I just put mine together last night and thought I'd share a few thoughts.
WOW. Never have I ever spent this much money on something and had zero regrets. I am completely blown away by the entire experience.
With the exception of some minor rust on the black screws, everything was perfect.
It only took me about 30-45 minutes to put it together (and I was taking my sweet time, to make sure I didn't break any of the hot-swaps).
One thing I definitely wish I did before installing the included switches (box royals; I'll get to this in a bit) is silence the space bar stab. It is VERY loud and unpleasant. I don't really like the idea of putting bandaid pieces and other sorts of odd fabric into this gorgeous keyboard, though. I think I am going to try to use one of the greases Rama recommends to get it to quiet down a bit. I'm guessing I can do this without taking the switches out and removing the PCB from the case? If that doesn't help enough, does anyone know if the Zeal stabs are quieter without modding them? If so, are they even compatible with this board? Any recommendations or tips are much appreciated.
One thing I failed to realize.. (cause I'm a noob, lol) is that I don't have any 7u spacebars.. Every kit I ordered in the past was for use on my Poker II or Pok3r and I never needed the larger spacebar. SO.. Until I receive my GMK WoB set which is supposed to ship in February, I think I'll be ordering the ePBT BoW R2 set and hope the spacebar isn't warped to hell like the ones from R1 were. Until then, my keeb is naked.
The switches (box royals).. They are awesome! I did get some minor stress fracture lines when I tested one on a GMK 3RUN cap, and these switches are TIGHT (putting keycaps on and taking them off is extremely difficult) when I tested them on a cheap cherry profile ABS set I got from Originative years ago, but they don't appear to be cracking any keycaps that I tested them on. I think I will end up using them.
Overall, I am so glad I got in on this group buy. The fit and finish, the QC, the packaging (amazing) the communication from Rama, the fast shipping.. Everything has been SO good. This should be the gold standard for how EVERY GB should be run. Take notes, other vendors/designers/creators!
This will definitely not be my last purchase from Rama. That is for damn sure.
Please, everyone post pics! I will take some tonight when I get home if I have time, too.