类型: IC
作者: zslane
发布时间: 2017-03-21 01:28:46
更新时间:
2017-09-25 12:12:12
原链接:
https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=88368.0
Many of you are already familiar with the Hermes Rocketeer
set proposal, but it has reached a critical impasse and I
need the interested segment of the community to weigh in on
this. The question before you is this: which SA style do you
feel would be the preferred choice given all the issues
currently facing SA production? Below are images of the
three options we have.
First up is fully sculpted,
double-shot ABS:
Next up is fully sculpted, dye-sub PBT:
And last up is uniform R3, dye-sub PBT:
The pros and cons of each are as follows:
Fully sculptured, double-shot ABS
Pros:
Slightly more saturated colors
Clearest, most durable legends
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Sculptured row profiles help emulate stepped rows of the original Hermes Rocket typewriter
Cons: -
More expensive due to the custom legend plates needed for the novelty legends
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Production would be on hold indefinitely due to current backlog at Signature Plastics
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Fully sculptured, dye-sub PBT*
Pros: -
Novelty legends incur no additional production cost (or time)
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Sculptured row profiles help emulate stepped rows of the original Hermes Rocket typewriter
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Use of dye-sub process avoids extreme scheduling constraints
Cons: -
Slightly less saturated colors (compared to ABS colors)
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Production date can not currently be determined due to lack of dye-sub assembly boards for the SA family at Signature Plastics(/*)
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Uniform R3, dye-sub PBT*
Pros: -
Novelty legends incur no additional production cost (or time)
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Use of dye-sub process avoids extreme scheduling constraints
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Uniform R3 would reduce the size and cost of some kits due to intrinsic row flexibility
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Use of uniform R3 profile allows production to occur immediately
Cons: -
Slightly less saturated colors (compared to ABS colors)
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Uniform R3 profile can not compensate for lack of stepped rows in keyboard plates
(/*) SP claims to be “working on” assembly boards for R1 and R2 row profiles for dye-sub SA setups, but have given no estimates of when they will be completed. There’s no telling which will come first, full sculptured dye-sub SA or a cleared double-shot SA backlog.
So, given the pros and cons listed above, where do interested folks stand on the question? Is uniform R3 dye-sub PBT SA acceptable? Or are fully sculptured rows worth waiting for, even though we have no way of knowing if the wait will be three months or three years? And how important are double-shot legends? I, for one, do not see a clear advantage over dye-sub with this set given that the legends are black. But what say you?