[IC] Ares HHKB-like Custom Keyboard (GB Soon..)

[kenlee]

Okay i have price and some info for you


Price+pp fees
   • Alu case, Alu plate, brass weight $290
   • Alu case, brass plate, brass weight $300

   • + one bface underglow rgb pcb $25
   • + one exta Alu plate $15
   • + one exta brass plate $25

Every case will have a solid keyboard bag

shipping+pp fees
   • $40/one case by DHL to anyplace
   • and if you order 2+ cases, it will be shipped by EMS
   • If you are a chinese buyer, it will be shipped by SF Express (paid by receiver when receive)

Delivery time
   • It might be 4-5 months after placing order to factory

As for when to open gb i haven't decided but i'll let you know ASAP. Thank you for all your support 

[fractl]

Okay i have price and some info for you


Price+pp fees
   • Alu top and bottom case, Alu plate, brass weight $290
   • Alu top and bottom case, brass plate, brass weight $300

   • + one bface underglow rgb pcb $25
   • + one exta Alu plate $15
   • + one exta brass plate $25

Every case will have a solid keyboard bag

shipping
   • $40/one case by DHL to anyplace
   • and if you order 2+ cases, it will be shipped by EMS
   • If you are chinese buyer, it will be shipped by SF Express (paid by receiver when receive)

Delivery time
   • It might be 4-5 months after placing order to factory

As for when to open gb i haven't decided but i'll let you know ASAP. Thank you for all your support 

Is that an actual Winkeyless b.face pcb?  If so, that's a very good price for it.  But I need to confirm that it is, because I'd like to make my next build hot-swappable, and the b.face pcbs are compatible with holtite sockets.  So, it's important that I know if it's the real b.face that the sockets will fit into.

[kenlee]

Okay i have price and some info for you


Price+pp fees
   • Alu top and bottom case, Alu plate, brass weight $290
   • Alu top and bottom case, brass plate, brass weight $300

   • + one bface underglow rgb pcb $25
   • + one exta Alu plate $15
   • + one exta brass plate $25

Every case will have a solid keyboard bag

shipping
   • $40/one case by DHL to anyplace
   • and if you order 2+ cases, it will be shipped by EMS
   • If you are chinese buyer, it will be shipped by SF Express (paid by receiver when receive)

Delivery time
   • It might be 4-5 months after placing order to factory

As for when to open gb i haven't decided but i'll let you know ASAP. Thank you for all your support 

Is that an actual Winkeyless b.face pcb?  If so, that's a very good price for it.  But I need to confirm that it is, because I'd like to make my next build hot-swappable, and the b.face pcbs are compatible with holtite sockets.  So, it's important that I know if it's the real b.face that the sockets will fit into.

Sorry i dot have enough information of pcb you asked by now

But I have asked for a pcb form supplier and once i get i'll post it immediately.

[wanewang]

dark purple photo looks so great!

can't make a decision between purple and army green yet...

maybe I should get two...(my wallet...

[amnesia0287]

Is the usb in standard location? Would any normal pcb fit? Or is it a custom size? I like QMK.

[Puddsy]

Is the usb in standard location? Would any normal pcb fit? Or is it a custom size? I like QMK.

you can see in the pictures that it's in the standard location

[amnesia0287]

Is the usb in standard location? Would any normal pcb fit? Or is it a custom size? I like QMK.

you can see in the pictures that it's in the standard location

No, I can see it’s on the left side. Differences of mm matter for pcb fitment lol.

Thanks for the assistance tho.

[Puddsy]

Is the usb in standard location? Would any normal pcb fit? Or is it a custom size? I like QMK.

you can see in the pictures that it's in the standard location

No, I can see it’s on the left side. Differences of mm matter for pcb fitment lol.

Thanks for the assistance tho.

maybe i should elaborate

you can see that the USB port is in the slot between the two leftmost keys on the top row, which is the same place that it is on standard PCBs

and he says above that it comes with a bface, which is a pretty good indicator

[pvd]

Since the LZ s x h appears to be running in January, I would suggest to either run this as soon as possible or to wait a few months.

[amnesia0287]

Any chance your anode shop can do navy blue? Lol

SOMEONE needs to make a navy blue hhkb style case.

[kenlee]

Is the usb in standard location? Would any normal pcb fit? Or is it a custom size? I like QMK.

It's a standard location and normal pcb can fit

I've widened the usb port so it will allow more pcbs to use on this case

[kenlee]

Any chance your anode shop can do navy blue? Lol

SOMEONE needs to make a navy blue hhkb style case.

I'm sorry for not open more color options in this gb

There are many requests asking for some colors like cyan, pink or blue

But in order to simple the sorting and make sure every color is accurate i have to limit the color options

[kmba]

is "silver white" just an ordinary silver, or a very light almost white silver?

[kenmai9]

this is really cool ken!

[Vadurr]

is "silver white" just an ordinary silver, or a very light almost white silver?

Any chance we can get an example of what the white would look like?

[kenlee]

is "silver white" just an ordinary silver, or a very light almost white silver?

Any chance we can get an example of what the white would look like?

Not the common silver and it looks like ceramic white

This is render for reference but the gb will run a matte white



I might need to change the name of "white silver" to "ceramic white" 

[kenlee]

this is really cool ken!

