Swiss

SWISS aka. the Cheeseboard

Designed by Bregoli

Made in Germany by Keebwerk.

GB

• period: Feb 10 - Mar 10, 2023.
• Sound test

Vendors

• keebwerk
• zfrontier
• valasupply
• candykeys
• prototypist

Pricing

The Cheeseboard is one of the more unique meme/novelty boards featuring a swiss cheese design, while also having a unique “moon” board design in moon-dust grey color. The project has been in the works since 2021 and has been followed up with 3 prototypes to get the ideal eye-candy placement of all the spherical holes to provide the ultimate cheese design. Designed by Bregoli, this king of all cheese’ is a one of a kind. The complexity of the top case requires 5.4 hours of CNC machining time compared to the average 75% size keyboard 45 minute machining time. Cheeseboard is a 60% Keyboard design with a HHKB bottom row layout, with a brass or POM plate. The typing angle of the keyboard is 6 degrees. The keyboard comes with poron dampening strips to fit the case parts together, to make sure that acoustic ping is kept to a minimum, and the PCB features a yellow cheese color, fitting to the theme of the board.

A Marvel of Machining

This is by far the most complicated Keyboard we have ever had to machine. Meticulously placed cavities in the top case need to be carefully cut by a 5-Axis CNC Machine. Every top case is so incredible complex that is takes over 5 hours to finish (for reference our mega takes only approx 35-minute). From every angle, your keyboard exposes new shapes that will amaze you every day.

Isolated Bottom Case

The Swiss comes with custom poron gaskets to isolate the bottom from the top case resulting in no case ping and a optimized sound signature. The ai03 daughterboard features a USB-C Port and is center mounted.

Features

• Made from Aluminum
• Brass or POM Plate
• HHKB Layout
• Cheese or Moon Keyboard Variants
• Powered by QMK
• Ai03 daughterboard
• Top Mount Keyboard
• Included Acoustic Dampening Kit
• Cases are made from a single block of aluminum
• Top Case machine time totals 5.4 hours of machine time
• Kaihua Hot-Swap Sockets on PCB for ease

Weight in both grams and lbs

approx 1.1kg / 2.2lbs

Case & PCB Specs

• Hotswap PCB: NO SOLDERING REQUIRED, has ESD Protection
• Uses ai03's open-source Unified Daughterboard
• No RGB
• Case material: Aluminum
• Plate: 1.5 mm aluminum, 1.5 mm polycarbonate, 1.5mm Brass
• Foam: Plate and Case foam included
• Mounting System: Top Mount
• Isolation: Isolated Bottom case with Poron gaskets
• Typing Angle: 6 degrees

Kit includes:

• Top Frame
• Bottom Frame
• Plate - in your chosen material
• PCB-A (Main Switch PCB)
• ai03 unified daughterboard
• Full Screw Set
• Set of Custom Poron Gaskets for bottom case isolation
• Custom Silicone Feet
• Custom Plate and Case Foam
• Card of Certification
• Braided USB-C Cable