Gerald65 – Alice-Style 65% keyboard
Introducing the Gerald65, a 65% Alice-style keyboard. Right above the arrow keys, this keyboard features a full 4 keys maintaining a consistent border around the top of the arrow keys. The Gerald65 will be built out of stacked acrylic layers and will have a variety of plate options. Similar to the Arisu, there is not an additional key on the right-hand side. However, unlike the Arisu, this keyboard has the ‘P’ in the horizontal position, to make it easier for your pinky to find.
Picture gallery:
https://imgur.com/a/CDK5RlhInterest Check Form: https://forms.gle/iqRuaKkyAhg7maEv5Discord server:
https://discord.gg/grqYTzUSNaFeatures:• Hotswap
• Multiple plate materials (POM, FR4, Carbon Fiber, Aluminum, Acrylic)
• Plate foam & case foam
• Acrylic sandwich mounted, currently experimenting with gasket mounting it
• PCB with QMK and VIA support
• Adjustable typing angle (0 or 6 degrees)
Timeline:GB going live today (May 9th 2021). Currently live in EU/UK and Asia. Will be live for NA at 1pm PST
Pricing:$150 for the base kit (slight cost increase for different colors)
Extra plates will also be sold, each plate will come with an extra gasket kit.
Vendors:NA: Paper Crane Keyboards (Our own storefront)
https://papercranekeyboards.com/Asia/SEA: Zion Studios
https://zionstudios.ph/product/groupbuy-gerald-65-alice-keyboard/EU/UK: Prototypist
https://prototypist.net/collections/live-group-buys/products/group-buy-gerald65
Update:4/5/2021
-Updated pictures to the current prototype
2/24/2021
-The corners are now slightly rounded, making it much nicer to handle, and making it look a bit nicer
-Gasket has been redesigned. The plate no longer goes all the way to the side of the keyboard and is instead hidden by an additional acrylic layer. This makes the side look much cleaner, and also gives us more flexibility with the gasket. I don't have pictures of this new system yet, but once I receive the new switch plates, I will update with some pictures.
-Added approximate timelines and price to this thread
If you would like to stay up to date on this project, you should consider joining our Discord server:
https://discord.gg/grqYTzUSNa
