Typemaster 180 - 75% Magnetic Board - In Production

Typemaster 180

After 1 year of work, we are proud and excited to announce you the GB for the Typemaster 180!

Original IC thread: https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=110028.0




Specifications

• 75% premium board
• Seamless and screwless in design
• 7.7° typing angle
• Closes with 16 magnets instead of screws
• Quick plate change (less than 30 seconds)
• Uses advanced gel pads for a great insulation and flex
• Notches in the plate for quick & easy plate placement on the gel pads
• 6063 Aluminum with optional Mirror Polished Stainless Steel weight
• High quality PCB with ANSI & ISO support
• Layouts : 6.25U and 7U spacebars support, stepped and normal capslock support, splited and normal backspace support
• Unified USB-C Daughterboard with all the protections you need
• QMK and VIA support
• Designed, engineered, assembled and quality-checked in France
• Shipped from France with magnets, gel and feet pre-installed

Timeline & Prices

The GB will start the 6th March 2021 at 7:00 PM UTC+1.

Countdown: https://countingdownto.com/countdown-pages/Z9OGFwD9

Price for the keyboard kit is 429€ (aluminum weight), or 479€ (polished stainless steel weight).

Each keyboard kit will contains :

• Top Piece in anodized Aluminum 6063
• Bottom Piece in anodized Aluminum 6063
• Weight in polished Stainless Steel or anodized Aluminum 6063, depending of your option choice
• One plate in anodized Aluminum 6063
• One high-quality Typemaster 80-A PCB
• One high-quality USB-C Daughterboard with JST cable
• Premium Typemaster box

All Typemaster 180 kits will be delivered "ready to build". This means the magnets, gel pads and feet will be placed on the body for you, before delivery.

MoQ is 100 pieces, and the sale will be limited to 250 pieces, on a FCFS basis.

If we do not meet the 250 pieces, the GB will end the 6th April 2021 at 7:00 PM UTC+1.

We will charge VAT for EU customers ; We ship worldwide!

Extra plates are available in aluminum, brass, stainless steel, POM or PC. For the extra plates, the MoQ will be 25 units per material.

Extra PCB are also available for sale.

The ETA for shipping after the group buy is around 4-5 months for 100 units, and 5-6 months for 250 units. Please keep in mind this is a rough estimation! We will do our best to meet the quickest shipping.

We will ship by batches on a FCFS basis. This means the first order will be the first to be sent from our office. We will update you here and on Instagram at every important step.

Shop

You will be able to buy the Typemaster 180 directly on our shop :

https://typemaster.works/collections/typemaster-180

You can follow us on Instagram for more updates :

https://instagram.com/typemaster.works

Videos

Unboxing and first sound test :


Our second sound test :


Our third sound test :


Magnetic operation, plate placement and gel dampening :


@hipyotech Review :


@jeffbattlestation Sound Test :



Many thanks to all our supporters! It means a lot for us!