Project Updates - April 2022

RAMA WORKS has invested our time and resources to continuously improve and bring the best quality products to our customers. Although we have constantly been trying our best to push all the products out on our end, we are unfortunately stuck with limitations. The Global Covid Pandemic has caused more delays this year, with businesses and logistics being completely shut, then reopening with reduced capacity causing a backlog. Understandably we know this is frustrating. However, we will continue to do our best and keep everything moving and work out ways to avoid this in the future.

Our team has been working on new and exciting ideas, which we want to source and produce locally to avoid any further halts to production due to the pandemic while supporting local businesses. So stay tuned to the magic our team has been working on!

Doubleshot Keycaps:
After receiving the last batch of samples a few weeks ago, we were not 100% happy with the quality. We made some adjustments to the doubleshot tooling, which is more involved due to the material shrinkage and material flow between the legends. The samples with the new adjustments will arrive soon, and we are confident they will meet our high-quality standards and proceed with production.

We’re also adjusting the case to have an extended internal hinge - we’ve received the updated sample of this and are happy with it, and it is what will be utilised for the end product.

Jar: Production nearly completed
After adjusting the top lid mould to increase the draft angle by 2 degrees to apply a heavier texture finish to improve the grip, we have also opted for a translucent finish for better wear, which would hide any visible scratches over time. Hopefully, if there are no further logistical delays due to covid restrictions with the supply chain, we should be on track to get these out in the next month as they are currently being all moulded.

For any further clarifications on your JARS order, please do not hesitate to get in contact with us at support@rama.work

Here’s how the finish is changing:


M6-C:

The M6-C PCB’s have finally arrived at our warehouse and are going through a rigourous quality check. We have the M6-C Dandy enclosures and GRID caps in our Melbourne Warehouse and will be ready to ship these shortly. We expect the remainder of the M6-C enclosures to be completed in 1-3 months. We’ll also make available in stock the new GRID colours we made for these.

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Things to come:

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Global Updates:

Our manufacturing partners in Shenzhen / Shanghai have been placed under strict lockdown to curb the current COVID outbreak. This means that the global supply chain across all sectors will be disrupted for the foreseeable future. We are closely monitoring the situation and will continue to do our best under circumstances out of control. Thank you to all our loyal ongoing clients for their patients during these difficult times. We understand the delays can be frustrating, and in the ideal setting with no supply chain issues, we would be able to get the products to you in a timely manner. The past year has shown us how quickly things can change, so we are also adapting our Business by looking at new products we can source locally to avoid these issues and continue providing high-quality products.


Other Updates:

Timelines from the previous March update on our other products are still valid.

JUMPSUIT SAMPLE

We’ve received the latest sample of our upcoming jumpsuit and are incredibly happy with the results - we’re making the final tweaks to the design, and we can’t wait to release it in the new year. More details soon!

Camera Accessories / WEAR / THERMAL Caps - SHIPPING

Camera Accessories

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We’ve finally received the Camera Accessories in our warehouse after many unfortunate transit delays. We are trying our best to make up to everyone for the long wait with including some extra items.

We’re incredibly happy with the finish of these products and are excited to see them out to all those who ordered! They’re coated in a Military Spec hard coating so will hold its colour, but we’re keen to see character develop into them from heavy use.

We really appreciate everyone's patience with this, and we will put in our own hours to have these packed as we're working on a reduced skeletal team in our Melbourne warehouse. Rest assured, they will be packed as quickly as they can be and hope to get most orders out by the end of next week. Shipping confirmations with tracking numbers will be emailed through as orders are printed (please note that this may not necessarily mean that it's packed on that day and may go out later in the week).

WEAR

As with the Camera Accessories, the WEAR Jewellery will also be packed and shipped as soon as we can package them.

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THERMAL Caps

THERMAL Caps in all variations are also in and will be shipped as soon as possible.

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We’re expecting a large number of shipments next week as well of other products, we will provide updates as they arrive!

U80-A/THERMAL PCB's + Buckle + Other updates

THERMAL / U80-A PCB

The PCB’s have arrived and we’ll be shipping out individual orders that have the PCB this upcoming week!

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FURTHER UPDATES / TIMELINES

WEAR Bracelet: Shipping April
Inventory 2 LNY: Shipping April/May
LNY Keycap: Shipping April/May
FILM Accessories: Shipping April
GRID Keycaps: Shipping April
NEMO: Shipping April
NEMO RW01 Car: Shipping April
M6-C: Shipping April/May
M10-C: Shipping May
U80-A/THERMAL: In warehouse April/May
M65: Machining completed roughly in June

As mentioned in previous blog updates, we’re increasing our manufacturing output with the addition of more CNC mills to the factory and aim to produce our products within tighter timelines!

