DSA Retro Set (SHIPPED!)

[Aleksander]

Got a verification mail today.
It says nothing about the 4 deep dish blanks I wanted, do I have to send a correction email?

[matt3o]

deep dish keys are sold separately and you'll need to place a new order (to me). I'll let you know how to proceed in the coming days.

[Aleksander]

Ok

[RC-1140]

How do you like the deep dish keys so far? IIRC you were a little skeptical about them when we convinced you to use them instead of nubbed keys.

[Ducky Nordic]

Damn i missed this one The set looks very nice!

Matt3o, If u happen to be left with and extra: Alphas + TKLplum + ISO -kits then please let me know. I would surely like to buy one. Thanks!

[matt3o]

How do you like the deep dish keys so far? IIRC you were a little skeptical about them when we convinced you to use them instead of nubbed keys.

the deep dish are super! Actually we should have used deep dish for all keys

Damn i missed this one The set looks very nice!

Matt3o, If u happen to be left with and extra: Alphas + TKLplum + ISO -kits then please let me know. I would surely like to buy one. Thanks!

Some vendors will sell those kits. Just wait a couple of weeks.

[Okeg]

Damn matt3o, that's some nice looking keycaps.
I knew I would regret not joining in on this.

[kwago]

deep dish alpha set GB stat!

[rknize]

I wonder if they can even do a deep dish for arbitrary legends? After watching how their 2nd-shot process works, it seems like they would have to mold them differently.

I have DSA on my Ergodox and they are quite nice. I'm not in love with the completely flat profile, but it does open up a lot of options.

[matt3o]

I wonder if they can even do a deep dish for arbitrary legends? After watching how their 2nd-shot process works, it seems like they would have to mold them differently.

I think they have deep dish tooling for all alphanums and standard symbols.

Now I'm toying with the idea of a white and grey PBT DSA set... will see..

[JSchool]

Time for retro brown round two + nuclear keyboard combo GB!

[matt3o]

the set goes really well with Pure.

[Jmneuv]

Ugly.

[Bullveyr]

Ugly.

Beautiful.

[daybreak365]

Beautiful! Can't wait to order those deep dish keys

[RC-1140]

So I just received the final confirmation. My shipping address contains an unnecessary line with numbers in it. Should I email samwisekoi about that?

[Gilgam]

i think you should if it may confuse the DP.
I have the same confirmation mal, as everyone, and the only problems are the special characters éà etc.
No Utf 8 samwisekoi ?

[7bit]

@samwisekoi: Thanks for sticking to 7bit-encoding!

[matt3o]

I have a very limited quantity of blank deep dish keycaps.

If you are interested please PM me, they go for €0.80 each, I have very few of them so I'm not keen on selling more than 4-6 per person. UNregistered mail would be €3-4 (at your own risk and it might take 3-4 weeks to be delivered), registered mail goes from €6 to €9 depending on where you live.

I know it sucks paying so much shipping for just a couple of keys... but the keys were not in the original GB, I was just able to sneak them into my order, so consider them a bonus. Also I have other items to sell you may be interested in (KBT Pure with PBT caps, ABS rainbow blank alpha kit, sony e-reader PRS-650, sony camera DSC-TX10, ESI unik 04 monitor speakers, ...).

[fydo]

PM sent regarding the deep dish blanks. Thanks for ordering those!

[dirge]

any pics of the ISO UK keys?

[matt3o]

This is what I could find, but maybe there are more "special keys"

[samwisekoi]

er·ra·ta noun, plural
statements of error and correction inserted, usually on separate pages or slips of paper, in books or other publications

Apparently the DSA sets for the past few years have had some fit problem when installed in certain keyboards. This may have been shrugged off as 'just one of those things' by past purchasers, but not any more!

As soon as the Retro DSA keycaps came out of the molds, Matt3o had a sample set sent to him in his keycap-design studio in Tuscany. There, against the umber hills found in so many paintings (and tourist photos) he test fit the keycaps onto several keyboards and discovered the problem. Careful measurement and some consultation revealed what the problem had been all along: The 2.25 and 2.75 keycaps were over-large and out of spec. On some keyboards they work fine, but on keyboards that closely follow the Cherry specs, they bind against edges and adjacent keycaps. On your Poker or Pure? Fine. On your Filco. Nope. won't work.

So, with the kind and compassionate Melissa from Signature Plastics on the job immediately, new molds for both sizes were made and then replacement keycaps for every 2.25 and 2.75 keycaps in Retro DSA were re-shot. The replacement keycaps were bagged into small kits we are calling "Errata" and air-lifted to the Samwisekoi Retro DSA Packing and Shipment facility in California.

So the members of this group buy will be receiving an extra bag or bags of 2.25 and 2.75 (Shift and Return) keycaps for every Mod kit in their order. These errata kits might not be needed, but you -- valued group buy member -- will have them in your order nevertheless.

And every future run of DSA keycaps will fit Filco and related keyboards better than ever.

- Ron | samwisekoi

[Bullveyr]

Haha, nicely written and great work by you two and SP.

[samwisekoi]

Haha, nicely written and great work by you two and SP.

Thanks. If only we could manage Umlauts...

- samwisekoi

[mashby]

That does it, I officially have a man-crush on samwisekoi!

Well written and a joy to read. Thank you!

[usopia]

...Umlaute --> äÄöÖüÜ

I hope, an euro-kit comes true in the future. But now I am looking forward to the Retro-kit.

[katamari]

Hey,
I noticed a mistake in the order, are changes still possible?

[7bit]

...Umlaute --> äÄöÖüÜ

I hope, an euro-kit comes true in the future. But now I am looking forward to the Retro-kit.

Yes, but in English they are Umlautz!


BTW:
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[Halvar]

äÄöÖüÜ <= Umlautzen

ëËḧḦïÏẗẅẄẍẌÿŸ <= random characters with diereses