On: Keymacs: Modern Symbolics-Style Keyboard

[xondono]

I’m not that sure. Nowadays you can get runs on the cheap, that’s why group buys are even possible in the DIY community.

The fully machined aluminum case probably plays a part in there too.

[duped → xondono]

The fact you need group buys at all is evidence to how expensive it is. There really aren't that many places you can go for quality either.

[xondono → duped]

I think you and I have different bars for what “expensive” means.

Manufacturing things is expensive because of the fixed costs. To make it cheaper you need to make enough sets to dilute the fixed cost among N buyers. If at N=20 the price is already something people will pay, that’s not expensive IMO.

The problem is that the case doesn’t work that way, because the costs of machined aluminium are pretty much linear with N.