THERMAL + KARA + U80-A SEQ1 Extra's

THERMAL

As of today, we’ve shipped around half of the THERMAL orders out to customers. Similar to the U80-A, the shipments for THERMAL from our supplier is being shipped in batches. The second and final batch will be shipped this month and will arrive next month with the M65-B units. The THERMAL units are quick to ship so we can expect to get them out first as soon as they come in. Apologies to all those who are waiting, we’re excited to see this unique board out on desks with new keycaps loaded on!

KARA

We're on our way to signing off the final production samples in all our release colours; once we sign this off we can open up the pre-order! We appreciate everyone's patience with this product, and we're super excited to show all the colours we've selected for this special board. 💛

U80-A SEQ1 Extras

We have a VERY SMALL amount of extra U80-A units available on October 10th at 10:00 PM PDT. It will be available at https://ramaworks.store/products/u80-a. LIMITED TO ONE PER CUSTOMER.

Project Updates - September 2020

THERMAL

The THERMAL units have arrived at our warehouse. Preparation for shipping begins this Monday! There will be extras once all of the pre-orders are shipped.

U80-A SEQ1 EXTRAS

Fulfilment for SEQ1 is more or less complete! We’ll be performing a stock count on Monday to confirm the numbers. Expect to see the sale shortly after - date and time will be announced!

JULES

Jules is now heavily in the machining stage - they’re expected to complete by the end of October/early November currently.

M65-B

M65-B is currently being packaged at the factory - they’ll be shipped to our warehouse once complete. The PCBs are due to be complete at the end of the month and sent to us for early October arrival. The MUTE mounts have already arrived at our warehouse.

M60-A LNY/OLIVIA

Similar to Jules, these are heavily in machining, they’re expected to complete by the end of October/early November.

M50-A + GRID SET B Keycaps

The M50-A units are also in machining currently and are expected to complete by the end of October/early November. The GRID SET B Keycaps are in stock and ready to ship.
KEYCAPS STORE

ZENITH

Production has officially begun for Zenith and they’re currently in the early stages of machining.

CANVAS

The Canvas deskmats are scheduled to ship from our manufacturer to our box supplier at the end of the month for packing - then shipped to our warehouse for fulfilment. Expect another month for sea-freight.

TRAY

The TRAYs are currently in production. We’ll post a further update once we receive an ETA from our manufacturer. UPDATE: Expected to complete around the end of October/Early November.

KATE

The double-shot mould production for the KATE keycaps has begun! We've finalised the placement of the legends for the tooling and progress is being made! We're working on the packaging in the meantime and can't wait to show more.

KARA

The surface finish is now being added to the mould and the master colour batches are being mixed to our specified colours. We are expecting to receive these in the following weeks. Once these are inspected, tested and signed off - we can begin the pre-order! We were really hoping KARA would be ready by the end of this month but as we mentioned in previous updates, we want to get this product exactly right as it’s our favourite to date - we cannot wait for people to try these out for themselves! We’re working on a line of accessories for the KARA series as well.

NEMO Decommission 2

The pre-order for NEMO Decommission 2 closes on the 30th of September. Production will start immediately afterwards.
NEMO PRE-ORDER

COLLABORATION CAPS

We've added the new RWxNK WAVE SEQ2 cap to our store! This cap is machined from Stainless Steel and features a unique chromatic Blue/Purple PVD. This coating is tough to produce as it requires multiple PVD coatings to achieve the multi-colour finish.
KEYCAPS STORE

KARA

We've decided to push back the launch of the KARA for a couple more weeks. We've set multiple deadlines for ourselves - but this is our most significant release to date and is incredibly important to us to get right. We're currently awaiting the next engineering samples fresh off the mould to confirm final finish and fitment. After using the initial sample for the past few months, we know it's our best product to date - featuring all our innovations to date such as our MUTE mounting platform and our Internal Dampener/Weight attachments.

As it currently stands, it's 99% releasable now - but to us, the small details matter and we want to improve every aspect of the board. We're making improvements to how it's assembled, the tolerances, reducing flow marks and so on. Injection Moulding properly takes a lot of expertise and engineering time to perfect; with KARA multiple moulds are being utilised including sliding cores and custom inserts - selecting the right materials to suit all our requirements also takes time and testing.

We're at the final stretch, and we cannot wait to show what else we've been working on for this launch. At this stage, we don't have a date for the exact launch, but we will post an update when there is. All this work we've put into KARA we will also be placing into KATE, our upcoming double-shot keycap set which we cannot wait to show more of.

