Pre-order is open! It’s a soft launch, I’ll be dropping a video demo and the testing data soon.
We’ve decided not to anodize the first batch because it lets users touch up or sharpen the tool, and that was more effective than the anodizing over a longer life time (anodization sharper for longer, but can’t sharpen; not anodized, sharpen forever and still works for dozens to around a hundred of cycles between sharpening). If there is additional demand, we’ll release an anodized version, but for now, just a nail file or emory board will bring it up to sharpness again. My SP SA ABS test caps haven’t shown any signs of stretching and the stems are trimmed to the right dimension even when the tool is dull (more numbers and final details on the jig to come).
I’ve redesigned the jig because I found that people who were new to using the tool poked themselves with the pins and sometimes bent them, so I’m tweaking the jig so doing a bunch of lose switches by hand isn’t as hard. I’ve got a demo video of just the tool going up with the complete launch tomorrow (for real this time). Because I’m changing the jig, I don’t have current demo reel of it.
Anyone wanting to add a jig: Shopify won’t let me add to orders, but if you PM your order number and email address, I can cancel the first one and invoice you for a new order with the difference.
@rud Any ETA on when these will be posted out? Itching to build my first keeb but I’ve only just come across this boxgate issue after I’d ordered my switches.
