Custom keyboards

[little stratus]

My place is sometimes very dark and I can't see the keys on the keyboard unless it's backlit

I need a custom barebones kit that has a purple case and is rgb backlit

[jolly coral]

There were 2 other keyboards that I've suggested with Purple

Q6 and the AK980

#1071070910989209661 message

#1071070910989209661 message

[little stratus]

Yeah the keychron one but how do the gateron g reds compare the box pinks in terms of clickyness?

[jolly coral]

Reds are not Clicky

They're Linear

[little stratus]

Ok I figured so that eliminates the keychron one bc the browns are also not clicky at all

[jolly coral]

What do you mean?

Q6 is hot swappable

[little stratus]

Yeah true

[jolly coral]

The only issue you'll have is that the Q6 is wired

[winged patrol]

I prefer wired

More good

Other then mouse

And headset

[little stratus]

Yeah I prefer wired as well

Except for my Xbox controller I use all my PC peripherals wired

[jolly coral]

Then Q6 it is

And you can order that whenever

[little stratus]

Ok I'll order the purple q6 then but after my figure gets released

[gray wave]

@jolly coral I am in need of your keebs wisdom

My sis is getting a new keyboard and we are in need of options in the sea of keyboards available.
We got it down to a 75%, linear switches, likes the rgb and doesn't have a preference to wired/wireless

I was thinking on getting a white/pink barebones kit because she will definitely want prettier keycaps

[merry valley]

https://www.amazon.com/EPOMAKER-Wireless-Mechanical-Programmable-Bluetooth/dp/B0CXSYN1YC

[jolly coral]

Epomaker is having their spring sale right now

There are plastic case keyboards for under $50

https://epomaker.com/collections/deals-1

https://epomaker.com/products/epomaker-feker-galaxy80?variant=47807865159988

[merry valley]

$30 is a steal

[jolly coral]

Galaxy80 is an aluminum case

And crazy thock

[jolly coral]

Exactly

And ordering from Epomaker directly should help with shipping

Since you don't have Amazon

Well, the American Amazon

[merry valley]

lol i think the finance dept. has cut me off after today

[gray wave]

The good thing about amazon is that they have import/export fees included in pricing, so oddly enough it can be better

[jolly coral]

Look up Hi75

https://epomaker.com/products/epomaker-leobog-hi75

Aluminum case as well and 75%

$37

And also comes in pink

With a knob too

Forgot to ask, are you trying to do a budget board @gray wave?

Sorry that I just assumed

[gray wave]

Np np, we are good to $150 usd

[jolly coral]

If you want something in the entry premium, I recommend Rainy75

https://www.wobkey.com/products/rainy75

[gray wave]

Perfect, thanks a lot

Btw, in the switch department, any recommendations?

[jolly coral]

Linears?

If you're looking for pink linear switches

https://www.keebtalk.com/t/ttc-heart-love-switch-review/17020

Very expensive though

[winged patrol]

U arent posting any builds recently

Busy ig?

[jolly coral]

On the more budget side, KTT Baby Pink

[jolly coral]

Very

[winged patrol]

Damn

[jolly coral]

It's spring break

[winged patrol]

Oh yeah

Its already march

[jolly coral]

And I was dealing with residency match

Luckily our program filled all 4 spots

[winged patrol]

Nice

[jolly coral]

So didn't need to scramble (SOAP) this week

Just waiting until tomorrow to find out who we matched

[winged patrol]

Ic good luck

[jolly coral]

Thanks

@gray wave, another good one is the Akko Stellar Rose

KTT is 40g and Akko is 37g

Both are light and thocky linear pink switches

Probably will be a visual preference

The stock Cocoa switches on the Rainy75 is quite good too

The Rainy75 really is an excellent pre-built

Stock keycaps are nice too

So yeah, going barebone vs. Rainy75 would be similar in price if your sister likes the look of the stock pink Rainy75

[gray wave]

Huge thanks 🫶

[jolly coral]

Anytime

[livid mason]

Gravastar now sells their cyberpunk keycaps as a full keycap set now

might be time for me to get the Keeb TKL finall

get the Cyberpunk keycaps to go with it and let the board really glow

[winged patrol]

Did u change pfp

Ur name looks familiar

[livid mason]

yeah i did

[winged patrol]

Ic ic

[livid mason]

i got new art commissioned, so i changed my PFP'

[winged patrol]

Nice

[winged patrol]

Looks cute and evil

[merry valley]

First trip to the office for the 992

[jolly coral]

That looks so good

In the sea of white cubicle furniture

[winged patrol]

Nice

Clean

[jolly coral]

Sterile

[jolly coral]

Dang, $40 only too!

https://www.gravastar.com/products/keycaps-cyberpunk

[winged patrol]

I learn new word today

[jolly coral]

alright, just posted all of December's videos onto YouTube

I'll do the write up tonight

I'll see how far I get

[livid mason]

Yeah dude

I'm def getting a set

[jolly coral]

Mine already shipped

[livid mason]

I gotta pay bills this week, so I'm probs ordering next week

[jolly coral]

alright, time to start updating for the month of December

it began with putting on some very interesting keycaps from CIY called "Nogi" onto my Ducky One 3 Aura (#1071070910989209661 message):

the original SA keycaps that were on the Ducky One 3 Aura was pulled to complete the Pink Galaxy 80 build for my friend: #1071070910989209661 message

these Nogi keycaps are quite interesting in that the entire keycap is made of soft silicone surrounding a flat plastic piece attached to the stem:

they went on the Ducky One 3 just like any other normal keycaps:

and here's the Ducky One 3 Aura White with CIY Very Peri Nogi Silicone keycaps, unlit:

Ducky One 3 Aura White with CIY Very Peri Nogi Silicone keycaps, lit + ambient lighting:

Ducky One 3 Aura White with CIY Very Peri Nogi Silicone keycaps, lit + no ambient lighting:

the sound test: https://youtu.be/SoT0jvZyhJQ

and the 4x timelapse of the keycap installation: https://youtu.be/N51TYjo9caU

the sound is rather muted and probably a good thing for the Ducky One 3

seems like a reasonably good fit for each other

probably won't be using these keycaps much as I don't think the soft silicone will wear well over time

it's quite porous and will attract dirt and grime like crazy

one last shot of the build:

next was the first of a pair of Akko JIN01 that I've picked up during the sales, this is the Santorini edition that came with Akko's Rosewood linear switches:

exact same construction as the MU01 (#1071070910989209661 message), except the case is made out of metal instead of wood

weight is significantly more compared to the MU01 or YU01 (which is a completely different mount)

ended up ripping out the Rosewood switches and put in some WS Light Tactile (35g) switches:

fairly muted looking switches and aren't the best for RGB transmission:

Akko JIN01 Santorini, unlit:

Akko JIN01 Santorini, lit + ambient lighting:

Akko JIN01 Santorini, lit + no ambient lighting:

stocking typing test: https://youtu.be/apOAAfp4Sl4

and with the tactile switches: https://youtu.be/_qSW24BlLT4

the WS Light Tactile were excellent and the sound profile is definitely quite thocky

4x timelapse of the switch swap: https://youtu.be/yEHIwGQji98

next is the ultra budget metal case keyboard: Leobog Hi75:

really quite an amazing deal considering a metal case, hot swap, RGB, and a knob, all for under $40:

after putting on a few stickers:

I threw on some Kailh Box Winter switches:

and put on some peach blossom side printed keycaps:

Leobog Hi75, Grey, with Peach Blossom Side-Print keycaps, unlit:

Leobog Hi75, Grey, with Peach Blossom Side-Print keycaps, lit + ambient lighting:

