolashnikov]

My understanding is that hot-swappable keyboards have hot-swappable PCBs, not hot-swappable switches. That is, the keyboard would have to be designed for it and any standard mechanical switches would work (MX, Gateron, and related clones). It is likely too late (and IMO, out of scope) for this board to have hot swap switch capability.

Like with the Team Wolf board, for example, there is nothing particularly special about the switches. Although they require switches that accommodate SMD LEDs, they aren't specifically "hot swap" switches.

[aznreaper]

Yeah, you can always buy the hotlite pieces to stick into the PCB to act like sockets and cover your board to be hot swappable. However you need to make sure the size fits almost perfectly since if the tolerance in the holes is too high, the hot lite piece could just fall through and it would be tricky to solder, and kinda defeat the purpose of you choosing to go hot swappable.

Some people have been trying to get a spreadsheet to show which PCB's work with these things, but this should be a new custom PCB that jchan is sourcing so you would need jchan to try to know for sure.

[Tre3Cycl3S]

Very interested with this! I really like the aesthetics of it. I was planning to get a WhiteFox to satisfy my 65% cravings but this design though... Seriously considering getting one!

It is too bad I couldn't get the Hydro Blue colour since I didn't manage to hop on to GMK Hydro. Maybe I'll get Matte Jet Black to match the colour of all but one of my board....

[jonthn]

Yeah, you can always buy the hotlite pieces to stick into the PCB to act like sockets and cover your board to be hot swappable. However you need to make sure the size fits almost perfectly since if the tolerance in the holes is too high, the hot lite piece could just fall through and it would be tricky to solder, and kinda defeat the purpose of you choosing to go hot swappable.

Some people have been trying to get a spreadsheet to show which PCB's work with these things, but this should be a new custom PCB that jchan is sourcing so you would need jchan to try to know for sure.

My understanding is that hot-swappable keyboards have hot-swappable PCBs, not hot-swappable switches. That is, the keyboard would have to be designed for it and any standard mechanical switches would work (MX, Gateron, and related clones). It is likely too late (and IMO, out of scope) for this board to have hot swap switch capability.

Like with the Team Wolf board, for example, there is nothing particularly special about the switches. Although they require switches that accommodate SMD LEDs, they aren't specifically "hot swap" switches.

Ok. Thanks for the explanations. So it may be possible at some point to change the PCB to accomodate for these Holtite sockets.
I hope it works with the first version, I guess I will try and participate with this GB when it's live, in the worst case it will still be a beautiful working keyboard

[sony]

Very interested with this! I really like the aesthetics of it. I was planning to get a WhiteFox to satisfy my 65% cravings but this design though... Seriously considering getting one!

It is too bad I couldn't get the Hydro Blue colour since I didn't manage to hop on to GMK Hydro. Maybe I'll get Matte Jet Black to match the colour of all but one of my board....

You can still get Hydro pre-order. $180 though.

[alienman82]

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[kawasaki161]

had to screw me over, so I can't get blue since I didn't get hydro since Dolch mods belong with Dolch alphas not beige alphas.

smh.

What about your "boycott china" thing? That should rule out this board anyways for you, shouldn't it?

[alienman82]

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[marian]

A question about the color Jet Black: does it have a metallic effect, it's not just black right?. I can't tell just by the sample pic. Will it look more like the renders?

[jchan94]

A question about the color Jet Black: does it have a metallic effect, it's not just black right?. I can't tell just by the sample pic. Will it look more like the renders?

It's Matte, so it's not like shiny like metal; hence "Matte Jet Black".

[FLOCKA]

Quick question. Can anybody confirm that I've got these key sizes right?



I would need:

• 1.75u Shift
• 1.5u Control
• 1.5u Alt

Have I got that right?

[jchan94]

Quick question. Can anybody confirm that I've got these key sizes right?

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I would need:

• 1.75u Shift
• 1.5u Control
• 1.5u Alt

Have I got that right?

Correct.

[FLOCKA]

Thank you kindly! Now to hunt down a set of keys that will fit this bad boy. It seems like GMK Carbon's "base kit" includes enough keys to provide full coverage, so I'm thinking that might be a good choice.

