QWER Keys Samples

fossala · 11 Jun 2012, 10:36

Agree +1 for honesty.

Are you going to make me happy and do topre soon?

CeeSA · 11 Jun 2012, 10:43

for me it is unclear what is real to get.
keycaps - ok.
profile? color? ABS!? PBT? Text/ Fonts?

could you please list, what is possible atm?
When is the onlineshop ready?

or is the info complete given anywhere at one point?

Jim66 · 11 Jun 2012, 10:44

fossala wrote:Agree +1 for honesty.

Are you going to make me happy and do topre soon?

Indeed, this would also make me happy.

Sleabo · 11 Jun 2012, 10:51

Further to that, It's nice to know that people have been following what we are doing.
It's getting more difficult for me to keep everyone updated individually now. I suggest that you please keep your eye out for any further announcements mainly made on Geekhack. I'll try to include as much info as possible for everyone.
However I can say that we are far from being able to offer anything other than our standard Cherry keycaps at the moment but there is a cool two tone double shot cap on it's way that we can engrave and infill. Pics soon.
Thanks

ped · 11 Jun 2012, 10:53

CeeSA wrote:for me it is unclear what is real to get.
keycaps - ok.
profile? color? ABS!? PBT? Text/ Fonts?

could you please list, what is possible atm?
When is the onlineshop ready?

or is the info complete given anywhere at one point?

He's informed us that the profile of "J-series" is Cherry replica, so it should be identical in that respect. They also have sphericals, which is called "K-series". So far it seems they can only do ABS, and engrave/infill. They listed the colours on another post, and have 11 or so of them so far. The fonts they can use... that's a bit fuzzy. Apparently not all of them come out looking very good so I don't know. I think he said something about testing different fonts. I'm trying to get a list of exactly which keys they can make but I haven't been given one yet.

Sleabo · 11 Jun 2012, 10:59

Ped,
Mods on their way, I am having them engraved and infilled too to give an idea.Will send some pics of the outcome. It's a case of trial and error with the font's for engraving and infilling. They are engraved mechanically so suit a rounded font that isn't too intricate.
Thanks

off · 11 Jun 2012, 13:48

Sleabo wrote:Further to that, It's nice to know that people have been following what we are doing.
It's getting more difficult for me to keep everyone updated individually now. I suggest that you please keep your eye out for any further announcements mainly made on Geekhack. I'll try to include as much info as possible for everyone.
However I can say that we are far from being able to offer anything other than our standard Cherry keycaps at the moment but there is a cool two tone double shot cap on it's way that we can engrave and infill. Pics soon.
Thanks

Perhaps it would be better to collect all the info in a single thread, and bump that everytime there is news (and perhaps update the first post with a link to each post with new info, somewhere on another page of that thread); I'm sure the thread will be kept alive after each update by people like us spamming new crap in there

The big upside to that would be less need to explain stuff that is already posted somewhere on that forum; it would already be in that thread..
Just my 2c; good luck with business, I'm hoping you won't be getting mine this year; 7bit was pretty powerful in draining my cashflow.

Sleabo · 11 Jun 2012, 14:52

OK
Fair enough.
Theres not much more information at the moment. I am waiting on some more samples made up.
Hopefully once the website is up and running it should explain all anyways.
Thanks

off wrote:
Sleabo wrote:Further to that, It's nice to know that people have been following what we are doing.
It's getting more difficult for me to keep everyone updated individually now. I suggest that you please keep your eye out for any further announcements mainly made on Geekhack. I'll try to include as much info as possible for everyone.
However I can say that we are far from being able to offer anything other than our standard Cherry keycaps at the moment but there is a cool two tone double shot cap on it's way that we can engrave and infill. Pics soon.
Thanks
Perhaps it would be better to collect all the info in a single thread, and bump that everytime there is news (and perhaps update the first post with a link to each post with new info, somewhere on another page of that thread); I'm sure the thread will be kept alive after each update by people like us spamming new crap in there
The big upside to that would be less need to explain stuff that is already posted somewhere on that forum; it would already be in that thread..
Just my 2c; good luck with business, I'm hoping you won't be getting mine this year; 7bit was pretty powerful in draining my cashflow.

Sleabo · 11 Jun 2012, 14:56

nathanscribe wrote:
ripster wrote:Like the Apple II?
Just the red F-keys for now. I reckon they'd look a treat with old creamy Cherry DS. I always thought the white-on-red top row only added to the BBC's classy style. We couldn't afford one, I had a Spectrum. No desire to revisit those keys though.

I used to have a BBC and a Spectrum. If you want to order something please contact me on the email given but you are looking at something like this -
"Function Pack 2 -12 function keycaps + 1 Escape in K series or J series Row 1 Engraved and Infilled in your choice of 1 keycap colour and 1 colour legend - £30"

dirge · 11 Jun 2012, 15:54

nathanscribe wrote:Price dependent, I'd be interested in a set of white-on-red F keys. In my retrofantasy these look like the BBC:

I'd be looking at a set of 1-12 initially.

Sorry for taking things off topic again but found a pic for Nathan.

ripster · 11 Jun 2012, 17:34

I've heard of this Geekhack but finding good stuff there is VERY difficult.

SUBFORUM this, SUBFORUM that....

Ascaii · 15 Jun 2012, 11:46

Alright, finallly had time to take some pictures of the caps I ordered from QWER, thought I'd share.

First, the K series:

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I love the colors and heft of these caps, great choice for F-row. Would not use for alpha block.
Heavy! Check out the bottom:

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Here is the J-series:

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And a comparison of original Cherry DS, K series, and J series WER caps.

Icarium · 15 Jun 2012, 12:06

Great! Thanks for the pictures.
Why would you not use them for the alpha block?

GeorgeStorm · 15 Jun 2012, 12:21

They look awesome, and both the K and J series seem to be pretty thick, certainly compared to Filco/Wasd.

Cannot wait until they can do modifiers, at this rate I'll be picking some of these up before I get my hands on an imsto set!

Ascaii · 15 Jun 2012, 13:19

Icarium wrote:Great! Thanks for the pictures.
Why would you not use them for the alpha block?

They are a lot taller then reguar caps. I found that rather annoying, but to each their own^^.

7bit · 15 Jun 2012, 13:21

These will only be intersting to me when they can do doubleshots. The prices for engraving are too high!

Also, we need 1.5 and 2 units keys!

pasph · 15 Jun 2012, 13:49

I need ISO dark colors modifiers even in ABS (WASD will not get dark colors for ABS or PBT).

off · 15 Jun 2012, 13:54

Ascaii wrote:
Icarium wrote:Great! Thanks for the pictures.
Why would you not use them for the alpha block?
They are a lot taller then reguar caps. I found that rather annoying, but to each their own^^.

Could you take one more, with all profiles on a single row on a physical board?
Those K's seem preeeeeeetty thick!