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pdc wrote: I’d love to see the making-of video of this project. Going straight for double-shots is even more crazy ambitious than MT3.

I'll try and get lots of video documentation during the tooling and production phase

davkol wrote: Are homing keys (F&J) scooped differently? According to FAQ, there should be "Deep dish homing keys", but I don't see them in pictures…?


(Not that I'm interested, ABS is lost on me, but I think it's an important topic.)

Yes f and j are deep dish homing keys.

Will the legends be nice&sharp&well aligned? It would be bad to go in for 3-6-9-12 sets and the legends to have inconsistencies like early JTK models....


We will not have any of those issues.i have another meeting coming up with the tooling guys to go over this aspect of the design. I should ...

zslane wrote: Not deeper necessarily, but rounder (on the tops).

oh, interesting.

More profiles are a good thing, I feel. Variety being the spice of life and all that. I wish the KS campaign all the luck.

For me, though, the sculpt is too subtle and the shape not spherical enough. When it comes to low-to-med height sculptured spherical profiles, I think DSS will be more my cup ...

In any case, just to make sure that it's perfectly clear: it was an innocent joke and I'm not specifically targeting you or this Kickstarter campaign as particularly likely to run away with peoples' money. It's just a risk inherent to the platform.

By the way, what's the rationale behind the ...

It was more a joke about Kickstarter and crowdfunding in general, tbh. I personally funded the Jolla tablet whose company had a bad time and I lost most of my money so I am particularly skeptical about it. They raised $2.5m and were heavily delayed even after most manufacturing was done, then the ...

So at least you removed that "inconsistent GMK legends" babbling... Sorry dude, but you lost me with that.

Haha yes, same here. Any hope of me backing these project died with that nonsense. Not sure what the intention was there.

Still, it's an ambitious project so I hope it goes well, even if I ...

Hello Deskthorians,

I am proud to announce that the Kickstarter for HuB - a custom keycap profile - is now live and off to a great start!

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/thevankeyboards/hub-mechanical-keyboard-key-caps

HuB is a custom keycap profile that can most simply be described as a ...

Zeal PC, the van keyboards, keyclack, 1up keyboards.

They all deserve a nomination for milking the community. Prominent community members selling cheap stuff for serious dough to lesser versed members who don't know you can get the same thing for a lot less money. Sometimes the exact same thing ...

For a ghetto underglow you can just solder the LED's on the bottom of the PCB, it's an old trick ;)

The PCB is interesting, I'm still on the fence for this, it's quite expensive for EU people because we have to pay the taxes ...


I can't do anything about the taxes :/ you'll have to talk to ...

http://imgur.com/a/heZ8Q

underglow I did on one of my prototypes

Did the GH60 actually ship? Last I checked people were still waiting after 3 years. This includes authentic cherry stabs not the rattly knockoffs. The price includes a profit margin as well. Everything I make is made in America, it might be more expensive but to me it's worth it.

Last day to get in on this! https://thevankeyboards.com/products/li ... keycap-set

All kits are running

The buy is extended to the end of the month and all kits will be made. It is pricey to get both the base and compat, but you should be able to cover a wide array of boards with it.

Currently I am going to keep the buy open until MX compat and alps base both tip. Alps compat will need to see big numbers in that time if there is hope for that set.

Now for some real life photos of the set
https://imgur.com/a/xJ8mt

base mx - 118
base alps - 34
int/compat mx - 28
int/compat alps - 11

What kind of options would ya'll like to see in the event that a kit your ordered doesn't reach moq?

current numbers



mx base is good to go, alps base is getting closer. moq is only 50

mx compat not doing too badly

alps compat is pretty far behind.

alps and compat kits need some love

Just placed my order for one Base kit in each of MX and Alps formats. Fingers crossed!

This is an interesting buy based of pricing and what not, but based on the first day I'm feeling pretty good. MX base is already at moq, alps baseus about halfway and both compat kits are about 1/5. With 16 ...

Pretty good numbers today

LightCycle is live! https://thevankeyboards.com/products/li ... keycap-set

Elrick wrote:

evangs wrote: It's happening start saving for march

No sweat, already have the cash in hand .

even better

Elrick wrote:

evangs wrote: It will be $160 per set and available either with MX or Alps stems.

I just wet myself when you mentioned ALPS Stems for this key-set .

PLEASE make it happen otherwise another plain MX based key-set, would be extremely underwhelming.

It's happening start saving for march

You have a short shift, and the \ and ` for the top row, but no short backspace... :(
what size is the backspace that is needed?

Same as backspace, so 1.5, but I noticed that your \ for the top row is 1.5 instead of 1 now that you've put out your key map. I guess I was mistaken- I was thinking ...

going out for you guys, gonna run the compat kit as well.

chuckdee wrote: You have a short shift, and the \ and * for the top row, but no short backspace...

what size is the backspace that is needed?

zslane wrote: This just made my day!

I'm glad and hyped.

Wodan wrote: Good news but ... dropped the international support?

It's gut wrenching to have to do it, but with international support the kit was quoted at 260.

Hello Deskthorians,

I just wanted to let ya'll know that I will be launching the new LightCycle full set group buy on March 1st 2017. The kit is locked in and there won't be any changes.

It will be $160 per set and available either with MX or Alps stems.

Order here https://thevankeyboards.com ...