[jchan94]

Thank you kindly! Now to hunt down a set of keys that will fit this bad boy. It seems like GMK Carbon's "base kit" includes enough keys to provide full coverage, so I'm thinking that might be a good choice.

Yupp! Carbon should fit it fine. Good luck hunting!

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News!

This will launch in January sometime (might be early, might be late).

The google form will be open for: 5 days only. You will be invoiced at the end of the form period.

The rubber feet are looking to land soon and we'll have photos up then of the full bottom.

[kawasaki161]

had to screw me over, so I can't get blue since I didn't get hydro since Dolch mods belong with Dolch alphas not beige alphas.

smh.

What about your "boycott china" thing? That should rule out this board anyways for you, shouldn't it?

well Stefan, while I have stated in the mira thread more or less three times that that was a joke, I can also say that I buy whatever I want.

Oh, sorry, I forgot that friendly banter isn't a thing on the internet. Don't take everything I casually say personal, you'll realize when I'm really serious everything else either has a neutral or sarcastic meaning  )

[kitchenace13]

Count me in for at least one (likely more) of these.  Cannot wait, these look amazing! 

[Potatoes]

Thinking about this. Looks great.

[Photoelectric]

Sorry if it's been answered already, but are the side bolts going to be only available in silver color?  Or some options there?

Can't decide between nylon base and aluminum base.  I'd prefer the aluminum base, but the option of having bottom lighting is nice, and it's exclusive to the nylon base.

[duynguyenle]

Sorry if it's been answered already, but are the side bolts going to be only available in silver color?  Or some options there?

Can't decide between nylon base and aluminum base.  I'd prefer the aluminum base, but the option of having bottom lighting is nice, and it's exclusive to the nylon base.

https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=85629.msg2324988#msg2324988

[jchan94]

Sorry if it's been answered already, but are the side bolts going to be only available in silver color?  Or some options there?

Can't decide between nylon base and aluminum base.  I'd prefer the aluminum base, but the option of having bottom lighting is nice, and it's exclusive to the nylon base.

https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=85629.msg2324988#msg2324988

The custom molded feet have landed! They fit perfectly. They lock into the base piece very easily with hole inserts on the base, and have 3M tape on them so they don't come off. More photos to come soon!

[Photoelectric]

Sorry if it's been answered already, but are the side bolts going to be only available in silver color?  Or some options there?

Can't decide between nylon base and aluminum base.  I'd prefer the aluminum base, but the option of having bottom lighting is nice, and it's exclusive to the nylon base.

https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=85629.msg2324988#msg2324988

Cool thanks. Completely overlooked that post somehow

[jchan94]

Just got a new camera and still getting used to it. Still not optimized to how I want it setup, but here are the photos of the custom molded feet.

[FLOCKA]

Love it! I may have missed this earlier, but I had no idea the nylon bottom had a weight included 

So were the feet basically the last hurdle to clear for the gb?

[jchan94]

Love it! I may have missed this earlier, but I had no idea the nylon bottom had a weight included 

So were the feet basically the last hurdle to clear for the gb?

The feet were the last parts to receive. The PCBs are currently manufacturing already.

I guess you can say that everything is here and ready, but we have a few things left to do:

1. Packaging
2. Designing the extra goodie we have
3. Updating the plate (one measurement was off for split spacebar by 0.2mm).
4. Designing the brass

Almost there!

[FLOCKA]

That's very exciting news! Also, I don't know how you do it man! I keep seeing your name attached to so many different projects, it's really impressive. Your hard work is greatly appreciated!

[jchan94]

That's very exciting news! Also, I don't know how you do it man! I keep seeing your name attached to so many different projects, it's really impressive. Your hard work is greatly appreciated!

Well it's not without people's help .

RAMA is a huge part of this project and it wouldn't be here without him <3.

[exitfire401]

That's very exciting news! Also, I don't know how you do it man! I keep seeing your name attached to so many different projects, it's really impressive. Your hard work is greatly appreciated!

Well it's not without people's help .

RAMA is a huge part of this project and it wouldn't be here without him <3.