Leobog Hi75, Grey, with Peach Blossom Side-Print keycaps, lit + no ambient lighting:

typing test: https://youtu.be/ZITdtx_QNpE

the sound is quite deep as well from a metal case

4x timelapse of the build: https://youtu.be/311BFxiNfic

I completely regret getting this next pair of keyboards

I ended up caving and getting the Adam and Lilith from KBDcraft, a.k.a. the Lego keyboards

starting with the Adam, that literally came in pieces:

ended up using some very expensive Boba U4 Silent Tactile (65g) switches for the build since I was curious to see if some expensive switches can somehow improve a very cheap plastic board (hint: it can't):

the entire build was just annoying since EVERYTHING is left to the user to resolve, like all the holes you have to poke out:

the entire build process was just miserable rather than fun:

worst part: the bottom plates weren't even cut to the curvature of the case:

ended up having to manually grind down the corners:

equally annoying numpad building process:

and more grinding of the numpad:

I just wanted to kill myself at this point

but here's the RGB/switch check:

at least everything works and I didn't mess up the build

threw on some "Bricks" keycaps from Womier with "Retro" design:

KBDcraft Adam Base + Numpad, unlit:

KBDcraft Adam Base + Numpad, lit + ambient lighting:

KBDcraft Adam Base + Numpad, lit + no ambient lighting:

oh yeah, forgot to mention that I've added some bumpers on the bottom to give the keyboard a slight angle for easier typing:

that's why the base board is at an angle and the numpad is just flat

typing test of this miserable build: https://youtu.be/R4hW6RDIa40

and you can watch my suffering through the build timelapse: https://youtu.be/Ym_Dzpum3Jk

second one from KBDcraft is the Lilith kit:

yeah, just as annoying

everything was in pieces

and love that the PCB was just recycled from the Adam kit:

since the build was going to be for my wife, I ended up going with some KiiBoom Taro Cream tactile switches (54g) that I used for quite a few builds now:

ended up wrapping the board in some midnight purple vinyl:

and threw on some old gradient purple side-print keycaps that were being use after the Q6's initial build

and here's the KBDcraft Lilith Midnight Purple, unlit:

KBDcraft Lilith Midnight Purple, lit + ambient lighting:

KBDcraft Lilith Midnight Purple, lit + no ambient lighting:

typing test: https://youtu.be/jECIZef8laM

slightly better than the Adam

improvements were definitely made

and the miserable build timelapse: https://youtu.be/5XHRx7v-qU0

and one final picture of the custom vinyl lettering I threw on the case:

at least I've found out what @hearty lily was going through in an earlier chat in September (when I've ordered the board): #1071070910989209661 message

oooo, next build is a fun one that I was quite excited about, the Yellow Holy60 from KBDfans:

which came in many many pieces:

first order of business was doing some vinyl work:

the initial build was done with some Keychron Banana tactile switches (57g) that I had lying around

not the best switches, but I don't have any good better yellow switches (yet)

probably the most interesting part of the Holy60 is that the Redux60 PCB that came with the kit provided underglow for the case:

got a fun cheese novelty for the Esc key:

and got some Cheese theme keycaps:

KBDfans Holy60 Cheese build, unlit:

KBDfans Holy60 Cheese build, lit + ambient lighting:

KBDfans Holy60 Cheese build, lit + no ambient lighting:

typing test: https://youtu.be/Gtldtrls74Q

the sound was quite thin, as expected, since there just isn't any room in the case for foam

timelapse of the build: https://youtu.be/Kms82Q1jIA4

some of hte small tweaks I did for this build included adding a EVA foam sheet and some o-rings to the stand-offs to provide at least SOME dampening:

but I kept messing with this board as I ended up really liking the build despite being a very impractical 60% layout with no directional keys

a couple more iterations for this board will be coming

next 3 builds are from my comparison of the HE keyboards

I finally got my Wooting 80HE preorder:

very interesting that Wooting put individual clipart onto each of the keys on the PCB along with a bunch of easter eggs (?):

ended up opting for the Lekker L60 HE switches:

I first tried out the infamous scratch-prone White Zinc case:

more easter eggs on the bottom case:

pretty much a plug and play kind of deal:

ended up going with some EVA-08 Pudding Dye-Sub keycaps:

Wooting 80HE with White Zinc case, unlit:

Wooting 80HE with White Zinc case, lit + ambient lighting:

Wooting 80HE with White Zinc case, lit + no ambient lighting:

typing test with the White Zinc case: https://youtu.be/Rfh3cyUcAv4

after doing the sound test, I immediately took off the White Zinc case and put it back into the storage case:

I also ordered the transparent plastic case as well:

and easily moved the 80HE module over to the plastic case

and here's the Wooting 80HE with Frost case, unlit:

Wooting 80HE with Frost case, lit + ambient lighting:

Wooting 80HE with Frost case, lit + no ambient lighting:

bonus: additional lighting profile with the swapping of the keyboard profile, this is the "rage" mode with 0.4mm trigger:

typing test with the transparent plastic case: https://youtu.be/i9WIePj8KrQ

I was fairly impressed with the 80HE

I can definitely see why the 60HE was such big deal

the software was easy and intuitive

here's the build timelapse including the 2 case swap: https://youtu.be/_GyXT7YlUCQ

the second HE keyboard I test was the Akko MOD007v3 HE, Year of Dragon edition:

very cool looking board along with an additional brass plate

unfortunately, things started going south quickly when I took the board apart to swap to the brass plate:

yes, literal foam bars were glued to the PCB foam to adjust for PCB height difference

the stock switches were Akko Cream Yellow Magnetic linear switches (50g):

which I removed in order to swap the plates:

the plate and PCB were screwed down, but the actual screw was covered by the foam that was glued onto the back of the PCB!

after ripping the foam to access the mounting screws, I was able to get the brass plate on:

closed my eyes and just slapped the whole thing back together

Akko MOD007v3 HE Year of Dragon, unlit:

Akko MOD007v3 HE Year of Dragon, lit + ambient lighting:

Akko MOD007v3 HE Year of Dragon, lit + no ambient lighting:

typing test with the FR4 plate: https://youtu.be/Uu1VC71p4Sk

and the typing test with the brass plate: https://youtu.be/_7i7iStt1Hw

and the whole plate swap timelapse: https://youtu.be/j8N2QcpfZRM

the Akko MOD007V3 HE was quite the disappointment, especially after having just literally built the Wooting 80HE

the software was ghetto

and build was ghetto

great looking case and keycaps though

Akko boards look great as always

but the 80HE was clearly a much better HE keyboard

however, the biggest disappointment was the Glorious GMMK3 HE:

I got the board literally to try out the Panda HE switches:

the PCB was weird, as it allowed for standard 3/5-pin switches as well:

I literally didn't do anything to this keyboard, but took some photos of it being lit + ambient lighting:

and Glorious GMMK3 HE, lit + no ambient lighting:

and did the typing test: https://youtu.be/RKsc4tU5RUQ

given the switches were tactile switches, it typed just like any other tactile switches

the disappointment came when I dealing with the software

at this point, I've built enough Glorious keyboards to know what I was getting myself into

but a huge part of the HE keyboard experience is the software

and the standard Glorious software was already miserable for the normal keyboard

the HE software just straight up doesn't work

I hated the keycaps too

and the case

I ended up ordering another case for this, which I will eventually swap the board into

from testing the 3 HE keyboards, 80HE >>> MOD007V3 HE >>>>>>> GMMK3 HE

at least the MOD007V3 HE was acceptable given the crazy design and reasonable prices

