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Posted: 20 Apr 2013, 00:48
by 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?
Posted: 20 Apr 2013, 01:03
by 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.
Re: DSA Retro Set (orders closed)
Posted: 20 Apr 2013, 10:44
by Aleksander
Ok

Posted: 20 Apr 2013, 11:32
by 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.
Posted: 20 Apr 2013, 13:16
by 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!

Posted: 20 Apr 2013, 13:25
by matt3o
RC-1140 wrote: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
Ducky Nordic wrote: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.
Posted: 20 Apr 2013, 14:19
by Okeg
Damn matt3o, that's some nice looking keycaps.
I knew I would regret not joining in on this.

Posted: 20 Apr 2013, 18:11
by kwago
deep dish alpha set GB stat!
Posted: 21 Apr 2013, 09:03
by 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.
Posted: 21 Apr 2013, 11:16
by matt3o
rknize wrote: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..
Posted: 21 Apr 2013, 21:23
by JSchool
Time for retro brown round two + nuclear keyboard combo GB!
Posted: 22 Apr 2013, 12:34
by matt3o
the set goes really well with Pure.

Posted: 22 Apr 2013, 13:27
by Jmneuv
Ugly.
Posted: 22 Apr 2013, 14:55
by Bullveyr
Jmneuv wrote:Ugly.
Beautiful.
Posted: 22 Apr 2013, 15:54
by daybreak365
Beautiful! Can't wait to order those deep dish keys

Posted: 01 May 2013, 21:00
by 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?
Posted: 01 May 2013, 21:07
by 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 ?

Posted: 01 May 2013, 21:41
by 7bit
@samwisekoi: Thanks for sticking to 7bit-encoding!

Posted: 01 May 2013, 23:44
by 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, ...).
Re: DSA Retro Set (orders closed)
Posted: 01 May 2013, 23:53
by fydo
PM sent regarding the deep dish blanks. Thanks for ordering those!
Posted: 02 May 2013, 08:37
by dirge
any pics of the ISO UK keys?

Posted: 02 May 2013, 10:00
by matt3o
This is what I could find, but maybe there are more "special keys"

Posted: 03 May 2013, 16:13
by 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

Posted: 03 May 2013, 17:31
by Bullveyr
Haha, nicely written and great work by you two and SP.
Posted: 03 May 2013, 18:12
by samwisekoi
Bullveyr wrote:Haha, nicely written and great work by you two and SP.
Thanks. If only we could manage Umlauts...
- samwisekoi
Posted: 03 May 2013, 19:36
by mashby
That does it, I officially have a man-crush on samwisekoi!
Well written and a joy to read. Thank you!
Posted: 03 May 2013, 20:17
by usopia
...Umlaut
e --> äÄöÖüÜ
I hope, an euro-kit comes true in the future. But now I am looking forward to the Retro-kit.
Posted: 05 May 2013, 23:03
by katamari
Hey,
I noticed a mistake in the order, are changes still possible?
Posted: 05 May 2013, 23:15
by 7bit
usopia wrote:...Umlaut
e --> 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:
äÄëËḧḦïÏöÖẗüÜẅẄẍẌÿŸ

Posted: 06 May 2013, 00:01
by Halvar
äÄöÖüÜ <= Umlautzen
ëËḧḦïÏẗẅẄẍẌÿŸ <= random characters with diereses
