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【IC】Squid60 60% WKL Keyboard (Formerly Bacca60)

类型: IC
作者: Chewwy
发布时间: 2020-06-23 11:07:04
更新时间: 2020-07-08 16:24:03
原链接: https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=107101.0


I am excited to bring you the public buy of my first board, the Bacca60, renamed now the Squid60 designed by myself and BlindAssassin!
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I ran the original version of this board, the Bacca60, as a private group buy back in October of 2019 and finished up in late December-early January. After the run, I had numerous requests for this board to be run publicly. Due to COVID-19, I had to delay the public group buy but during this time I decided to make a name change.
Why Squid60 instead of Bacca60?
In early May, my dog Squid had to undergo and after two emergency surgeries lost his life. This was devastating to both me and my wife. All of this also happened while I was in the middle of a 24-hour stream for Mechs on Deck. The unfortunate side to this is that, not only did we lose our beloved dog Squid, we were also hit with a six thousand dollar vet bill. After discussions with many of my friends, the idea came to change the board up in honor of Squid and use the proceeds on this group buy to help pay off the vet bill.
The Original Run
The original run was, for the most part, successful with a few errors in the design.
We found that there were three problems with the board. We had an oversight with the inlays for bump-ons, the WKL blockers were misaligned slightly inward causing clearance issues with the Alt keys, and, due to the thickness of the blockers, some cases had a rattle due to the blockers vibrating the plate. All of these issues have been addressed and have been fixed for the next run.
Board Specs
60% WKL Aluminum Case
7 degree typing angle
Brass Plate
Brass Weight
Sandwich mount
Anodized Gray and Anodized Black color options
2361g/5.3 lbs Fully built
The Plate
Originally, the plate was designed to be a fixed plate with the only option being a stepped or regular caps lock. The plate has been revised to allow for a 2u backspace and a 2.75 right shift.
I am not offering ISO as this affects the plate cuts for split backspace and enter. At this time I do not have plans to release the plate file but this may change in the future. I will be releasing the plate file after all invoices are paid for the Group Buy.
PCB
This board is able to fit most standard 60% pcbs so I am not going to force you to buy a PCB if you already have a preference to the PCB you like, but I am offering the H60 by Hineybush to buy alongside your Squid60 and will be shipped in the same package. This will be an add-on during the buy. EDIT I forgot to mention this board only support TYPE-C PCBs. Sorry I forgot to mention this.
Pricing
The price of the board will be $360 For the case and plate.
PCB-Price TBD
Extra plates are $33
Shipping in the US will be $30
International Orders
I will be charging shipping for international orders at the time of shipment rather than Group buy due to inflated prices and shipping restrictions because of COVID-19. These Orders will ship after the US orders are completed.
I expect this board to take about 5-6 Months to complete. Join the Mechs on Deck discord and the Channel “Squid60 Group Buy”. I will give as many updates as I can on there while still updating as best I can on this thread as well. Join here- https://discord.gg/m6u3Udw
Group Buy
The Group Buy will go live on Saturday July 25th at 1pm CT. I have planned this to be a little far out to allow people to save any money that is needed for this buy. There will be 70 slots available at a FCFS basis. The Group Buy will be via a google form and invoices will be sent out via Paypal.
Videos of typing sounds and Build Streams
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMRblVReTG0&
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tyw1bVtYtE0&
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=era6Q_RxDcE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3eBlZ29y2C8
Interest Check Form
https://forms.gle/sic8yCvErhgsRrbk7
Renders by Metallic Charles Pictures by Rik
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I have a few more renders that are coming in and I will post them as they come in.
Special Thanks to BlindAssassin, Hineybush, MetallicCharles, ZapCables, 0siris, Rik, Iammeuru, JnlyBean, Wilyo70, Anthony001, Langelandia, DriftingBunnies, and everyone else who has supported this endeavor of mine, including the people who bought the run of the Bacca60.

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