[jolly coral]

next was another entry from the sub $40 keyboard during Black Friday builds, a Keychron V1 that was $35:

I threw some Gateron Baby Kangaroo tactile switches (59g) onto the board:

and a really interesting set of keycaps from Drop: the Artifact Glow Shine-through ABS keycaps:

ended up throwing on the black knob to fit the build:

and here is the Keychron V1 Frosted Black with Drop Artifact Glow keycaps, unlit:

Keychron V1 Frosted Black with Drop Artifact Glow keycaps, lit + ambient lighting:

Keychron V1 Frosted Black with Drop Artifact Glow keycaps, lit + no ambient lighting:

really cool looking keycaps

typing test: https://youtu.be/i3MPsjYhs2g

but the whole build doesn't sound very good

anyways, the build timelapse: https://youtu.be/pEh6RhOumYU

a fun little detour was me picking up a pair of Keychron Q0 Max:

pretty boring pair of black and white Q0, which I promptly ripped apart:

the white one eventually became this color:

and got some Venus switches from GamaKay:

proceeded to throw on the numpad keys from the purple ID87 build: #1071070910989209661 message

Keychron Q0 Max Purple Colorshift, unlit:

Keychron Q0 Max Purple Colorshift, lit + ambient lighting:

Keychron Q0 Max Purple Colorshift, lit + no ambient lighting:

build timelapse: https://youtu.be/5xBsH-4OllM

became a permanent fixture for my wife's setup:

the black Q0 ended up taking a bit longer to complete

I'll eventually get to it

as promised, the Cheese Holy60 build (#1071070910989209661 message) ended up getting a couple of tweaks after the initial build, first being a stabilizer swap:

proceeded to take apart the whole keyboard and threw away the stock stabilizers:

and put on some Durock V3 stabilizers:

typing test with the new stabilizers: https://youtu.be/EKofsVojiTo

and the timelapse of the stabilizer swap: https://youtu.be/7N8LiM79gn8

alright, about half way through December

I'll continue tomorrow

new patch came out for Infinity Nikki

going to play a bit before sleeping

[livid mason]

Damn I really need a Holy60 for myself

The build just looks clean

[jolly coral]

Unless you like the look, I don't recommend it

The sound is really thin and hollow. Not quite the sound most people are looking for

There's basically no room for tuning

For the same price, I would recommend the Tofu Redux instead

[livid mason]

I really like the look

And for me, it's more about the weight and size for bringing to/from work than the sound profile, as i work in a warehouse, so most sound would get drowned out

[jolly coral]

It's definitely the perfect weight and size for portability. I really like the normal sized modifier keys on the Redux60 PCB. I really don't miss not having the arrow keys when I'm on this board.

[livid mason]

Good to know

Id probs pick this up as my portable board for work or LAN parties (yes my friends and I still host those)

[jolly coral]

it is definitely very lightweight

if you throw a 60HE PCB on it, might just be the perfect gaming keyboard

[livid mason]

The issue is i ordered the 80HE for my gaming board

And I just need something for work, doesn't have to be a gaming board

Although I could just buy the case and module seperate

I'll think on it

[jolly coral]

I have no complaints with the Redux60 PCB that came with the Holy60 kit

since with the Holy60, you best get a PCB with under lighting

the kit was a pretty good deal (aside from the horrible stabilizers)

[brittle spear]

https://www.instagram.com/qwertykeys_international/reel/DHyIfedx86L/?hl=en

anyone else here hate money as well?

[winged patrol]

Ngl black looks good

[jolly coral]

I just ordered a Neo Ergo last night. Looks like the same PCB but in a split case

[brittle spear]

I'm using one rn and I quite like it.

[winged patrol]

Normal keyboard or this

Which is better

[merry valley]

10 years ago, i would have said split board better ... but since i have re-adjusted to a straight board, meh

not sure i could go back

[jolly coral]

I'm working on building a Libra right now:

[brittle spear]

depends if you have a spare 'B' keycap lol

A flat split like the Keychron Q10 is meh

[winged patrol]

Do they split

Like

[jolly coral]

No

[brittle spear]

a tented one i think is more divisive

[winged patrol]

Ic

[jolly coral]

I've been looking for tented ergo boards recently

[brittle spear]

the neo ergo tenting is on the more minor side

[jolly coral]

I miss the good old days of the Microsoft Ergo keyboards

But yeah, more for nostalgia reasons

[brittle spear]

i wanna mess with the dactyl keyboards from bastard keyboards but i also really dont want to spend money on keyboards

https://bastardkb.com/dactyls/

[jolly coral]

They get weird

And I don't know the utility of "ergo" after a bit

[brittle spear]

maybe a Charybdis just to be extra extra special

look at that ball

[jolly coral]

FB has been trying to get me to buy a Naya recently: https://naya.tech/products/naya-create

[brittle spear]

yeah thats a bit too rich for my blood

id sooner spring for a beamspring with solenoid if i were to drop that amount for a single board

[winged patrol]

I remember this

Looks cool

[jolly coral]

Dang it, shouldn't have searched for Naya:

[winged patrol]

What it do

[winged patrol]

Does it have some purpose

[jolly coral]

4 different modules you can plug into the open rings

[winged patrol]

Ohhh ic ic

[quick carbon]

I didn't know I had to wait a bit to let rustoleum cure again after sanding... I've had to deal with wrinkled recoats 4 times now over the past 2 weeks of working on my keyboard case painting

[jolly coral]

Yeah, 24 hours

Sorry, I could have told you that

[quick carbon]

All good, I initially thought it was still from the previous coat fuming but finally found out it was from my sanding last night.
Hopefully now I can finish up the coats hassle free

[merry valley]

got my tariff panic orange wish order in yesterday, some white sideprint caps and a new white desk pad to replace the one i have that is full of dents and holes

oh, and some cheap guitar picks

[jolly coral]

I've been shopping like crazy the last couple of days too

Even if the boards are already here in the US, I'm almost certain retailers will start increasing the price regardless

Because why not?

[merry valley]

right?

[livid mason]

Just moved to a new place, so all my.money is going into furnishings and the property, but yeah, I wanna start picking stuff up before price hikes hit

[jolly coral]

Better hurry

[livid mason]

I'm tryiiinnnggg

[livid mason]

@jolly coral https://takaramodel.com/products/johnny-sazabi-transformable-keycaps-handcrafted

[jolly coral]

Those keys don't look like they will fit anywhere else but the PS/SL/Pause keys

They have the RX-78-2 version

[snow kettle]

Question for the custom keyboard crew. I have the Connect The World keycaps and they're starting to get a bit dirty. What's the best way to clean them properly?

Without ruining the text on them

[jolly coral]

Hand soap and water

It's PBT

Either that or dish soap

I personally don't like using dish soap because it dries out my hand

Then again, aggressive hand soap dries out my hand too

[jolly coral]

But yeah, hand soap or dish soap

[merry valley]

i generally use hot tap water (my water heater is only set to like 170f) and just a couple drops of dawn. i don't use any other dish soap.
big bowl, swish them around a bit.

rinse at least twice in cool tap water. lay out open side down on paper towels until fully dry

fight the cats if they mess with them.

for stubborn dirt, i use paper towel directly to get it off - nothing more abrasive

i have 3 boards currently, 2 with white pudding caps, and now one with white sideprint caps

[jolly coral]

I would use a blower

But that's also because I have a blower for washing cars

Might as well

[snow kettle]

I appreciate it you two. ❤️

[rancid mantle]

Meletrix Zoom75 TIGA x Sylph Potion Keycaps with Gateron Melodic Switches and custom Sylph Potion coiled cable. Sound test provied.

