Project Updates - December 2020

KARA

The KARA review units have now been sent out and should make their way into your favourite reviewers’ hands as soon as possible!

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You can check out the build video here: rama.link/karabuild

KATE Keycaps

We’re anticipating to have KATE keycap prototypes towards the start of next year. We really look forward to sending these out to reviewers and are hoping they love them as much as we do 🥰

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THERMAL + M65-B

The container of the remaining THERMAL and M65-B units is scheduled to be docking in the next few days! Our fingers are crossed for a fast customs clearance process 🤞

However, given the busy time of the year and the continual delays at all ports in Australia this year due to the pandemic, we are expecting it to take some time.

The M65-B ICED units are taking some extra time as the process for the frosted finish requires additional processing — they will be shipped as soon as they’re finished!

If you have an order for an outstanding THERMAL or an M65-B, please make sure your address is up to date! You can view your orders by logging in on our store. If you need to update your address, please: reply to you order confirmation, email us at support@rama.works, or submit a ticket at our support portal to change it (remember to quote your order number!).

The cut-off for this is the 18th of December.

M50-A

The M50-A units are currently progressing through QC and inspection. Once cleared, they’ll be next up for shipping to our warehouse.

M60-A OLIVIA/LNY2020

The M60-A OLIVIA and LNY20 EDITIONS are also progressing through QC and inspection, with some units still anodising. We’re expecting to be able to get them shipped together with M50-A.

Jules

Jules is very close behind with anodising well underway and moving onto QC and inspection as well.

Zenith

Zenith is well into the machining stage currently!

Canvas 2

Almost all of the Canvas 2 deskmat orders that are shippable (i.e. ordered by themselves or with in-stock items) have been shipped now! If your order hasn’t shipped, please get in contact with us.

We will be looking to offer extras as in-stock once we stock take them :)

TRAY

The TRAYs have just arrived and will be processed in the next couple of weeks for shipping!

GRID KEYCAPS

The NOCT GRID keycaps stock has been exhausted and they are currently on backorder. Extras have also been ordered!

U80-A Replacement ROSE bottom weights

For the people affected by the U80-A ROSE Bottom Weight issue, almost all of the replacements have been made now and are being shipped over to our warehouse in small batches currently. Once your replacement ships, you will receive a shipping confirmation.

We want to thank everyone for their understanding and patience regarding this issue! 💛

Heavy industry Spacebar

KBDfans/ePBT are currently producing remoulded spacebars that fix the sticking issue some Heavy Industry sets experience. If you are affected by this issue, please contact us if you haven’t done so already!

NEMO DECOMmission 2 + RW01 NIGHT EDITION

NEMO Decommission 2 and the RW01 NIGHT EDITION car are currently in machining and expected to complete by the end of this month. They’ll then move on to anodisation!

U80-A SEQ2

Pre-production for U80-A SEQ2 is well underway - We’re waiting on ordered material and will begin machining soon.

CHESS SET

We’re working on the latest revisions of our upcoming chess set. We’re super excited and can’t wait to show more ♟

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Heavy Industry SEQ2 / Tray & Inventory PVD shipping / Collaboration caps

Heavy Industry SEQ2

Heavy Industry SEQ2 has landed in our warehouse and will be shipping this week!

We’re excited to see these out & on peoples boards.

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Tray & Inventory 2 PVD

We’ve received the Brass PVD Tray’s and Inventory’s - they’re currently being packed and will be going out next week when we receive the remainder of our new packaging which has arrived at seaport. It’s currently in customs and we hope to receive it early next week for immediate shipping.

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M6-C, M60-A SEQ2, GRID CAPS, U80-A, Inventory 2 SEQ2, Tray

M6-C

The M6-C enclosures have arrived, we have everything in stock except for the GRID caps & the M6-C Silicone bases. We expect these to all arrive this month though! Then all units will be shipped out if everything in the order is in stock.

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We have approved the latest batch of M6-C bases for production; several improvements were made since the initial design. On the left is the first production sample, but given the density of the material, it would cave in too much, so we made some adjustments so that it sits more flush around the PCB.

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GRID Keycaps

We’ve received the production polycarbonate colour samples of the GRID keycaps and have begun production on them! We’re looking forward to seeing these on keyboards and shipping them with our M6-C units.

PRODUCTION IS DUE TO COMPLETE BY 1st OF NOVEMBER

We have limited extra stock allocations from manufacturing available through our webstore.

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Inventory 2

Inventory 2 Aluminium & Titanium have arrived and will be packed early next week for immediate shipping - the brass units will be sent to us early next week to receive before next weekend.

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Tray

As with the Inventory, we’ve received the Aluminium trays in our warehouse and expect the brass ones to arrive early next week. They will be assembled with the silicone feet then packaged for shipping!

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U80-A Production

The U80 production is well underway! All the plates have been completed and have been mirror-polished and are now in PVD coating. A majority of the brass underweights have been machined and are off to mirror-polishing. The bases have mostly been completed - machining will soon begin for the top housings. We will also soon start production on the PCB’s.

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M60-A SEQ2

The M60-A SEQ2’s are all complete! We are waiting for the ZEIT editions to complete before they’re all sea-freighted to our warehouse for final packing and shipping! That is expected to be this upcoming week.

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RW XO Switch Puller / Production Begins

RW XO Switch Puller

We have completed the final round of prototyping for our RAMA WORKS® XO Switch Puller. We’ve designed this product to easily remove switches as quickly and accurately as possible without damaging the switch or scratching your case. It’s made out of SS304 and powder coated in our signature YOLK colour then laser etched with the RAMA mark and product code.

These will be included with the M60-A SEQ2 and the U80-A.

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Distributor? Want to stock the XO Switch Puller? Please contact kate@rama.works (cc mail@rama.works)

Production Begins!

Inventory 2: Sourcing material for production
M6-C:
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U80-A:
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Tray:
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Grid Caps: T2 sample arriving next week
Film Canister: Design for Manufacture by end of July
Hat/Dust Bag: First manufacturing run in stock by August
Apparel: Awaiting latest sample - due in 2 weeks

Olivia XO / Inventory 2 / Tray SEQ 2

Olivia XO

The Aluminium Olivia XO caps are packed and shipping to our distributors via DHL Express, they should arrive to our distributors soon! We will have extras available in 2-3 weeks, stay tuned.

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Inventory 2

A majority of the XO cards have arrived and we have packed all colours except for LNY Gold and Sage (we are awaiting replacement Sage units).  We will be shipping out a bulk of orders over the week. We anticipate the replacement Sage and Gold XO cards to arrive this Friday.

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Tray

The Aluminium and PVD Brass Tray's are all packed and ready for shipping - expect order fulfilment emails to come through soon!

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Tray SEQ 1

The Tray's are all in stock and we are just awaiting new packaging. We are extremely happy with how the Liquid Series trays came out, we want to do something a little more special with the packaging. Each one is hand mirror polished for over 2 hours and then PVD coated! Packaging will be finished this week and shipped to us to arrive in the following weeks. Excited to finally get them out!

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