So, I love that there's a Hydro special color, any chance of a terminal special color since it looks like this will be dropping around the same time? (And green is bae)

[jchan94]

That's very exciting news! Also, I don't know how you do it man! I keep seeing your name attached to so many different projects, it's really impressive. Your hard work is greatly appreciated!

Well it's not without people's help .

RAMA is a huge part of this project and it wouldn't be here without him <3.

So, I love that there's a Hydro special color, any chance of a terminal special color since it looks like this will be dropping around the same time? (And green is bae)

That sounds like a fantastic idea.

I think this is what I'll do most likely since we're closing in on everything. I wouldn't want to add a color if I didn't have a sample chip on hand. The manufacturers would take 1-2 weeks to get that to us and a crazy price to get it expedited.

In any case, this is my plan:

R1 will offer the current colors.

R2 will offer the most popular colors from R1, and I think we can add green + a special r2 color as well. I was also thinking about adding maroon. It'd be great to see that. I thought about add red (GMK Pyro), but I think it might be way too tacky looking, despite having Hydro Blue.

[exitfire401]

That's very exciting news! Also, I don't know how you do it man! I keep seeing your name attached to so many different projects, it's really impressive. Your hard work is greatly appreciated!

Well it's not without people's help .

RAMA is a huge part of this project and it wouldn't be here without him <3.

So, I love that there's a Hydro special color, any chance of a terminal special color since it looks like this will be dropping around the same time? (And green is bae)

That sounds like a fantastic idea.

I think this is what I'll do most likely since we're closing in on everything. I wouldn't want to add a color if I didn't have a sample chip on hand. The manufacturers would take 1-2 weeks to get that to us and a crazy price to get it expedited.

In any case, this is my plan:

R1 will offer the current colors.

R2 will offer the 2 most popular colors from R1, and I think we can add green + a special r2 color as well. I was also thinking about adding maroon. It'd be great to see that. I thought about add red (GMK Pyro), but I think it might be way too tacky looking, despite having Hydro Blue.

Awesome. As much as I want one, I'll have to wait for rd 2 as I'm broke as hell after the holidays and since you're about to destroy my wallet with Terminal anyways.

[jchan94]

That's very exciting news! Also, I don't know how you do it man! I keep seeing your name attached to so many different projects, it's really impressive. Your hard work is greatly appreciated!

Well it's not without people's help .

RAMA is a huge part of this project and it wouldn't be here without him <3.

So, I love that there's a Hydro special color, any chance of a terminal special color since it looks like this will be dropping around the same time? (And green is bae)

That sounds like a fantastic idea.

I think this is what I'll do most likely since we're closing in on everything. I wouldn't want to add a color if I didn't have a sample chip on hand. The manufacturers would take 1-2 weeks to get that to us and a crazy price to get it expedited.

In any case, this is my plan:

R1 will offer the current colors.

R2 will offer the 2 most popular colors from R1, and I think we can add green + a special r2 color as well. I was also thinking about adding maroon. It'd be great to see that. I thought about add red (GMK Pyro), but I think it might be way too tacky looking, despite having Hydro Blue.

Awesome. As much as I want one, I'll have to wait for rd 2 as I'm broke as hell after the holidays and since you're about to destroy my wallet with Terminal anyways.

Hahah, Terminal is by thekeycompany . It's a great piece and I'm on the fence to get it. So many keysets, not enough keyboards

[exitfire401]

That's very exciting news! Also, I don't know how you do it man! I keep seeing your name attached to so many different projects, it's really impressive. Your hard work is greatly appreciated!

Well it's not without people's help .

RAMA is a huge part of this project and it wouldn't be here without him <3.

So, I love that there's a Hydro special color, any chance of a terminal special color since it looks like this will be dropping around the same time? (And green is bae)

That sounds like a fantastic idea.

I think this is what I'll do most likely since we're closing in on everything. I wouldn't want to add a color if I didn't have a sample chip on hand. The manufacturers would take 1-2 weeks to get that to us and a crazy price to get it expedited.

In any case, this is my plan:

R1 will offer the current colors.

R2 will offer the 2 most popular colors from R1, and I think we can add green + a special r2 color as well. I was also thinking about adding maroon. It'd be great to see that. I thought about add red (GMK Pyro), but I think it might be way too tacky looking, despite having Hydro Blue.

