The StayWired site I posted earlier uses both 0b and the 1b you originally found. It’s a $28 up charge for the 0b, and additional $2 on top of that if you want 1b used on your cable. So I guess either would work.
I wonder if this is the 1b:
They show examples of all of them here:
1b & 0b:
Interesting. This is where the filter is right now:
https://web.lemo.com/PartSearch?ser=B%20/%20Core%20metal%20Housing%20series%20IP%2050&lang=en
Still, inner (S2) being 7mm seems too big.
A company called Tensility makes a Lemo’ish connector as well:
The 1B and 0B in these pics have that rounded cap at the end, and the really sleek ones have a crimp fit like end. Kinda digging the rough edged crimp fit/wart like ends and not the rounded. I guess I could go either way.
7mm inner ID for the sheethed wire seems to be as small as I can find.
Even if I find the right model number, its going to be over $30-40 for each end, so total of $100 with shipping from someplace like digikey. Do I want it that bad? Not thinking so.
The YC-8 design seems to be a good compromise in-between the super pricy LEMOs and bulky Aviators.
That’s why I’m guessing the sites like StayWired are using knockoffs. To get the LEMO style is only a $28CAD upcharge on StayWired. Like you, when I found the LEMO they were like $40each (from mouser electronics site). Yes, the YC-8’s look much better than the Aviators, imo. And cheap too.
This guy walks through making a cable with the YC8.
Yep, compromise. Won’t have a desk like many the reviewers I’ve noticed are running the uber sleek hardly thicker than the wire itself plugs, but this is really pricey, especially to not be sure.
Shout out to coazius cables info page:
If going LEMA I’m becoming convinced these are the droids we are looking for:
that have that ‘butt’ I’m looking for, though I’m warming up to the rounded compress ends of coazius’ 0B they show.
A pic for reference of connector types. Have to see, the coaxius site is the best put together of all the custom cable sites I’ve gone to thus far:
Nice to see a YC8 side-by-side with the Lemo, its not a huge compromise, and its much closer to a Lemo than it is an aviator.
I should learn the code system for the LEMO parts but I think the pic above is a good way to describe what I’m stuck on:
The Lemos on the left side have what looks to be a crush like fitting, I’m assuming the more you tighten it that there are tabs inside that clamp down on the wire.
The YC-8 next to it has what I think Lemo calls “cable collet and nut for fitting a bend relief”. I dig its look but I wonder how it secures the wire- I doubt their design makes it so just the solder is what is holding the wire in. I believe the collet is the lip and for fitting springs that reduce how much the cable is allowed to bend/kink. A good example of a spring actually being used is an AMP connector:
I actually have a 654-ap-136 on hand for another project so I’m pointing a pen (see why I’m geeked on this, I have a thing for connectors)
I’m just digging the look of that lip without the spring.
For s second I was thinking of finding a 5 pole of the AMP but I don’t think they make a recieving end that isn’t a bulkhead style so I stopped looking into it. Its bulky AF anyhow. But its a flex, like Lemo is pricey and used for high end stuff.
Probably some cheap knock offs on aliexpress etc for those on a budget but want the look
And now deeper into the rabbit hole, do I like how bend reliefs look?
YC-8’s with bend reliefs:
And heck aesthetics aside it does server a noble purpose.
I just saw these on reddit and think they look clean AF
EDIT: Upon further inspection they are coloured aviator connectors, they look a lot better than the chrome but still has screws and such and is a chonk.
Further Correction: Coiled Mechanical Keyboard Cable Rainbow | Etsy
yeah, these options have really blossomed. The color combos and coated aviators are pretty awesome.
My tofu and keycap built is black/white, panda, stormtrooper themed so that last pic you posted would totally fit it. That or just a clean all black or clean all white cable build.
So I should have googled this way sooner- the “key” to understanding the part numbers of the Lemo connectors:
I really feel that the last two I posted are the ones. If not, maybe the ones with slightly larger inner diameter at the ends to fit thicker usb/sheethed cables.
The “tech” in me is cringing at getting the “bend relief” versions simply for aesthetics and not employing actual bend reliefs (Lemo). For YC-8s it looks like there is no choice, its bend relief ends (which again I think looks cool).
If one is into color options I would imagine its just a short matter of time for YC-8s to start hitting the market in common colors.
I would love coloured ones, the one thing I don’t have is a custom cable, a couple of nice ones and connector options would be great to have.
@Zibob and @snowBlind623 if you are ok with the slightly larger 1B series. Jackpot knock offs with different color options!!!
To put it into some context, 0B is 9.5mm diameter and 1B is 12.5mm. This is going to be preference of the end user. 3mm is not that much, but might be huge to others.
Also a site that does assembled ones at the 1B size, the pricing is sus too good to be true:
I ordered some of the old school cables with aviator connectors from zap. Still waiting on them though.
https://zapcables.com/cables/usb-cables/
I don’t like braided cables, they’re stiff and feel cheap to me.
Too good to be true indeed!
Just noticed you have to separately add the $80 Lemo connector to the order on Swiftcable. So it isn’t so cheap after all!
So, ordered a GMMK 1 Fullsize and it was all right, up until I installed the software which promptly bricked the KBD. No recovery was possible, its being shipped back.
I was going to just take a replacement but after that experience im getting an SK 108 Black Wired.
That sucks! Hopefully the return process goes smoothly // don’t hold your money hostage too long. Those boards look nice, I had look at the TKL version before. Unfortunate that the software is buggy.
Sorry for the “best I can do with my phones auto focus” photo, but on the left we have my old Ducky PBT set and on the right we have a cheap PBT set off Amazon.
The ones from Amazon were $19, only enough keys for a 60%. The Ducky’s were $59 and enough for a full size. Cheap ones are much thicker!
How’s the printing?