[quick carbon]

Forgot to post it but finished the painting for the yakult keyboard last week.

Battled like heck with spraypaint and drying so it's not perfect but I'm satisfied

[jolly coral]

That looks so good

My last round of spraying

Finally finished too

[quick carbon]

So many

[jolly coral]

There were a couple more:

Was trying out a couple different effects: 1) black light/UV reactive and 2) candy

That green one is UV reactive and also continues to glow in the dark after activation 👽

I was trying to see how close I could get to the NK Classic TKL GLO

Despite using a crazy cheap board, the cost of all the paint ended up being similar to the cost of the GLO keyboards

[quick carbon]

Those look rad holy heck

[winged patrol]

Green one is masterpiece

💯

[livid mason]

I love the new Metaphor keycaps

Anyone got recommendations on a keeb that would match the look of the brown and gold book from the game?

[jolly coral]

The "Medieval Celtic" AC100: https://www.whatgeek.com/products/ajazz-ac100-aluminum-wireless-mechanical-keyboard?variant=45107241713917

[livid mason]

Omg that looks perfect

Thanks for the rec

[winged patrol]

Vintage

Look

N8ce

Nice

[merry valley]

after a few weeks using the sideprint caps, not sure i could do anything else on a south facing board

[jolly coral]

Can't agree with you more

I try to get side print keycaps whenever possible

[livid mason]

I actually don't like side print caps xD

They aren't bad, but I prefer top print lol

[jolly coral]

you need north-facing LEDs for those

and you run the potential program with interference with Cherry profile

[merry valley]

i only like them for south facing

i was having issues seeing the function keys over my monitor glare lol

[livid mason]

LEDs?

My main keeb isn't backlit lol

[jolly coral]

I thought you've meant top shine-through

[gray wave]

If it isn't backlit I'd run a no print caps

[jolly coral]

Blanks

Custom painted a neon set recently:

[jolly coral]

@junior granite, finally built my 60HE+ today:

[junior granite]

lets goo

[jolly coral]

the prototype Brazen Mason 60 arrived today and I just couldn't wait:

the EVA-02 edition that Ian never brought to market

[winged patrol]

I liked that surface

Smooth

Also is back is made from that thing

Which is used to made boards

[jolly coral]

cork

[winged patrol]

Yes that

[livid mason]

Yo this looks sick a/f

[jolly coral]

Haven't updated in a while

Been running around r/mechmarket buying fun stuff like this recent purchase:

Mechmarket is a very dangerous place for me

[livid mason]

Goddamn that looks good tho

[livid mason]

@jolly coral gravastar dropped an HE keeb

[jolly coral]

I'm more interested in the Ice Ring 65

But shipping doesn't make sense unless I buy 2

But I only want the orange one

So still not ordered

[livid mason]

Is it a backlit keeb?

[jolly coral]

Of course. Anything from AM is going to be RGBed out

You interested in one?

[livid mason]

If you wanna get it and save on shipping, gimme a few weeks to set aside some money and we can bundle our orders

Im interested in the brown one

[jolly coral]

Deepspace Titan?

[livid mason]

Ye ye

Chocolate colorway goes well with a surprising amount of keycaps

Plus, Chocolate and Navy with gold accents would look sick

So imma be looking at picking up some nice keycaps for it

[jolly coral]

The Metaphor keycaps from HYTE should fit the board well:

[livid mason]

Shit you right

[jolly coral]

I thought you pre-ordered these?

Anyways, the autographed Mode Loop showed up today:

These influencers really know how to pick the color combos

[winged patrol]

That sign looks cool

[jolly coral]

There was an actual Mode collab version with another reviewer: https://modedesigns.com/pages/alexotos-edition

250 were sold, but the signature was printed on a card and not actually on the board

[winged patrol]

Ic

[jolly coral]

Mine is slightly less official and Taeha Types quit reviewing as of end of last year

https://youtu.be/u11-pBP9GA0

Guess I caught him as he was cleaning out his closet

[livid mason]

Tbh, I forgot about them for a minute

Been with friends today

[jolly coral]

always good to touch grass

[livid mason]

We weren't touching grass, we were drinking, playing MTG, and opening packs

And i got my hands on a $210 card

[jolly coral]

Finally pulled out the Songque desk mat today. Almost time for the Songque build

[winged patrol]

Beautiful

[jolly coral]

setting up the next theme:

[winged patrol]

Dang

[jolly coral]

since nobody has entered anything

I think I'm going to have to end up throwing the Songque keycaps onto my #⌨-keeb-tkl

and have both the CNVS and the Keeb to count as the 2 items controlled by #🦑-nexus for the contest

the number of available Songque wallpaper is slightly lacking:

anyways, just what I'm cooking up next to meet the deadline since I simply can't get the Y70 build done in time

but I'll get something done by tonight and make the submission deadline

[winged patrol]

Shouldnt it be better if u like used one wallpaper on all wallpaper

Like

Only one

[jolly coral]

No high resolution wallpaper exist

[winged patrol]

I see

[jolly coral]

HoYoverse only released 1440p

I tried it

Remember, it's 2x 4k screen

It looks absolutely awful

[winged patrol]

Makes sense

[livid mason]

If i had the Keeb and CNVS in, id have everything good to go for a Persona build for the contest

But im a brokie lol

[jolly coral]

Wait, you still don't have a #⌨-keeb-tkl?

[livid mason]

ADHD has me in a constant state of forgetting simple things.

Such as hitting check out on things that have been in my cart for literal months, only remembering when I dont have the funds to make the purchase

[jolly coral]

I completely understand

Dang it, just missed the sale when both the Keeb and the CNVS were crazy discounted

So you have the P3R keycaps?

[livid mason]

Pre-ordered them with my P3 Y60

I also need to get the P3 Y70 for my P3 collection

Debating on whether or not to make a P3 shrine in my room as a joke

[jolly coral]

I don't think you need to get the P3 Y70

[livid mason]

You underestimate me and my obsession for that game

[jolly coral]

Welp, seems like I'm the only entry for the anime contest

And the contest wasn't running anywhere else

[livid mason]

https://tenor.com/view/atlas3dss-atlas3dss-begging-atlas3dss-poor-atlas3dss-homeless-gif-25927308

Keeb and cnvs

Goddamn

[jolly coral]

And the P3R Y70

[livid mason]

Just says Y70 Touch infinite

[jolly coral]

Well, if you're going to make your shrine

I'll try to work something out with HYTE,if I win

And that's a big if

What exactly is in your shrine plans?

I'm down to modify another #⌨-keeb-tkl

Baby Blue and White should be a fun color

[livid mason]

I have almost every Elizabeth figure made

Im missing like 5, 1 of them I dont like

3 of the remaining 4 are the P4AU statues in its different colorations

[jolly coral]

No, like what are you going to do with the second case

[livid mason]

Im getting there

[jolly coral]

Are you going to build in it?

[livid mason]

Hell yeah. My room is right next to the living room. I've been slowly accruing parts for a living room setup for a while.

