Custom keyboards

[junior granite]

I just had them custom print the back of it

[jolly coral]

I see. I'm not even sure how to get someone to custom print a back weight, but congrats!

[junior granite]

lol they offer it, I didn't even know until I asked

the same guys that did the case/backplate for the 60% I modded

[jolly coral]

Interesting

[junior granite]

sadly the back weight is so thin that there isn't much surface area to put images on

you can technically have the entire thing printed

[jolly coral]

I think keeping it clean is good

[junior granite]

yea

but like if you wanted it to be a specific pattern you can

[jolly coral]

I think you mean etched by a laser?

Or CNC by a machine

[junior granite]

Dunno, this is the ref they sent me

[jolly coral]

Nevermind, that's a print

ROFL, here I am just playing with cans of spray paints and vinyl wraps

[junior granite]

they probably have a expensive uv printer or something

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pretty nice

[jolly coral]

Something not accessible for folks in the US

[junior granite]

@jolly coral

[jolly coral]

Absolutely beautiful

[junior granite]

The gold is so nice

[jolly coral]

My 60HE V2 modules should be here next week

[junior granite]

Next year

My wrist rest

[winged patrol]

Gorgeous

[livid mason]

so cute

[astral nacelle]

Got something to match the Suisei Keycaps

It's gonna take some time to learn 60% layout keyboards

Also, it sure has some weight in there

[jolly coral]

Had to double check, but the Q4 doesn't have weights:

That's just the aluminum case

Great looking build though

[jolly coral]

I personally prefer 65% over 60% due to the arrow keys. It gets annoying having to jump layers just to access them. Otherwise, 60% is fairly easy to use.

[jolly coral]

60HE V2 are here:

[real olive]

Did you get both modules?

[livid mason]

Whenever you finish it up, mind posting a sound test of the Raw switches?

[jolly coral]

I bought 2 because I wanted to compare switches and builds. One of them is going on Blade60, a traditional tray mount, and one them is going on a Salvation, which is a leaf spring mount.

I've just completely skipped the Wooting cases because they are seriously overcharging for their aluminum 60% cases

[jolly coral]

Will do

Also, @livid mason, Neo98 is dropping on 1/5/26: https://qwertykeys.notion.site/Neo98-Neo75-2923d090094280fba5b9c7446edf370f

Should be a very good board, if you've thought the Athena was too busy

[livid mason]

Definitely eyeballing it

Thanks for the notice

[jolly coral]

The 2x 60HE V2 builds are done:

I'll do the sound test later tonight

The two can't sound any more different from each other

[jolly coral]

alright, took care of the sound tests just now

for reference, here's the original 60HE+ with a traditional tray mount: https://youtu.be/uxu3t23TCg0

here's the new 60HEV2 with the o-ring mount: https://youtu.be/GZeFRjRR6CI

finally, here's the 60HEV2 in a fancy leaf-spring mount: https://youtu.be/H_kRrMpCw-w

3 different mounting styles that produces very different sound profiles

[jolly coral]

The Geon Raw switches were used in the fancy Wilba.Tech Salvation case

I would say the Geon Raw switches are quite comparable between the new Wooting Lekker Tikken switches

both are PC top, Nylon bottom, and POM stems

they even have similar spring rates: 54gf on the Tikken Medium and 50gf on the Geon Raw

but yeah, the Salvation just sounds premium, and typing on leaf-springs are just more comfortable than any other mounting style

However, the Salvation is quite an expensive case, so I would say for a more budget friendly build, the KDBFan cases (like the Tofu60) will suffice with the new o-ring mount that comes as default from Wooting

[livid mason]

Appreciate the review

I didnt realize how similar the Geon Raw were to the Lekker Tikken

[jolly coral]

yeah, but case matters so much more

[livid mason]

Hands down

Just havent heard the Geon Raw, so i wanted to hear your opinion on it

[jolly coral]

and there's a indirect correlation between my typing speed and the spring rate

I clearly type faster when the switch is lighter

but accurary goes down as well since there's no tactile bump to prevent accidental triggers even at 2.0mm typing actuation

I have a habit of sliding between nearby keys, so I get a ton of accidental triggers typing on linears

but that has nothing to do with sound issue that we're discussing

[jolly coral]

save the extra money when ordering from Wooting and just grab their new Tikken switches

Wooting put some serious work into the new 60HEV2 release while still maintaining the original form factor so people don't have to ditch their custom cases that they got for their original 60HE

[livid mason]

This is why I prefer heavy linears lol

[jolly coral]

or just use tactile switches like a normal person

[livid mason]

Nah

[real olive]

Think the Redux is worth grabbing even with having to screw in a stand off? (Slightly anyway.)

[jolly coral]

No standoffs are needed with the 60HEV2, it's o-ring mounted

You just drop the module into the Tofu Case and you're done

I actually had to modify the stock 60HEV2 module to get it to mount correctly into the Salvation

[real olive]

They say to screw in just one to ground it.

