Hey guys, I'm going to reply to a few comments on here with a simple idea and you're welcome to take the reply however you wish.
The idea behind this case is to reach a lot of the people who travel with their keyboards and possibly their artisans a lot. So there's the market if you're wondering who we're targeting.
The second part of this is that we're targeting people who understand quality. This community is having consistent QC and timing issues out of china. From every person who's manufacturing there. Our idea - or I guess I could say my Idea being the Owner of 512Clack is that we're going to offer higher quality, consistent quality, and on time products to those who want them. Our Anodizing will be 100% Mil-Spec Hard-coat anodizing. Meaning that it is VERY scratch resistant compared to a lot of the anodizing that is coming on the market these days. Our aluminum will always be 6061 American Sourced. That means our supplier will be sourcing American and we'll be buying from an American supplier. This goes for all plastic that we use as well. We're never going to stray from this, which means that yes our prices are going to be higher than basically All Chinese companies. But you know what you're getting. Anyone is welcome to reach out to me and come down and see our shop and our workspace any time they want (within reason of course c;).
A bit of a background for my partner - He's been in the CNC industry for around 20 years. He's very good at what he does. He's a certified Master Gun Smith, so he knows how to make things last. He's worked with a lot of Chinese manufactuers in the past and he ran into the same problems we do. Delays, Problems with Quality Control, and one of the major ones in his opinion - The use of lower end materials while saying it's higher end (ex: using 1000 Grade Alu while claiming it's 6000 grade). He's the owner of the Mill that we're using which if anyone is curious is a Tormach 1100 CNC mill. It was recently purchased and has a great fit for the keyboard community as it can mill pieces up to the size of a 1800 layout case.
Finally - for those of you that aren't really feeling the price, we understand! It's tough to go from Dirt Cheap pricing to American made pricing, but I'm sure we'll put something out there for you eventually and you're gonna love it. We really appreciate all of the feedback that you've given us and hope that you guys can see things from our perspective as well.
If anyone has any direct concerns or questions for me feel free to reach out