"This is my favorite 60% that I have typed on, to date. I've typed on an OTD Mini, I've typed on a Unikorn, I've typed on various Duck boards, I've typed on a Keycult... Anyway, this is, for me, a fantastic 60%." - Blacksimon, in his Augur Review

Augur

By JLabs

Live Countdown to Augur In-Stock Release

In-Stock Sale Details:

• In-Stock Sale will take place on 10/08/2022 at 5:00 PM PDT
• 200 units will available, half WK and half WKL. Final color distribution is 80 e-white, 60 purple, and 60 black.
• There will be 100 extra soldered PCBs and 100 hotswap PCBs available for sale
• Soldered PCB: $35 (one soldered PCB is included with every kit)
• Hotswap PCB: $45
• Extra FR-4 plates will be $15 each.

Design Philosophy

Augur is a 60% keyboard which brings premium elements to a less-premium price. Augur features isolation gasket mounting and leaf spring plates. Minimalistic front and sides give way to a striking backside and an elegant bottom. Augur uses a Type-C daughterboard to remain immobile while the plate and PCB flex. While the plate is strictly 7u for cleaner acoustics, the PCB supports both 6.25u and 7u layouts. Augur is held together by case screws of two different lengths, so that the screw heads are equidistant from the bottom of the case.

Multiple gasket materials, compression ratios, and plate configurations were tested to reach the amount of flex I was looking for in this board. In fact, I designed a test bench with adjustable compression to test the various gasket and plate designs.

Board Details:

• Top/Bottom Case: 6063 Aluminum, sandblasted and anodized/electrophoresis coated
• Accent Piece: Brass, sandblasted and PVD coated
• Color options: anodized black, anodized purple, electrophoresis coated white (e-white)
• 6 degree typing angle
• 18.65mm Real Front Height
• WK and WKL layouts
• Isolation gasket mounting system
• Seamless design
• Quality Standards

Plate and PCB 

• The kit will include both full and half FR-4 plates
• The PCB color is tentatively white, and the thickness is 1.2mm, to promote flex.

Augur Kit Includes:

• Aluminum (6063) Top Case (Either anodized or e-coated)
• Aluminum (6063) Bottom Case (Either anodized or e-coated)
• Brass Accent Piece (PVD and clear coated)
• FR-4 Full Plate
• FR-4 Half Plate
• Augur 1.2mm Soldered PCB
• (12) 0.4mm stabilizer shims
• USB-C Daughterboard
• JST Cable
• (16) 40A Augur Gaskets (Building the board only requires 12 gaskets)
• (16) 50A Augur Gaskets
• Screws
• Augur Carrying Case