RAMA WORKS® BUCKLE

We at RAMA WORKS®, love satisfying mechanisms and clicky things - so we designed a completely metal buckle with a new latch design. Suited for bags, belts, apparel and any other EDC. The first round of prototyping is complete and we can't wait to show more! We will be manufacturing these in a variety of sizes and offer them both at wholesale and our own retail channels, as we’d love to see these used on some great bag designs from other manufacturers! The design of the buckle mechanism is unique and enjoyable to use.

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JULES

Jules is available for pre-order until the 15th of April - we’ll also be posting a typing video when we receive new enclosures next week!

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M50-A GRID / U80-A + THERMAL Updates / CANVAS XL

RAMA WORKS® M50-A GRID

In the following weeks, we’ll be releasing our latest keyboard, the M50-A GRID. It will be available as a complete kit with switches, stabilisers and our GRID keycaps in a new retro cream colourway. It will be available in a powder-coated finish along with a few other variants we’re excited to show!

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U80-A + THERMAL Updates

As the anodizing factories return back to work after the extended LNY we can complete the final stages of production and anticipate the boards to be finished in March, both for the U80-A and THERMAL. They will then be packed and sea-freighted to our main warehouse for shipment. At this stage we expect to be shipping in April / May!

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Ready-To-Ship Items

Our wear items are in stock and ready to ship, this includes the TEAM SHIRT / SWEATER & TEAM CAP. You can see all our ready-to-ship items at: rama.link/stock

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CANVAS XL

Due to popular demand, we've brought the Canvas XL back! Production begins at the end of the month for the Canvas XL pre-order - limited stock when production starts.
Preorder at: ramaworks.store/products/canvas-2-deskmat

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M60-A SEQ 2 Arrival / WEAR Timeline / GRID Caps

M60-A SEQ 2 Estimated Arrival

We estimate that we’ll be receiving our container of M60-A SEQ2 Enclosures in roughly two weeks, based off port calls and estimated time in customs. From here we’ll promptly pack and ship them out as quickly as we can out to everyone. Everything in our warehouse is ready for the arrival: The M60-A Kits, Starter-Kits, Feet etc. All ready to be placed together for quick shipping to our customers. If you need to change your shipping address, please reply directly to your order confirmation email with the new address.

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RAMA WORKS® WEAR PRODUCTION

The WEAR production will be finished in 30 days - this includes the dust bags that each garment comes packaged in. Production allocations are available through the site in limited stock.

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GRID CAPS

GRID Caps are shipping out! And M6 units are being packed. Extra’s of the GRID caps are in stock. We will be introducing new colourways of the GRID keycaps in the future.

GRID Caps arrived / HI SEQ2 Shipped / WEAR / M60-A SEQ2

GRID Keycaps have arrived!

We’ve taken delivery of all our injection moulded, polycarbonate, GRID keycaps in all their beautiful colours. We’ll be packing these over the week after we ship the Tray/Inventory 2 Brass PVD orders. We’ll then start shipping out the GRID orders.

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Heavy Industry SEQ2

Most orders of our PBT keyset is now complete, we’re looking forward to seeing them on some great setups!
The next round of our Heavy Industry PBT Keycap set is now available for preorder alongside the M65-B.

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WEAR Production

Our apparel is now in production, any extra stock from our production run is currently available on our store in limited quantities! All units are custom made and are not re-branded existing stock.

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M60-A SEQ2

The M60-A SEQ2 units have been completed for some time now, since early October. We’ve had some delays with the logistics in getting the units here, but we’re in the final stretch with clearing some documentation in getting our container here, so we have no issues when it lands in port. We hope that it will land in 2-3 weeks. Everything in our warehouse is packed and ready to go for when they arrive so we can get all the units out as quickly as possible. All units will be receiving our XO Switchpullers as well.

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M6-C / WEAR

M6-C Bases

Our first tool samples of the base of the M6-C has arrived and we have put through the production order, we can expect these to be ready by early October.

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WEAR

Our long-awaited WEAR items are now available in a variety of colourways! Including the new WEAR PVD BRASS Bracelet.

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Packaging

New mailing bags!

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Merch / M60-A SEQ2 Updates / Misc

RAMA WORKS® CAPS

We have our caps in stock and will be available through our web-store in the next week.

