I was talking to them about convex spacebars and the fist line of support said they only have 6.25 and 7 unit molds. When I required further, I learned they are in the process of refining it to the same crazy tolerances with their other molds and it will be ready sometime around summer.
This is unofficial and could be scrapped or delayed at any point, but I'm excited.
Posted Jan 25, 2017, 2:26 PM UTC
Cool! I saw this being talked about in another thread - it looked like it was just a possibility, and it seemed like some ambiguous terms like "spacebar" were being used. Would you be able to share a direct quote from them about it?
This is still just an exchange with a support person who was talking to a colleague and providing me unofficial information so take it as such...
"...we are currently producing the tools for a 2u spacebar. This probably will be available in spring / summer this year."
If we see, that there is a huge demand of those spacebars, we definitely can discuss to create those tools as well.
So were you not involved in making it?
Nope! Unfortunately I haven't had any direct conversations with them - there are other keyboards that could benefit from it, though. I have a hard time seeing how it would make financial sense for them, but I suppose now's not the time to complain ;)
In that case, I'm a little surprised as well. Given their willingness to invest in new tooling, do you suppose you can convince them to go a step further and make the mold for a convex 1u shape?
I'll see what I can do, but it'd be doubling their investment, and apply to even fewer boards.
Did you ask whether a mold for a convex 1u shape is being created for Lower and Raise keycaps?
I had initially inquired about several sizes including 1u. The response was "no" followed by "only 2u" and that they'd evaluate demand and make more convex molds as they deem appropriate.
I have a feeling they're going to gauge the 2u sales for 6-12 months and if it's significant, they'll build more split/tiny/etc spacebars.
Here's hoping!