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Jelly Epoch - 75% and in-stock, coming in April

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Description

GB announced here, IC info might be deprecated
Layout: 75%
Price: announced in GB post
Format: in-stock FCFS
When: mid-April
Units: 900 total
including 150 locked to SEA and 50 locked to Korea
Album: Imgur
Best way to keep-up with us: Discord

Update 1: streaming schedule
andy
navy unit
- unboxing
- building
- Typing sound and text review (Plz open up the vid description, it's a hidden gem)

alexotos
ink unit
- unboxing
- building
- CRP typing sound and review

- SA Typing sound

minterly - sage unit
- 16th of April
apiary - ruby unit
- 14th of April
mechmerlin - dewdrop unit
- 15th of April

Hiya folks, this is TT from Owlab. Voice65% was such a successful project and we thank you all for supporting us to convert unorthodox ideas to the actual products in your hands. It was an extremely challenging ride with difficulties, luck and satisfying results. We gathered feedbacks along the way and realized that there are issues we need to address in the upcoming projects. With our pursuit towards the endgame, we present you our latest design – Jelly Epoch.

Ink&Navy

Ruby

Sage

Dewdrop

Jelly is the first thing that come to our mind when thinking about springy or boing boing feeling. Jelly epoch represents our wish to bring you the same surprise and bounciness when enjoying the jelly desserts as kids. Lots of sophisticated attempts have been arranged towards that goal. Please allow me to elaborate a bit further.

Hightlight:

Jelly Gasket
You may or may not heard about the evolution of the gasket-mount.
As we see it, the first batch of gaskets used silicone-alike materials which don’t absorb the vibration very well,
and softer materials such as PORON were introduced in the second batch of gasket designs to address that problem. Yet, one issue remained is the method of installation.
According to the feedback from our last sale, traditional gaskets have created confusions and inconvenience during installations.
First of all, it’s generally hard to make it perfect straight without the help of tools.
Secondly, only top and bottom of the spring leaves are insulated by gaskets while the sides of the spring leaves might direct contact the cases if not precisely installed.
Lastly, not everyone reads the build guide so some of the customers might be unsure of the location to put on those gaskets (on cases or spring leaves).
Hence, we came with the jelly gasket jackets to solve all these problems at once.

Jelly gaskets insulate the sides of the spring leaves and they are not sticky at all.
Silicone as a material isn’t flexy enough, so we designed a customized shape of the gasket to help address that problem.

Ultra Flex PCB

Grooves aren’t something new to the plates. We have those in the space between F-row and the number row too.
In addition to that, we believe the installation fixates the plate and the PCB together thus it is necessary to lessen the rigidity of the PCB as well.
5 grooves, along with a reduction in the thickness of the PCB (don’t worry about the stabs, we have accessories to ensure the compatibility),are our solution to the problem.
We have faced great challenges in wiring, and it took us four attempts to reach the final version. Luckily, the result is so satisfying that we cannot wait to let you try it out in hand.

Composite dual-layer foam
“Find your own Voice.” was our target to help enthusiasts exploring different build paths therefore figuring out your preference.
Paths are different because of the characteristics they present are contradicting each other.
For example, Poron would be a good represent to the “mute” feeling due to its great absorption of vibration
but it might not be the type of thing for a brass plate lover, who wants rigid bottom out.

Jelly Epoch, however, is our attempt to express our preferred mix of typing feeling as well as a sound profile we love.
Multiple materials were recommended by our friends in the acoustic industry. Two boxes of combination tryouts later,
we have a composite dual-layer foam that delivers a sound profile like shaking the wite-out (correction fluid) and a boing boing typing feeling, thanks to its synergy with the ultra-flex PCB.

Plates
PC plate goes well with gasket-mounts just like the BBQ and beer so yeah it comes with the kit.
Alu plate will be offered extra. It has better rigidity so we believe leaf-spring would be a better approach to give it more flexiness.

Appearances

Same as Voice65%, the gasket-mount structure is hidden in the top and middle case.
It’s costly but it would allow more design features on the sides of the case and more levels of details.
Sandblasting is improved to 180 mesh. We had to locate another CNC factory with a better control of machining marks and the overall cost has increased.

At around 2kg or 4lb, that huge weight is our ways of reducing the size and inconsistency of the echo chamber.
Weight is tightened with four screws on the left and right, and the LED diffuser is hiding between the bottom case and the weight and gently glows as ambient light,
with the help of the daughterboard. This is probably the most subtle part of the design that combines functionality and appearance.
Lastly, we centered and lowered the USB-C socket according to your opinions in the last round of IC/GB post.

Oh the cherry on top, yeah it’s the famous jelly brand that y’all must have heard about, gotta pay the homage.

Specifications:

Layout
Solder - standard ANSI, stepped capslock, tsangan, ISO, split backspace

Hotswap - two hotswap sockets to support both standard and stepped capslock, standard ANSI + 1.75 right shift

Angle: 7 degrees
Size: 327*145*39 mm or 12.87*5.71*1.54 inches
Front height: 22mm or 0.87inches
Material: alu for case and optional plate, pc for standard plate, brass for weight, and silicone for gaskets&diffuser
Surface processing: electrophoresis and anodization for the case and PVD for weight
Color: Dewdrop, Ruby, Navy, Ink, Sage - mid cases are all grey
PCB: VIA compatible(QMK powered), USB-C (c2c cable compatible), and no BT or per key light

To-do:

Sound tests/reviews: see top
Photos for other colors: updated
Updated hotswappable layout: done
Confirming sale date
GB post

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