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Each cap comes with it’s own dust bag for storage (or for use with anything else)

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M60-A SEQ2 Production

All M60-A SEQ2 units have been machined. They are now off to be enamel filled on the back-weight and then packaged - this will take around 2 weeks. They will then be freighted to our warehouse for final packaging, packing and shipment!

Inventory 2 / Trays / Heavy Industry SEQ2

These items will be shipping out in October.

GRID KEYCAPS

We’re adjusting the mould for the GRID keycaps to use a knockout plate for ejection. This will remove the area on the underside of the cap where the ejector pins are located to now be a clean surface. These changes will take some time, but will allow us to deliver a higher quality product! Once we green-light the latest sample, production will move through quickly.

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MISC

The Gateron Silent Inks have arrived for the U80-A orders! These will be packed once our new packaging arrives for them.

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U80-A Colour Samples / KOYU Arrival / RW Merch / Collab Caps / LP Caps

U80-A Colour Samples

Here are some colour examples of what we are offering with the U80-A Pre-Order. As seen on the U80 and our previous offerings.

PORT as seen on the U80-A

U80-A PORT

U80-A PORT

U80-A PORT w/ MILK Artisan Keycap

U80-A PORT w/ MILK Artisan Keycap

MILK as seen on the M60-A SEQ2

M60-A SEQ2 MILK

M60-A SEQ2 MILK

KURO as seen on the KOYU

KOYU KURO

KOYU KURO

LAKE as seen on the U80-A

U80-A LAKE

U80-A LAKE

MOON as seen on the M60-A

M60-A MOON

M60-A MOON

M60-A MOON

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U80-A Typing & Assembly video

We made a video showing what the stock U80-A sounds like with the optional switches which are included with the Starter Kit, the Gateron Silent Ink Switches. Also shown is how the the U80-A is assembled.

KOYU Arrival

The KOYU’s are landing in Melbourne and should arrive in our warehouse this week or next. We will package and ship these out as soon as possible!

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RW Merch - Team Cap

Our team caps are in production and will be available through our webstore next month - these come packaged individually with their own RW Dust Bag. Alongside the caps, we’ll be releasing our Team T-Shirts and XO Sweaters. These caps will come in KURO and MILK variants.

Subtle RW Logo Mark Embroidered

Subtle RW Logo Mark Embroidered

Underside Branding

Underside Branding

Rama Works Logo Mark branded buckle

Rama Works Logo Mark branded buckle

Sandwiched brim design with lasercut XO underside and embroidering across

Sandwiched brim design with lasercut XO underside and embroidering across

Collaboration Keycaps

We’ve been shipping out our latest batch of Collab caps to our vendors with our GMK/EPBT Keyset collaborations. We hope to see them on some keyboards soon!

EPBT Kuro Shiro - KURO PVD with White Enamel Fill - Brass

EPBT Kuro Shiro - KURO PVD with White Enamel Fill - Brass

GMK Bento - GOLD PVD - Brass

GMK Bento - GOLD PVD - Brass

GMK Bento - Anodised with White Enamel Fill - Aluminium

GMK Bento - Anodised with White Enamel Fill - Aluminium

GMK Minimal - KURO PVD with White Enamel Fill - Brass

GMK Minimal - KURO PVD with White Enamel Fill - Brass

Low Profile Keycaps

Our first tool samples have arrived and we are happy with the initial results - however, we will be making some adjustments to improve the overall look and function of the keycaps. We will also be increasing the finish of the underside of the cap to diffuse more light and other mechanical adjustments.

These keycaps will be available for pre-order until July 10th through our webstore: https://rama.link/gridcaps

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M60-A Cables / KOYU Announcement / BOX Royal / Wear

M60-A Cables

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The new USB A > C cables have arrived, 1.5m long in black braided with metal ends, laser etched.

Three of the six colours have been all anodized as of last week and we anticipate all colours to be finished properly. We will be arriving to our manufacturer next week for a final QC of all the boards before they’re shipped to home base!  Please note that we’ll be away from the office until the 11th of September and slower to reply to all support inquiries, but will do our best to answer as promptly as we can.

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KOYU Announcement

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We are incredibly excited to announce our latest offering, the KOYU 65% Keyboard.   It’s an inspiration and evolution of our previous offerings, but entirely new in its own way - we’ve taken all the great aspects of the M60-A and integrated it into the KOYU. 

Integrated 4.5MM plate, In-Switch RGB, hotsockets, fixed layout, optional internal weight (same weight as M60-A / interchangeable). Launching mid-September.

BOX Royal Switches - Re-tooled

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The replacement BOX Royal Re-tooled switches have arrived and we are promptly having them packed, along with the GMK Stabilisers. 

Wear

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