Hey everybody, I don't have a full video for this update, but I do have an update! I hit a few snags last week that slowed up production, but all the first batch are recieving the final coats of finish and will be ready to ship very soon. I strained my back last week and lost some time in the shop, and I spent a lot more time than expected restaining all of the ebonized orders to get them just right. The bottom side is the first to get finished, and the last coat went on earlier today. Tomorrow morning I can flip them over and start on the 3-4 coats of finish to complete them. These boards were very thirsty, and the bottom side ended up getting 4 coats, so the tops will likely be the same. I am really happy with how they are coming out, and I will get some pics up ASAP once they are finished. All of the packaging materials are here and ready to go, so that will be a quick step at the end to get them on the way. If they don't go out Friday, it will be Monday morning. Once they are shipped I will update all of the orders with tracking info, and you should receive an email notification.
I had a few people ask me about bump-ons, so I went ahead and ordered a bulk package. These were not part of the original design, but your package will include a loose set of four 3M SJ5302 Bump-ons, which you can choose to attach at your discretion. If you like the rest as is, then you have them for something else! Just a little thank you for being an awesome bunch. I also got some sweet stickers printed out, and you will be getting one of those as well.
I took a quick phone video to show you what things are looking like in the shop. This is the underside of the wrist rests with finish that is almost completely dry:
https://youtu.be/bV2n210WmuUI'm going to wait on editing the rest of the video until these are in the mail and production on the second batch is underway. I have a few ideas to speed up production on the next batches, but I think the timeline will be similar to the first batch which was a little over a month. These are taking a lot more hours than I expected, but I want to ensure every one is the best quality that I can produce. I will continue to provide updates with the next batch, but I might skip filming some of the more repetitive parts as that takes quite a bit of time on top of the work to be done.