| rw-r--r-- | christian | 123K | June 13 2025 | HMKB_60_Quartz.md |
HMKB 60 Quartz
The stars aligned, there was a great sale on HMKB cases, Promenade group-buy started and I found SA Sail for cheap.
Facts⌗
| Model no. | HMKB 60 |
| Manufacturer | Heavy Metal Keyboards |
| Manufacture Date | 2024 |
| Case | Bent steel top and bottom case |
| Plate | Boardwalk layout, steel+black zink |
| Switches | NovelKeys Sherbet, 45g |
| Keycaps | SA Oblivion and SA Sail |
| Dimensions | 315 × 130 × 35 mm |
| Weight | 1520 gram |
| PCB/Software | Promenade + QMK |
Highlights⌗
I really enjoy the broadwalk layout. The original broadwalk manufacturer closed down and I started working on my own PCB for this layout. Since I never did PCB design before it took a long time working on this on and off. After talking to Lord Boards about it he came up with a design called Promenade60. Things slowed down again, then I found a group-buy by Krado Industries called the Promenade. Luckily this one succeeded and I ended up buying two PCBs from them.
Layouts⌗
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