Future of RUSP as a community-supported DIY build?

[RotaryGraham]

Hi everyone,

I have been following the updates on the Rotary Un-Smartphone and wanted to ask where things might go after the remaining orders are handled. My understanding is that new kits are not being made anymore, which makes sense if the manufacturing load became too much for a small project.

This is not meant as pressure on Justine or Sky’s Edge. I am mostly trying to understand whether there is room for the community to keep the idea alive without putting the work back on the original team.

Since some of the design files are already public, would Sky’s Edge be open to something more like a self-sourced DIY build, where the community works out the hard parts over time instead of expecting one person or one small team to keep supplying complete kits?

The main thing I am trying to understand is what the real blockers are. Is the difficult part the PCB assembly, the dial hardware, the cellular module, the case, or something else? If people knew which parts are practical to source and which parts need redesign, it would be easier to tell whether a community version is realistic.

It might also help to have a shared BOM with known substitutions, notes on parts that are no longer available, and build notes from people who already assembled kits. Over time, that could turn into a version that is easier to make with current parts.

I would be interested in helping on the mechanical side if there is a place for that. I am not trying to turn this back into a product. I am asking whether the project can survive as a community hardware build, with the expectations set accordingly.

Thanks to everyone who worked on this. The idea still seems worth preserving, even if the original kit model no longer makes sense.