Thanks and nice to see you seeing around here 

[DJSwayde]

is "silver white" just an ordinary silver, or a very light almost white silver?

Not the common silver and it looks like ceramic white

This is render for reference but the gb will run a matte white

Show Image

I might need to change the name of "white silver" to "ceramic white" 

Do you have a mockup in this color for the top as well?

[amnesia0287]

The main reason I mention navy blue is it’s perfect for Yuri and Nautilus and NO ONE has made a navy blue HHKB yet. People have been asking here, TX60/65 and LZ.

There are several people who would likely buy the case JUST for something blue.

I love the green, but I think a dark navy blue would still sell better.

But I totally get limiting the colors. I will just say I’d pay extra for navy blue lol.


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[kmba]

I'll instantly buy any top mount hhkb case that looks moderately nice and comes in a dark/navy blue.  Best option might be lz no anno, then get it custom cerakoted.  With that said, I'm still planning on getting an Ares too, just in another color.

[Niahi]

Got an estimation for when the GB opens?

[kmba]

Will you have anodizing samples before the gb starts?

[kenlee]

Got an estimation for when the GB opens?

might run on mid/end-Jan

Will you have anodizing samples before the gb starts?

There is no plan for samples or more prototypes before GB

[OfTheWild]

This looks fantastic.

[TeHao]

Army green looks great.
Please take my money.

[kenlee]

is "silver white" just an ordinary silver, or a very light almost white silver?

Any chance we can get an example of what the white would look like?

Not the common silver and it looks like ceramic white

This is render for reference but the gb will run a matte white

Show Image

I might need to change the name of "white silver" to "ceramic white"

I have to correct the previous description about color "cream white".

After talking with factory it's silver and as a result of matte process so it would be look like more white than sliver

So pls ignore silver white render and sorry about the misunderstanding for you.

[lanyusea]

is "silver white" just an ordinary silver, or a very light almost white silver?

Any chance we can get an example of what the white would look like?

Not the common silver and it looks like ceramic white

This is render for reference but the gb will run a matte white

Show Image

I might need to change the name of "white silver" to "ceramic white"

I have to correct the previous description about color "cream white".

After talking with factory it's silver and as a result of matte process so it would be look like more white than sliver

So pls ignore silver white render and sorry about the misunderstanding for you.

Yes, EVE can do it more white.

[Puddsy]

Will you have anodizing samples before the gb starts?

if it's manufactured by EVE, there's not much to worry about in terms of color matching

EVE is a perfectionist about this sort of thing

[lanyusea]

Will you have anodizing samples before the gb starts?

if it's manufactured by EVE, there's not much to worry about in terms of color matching

EVE is a perfectionist about this sort of thing

Yes it is by EVE.

Ares is in the showcase of EVE. http://www.zfrontier.com/post/detail/3609

[kenlee]

Yes, EVE will handle all the process of manufacture and he give me a rough delivery time on May if everything go well. And I'm going to run the GB on mid-Jan, thanks for ur supports and comments.

[Strontaap]

Any idea yet on which kind of sale it'll be? Raffle, FCFS?

[lanyusea]

Any idea yet on which kind of sale it'll be? Raffle, FCFS?

why limited

[kenlee]

Any idea yet on which kind of sale it'll be? Raffle, FCFS?

FCFS and I've submit an application of opening gb on 1/10/2018 

[Unforgivable]

Okay i have price and some info for you


Price+pp fees
   • Alu case, Alu plate, brass weight $290
   • Alu case, brass plate, brass weight $300

   • + one bface underglow rgb pcb $25
   • + one exta Alu plate $15
   • + one exta brass plate $25

Every case will have a solid keyboard bag

shipping+pp fees
   • $40/one case by DHL to anyplace
   • and if you order 2+ cases, it will be shipped by EMS
   • If you are a chinese buyer, it will be shipped by SF Express (paid by receiver when receive)

Delivery time
   • It might be 4-5 months after placing order to factory

As for when to open gb i haven't decided but i'll let you know ASAP. Thank you for all your support 

The free keyboard bag makes me giddy. I love having a solid case for a custom!

So excited for this. Great job, Ken!

[Rafa_n]

Which one of these will be the final design?

[icyskyz]

Which one of these will be the final design?

The bottom one. 

[Mousy]

FCFS and I've submit an application of opening gb on 1/10/2018

Love the design and am really excited for this! With the FCFS aspect of this is there a specific time that the GB will be opened and I'm sorry if this is somewhere but I couldn't find it but how many items will be available? Hoping I can snag one!

[Puddsy]

FCFS and I've submit an application of opening gb on 1/10/2018

Love the design and am really excited for this! With the FCFS aspect of this is there a specific time that the GB will be opened and I'm sorry if this is somewhere but I couldn't find it but how many items will be available? Hoping I can snag one!

there's no limit (or at least nothing has been said about one), so that's kinda moot

[Mousy]

there's no limit (or at least nothing has been said about one), so that's kinda moot

Ah okay I just assumed there would be a limit as it was listed as FCFS.

[kenlee]

there's no limit (or at least nothing has been said about one), so that's kinda moot

Ah okay I just assumed there would be a limit as it was listed as FCFS.

I'm planning to open the gb on 1/10 and Max 85 sets / FCFS

I think 85 sets should satisfy the need so no need to worry about the limit.

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