Im thinking of setting up the shrine to host both the Y60 and Y70. Run cabling through the other side of the wall to my TV for the living room, and running a small cable channel under my bed to the desk for my PC setup

[jolly coral]

Great, sounds like a plan

[livid mason]

Although I would probs need to custom build the cabinet, or at least modify a cabinet, for it all to go to

[jolly coral]

You have an IKEA near you

Not like me

[livid mason]

30 min drive

Wouldn't be hard, just pricy

[jolly coral]

I would just do an IKEA hack

[jolly coral]

Yeah, I don't understand how that works

IKEA used to be the budget furniture brand

Because you had to build it yourself

[livid mason]

I wish that was still the case

But IKEA is still good for basic shell furniture made of decently durable stuff for modifying

[jolly coral]

Anyways, there's always the wire rack route

But those are expensive too now

[livid mason]

Also wall mounting

I've got options

[jolly coral]

Anyways, we'll see what Gabe does

[livid mason]

Also: this is my setup rn

[jolly coral]

Oh dang, didn't realize you're using a QK100

I thought you've got a Wind x98

Just did an Odin build yesterday:

Nothing like cleaning up someone else's mess from r/mechmarket

[livid mason]

I swapped the keycaps on the Wind x98 and swapped it to clicky for a friend's wedding present

He and his wife both play a ton of PC games with me and they both wanted to dabble in custom keebs

So the wife got a pink and white Wind x98 with Black/Pink keycaps to fit her desk esthetic

The husband got a Zoom98 from one of our other friends in purple with the Hyte Silver Wolf keycaps to go with his Silver Wolf PC

[jolly coral]

Should have got her one of these

[livid mason]

That would have been great lol

[jolly coral]

All joking aside, my most recent build for my wife:

[livid mason]

That's a super pretty build

[jolly coral]

Only WS would be crazy enough to be throwing a diamond on a keyboard

[livid mason]

Truueee

Also, looks super pretty with the LED under it

[jolly coral]

The title of this review is hilarious: https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/wuque-studio-promise87

If someone were to propose with a keyboard, this would be the board to do it with

The pair of Zoom98 I did for my wife and me in April:

Gawd, I'm so behind posting here

[livid mason]

Loool

[jolly coral]

@winged patrol, guess what I've found at the used keyboard marketplace (Mechmarket)

[winged patrol]

Damnnnnn

Nicere

How much

[jolly coral]

A little bit less than yours

It didn't have the gold hardware

[winged patrol]

Thats good

Tbh its really an lucky find

[jolly coral]

For you or for me?

[winged patrol]

You

Dont u liked it ?

[jolly coral]

Definitely like it, especially I found a purple Cycle7 for my wife as well

[winged patrol]

Nice

It has gold

[jolly coral]

I might just spray the back weight of the Cycle8, tbh

[livid mason]

damn thats a pretty keeb

[little girder]

It nice

Im on hall effect topres @jolly coral

[winged patrol]

I might be wrong but i feel arrows keys are wrong

[livid mason]

idk if its the angle, but the right arrow looks like it sits higher than the rest

[winged patrol]

Prob needs to pressed down

[little girder]

Bc its an old photo

[winged patrol]

Oh

[tight frigate]

Any keycap recommendations I'm using the razer death stalker v2 pro

[jolly coral]

That's got north facing LEDs

You'll need "shine through" keycaps or pudding keycaps

(if you want to maximize the LEDs brightness)

[jolly coral]

Plain pudding keycaps start at $10: https://a.co/d/dYxejP8

Dye subbed pudding keycaps start under $20: https://a.co/d/966RTK9

[tight frigate]

ill look around thanks

[real olive]

Owllab Ti HE worth grabbing for the Wooting 80HE? Would be swapping from Lekkers when the Suisei stuff comes in.

[jolly coral]

I'm pretty happy with my 45g Lekker V2s. Huge improvement swapping to the Holy80 though:

I don't think switches alone will do much on the stock Wooting case

[real olive]

Saw that one, looked interesting. But I'd love a colorway that works well with the Suisei case and keys so probably a deep blue. So until SOMEONE thinks about something blue, I'll be sticking with the black Zinc.

[jolly coral]

But yeah, haven't begun trying out HE switches, still waiting for more to options, but Owlab's Oats that are stock on the Evo80 are quite nice

[real olive]

Fair enough. Could see if those new Tikken switches will be nice too. Maybe even a BLUE case will be out by then.

[jolly coral]

I think the fastest option is to pick an in stock color and spray it navy yourself

The board already comes in pieces

[real olive]

That's definitely an option, just have to be up to the task.

[jolly coral]

I personally would go with either the grey or black Holy80 and hit with a new color shift top coat:

The color shift paints needs a dark base like black or gray

[real olive]

I've actually seen that specific can more than I'd ever like, but good to know I can grab it tomorrow. Heh.

[jolly coral]

Which both happens to be In-Stock:

[jolly coral]

Grab a black primer while you're out

Spraying over anodized metal won't be a very good grab

You'll start flaking very quickly if you don't hit it with a coat of primer

But I used this color of the Silver Wolf Keeb's plate: #1071070910989209661 message

There's a purple part of the shift to Blue Cosmos

To not have the purple color, you'll need to locate somewhere that has the Imagine line:

[real olive]

Man, your work is great. I bow to thee, keeb god.

[jolly coral]

And find Turquoise Waters

This color will only get you the blue/green shift without the purple

But yeah, if you don't want to mess with the specialty paints, the 2x primer + paint stuff will work even easier

Plenty of dark blues in different finishes (high gloss, gloss, semi-gloss, satin)

Easiest stuff to paint

I wouldn't wait until new colors come out and just spray it yourself

But yeah, a glitter blue case I did in April

Hated every step of the way

I was trying to do a couple of candy paint jobs and for the life of me, I just couldn't get the coat to flatten out

Oh well, settled for close enough

Here was the glitter red one I did from that same spray group

[jolly coral]

This is darkest blue you'll get from the satin finish:

[real olive]

@jolly coral Thanks for all the tips, suggestions, and examples! Local store definitely has options to use so once everything has arrived, just need to get an accurate take of the color.

[jolly coral]

Oh wow

You've got options now

Another tip, spray the shift over the satin paint

The crystals will reflect light differently depending on the base

[real olive]

Not a black base coat, huh?

[jolly coral]

I would do some test sprays

For example, I was testing out the glow in the dark paint in combination with the shift paint, on top over different bases

[real olive]

And I can try it on cardboard, that's actually in abundance here. Nice!

[livid mason]

@jolly coral it came in

Time to wait for Metaphor keycaps

The brown is gorgeous

[livid mason]

been using it for gaming the last 3 hours

will say

35g switches is way too light for me

BUT

HE switches feel nice by being able to adjust the actuation height and did make some gameplay super smooth on FF16 rn

[winged patrol]

What is that circle thingy?

[jolly coral]

Mode switch

[winged patrol]

Mode like?

[jolly coral]

Like difference profiles

You can have a "gaming" profile and the actuation point is at like 0.4mm

[winged patrol]

Ohh

Nice

[jolly coral]

And a normal typing profile and have the standard 2.0mm actuation point

[winged patrol]

I see

[livid mason]

I set a custom profile for a .6mm actuation point.

.4 felt too feather-type for how heavy handed I am

With the light switches, just resting my hands was enough to set of some miss inputs

I tested the shallowest actuation point I could comfortably do. And it was between .6 and .7

[real olive]

Oh dang, don't remember seeing it before but this blue with the plate is kinda perfect. May just get Bone...

[jolly coral]

That stupid tab along with the GT-80 is why I waited for the Holy80

It's designed into the case, so no getting rid of it

[real olive]

ah yeah that's absolutely fair it is dumb

[jolly coral]

It will bother me to no end

I already know it

It might have made sense with the 60HE where everything is lighter

But on the 80HE with the function row, it's stupid to try to do a wrist strap

[livid mason]

hey, with the help of @jolly coral I secured some Owlab Ti HE Heavy switches, and these things are SMOOTH with a great sound profile on my Ice Ring 63. which is a hollow keeb, so its harder to get a nice sound out of it.

the TTC King of Magnetic switches that came with the Ice Ring were way too light for me at 35g, since im used to 55-65g switches on my QK100

I decided to compare the Lekker60 V2 with the Owlab Ti HE 50g

The Ti HE 50g feels smoother out of box with no additional lube or modding needed for a solid sound profile for a nice muted thock across the board, although the spacebar on my Ice Ring echoes.

