metrologia

Hello all, we have some product listed on mobeets.com. It's limited for now until we get some more parts in stock. We ordered a small amount up front just to test the waters, and see the interest we get. We're only shipping to the US & Canada right now. If you are in another country and would like to purchase a kit, please reach us through the contact form and we'll try our best to accommodate.

Hello all, sorry for the absence. Got busy around the holiday and got delayed a bit. The good news is we've got a website up. We have parts on order, and have about 60% of the things we need. We have an order in for PCBs that are currently being manufactured, and should have them by the end of this week/early next week. There are a few adjustments that are being made to our offerings. We're no longer going to sell assembled keyboards. We have other projects we'd like to move on to. Also it just isn't feasible for us to 3D print the keyboard backplates. I'm not happy with the quality of my prints, and cannot custom order prints with the colors I want for a reasonable price. The .stl of the backplate is available on our website. I figured ya'll would want to pick your own color anyways ?. We've also made a low profile design that utilizes Kailh Choc V1/V2's. Loved the design from user Ghostie. We settled on 1u spacing for the switches. When we started the project we wanted to go with a low profile design, but felt Cherry MX would be easier for folks to find compatible switches/keycaps. For the system keys, installing the 1u caps on the switch stem requires drilling a hole in the bottom of the switch. This allows you to fix the stem in place while pressing down on the cap. Otherwise you will need system keys that are the same outer dimensions of the key, like Ghostie had custom made. We had trouble figuring out a stabilizer, but found Costar designs work well with low profile switches in a PCB mount configuration. Please take a look at the website, feedback is welcomed. Once PCB's arrive, orders on the website will go live. We'll be ready sometime next week. All relevant project files have been included on the product pages. Cheers. https://mobeets.com/

Hello all, I am one of the developers of the custom mechanical keyboard you guys are talking about. One of my reddit posts was linked on the previous page. We read some of the feedback, and we agreed with much of it. Figured this was a decent place to respond to the people who are interested in this project. Fortunately, I found enough time to finish this project off. One of the larger challenges was finding the right PCB color. We decided to go with black, and use a 3d printed shroud that would cover it. A black PCB works really well with this scheme. The shroud provides better looks, and also helps with rigidity. Overall typing on this machine is a dream. I only used ‘Brown’ style switches in all of my testing. Even with a little bit of tactile feedback, the machine was quite loud while typing. Nothing too crazy. If you used mechanical keyboards, it’s nothing you can’t handle. As for the keyboard layout…. In order for a mechanical keyboard to fit, there needed to be some trade off regarding switch positions. We found the B-Key to have one of the better lay outs. It’s also pretty common among aftermarket 400 keyboards, so there will probably be a few people already familiar with the layout. It keeps the 400 layout mostly intact, but moves only a few keys to the bottom row (CTRL, TAB, CAPS LWR, ESC, DEL). We plan on selling a kit that includes everything you need (excluding caps, and switches? · Keyboard PCB (PN: KJ400). Accepts Cherry MX switches. · Adapter Board (PN: Zookeeper) · Cable, connectors, headers, screws · 3d Printed Shroud · Space Bar Stabilizer · File for keycap design(.svg). Key caps, and switches will not be included in this kit. We also plan on selling a service where we will assemble an entire keyboard, and sell as a package. Because we will have to hand build all of these, they will come at a premium. This service includes key caps, and Cherry MX Brown switches. A website is being finalized that will be able to accept orders. But honestly this not too difficult of a project to DIY. If you have basic soldering skills, and a lot of patience, it’s not too bad to put together. The only real PITA is the system keys. These need to be soldered with the keyboard in place. Regardless if you get the PCB kit, or the assembled kit, you will need to solder on the switches after the keyboard is in place. It is just too much of a hassle to try to finesse the board into place with the system keys soldered on. I’ve included some pictures of the final work we completed. When we’re ready to sell them, I will post a link to our website (will post in the correct section, re: forum rules). This will be within the next few weeks. This is all homebrew, we’re just a team of two brothers working on this. Let me know if you have any questions.