Awesome. As much as I want one, I'll have to wait for rd 2 as I'm broke as hell after the holidays and since you're about to destroy my wallet with Terminal anyways.

Hahah, Terminal is by thekeycompany . It's a great piece and I'm on the fence to get it. So many keysets, not enough keyboards

Whoops! Thought that was you. My bad!

[forevermadrigal]

Jchan pls, do I join R1 or wait to see what the extra colors in R2 will be :thinking: 

[jchan94]

Jchan pls, do I join R1 or wait to see what the extra colors in R2 will be :thinking: 

EH. R2.5 for "A LA CARTE" service ? :O

But who knows when that will happen. Seems long down the road and I can't see that far. I can just plan what I'm going to offer then .

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In other news, I'm applying for a UPS business account and hopefully they give me good pricing for international deliveries. I definitely do not want problems. I know shipping is expensive to deal with, so I'm sorry for those who choose to participate internationally .

[Slash Emperor]

Jchan pls, do I join R1 or wait to see what the extra colors in R2 will be :thinking: 

EH. R2.5 for "A LA CARTE" service ? :O

But who knows when that will happen. Seems long down the road and I can't see that far. I can just plan what I'm going to offer then .

edit

In other news, I'm applying for a UPS business account and hopefully they give me good pricing for international deliveries. I definitely do not want problems. I know shipping is expensive to deal with, so I'm sorry for those who choose to participate internationally .

Hopefully you can get a real nice discount with a UPS business account. My company has one and the discount is around 78%, which is quite nice.

[jchan94]

Jchan pls, do I join R1 or wait to see what the extra colors in R2 will be :thinking: 

EH. R2.5 for "A LA CARTE" service ? :O

But who knows when that will happen. Seems long down the road and I can't see that far. I can just plan what I'm going to offer then .

edit

In other news, I'm applying for a UPS business account and hopefully they give me good pricing for international deliveries. I definitely do not want problems. I know shipping is expensive to deal with, so I'm sorry for those who choose to participate internationally .

Hopefully you can get a real nice discount with a UPS business account. My company has one and the discount is around 78%, which is quite nice.

oh jesus. I hope it is that good. Not sure how far it'll go since I believe it would depend on ongoing / reoccuring volume.

[Slash Emperor]

Hopefully you can get a real nice discount with a UPS business account. My company has one and the discount is around 78%, which is quite nice.

oh jesus. I hope it is that good. Not sure how far it'll go since I believe it would depend on ongoing / reoccuring volume.

Here's hoping that you can get hooked up with a nice discount. I think my work has such a steep discount because of the sheer daily volume of international and domestic UPS shipments (UPS truck and freight truck come by every day).

[Photoelectric]

What's been decided about plate colors?  They will match the top case color?  Will there be an option to mix and match top and bottom colors, or one solid color for everything?

[FLOCKA]

What's been decided about plate colors?  They will match the top case color?  Will there be an option to mix and match top and bottom colors, or one solid color for everything?

I thought the case and plate were integrated as a single piece... At least that's how it looks from the renders. Just slide the PCB underneath, then the nylon (or aluminum) bottom. But I could be wrong!

[jchan94]

What's been decided about plate colors?  They will match the top case color?  Will there be an option to mix and match top and bottom colors, or one solid color for everything?

What's been decided about plate colors?  They will match the top case color?  Will there be an option to mix and match top and bottom colors, or one solid color for everything?

I thought the case and plate were integrated as a single piece... At least that's how it looks from the renders. Just slide the PCB underneath, then the nylon (or aluminum) bottom. But I could be wrong!

My original vision was to have identical plate colors to the top to lower issues, but slowly as more and more people email / pm me about this, I might push for Stainless Steel plates.

Fill out the form for the plate feedback. If there's interest for each one, I think we can make it work if they even out.

https://goo.gl/forms/hk7jaF13hyeFNNun2

[FLOCKA]

What's been decided about plate colors?  They will match the top case color?  Will there be an option to mix and match top and bottom colors, or one solid color for everything?