As such, I've since switched to using the Lekker60 V2 on my spacebar, shift, enter, and caps lock keys.

Everything else is the Ti HE heavy switches.

I have not tried the light 40g Ti HE switches, but that is because those are way too light for me. @jolly coral might be able to give input on those

[livid mason]

^^^^ I forgot to reply to you

[jolly coral]

I'm sure it's the same, just with a lighter spring

I'm not sure when I'll get to building my Ice Ring 63 yet

but I'm definitely excited to try out the Ti HE 40g

(after hearing your review of the 50g)

I'm sure it'll come down to a personal preference

I prefer lighter springs (faster, but more error prone), but some of the heavier keycaps (like ceramic) will need >50g to feel right

[livid mason]

i feel like you lose some of the fine-tuning people look for from HE keys when you use heavy caps like ceramic and metal

[jolly coral]

Yes, just stick to plastic keycaps

[stone oracle]

New keyboard

[jolly coral]

You ended up getting the Galaxy100?

[stone oracle]

Yes and no i got the one back i got my dad cause he got that other 1 i showed u that is the layout hes familar with

So yes i got it but i didnt buy another 1 lok

[jolly coral]

The AULA F108

Does he like that one better?

[stone oracle]

Yea so far he does hes use to the old school default 100% layout

[livid mason]

Those keycaps go hard

[stone oracle]

@livid mason yea they fit both case my mouse and the jinx theme so it all worked out plus there differnt

[jolly coral]

Now that the kids are back at school, I finally got a chance to do some long overdue painting projects that have just been sitting there. Here's the first piece that I've redone, the pink Time65 from Fox Lab:

Still haven't built the board yet, but at least the color scheme has improved over the stock colors that were chosen for the pink case:

For the life of me, I can't understand why the designer decided to go with blue for the accent color

While I had the board apart, I also removed all the "parts" in the watch as well and repainted them to copper to better contrast against the brass weight:

[winged patrol]

Sheesh

Ngl this might be best looking keeb yet

[jolly coral]

I've fallen quite deep into the keyboard rabbit hole recently. I've been getting a lot more high end boards recently, especially from the used board Reddit.

Currently trying to organize the mess from the purchases from the last 3 months:

[winged patrol]

F

[jolly coral]

Summer happened. Still trying to recover right now.

[winged patrol]

I dont think it will be plenty time

[jolly coral]

There's never enough time in a day

[real olive]

Keebs and keebs and a dance pad and keebs...

[jolly coral]

You've missed the racing sim chair

And it's a pair of dance pads

[winged patrol]

True

[jolly coral]

Couple more boards were put back together after their paint job, Stars80:

And the Walker75:

Still haven't done the keycaps and switches on these yet, but at least they won't be laying around in pieces anymore

Preview of the next case to get painted:

[winged patrol]

Does this board has that texture like idk

Up and down

[jolly coral]

No texture, it's just flat paint

[winged patrol]

Oh

[jolly coral]

No bumps

[winged patrol]

From paint it looks like it has texture

I see

[jolly coral]

I was trying out a new painting technique

[winged patrol]

Oooh

Looks good tbh

[livid mason]

dude the stars 80 looks clean

super unique

[jolly coral]

Just need to find the perfect keycaps now

Something like these

[livid mason]

those would look clean

[jolly coral]

couple of boards (Mode Loop and ND75 LP) that were put back together after the paint had dried:

and the Intro S100 that was painted copper the day before:

the ND75 LP are still waiting for keycaps, and hopefully WS will release their LP switches. There's literally no other switch options aside from the linear switches that came with the board.

[livid mason]

that copper looks clean

[jolly coral]

Thanks, tons of paint defects, but I really didn't want to "permanently" paint the thing

[jolly coral]

Just in case I was to go back to the original color

[livid mason]

idk i prefer the copper personally

[jolly coral]

I can always paint it better as well when the chips start bothering me more

My actual GB was orange as well

So this was extra to experiment with

[jolly coral]

ended up putting up 4 shelves and got my gym space back:

took 1.5 weeks, but it's nice to finally have the proper space for all the keyboard stuff without having to go to the offsite storage unit

with the mess out of the way, I can finally get back to doing what I love to do: build more keyboards!

[winged patrol]

Looks so clean

Compared to ur previous photo

[livid mason]

Holy shit so much keyboard shot

[jolly coral]

just a few

[winged patrol]

Sure buddy

[jolly coral]

At least that's what I tell myself

[livid mason]

https://tenor.com/view/we-need-a-lot-more-marques-brownlee-it's-not-enough-give-us-more-mkbhd-gif-6545075797875910270

[brittle spear]

I went to see how much it would cost to get a QK Alice Duo (in the US). The answer is too much lol. After getting close to $400 USD I went nah, I'm good.

[jolly coral]

That wireless receiver is not cheap

Otherwise, it's got the same PCB and plates as the Ergo

[winged patrol]

400.......

[brittle spear]

Saw this on Divinikey when I was window shopping.
Must resist temptation...

[jolly coral]

KKB sets are not that expensive

There was this DMK set that I've picked up recently from Mechmarket:

The all-in-one price:

[brittle spear]

Problem is the keyboard that I'll end up getting with it

[jolly coral]

And what keyboard is that?

[brittle spear]

IDK my wallet will know it if it sees it.

But considering I bought some boots, a dac, a clock, some gunpla and other crap I might want to hold off.

[jolly coral]

I still don't see a board on that list

[brittle spear]

I'm considering the Vortex Model M SSK kit, I know it's been out for a while but I've always liked the retro vibes. They did a plastic version earlier this year so it's on my radar. I own a silver badge Model M (bolt modded), Model F XT, Dell bigfoot (old logo), SIIG MiniTouch.
I already own the NCR80 which is quite nice with the Chosfox Arctic Fox switches since the NCR80 has a very plasticy hollow chassis.

hmm but the metal alu one would match the caps better...

Can't quite get myself to pull the trigger on SKCM blue Alps given how poor old Alps switch hold up to dust and grime.

[jolly coral]

That list of boards was not what I was expecting based on the fact that you're looking at the Duo

It'll literally be 30 years of time traveling on your desk

[brittle spear]

I have random mixes of stuff.

got the caps since its a GB, i can ponder my board choices later

[brittle spear]

[jolly coral]

What about it? It's been out for a moment now

Guess people thought the Neo65Cu didn't have enough copper

[brittle spear]

I have the non cu

Normally more into brass

[jolly coral]

It's funny, I never ended up getting one

I do have a couple of the 75Cu

But yeah, I think the Neo65Cu is more interesting than the Neo65 Core

[brittle spear]

Mines really boring its just Grey alu

[livid mason]

The navy one is pretty

[brittle spear]

Gonna try out a 8bitdo keyboard since I heard they're pretty good. Chyrosran22 (Thomas) quite liked them.

[jolly coral]

They're awful

Big L

Hopefully you've bought it through Amazon or something, so you can easily send it back when you realize how trash the board is

Read the lower rating comments on their original version: https://a.co/d/bcO8E8u

But at the $100 price point, you can get much better boards

[winged patrol]

Its 64$

65 actually

[jolly coral]

Still doesn't make it worth it

[winged patrol]

Tru

[brittle spear]

It's Woot so basically Amazon

The absolute worst mechanical keyboard I ever purchased was the GMMK Pro

[jolly coral]

Expensive and super mid, sounds about right

[brittle spear]

Been messing with the 8bitdo Xbox keyboard a little bit. It's not terrible for the price I got it at. I think it might be worth more like $55 USD. But the Kailh Box Jellyfish combined with the thin translucent housing of the keyboard isn't all that nice if I'm honest.

