![]() ![]() You could see several bullet points in the above section, each involving at least one supplier of ours. I’d like to elaborate a bit on why it’s taking so long to deliver. This is understandable, and we couldn’t be more eager to ship sooner. Some of you are growing impatient due to the number of delays that have been introduced over the lifetime of the project. This brings me to the following point… Some words about delays Given that the pilot run has yet to be sent out, then we have to gather some feedback from the pilot run recipients, and then assemble the next batch of PCBs, we have to push the current delivery date by one and half months, at which point the delivery of the remaining items of batch 1 should start. The remaining 1,950 UHKs of batch 1 will follow quickly after receiving some feedback from pilot run recipients. Once the above issues are resolved, assembling the pilot run UHKs will happen in a matter of days, and production speed will ramp up rapidly as we gain more experience regarding the assembly process. ![]() We found another, nearby company who will likely get the job done well and quickly, possibly in a week. We’ve received a couple of samples from a Hungarian company that had numerous issues. ![]() The case buttons of the UHKs have to be pad printed.The printing factory should send the goods to us in about a week. We’re waiting for the UHK boxes, the palm rest boxes, and the back stickers of the UHKs.Also mentioned above, the base plates of the palm rests are being manufactured and then powder coated.As soon as the UHK PCBs get certified, we’ll commence their assembly. As mentioned above, we’re waiting for TÜV.We’re very close to assembling the pilot run PCBs, and sent out the pilot run surveys to the 50 participants recently. Hopefully it’ll show when you unbox your UHK and palm rest. Packaging is not the meat of the product, but we do believe that it creates an impact, and we don’t like to leave any stone unturned, so we’ve put quite an effort into designing it. The inside of the beast shown on its control panel ![]() The 50 PCBs of the pilot run are ready, and waiting to be assembled. Finding all the suppliers of the mechanical parts, and coordinating the manufacturing process has been an enormous undertaking for us as a small company, and we’re delighted to see that it’s coming to an end. These plates will conclude the manufacturing of every mechanical part. The base plates of the pilot run are being laser-cut and they’ll be powder coated in a couple of days. We agreed that the middle, fine textured sample is the one to go with, as it most closely resembles the texture of the UHK case. We weren’t completely satisfied with the coating of the latest samples we got, so we asked for new ones featuring three different kinds of powder coating. Of all the mechanical parts, only the baseplates of the palm rest are left undone. Thankfully, we’ve arrived at the end of this journey by manufacturing the top case parts, which were the only missing parts. This process is usually extremely time-consuming and involves numerous iterations, especially for high quality plastic parts like the cases of the UHK. We’ve been tweaking the molds for seemingly forever. You can always check out the expected delivery date and update your shipping address on your Crowd Supply account page. Please see the end of this update starting from the “The state of the pilot run” section to see why. We need about one and half month to start delivering batch 1. The printing factory is nearly ready with the UHK and palm rest boxes. We’re waiting for TÜV to certify our design, and then the PCBs will get assembled. The PCBs of the pilot run are also ready, and waiting to be assembled. TL DR: All of the keyboard molds are finalized, and the plastic parts for the pilot run are ready. Hi there, and welcome to our monthly status update! ![]()
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