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chzel wrote: I am not sure though how the "stock" would apply to HONEYB.

I have a feeling it's how many pieces that have been sold of the particular set... The space cadet stuff seems to be in greatest "supply"

Ah, that's crazy talk! You need more time with a Realforce. (Although if you're really sure about it, your call…)

Yea. It was a short session, but the expected revolution didn't happen. Maybe over time I will apreciate it more, but for now I have decided to convince my self i don't NEED a topre ...

I had a random encounter of the keyboard kind the other day and actually got a chance to try one of these babies out (one of those Swedish variable force that keyboard company sells), but as it turned out it's probably not my cup of tea. Very nice keyboard all in all (great quality feel) but I think ...

ماء wrote: btw you pland handwiring or with pcb?

I toyed with the idea of a making a PCB for a while, but I've never done it before and it would be costlier even if I got it right so I'm pretty sure this will be hand wired.

Muirium wrote: Roll a dice. Count that many final deadlines when they come. And maybe right around then the real waiting begins.

But first add a few weeks. The man's AFK!

Seems like 7bit is not at home for the moment so maybe he can't update payments just now, even if the bot can recieve new orders.

like broadmonkey design i think

He seems like a stunning designer :-) I basically started with a choc mini and got rid of everything I don't use and added ISO. I'm sure there are plenty of similiar bords out there...

First CAD draft of the case has been made.

http://i1172.photobucket.com ...

Avenir is very nice and quite popular:
http://www.dubhead.at/media/pics/00Avenir.PNG


Avenir would have one of my votes as well. Similiar but nicer to the Futura Filco uses.

If your going for Italic upper left corner then Source Sans might work as well. It's a bit condesed in it self (at ...

Sometimes taking time to think a design through is a good idea... I just realised that the original Round 5 still has 1.75 shifts left... That makes it possible to get rid of the questionable holes in the layout. The only compromise caps-wise is using up/down for page up/down and I can live with ...

The only layout worry I can spot is you're using 2x 1.25 Shift keys. Those are typically quite rare as ANSI doesn't use them. And ISO kits only have one.

I have a feeling the Swedish keys or the 1,75 Fn key might be harder to find...
Buying two ISO kits isn't that scary after round 5 :-)

I did ...

After modding a keyboard it’s time step it up and actually build one from scratch… Since 7bit keeps sucking up all my spare money I have no idea on how to fund this, but at least the time taken to design it is free :geek:

If I’m going to do this I’m going to build something that at least has the ...

Thanks for the triangle cursors, but wouldn't it be better to have the "top" one of the row 4 ones as row 2 instead. Then the up/down one would have a different profile and you could make more combos

HONEYB_CURSYM_GREY_R2.png

If I'm not mistaken that would also make it two of the same key ...

If one could whish for function keys a row one TAB and = would fit most tenkeypads (Filco, Leopold and Kinesis).

Muirium wrote: No, we're invoiced up front. As if things would be so simple! The key to every 7bit group buy is uncertainty…

And perhaps a bit of patience. You should be prepared to wait a rather long while but most of the stuff will most likely be produced in the end.

Status update:

SPH/BLUE is leading by 17 base kits,10 grey alpha kits and 9 blue alpha kits.


Will there be some kind of cut-off when you decide which kits reach MOQ or will this be a standard 7bit rolling deadline until "everything" has reached MOQ?

Also - would it be possible to add proper ...

Should I go with alternating colors for the F-row by buying that extra kit, or go with the alternate color for the insert and delete rows by getting the symbol kit. Both are $16 and I can only choose one, so I need help deciding.

Personally I would go with the alternating F-row but it's certainly ...

Nuum wrote: Oh, I just noticed that there are international kits in Round 5a now, I'm going to order me some SPH this weekend.

Ooooooooooh Noooooooooooooooo!

---- The Wallet

Muirium wrote:

Halvar wrote: Gotta love forums and their regulatory overkill.

What, we're badmouthing GH moderation again? Let me pull up a chair…

I think its phpbb forums this time around

I tried a carbide router in a dremel, but I felt precision was lacking - hence the manual approach.

It's still the problem of filing a square hole with a round file, and you don't want to slip too much and enlarge the switch hole too much introducing wobble to the switch. If your going to try the ...

Sorry for the late reply but I've been away hiking in the mountains for a few days.

I think I did a key (4 notches) in about 12-15 minutes if I put my mind to it, but most of it I did in front of the TV during a couple of months so not really sure how long it took, but it sure was tedoius...

It's been a while, but now the TKL is finished as well :D

The double sided pcb was a proper pain in the a*s to desolder so in the end I decided to go all in and notch the plate as well as change the switches.Tried using a dremel for this first, but it felt rather imprecise so in the end I used ...

002 wrote: Added

Cheers!

Thanks a lot.

Is it too late to sign up for this one?

I live in Sweden so it would be pretty easy to ship it to me after noesc has it.

Nice pictures by the way. How do you like the internally dampened switches as opposed to o-rings? I have never been one to like dampened switches. I like them as loud and obnoxious as possible...

The numpad is my first experience with the idea. Since you need to open the switch to insert em' it's ...

Back when i joined this site I asked plenty of questions about doing an ergo clear mod and here are the results from the first part. I have a filco TKL + numpad combo I want to mod and for an easy start i began with the numpad. As far as keycaps are concerned they'll eventually be white/grey Round 5 ...

In regards to order status - this is from one of 7bits posts on 30 april

7bit wrote:In fact, the deadlines are all fake. I still wait for the invoice from SP.

So most likely the order hasn't been placed yet...

I'm a bit anxious to get modding :P and the only component missing are my black switches.

Since I only need the linear stems, reds will do just as well, but before I change my order I wanted to check that the red switches (plate mount if possible) actually are truly in stock and can be shipped on ...

sean4star wrote:What is the significance of the Vim key? There's a gab in my geek knowledge!

Not a fan/user myself but this should give you some idea.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vim_%28text_editor%29

7bit wrote: These shipped today:
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YEEEEES!!

Thanks 7bit

Omikron wrote: EDIT: is it normal when message gets stuck in "outbox"?

Yes. The bot will read it anyway. You will just have to wait a bit

7bit wrote:When I got the switches from the GH60 group buy!

Now, why do I get the feeling that will be a while...

Well. I'm not getting the keycaps anytime soon either it seems

And without smilies (so you know I'm serious): Keep up the good work!