The way they rely on plastic tabs to keep the case halves together is probably the biggest gripe I have. I think a thicker plastic housing would do their switch choices better justice. I run my NCR80 stock with a FR4 plate, Cherry profile PBT caps and Chosfox Arctic Fox switches (clicky Box switches) and it's much better than this board despite both being all plastic with clicky Kailh Box switches.

I shoved some foam into the case and taped up the back of the PCB with acetate tape cause that's what I had and swapped the switches with Akko Cilantro. The former two didn't seem to do much but switching over to different switches made the board okay.

[jolly coral]

Sounds about right

[jolly coral]

Good thing you've only paid $65 for that?

The build I'm planning for tonight:

[brittle spear]

makes a okay cheapy tri-mode keyboard with a bit of work

[brittle spear]

oooo pretty
might try and find something in atomic purple or clear glacier at some point

[winged patrol]

@jolly coral did u heard about cybertruck keyboard

[jolly coral]

#1071070910989209661 message

[winged patrol]

No

Cybertruck

[jolly coral]

Keep reading the conversation

[winged patrol]

Thus?

[jolly coral]

I actually have picked up an OG Cyberboard recently:

Planning on repainting it to a new color as the board is pretty beat up

[jolly coral]

Yes

[winged patrol]

Ngl box is freaking cool

[jolly coral]

https://www.tomshardware.com/peripherals/mechanical-keyboards/usd1-600-aluminum-icebreaker-keyboard-breaks-the-bank-sports-metal-chassis-keycaps-with-800-micro-perforations-and-via-support

Doesn't say anything about Cyber Truck being the inspiration

[winged patrol]

Ture

True

[winged patrol]

Its kinda gives vibes of lappy keyboard

[jolly coral]

Because that title goes to the Cyberboard

[winged patrol]

Lappy keys are also kinda like that

[jolly coral]

It's literally in the name

[winged patrol]

I see

[jolly coral]

Sure, whatever it is, I'm not paying 1.6k for that

[winged patrol]

True

1.7k isnt worth for keeb

[jolly coral]

There are some that are worth that kind of money

https://youtu.be/DCM6CUodDKI

https://youtu.be/8xUAFmPMa5g

[winged patrol]

I think in 1.7k u can buy like 7 keebs?

[jolly coral]

https://youtu.be/vNpDlYuQq_s

[jolly coral]

Not if you're buying a TGR, Singa, or a KeyCult

[winged patrol]

Then maybe 4 to 6?

[jolly coral]

1, just 1

[winged patrol]

....wat

[jolly coral]

There are boards that regularly fetches 1k+ on the market

[winged patrol]

Sheesh

[jolly coral]

A couple of the recent KC boards: https://novelkeys.com/collections/keyboards/products/keycult-no-1-1800

https://novelkeys.com/collections/keyboards/products/keycult-no-1-tkl-series-22-keyboard

That second board has a solid piece of titanium for the bottom weight

[winged patrol]

Damn

[jolly coral]

I recently pre-ordered a couple of No.3 TKL: https://novelkeys.com/collections/keyboards/products/keycult-no-3-tkl-keyboard

[winged patrol]

1.2k damn

[jolly coral]

That's KC for you

[winged patrol]

Insane prices

[jolly coral]

Nah, 5090 are insane prices

That crazy Dhahab edition one

[winged patrol]

Hmmm true but again its getting less now

[winged patrol]

That one is crazy i agreed

[jolly coral]

Weather was good today, so I ended up painting the CB:

Painted a Tomo and a Salvation as well:

The Salvation has the same paint job as my wife's ID87: #1071070910989209661 message

[brittle spear]

went ahead with the QK Alice Duo since I've been wanting a new board for a bit and since it's basically Neo Ergo guts on the inside if I were to guess, so I know what I'm getting

[jolly coral]

Yup, there are some snazzy features on the Alice Duo though, like that wireless controller. But you are also paying for it compared to the much more budget friendly Neo Ergo

[winged patrol]

Purple looks gorgeous

[jolly coral]

@dark wigeon, here's the Graystudio Think6.5 v2 Schrodinger:

Some design changes were made, but the Think6.5 v3 are in stock: https://in-stock.graystudio.club/products/in-stock-think6-5-v3

[livid mason]

As the resident 1800//Full-size enjoyer

This looks nice

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/772178698/nd104

[jolly coral]

Athena 1800

[livid mason]

That looks super nice

[jolly coral]

Did some custom work for the back to recolor the sclera:

But KDBFans ended up starting to sell extra sclera for the Athena 1800 now

Anyways, I would recommend paying like $100 more and getting the Athena instead of the ND104

I should be building my actual Intro S100 pair soon that finally arrived

I did eventually finish building the prototype one that I've got (#1071070910989209661 message)

On the complete opposite end of the spectrum, I've been messing around with 40% keyboards, this one was from last night called the Duo40:

[livid mason]

Its so tinyyy

[jolly coral]

"smol" is apparently the term for these

[livid mason]

https://tenor.com/view/little-anime-boy-cute-boy-cute-anime-ierens-sag-sol-gif-2202724883145407855

Smol

[jolly coral]

Woohoo, my recent photo shoot with Cerakey's Lacquer keycaps was featured on their social!

Here was the full shoot with all 7 builds:

[jolly coral]

Oh yeah, just remembered, it launched today. Did you get the $169 + gift link?

No wonder you were posting about it

Just placed my order and there were still like 130 out of the 200 allotment left

[livid mason]

yepyep

secured

[jolly coral]

Another 40% keyboard done today:

Also finished the pair of S100 that I've pre-ordered a while back:

[winged patrol]

Why i have an feeling u already uploaded this

[jolly coral]

I don't think I have

[winged patrol]

It just be my feeling

[jolly coral]

I have a lot of yellow boards, but. I don't think I've posted the Dimple before

[winged patrol]

Then prob i confused it with some other i posted

[livid mason]

Damn these look clean bro

[jolly coral]

finally got the Suisei keycaps installed, here's a little preview:

did a full setup with my study

[gray wave]

Can't go wrong with suisei clips

[jolly coral]

There are so much Suisei content online, it was quite amazing compared to Songque

[livid mason]

qk100?

Not a custom, buti just got my hands on an oldie

[jolly coral]

Very nice! With minimal clue too

[livid mason]

Logitech G13, often heavily considered the best commercially available Macropad

Coming out during the peak of the World of Warcraft hype, this, along with the Logitech G600 MMO Mouse were both discontinued by Logitech with no refresh

The reason for the G13's popularity comes from a few unique features it had

It was the keypad that had the most customizable buttons while still having a joystick (digital joystick)

With the OG Logitech Gaming Software, you could save profiles locally to the device, same for the G600, allowing you to take your macros on the go as a plug and play device.

And the device API and development software was made open source by Logitech, meaning you could reprogram it, create apps/scripts for its display, and create unique control binds that alter depending on exterior sources

Example: people have gotten the G13 display to show Twitch chat, run Doom (as the video output), and display the active key input that is being pressed

I currently have mine show multimedia titles. So it will display the song name and band I play off Spotify

The device itself can actually just be fully reprogrammed.

Its comfortable palm rest and less aggressive angles meant it also was much easier on the wrist for long-term use, although it definitely favored people with larger palms and longer fingers.