What's been decided about plate colors?  They will match the top case color?  Will there be an option to mix and match top and bottom colors, or one solid color for everything?

I thought the case and plate were integrated as a single piece... At least that's how it looks from the renders. Just slide the PCB underneath, then the nylon (or aluminum) bottom. But I could be wrong!

My original vision was to have identical plate colors to the top to lower issues, but slowly as more and more people email / pm me about this, I might push for Stainless Steel plates.

Fill out the form for the plate feedback. If there's interest for each one, I think we can make it work if they even out.

https://goo.gl/forms/hk7jaF13hyeFNNun2

Hey jchan, could you please check the sharing permissions on that? It is currently unavailable for me

[jchan94]

What's been decided about plate colors?  They will match the top case color?  Will there be an option to mix and match top and bottom colors, or one solid color for everything?

What's been decided about plate colors?  They will match the top case color?  Will there be an option to mix and match top and bottom colors, or one solid color for everything?

I thought the case and plate were integrated as a single piece... At least that's how it looks from the renders. Just slide the PCB underneath, then the nylon (or aluminum) bottom. But I could be wrong!

My original vision was to have identical plate colors to the top to lower issues, but slowly as more and more people email / pm me about this, I might push for Stainless Steel plates.

Fill out the form for the plate feedback. If there's interest for each one, I think we can make it work if they even out.

https://goo.gl/forms/hk7jaF13hyeFNNun2

Hey jchan, could you please check the sharing permissions on that? It is currently unavailable for me

Fixed. Sorry. Google Orgs Emails /shrug

[sony]

What's been decided about plate colors?  They will match the top case color?  Will there be an option to mix and match top and bottom colors, or one solid color for everything?

What's been decided about plate colors?  They will match the top case color?  Will there be an option to mix and match top and bottom colors, or one solid color for everything?

I thought the case and plate were integrated as a single piece... At least that's how it looks from the renders. Just slide the PCB underneath, then the nylon (or aluminum) bottom. But I could be wrong!

My original vision was to have identical plate colors to the top to lower issues, but slowly as more and more people email / pm me about this, I might push for Stainless Steel plates.

Fill out the form for the plate feedback. If there's interest for each one, I think we can make it work if they even out.

https://goo.gl/forms/hk7jaF13hyeFNNun2

Hey jchan, could you please check the sharing permissions on that? It is currently unavailable for me

Fixed. Sorry. Google Orgs Emails /shrug

Can I buy a keyclack email?

[nathanrosspowell]

What's been decided about plate colors?  They will match the top case color?  Will there be an option to mix and match top and bottom colors, or one solid color for everything?

What's been decided about plate colors?  They will match the top case color?  Will there be an option to mix and match top and bottom colors, or one solid color for everything?

I thought the case and plate were integrated as a single piece... At least that's how it looks from the renders. Just slide the PCB underneath, then the nylon (or aluminum) bottom. But I could be wrong!

My original vision was to have identical plate colors to the top to lower issues, but slowly as more and more people email / pm me about this, I might push for Stainless Steel plates.

Fill out the form for the plate feedback. If there's interest for each one, I think we can make it work if they even out.

https://goo.gl/forms/hk7jaF13hyeFNNun2

"Stainless Steal"? Confirmed topskam!

[Photoelectric]

I thought the case and plate were integrated as a single piece... At least that's how it looks from the renders. Just slide the PCB underneath, then the nylon (or aluminum) bottom. But I could be wrong!

They are separate, it's been pointed out somewhere early in this thread.

My original vision was to have identical plate colors to the top to lower issues, but slowly as more and more people email / pm me about this, I might push for Stainless Steel plates.

Fill out the form for the plate feedback. If there's interest for each one, I think we can make it work if they even out.

https://goo.gl/forms/hk7jaF13hyeFNNun2

Thanks for that!  I wrote that I'm interested in the brass plate, and if brass will not be available, then matching the plate color to top color is good.  I hate stainless steel plates (when combined with rigid metal cases) with passion after my Lightsaver.

[jchan94]

@nathan lolll. Just saw that.

@photo Looks like people just want Alu, then Brass.

Waiting for confirmations on pricing and such,