After | Noon - Two 65% Boards | ZTBoards x AEBoards (Extras available soon)

All NA boards have been shipped out to customers.

All NA boards should have been shipped out at this point and have tracking numbers. If you have not received any tracking for it, please email us at [email protected].
Most Aus/NZ boards should have been dropped off or picked up at this point too.

We have a small amount of extra plates/PCBs and boards as well and will be releasing more information about it on our discord and our website. Please stay tuned, thank you!
Build guide here

Please refer to the IC for general information and FAQ.
Original IC post


Who are we?

ZTBoards is a two-man operation, and we are making our debut with the release of the AfterNoon keyboards. Individually, we are:

Ellicose - runner of Cheshire, Ilpse, and a few other small private group buys
PleaseBeMyFriend/phlop - builder for TypeMachina and JapaneseHorrorWriter

This GB is being run in collaboration with AEBoards.

Changes that will be reflected in the final product.

• Both boards have been switched from M3 to M2.5 screws for assembly.
• For the Noon, the right side bottom blocker will be placed properly.
• The After will have smaller and more balanced bezels both on top and bottom and on the sides due to the smaller screw size switch.
• We will receive sample units a little after GB closes to confirm to buyers that the changes have been made.

Please note: THESE ARE TWO DIFFERENT KEYBOARDS BEING RUN AT THE SAME TIME.

New imgur album with new renders of the different colors:
Noon imgur album
After imgur album

Keyboard specs:

Noon

• 5 degree typing angle
• Isolation gasket mount
• Brass top right corner blocker with ZTBoards Logo
• 0.75u symmetrical bottom row blockers
• Internal brass weight and toblerone side weight
• aio3 USB-C Unified Daughterboard
• Blue 1.6mm double flex cut PCB
• VIA support
• Colors: E-black, E-white, or Aegis Navy

Noon layout:











After

• 5 degree typing angle
• Isolation gasket mount
• Offset arrow cluster
• Rotary encoder and black knurled knob
• 0.75u WKL blocker
• Internal brass weight and toblerone side weight
• aio3 USB-C Unified Daughterboard
• Red 1.6mm double flex cut PCB
• Colors: E-black, E-white, Burgundy

After layout:







Plate materials?

• Full/Half black anodized aluminum plate of your choice will come with the kit!
• Full brass plate
• Full FR4 plate
• Full polycarbonate plate

Important buying info:

Here is the knob the board will come with. This is not the custom milled knob.

The group buy will be run as as raffle via Google forms. The boards will be offered to USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand. Winners of the raffle will be sent a checkout invoice through our Shopify site. We are not accepting PayPal as a payment method.

We will allow entries from Canada, but please note that you will be responsible for shipping costs as usual, along with any customs/import fees that incurs. We are also allowing proxies if you are international, but we are not responsible for anything that happens or difficulties that may arise as a result of using a proxy or any similar situation.

Units:
USA/Canada
50 spots for the After
50 spots for the Noon
Aus/NZ
25 spots for the After
25 spots for the Noon

Please note we are not shipping internationally. We are only able to offer these boards to AUS/NZ alone because of our collaboration with AEBoards.
We will be allowing 1 entry per board! Feel free to fill out both forms if you want both - enter only for one time slot.

Proxies:
We have no problem with proxies, but we are not responsible for anything that happens or difficulties that may arise as a result of using a proxy or any similar situation.

Each kit includes:

• 1 PCB w/ aio3 Unified Daughterboard and JST cable
• 1 Keyboard Case
• 1 brass internal weight and 1 brass external weight
• 1 black anodized Aluminum 1.5mm full or half plate of your choice
• 1 blocker with the logo for the Noon
• 1 knob and encoder for the After
• Gaskets (AEBoards standardized gaskets)
• Feet (AEBoards standardized feet)
• Screws

Pricing:
Pricing will be $475 USD per unit for the CONUS units with a separate shipping invoice at the time of delivery. Pricing will be $550 USD per unit for the AUS/NZ units due to import fees and taxes, however, this INCLUDES shipping to the folks in Aus/NZ. AEBoards will be facilitating the delivery to Aus/NZ.
Extras:
$45 per plate (except $30 for FR4 plates) - limit is 5
$40 per PCB - limit is 5
$8 per daughterboard (includes JST cable)
$10 per knob - limit is 2
Custom milled knob - Soontm

Extra PCB purchases will not come with the daughterboard. Please purchase those separately if you need one.

Timeline:
Raffle goes live July 11th
Invoices go out to a shopify checkout July 13
Submit order to factory July 20
Estimated to ship December 2020 (pending QC and inspection by us)

Questions and Concerns:

Q: . Can I get a refund/order cancellation?
A: No. We are not allowing order cancellations or refunds. This is stated on our Shopify store front and GeekHack post. A paid group buy spot represents a financial agreement between vendor and buyer. Cancellation of a group buy spot (especially after the window of order modifications) implies a sudden termination of said agreement and also depicts unprofessionalism. It is also somewhat of a given that refunds/cancellations will be very rare, especially in small GBs like this one.


Special Thanks:

Big thank you to the AEBoards team, aio3 and his discord, log, ruiqimao, wilba, as well as the countless people who have made resources publicly available for us so that we could make this a reality.



Updates:
July 10, 2020 - made some clarifications for the extras, specifically for the PCB purchases.
July 11, 2020 - added renders of all the colors for both boards.
July 13, 2020 - All invoices have been sent out to winners!
July 13, 2020 - for reference here is the picture of the knob that will be included.
July 19, 2020 - https://discord.gg/zHCEGjG
July 22, 2020 - Cases ORDERED and scheduled for production. PCBs, plates, will be ordered this week and in production soon
July 27, 2020 - PCBs and plate orders placed
July 29, 2020 - FR4 plate samples received Pics here
Aug 31, 2020 - Daughterboard cables have been received, PCBs have been manufactured, waiting for testing and flashing
September 12, 2020 - All PCBs en route to pholops, should be here 09/14/2020.
September 17, 2020 - PCBs and FR4 plates have been received.
September 21, 2020 - All other plates have been finished.
October 16, 2020 - Unfinished production samples have been received in hand, production still underway.
April 19, 2021 - First batch of boards have started shipping out to customers with tracking numbers.
May 04, 2021 - All boards have been shipped out at this point.