[brittle spear]

When I quit the WoW Crack that was an era. Progression raiding on 3 toons needed quite the particular KB + M setup for me lol. The G600 was overkill outside of WoW for me but boy was it nice when I was using it. Outlived half my raid teams Razer mice too.

[livid mason]

the g600 was perfectly suited for my style of shortcutting when programming and scripting, mapping a lot of shortcuts to the numpad and the ring finger button as my ctrl button

[brittle spear]

I use a barcode scanner way more than a keyboard or mouse now

[eager crown]

I love this! Reminds me of the main villain in Sly Cooper

[jolly coral]

welcome @eager crown

so yeah, when doing your first custom keyboard, definitely begin by looking at the layouts

still one of my favorite images:

Keychron is one of the larger manufacturers of boring keyboards

but they make solid keyboards with a ton of layout options

[eager crown]

Yeah I'm currently using a Logitech keyboard and it's an 80%. I love the more compact size but I use the numpad a ton and miss it 😢

[jolly coral]

yeah, once you start in the world of customs, you'll realized how overpriced the major brands are, like Logitech

one of the best way to deal with the lack of numpad for most custom layouts is to get a dedicated numpad

like the Keychron Q0

#1071070910989209661 message

still one of my best keyboard related purchases

anyways, definitely let me know what you're looking for so I can suggest some options that you can look at

[eager crown]

Oh that looks really nice! I actually love the way you did that one. I may have to do something similar just so I can use it when needed and then clear desk space up

I'll have to look into the mechanical switches you can purchase because I like them to be a bit clicky but still somewhat quiet. I had an old crappy Razer keyboard that was pleasing to hear but my friends would hear every little click on discord

[jolly coral]

I buy most of my switches from Milktooth: https://milktooth.com/products/switches

they have a really nice set of filters

so you can find exactly the switch you're looking for

once you have a switch in mind, I'll probably have some opinions about it

(or even a full build done with the switch)

but one of the quieter Clicky switch is the Gateron Melodic: https://milktooth.com/products/melodic

has a PC top for light transmission

the click bar is on the quieter side of things

[livid mason]

Come to the 96% side

The 1800 layout is great

[north ingot]

Haven’t been in here in awhile but I never bought a collab so fast

[real olive]

The Hololive x Tokidoki keycaps don't really work for a 2.75-1.25-1.75 split keyboard, huh?

[jolly coral]

you can take the shift keys

but the profile will be wrong

the set was clearly designed for the JP market with that 4.5U spacebar

it's the JIS layout

[real olive]

Shame. Kinda looks like the Suisei ones will work. But I'd love for to stay on the 80 instead. Bah. Well, not like I need the split.

[jolly coral]

80? as in the 80HE?

[real olive]

Yeah, was interested in getting the new 60 V2 with that split space bar. Would love to use that extra button. But at the same time, the 80HE is still fantastic. And I'd lose that function key.
Did want to have both keycap sets being used though, whenever everything arrives.

[jolly coral]

yeah, I was just chatting with @junior granite on #tech message last night

I really don't think the 60HE will benefit from the split

[junior granite]

it is gonna be fun tho

[jolly coral]

fun?

[junior granite]

I am still gonna daily drive the 100%

so for me practicality is not key

could mess around with keybinds to see what works

[jolly coral]

Yeah, my current 60HE+ is in a Mason60:

how the base layer is mapped out

there's already more than enough keys

[real olive]

Wouldn't the split work as a better Fn key or some variation? Another, "hold for extra keybinds"? Does put it in a nice place for the thumb for WASD gameplay, I'll admit it.

[jolly coral]

3 layers have all the keys I use covered:

[junior granite]

I can see a world where its good for fighting games and so

[real olive]

I was even doubtful until I actually checked where my left thumb was most of the time, if not all.

[junior granite]

where you benifit from having extra binds for your thumb

personally I want split just cause it's cool

less about practicality

[jolly coral]

Well, it's when you get down to the 40%, yeah, you absolutely need the split spacebar:

[junior granite]

but like it's not gonna make much difference in the long run most likely

[junior granite]

mini boards

[jolly coral]

smols*

smol boards

[junior granite]

if talking practicality a 80% with an extra num pad is def the way to go for me

[jolly coral]

right, most of the time, only the right thumb is hitting the spacebar

[jolly coral]

I've adjusted

this Ergo business though is something else

every layout is just slightly different

[junior granite]

I type really weird so for me I use both thumbs as well as my index finger on the space bar

[jolly coral]

haha

[junior granite]

I really need to relearn typing

[real olive]

My left thumb is always on the far left than the middle of the spacebar. Use my left for the spacebar too instead of my right hand when typing. Maybe I type horribly wrong...

[junior granite]

left hand is more normal but right hand is just what ever finger is close does the job

[jolly coral]

well, just that usually, the left hand is working harder while typing

right hand is sort of just the assist hand

[junior granite]

I type one handed a lot too

[real olive]

Ah, the suspicious typing method.

One handed for reasons, clearly.

[junior granite]

either I'm eating or I have my hand on mouse

[jolly coral]

but yeah, not all of HYTE's collab sets are made the same

[junior granite]

hey it works it works

[jolly coral]

the $150 sets definitely comes with more keys to accomodate more layouts

[junior granite]

also there aren't that many sets that support split keebs

[jolly coral]

which makes the current Songque set that I'm typing on really a good deal

[jolly coral]

there are tons

they're just part of the spacebar kits for GMKs

[junior granite]

I mean for collabs

[jolly coral]

oh yeah, for HYTE

still can't get over that Songque had a biggeer set than Suisei

[junior granite]

even ducky or akko don't make em

or maybe they do but I didn't see

[jolly coral]

like, how can Suisei NOT have Tsangan (7U) support

[junior granite]

lol

[real olive]

Although, if I do want to use the Tokidoki set on the split, I can just use the default keys that come with the 60V2... are black.

[jolly coral]

the 1 actual Suisei keyboard only has 7U

[junior granite]

yea...

[jolly coral]

https://www.instagram.com/p/CvhwuQAOLA-/

alexotos

The Suisei themed keyboard by @kibou.hk

Likes

2018

Instagram

[junior granite]

time to cnc your own I guess

[jolly coral]

no, custom PCB

[junior granite]

custom pcb with custom case

do it all yourself

hand solder its all

[jolly coral]

yeah, I'm kind of in that space now

[junior granite]

[jolly coral]

I've gotten in pretty deep

[real olive]

Absolute madman.

[jolly coral]

literally had my first parking lot deal yesterday night

[junior granite]

lmao

shady back ally type shi

[jolly coral]

bought a keyboard with egg tarts

[junior granite]

I wish I could get a keeb with egg tarts

I know how to bake them

[junior granite]

lmfaooo

[jolly coral]

I gave the guy some of my mom's egg tarts

[junior granite]

based

[jolly coral]

But yeah, the board I picked up:

[livid mason]

this is an adorable keeb

[jolly coral]

Now imagine 2 guys in a supermarket parking lot trading a pink keyboard for a plate of egg tarts

[livid mason]

https://tenor.com/view/absolute-cinema-raccoon-absolute-cinema-gif-17862327649353748812

[brittle spear]

https://tenor.com/view/pop-tarts-frosted-strawberry-pop-tart-gif-11059157357968494866

[junior granite]

@jolly coral so after like a day of getting the 80 he… I couldn’t resist the urge to mod it so I can put the suisei caps on it

Why am I like this

[jolly coral]

I'm confused, more detail please. I'm not sure about the identity of that board. Doesn't look like the Kibou's 65% Suisei. What exactly did you mod?

[junior granite]

its a mod for the wooting 80

the bone80 from aim