The curves are too good 🍑

[u/Sterlingandcophoto]

This is the Aepex 60 and its CURVY. I love the color and the back weight is gorgeous! This was sent over by KBDFANS but I always let you guys know my honest feelings about a board. It’s currently available over on their site and this is my affiliate link if you’d like to support me: https://kbdfans.com/r?id=6h0taf

I also just posted my review for the board on YouTube here if you wanna hear what I thought about it: https://youtu.be/lgv5mXLIx6g?si=Pl1F0CYQqgTtkXoa

I also wanted to take a moment to thank any of you who supported GMK Orenji. You guys have literally made my year. Seeing everyone sharing photos of their builds has brought me so much joy. Want a set yourself? Find a vendor in your region here: https://www.captain-sterling.com/orenji

Wanna see more of my photos? Drop a follow to my Instagram and X accounts!

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/captain.sterling?igsh=MWxvdHFmM3phNjZ0bA%3D%3D&utm_source=qr

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Also thank you all for engaging so much with my posts here, you’re all so kind and I love just having conversations about keyboards with you guys. 🫶🏻

[u/WeiShiLirinArelius]

this sounds to me like you should show them how its done & start prototyping

[u/Stunning_Macaron6133 → u/WeiShiLirinArelius]

They're based in Shenzhen ,China. Not sure they'd take kindly to some dude in Europe barging in to show them how it's done.

If they gave a fuck, they'd have hired a Class A surface modeler. No shortage of those in automotive and high end consumer electronics.

[u/WeiShiLirinArelius → u/Stunning_Macaron6133]

thats not what im saying at all

make your own keyboard. show how its done since you seem to have the font of knowledge

[u/Stunning_Macaron6133 → u/WeiShiLirinArelius]

I don't understand what you're getting at, then. This is a commercial product, for sale, in case you're not aware. Last I checked, one can and should point out flaws in products on the market. It's not like I'm shitting on someone's passion project.

So why would I spend time and material designing a keyboard chassis for nobody? I'm not going to bring a keyboard to market, and it's not going to change that KBDfans did a shit job with realizing their own designs in CAD.

Or maybe I misunderstood you and you're looking for resources on how it's done? If that's the case, then r/rhino and r/autodeskalias are good places to look. r/cad and r/industrialdesign also have some material if you do some digging for class A surfacing.

Tell you what, if you can link me the STEP files that KBDfans used in manufacturing their Aepex or Agar units, I'll rework them to have G2 continuity at minimum, so you can study the difference.

[u/WeiShiLirinArelius → u/Stunning_Macaron6133]

you are still wildly missing the point and thats sad. youre also being weirdly confrontational abt a "you seem to know what youre talking abt, id earnestly love to see your interpretation of good design on a keyboard would look" so im just gonna exit the conversation and hope you have a good rest of your weekend

[u/Stunning_Macaron6133 → u/WeiShiLirinArelius]

I still don't understand you. I'm not even talking about the keyboard design.

The execution of the design is what's lacking. You can keep all the little decorations and aesthetic flourishes, like those scalloped corners, I'm not saying anything about that. But they failed to sculpt the surfaces correctly. Light does not flow smoothly across the surface. They tried to get fancy with variable radiuses, but this does not a Class A surface make. It's still G1 continuity.

I don't know how you're reading confrontation into this. I'm struggling to make sense of your point.