Thank you, everyone, for your patience - there's a lot to come. 💛

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Like our images? You can download them to use as a wallpaper here: files.rama.supply/T5HPCfe

NEMO Decommission 2, our machined aluminium collectible, is also available for preorder: ramaworks.store/collections/nemo

KARA First Off-Tool Sample / Keycap Profile / Support

KARA T-0 Tool Sample

Over the past few weeks we have been testing our first off-tool samples of the KARA, and can safely say it’s our best creation to date in terms of feel and sound. We’ve created every component from scratch and integrated our novel MUTE mounting system to create a completely unique product. The amount of customisation this provides, with the addition of the backplate, will create some truly personalised configurations!

We would like to show some of the prototype, please note that this off-tool sample does NOT YET have any surface finishing and DOES NOT represent the final product and how it will look. When the surface finish is added, it will better diffuse the light on the surface of the enclosure and hide most of the internal mould markings. This T0 sample is moulded in our ICED colourway (clear). We’re also adjusting our custom-made threaded inserts to be silver in colour so that it matches all colourways that the KARA will be available in, both at launch, and with future editions.

The MUTE and Plate in our ICED colourway provides a completely even spread of diffused light between the keys. The colour, brightness and animation can all be adjusted with VIA, our GUI configurator (which runs on Windows, Mac OS & Linux).

KARA consists of four separate mouldings; the main enclosure, the switch-plate, the backplate and the base.

We are hard at work to get everything ready for launch in August, as it stands, the product is ready to launch now. But we’re excited to show what our team has been working on behind the scenes when the launch is ready. The KARA will be offered as a pre-order so that we can supply the demand required for it. With the nature of how this product is manufactured, we can anticipate a much quicker turnaround time in production and are excited to see how this keyboard will be customised and made their own.

We also look forward to sharing more of these behind-the-scenes look into our products and how they’re made in the future. We’re incredibly excited to bring KARA out to market, our most accessible, and our favourite board to date. Launching at our entry price of $160 USD.

OUR NEW Profile Keycaps

We have also been prototyping and testing our new profile keycap; it features a cylindrical sculpt to fit the finger comfortably. Each row is angled to aid in accurate typing. We are also yet to name it.

Below is the first 3D printed set of the profile for testing. At this stage, the keycaps are ready for moulding, but we are working on adding double-shot legends to finalise the product. As you can understand, this will take some time to perfect and get right; we are working quickly to bring these out as soon as we can. As we need to start the tooling and test multiple iterations until it meets our strong requirements for quality. Unfortunately, it will be after KARA is ready for launch, but will be available sometime shortly after.

Support Channel

As we’re nearing the end of the U80-A fulfilment, the support tickets are starting to pile up. We appreciate everyone's patience through this, as going through the number of tickets can take a matter of days. We have added additional support staff to also help with this. And another gentle reminder to please do not be rude with any of our team members or customer service agents - we are all human and need to be treated with respect. At the end of the day we want to resolve the issue as best we can, being rude or entitled with your interactions does not help with this - please be friendly and calm, and together we can work to resolve the issue. We ask that anyone with a problem, calmly explain what the issue is to support@rama.works (or by lodging a ticket at: https://support.rama.care) and we will do everything we can when we can. Again, apologies for any delays and wait time for a response. Also, there is a known issue with one of the batches for the PORT units where the raw, mirror polished brass was cleaned using the incorrect solvent before PVD coating was applied. Unfortunately, this was not caught during QC as the issue didn’t arise until after it was shipped and received at our warehouse. We are currently taking a log of which units are affected as they are received and will produce replacement units once we find out how many need replacing. Replacement units will be shipped out via DHL Express as soon as we have them in hand. Past this, we’re thrilled to see a lot of the incredible setups being posted online and finally getting put to good use. 💛

M50-A Assembly/Typing Video + Extended / M65-B / GRID Caps / FILM / CANVAS

M50-A

We’ve extended the M50-A pre-order period to the 30th of this month, we’ve also created a quick video showcasing it! Unfortunately, with our move, we didn’t have everything we needed. But, either way - we hope you like the look of the board, we’re incredibly happy with the feel and size of it!

We’ve also extended the GRID keycaps to the end of the month as well. The CANVAS XL are now being packed and shipped along with the FILM accessories + NEMO. M6 Milkshake will also be shipping out to the distributors shortly!

M65-B

The machining has completed for the Aluminium variants of the M65-B! We expect to freight the Aluminium units next month and the polycarbonate ones later (will update as we are closer to the date).

M60-A EDITIONS

We’ll be posting updates of the M60 EDITIONS (LNY / OLIVIA) soon, please stay tuned!

KARA

We’re super excited to show this as it comes together, aiming to show something late next month.

Moving!

The KARA will have many possible combinations, we're excited to see what choices are made!!

In other news, we're moving offices this week and have been spending most of our time packing, we apologise for the delayed responses and hope to return to normal starting next week. Warehouse shipping as usual.