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【IC】KY-01 Budget 60% Gasket Mount Keyboard (Discontinued)

类型: IC
作者: KCK
发布时间: 2019-08-08 18:44:43
更新时间: 2019-08-10 17:10:21
原链接: https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=101927.0


Please Read!
After receiving feedback, I don’t think I will be able to continue. Although most feedback was positive, there wasn’t enough feedback to convince me to order a prototype. There’s another design I have been working on recently so I will be continuing to design that (though it isn’t a budget board). Also during this IC, I realised the people that are willing to pay more for quality boards outnumber the people who are interested in a mediocre budget keyboard. I am sorry to disappoint the people who were genuinely interested in my keyboard but I felt like if I ran a GB, I wouldn’t have been able to sell 50 units. I know I didn’t even order a prototype which is probably why I didn’t get much feedback. Few days after posting my IC, I realised ordering a prototype is a MUST in order to start a successful interest check. Anyway I will come back later this year with another IC (with a proto this time).
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(UPDATES)
[09/08/2019] - Fixed edge of the keycaps hitting the corners of the case
[10/08/2019] - Plate layout is now universal layout :D https://imgur.com/6KWcHMH
VERY EARLY STAGE - Not even sure if I will order a prototype, which is why I would like to receive some feedback on this design from you guys.
I personally don’t think the design is bad, though i’ve designed better looking keyboards before it was just that it was too expensive to produce. This is the final design I ended up with, something that isn’t too ugly and expensive. But that is only my opinion. I shared some renders with one my friends who knows nothing about keyboards and he told me it looks like S/*/*t. So that got me really interested in what you guys would think.
Why I want to run a GB for this design :
Gasket mount keyboards are arguably the “best” feeling keyboards. But normally they are too expensive for most of the people in the MK community (Okay tbh that’s just what I assume so I might be wrong but anyway…) So I decided to work on a gasket mount keyboard that isn’t too expensive. I wanted to keep the design simple and chose M5 Socket Screws to give it that “industrial” look if that makes sense.
and that’s about it :)
Information on the keyboard case :

  • Gasket mount (8 gaskets in total, 4 on top of the plate & 4 on the bottom)
  • 6061 aluminium bead-blasted/anodized finish
  • Comes in 3 colours : black/grey/silver/(might add Red & Blue depending on what you guys want)
  • 7 degree angle
  • No HHKB & WKL layouts
  • Universal Plate
  • Supports split backspace
  • Selling 50 units
  • Does not include PCB (supports most left sided usb PCB e.g. DZ60)
  • Brass/PC plates only atm
  • Uses 6 M5 low head socket cap screws

Estimated Price : $159 (excluding shipping)
(Work In Progress)

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