[jolly coral]

Sounds good. I'm not bothering

[junior granite]

@jolly coral man I swear I’m high or something

I just spent 60$ on a chunk of meteorite

That imma try to machine into a keycap

[livid mason]

ayo, if you can get it to work, hell yeah

[jolly coral]

Sounds perfectly reasonable

[jolly coral]

That must be a big chunk

Good luck with that

[junior granite]

It’s like 150g

Decently sized

[jolly coral]

Not a bad price at all

Seriously good luck with that and hopefully you'll be successful

And share photos here when you do succeed

[junior granite]

Yea ofc

Perfect piece for the suisei board

Truly a “shooting star”

https://tenor.com/view/shooting-star-gif-18427079925527450758

[jolly coral]

I knew that's what it was for

Looking forward to it

[real olive]

Got my V2 module, but can't build it at the moment. too sick and coughing everywhere. soon though

[real olive]

Not really custom since it's just the basic case until I decide on the Redux or something else but glad the caps worked with the split.

[jolly coral]

Yeah, the Suisei set definitely was not the largest, but it at least had split support. Really consider getting a Holy60 for cooling purposes. The module gets quite warm.

[real olive]

Can't say I'm too interested in the Holy's design, especially with the holes.

[gray wave]

Got the Kiiboom phantom 81 v3 for my sister for christmas, and of course it got stuck in customs and only god knows if it will arrive before next year

[jolly coral]

Oh no

[gray wave]

I did get it for 100 USD, not too bad for an all clear keeb imo

[jolly coral]

Definitely one of the better full acrylic boards

[gray wave]

Plus it comes on pink

[junior granite]

My meteorite arrived

Now time to see what factory would be willing to machine it

@jolly coral I love the pattern

[jolly coral]

Looks almost unreal

Looks like you can get more than 1 keycap out of that block based on your hand for scale

[junior granite]

If I measure well, probably 4-5 1u

[jolly coral]

That's awesome

Turn around and sell them

[junior granite]

lol true

[jolly coral]

Recover all your cost

[junior granite]

If it goes well I’ll sell em

And recover my costs XD

[jolly coral]

Or even make a bit over

[junior granite]

Maybe,

[jolly coral]

Fingers crossed

[junior granite]

Yea

And also hoping machining costs won’t be absurd

[jolly coral]

I think it's more about the waver you have to sign

No shop will take it unless you're okay with failure

[junior granite]

Oh yea, that too

I mean that’s the reason I bought a big block

Too familiar with random failure that may or may not be human error

(Tho most of the time it’s my error

[gray wave]

It got here today

Had to hurry change the keycaps and update it before my sis arrived so I didn't take a pic of how it lookes

But damn it's pretty, she currently has a cheap red dragon keyboard so it's a massive upgrade in looks, feels and responsiveness

[tropic vapor]

@jolly coral thanks

[jolly coral]

yup yup

so for example, I bought this awesome hand carved wooden keyboard case from Vietnam: https://www.etsy.com/listing/960862692/the-royal-wood-mechanical-keyboard-case

[tropic vapor]

but i was planning to oil it like every 6 months

https://www.etsy.com/listing/1185916625/black-walnut-wood-keyboard-case-custom?ref=elp_anchor_listing&pro=1&frs=1&sts=1&variation0=2528040155&dd_referrer= this was the one i had already bought

[jolly coral]

when it arrived, it looked more like this:

[tropic vapor]

also this is really cool

[tropic vapor]

this is like before any of the treating of the wood right?

[jolly coral]

exactly

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gxrn5PylSVs

so yeah

some dude talking about your options

I'm cheap, so I just went with a polyurethane stain

but if you don't seal it, and moisture gets into the wood, you'll get mad warping

so that's why MU01 actually comes with a dry oil rub

[jolly coral]

right, I remember

did it get here yet?

[tropic vapor]

no not yet

[jolly coral]

cool, yeah, we can discuss further once it arrives

just ping me anytime

I'm around

[tropic vapor]

yeah sounds good, will do thank you again

[tropic vapor]

do you care if i send you the list i made? js want your opinion

[jolly coral]

list of what?

[tropic vapor]

the keyboard i plan to build

[jolly coral]

sure, that's what this thread is for, discussing keyboard builds and stuff

[tropic vapor]

Owlab Ti HE Switches

Everglide SU64 PCB

Walnut Wood Case (GH60)

Hu Tao AIHEY Keycaps

Durock Hand Lubed Stabs

[jolly coral]

so these keycaps?

[tropic vapor]

https://aiheystudio.com/products/hutao-keycaps-set?variant=44864495518017

[jolly coral]

sure

and that's an AM Compact board actually

[tropic vapor]

i know i frickin love it so much

[jolly coral]

wow, that PCB is expensive

[tropic vapor]

but it's 500 usd\

[tropic vapor]

really?

[jolly coral]

it's like $99

but I guess you get to squeeze 64 keys into a 60%

not a bad trade-off

yeah, everything looks good

just not sure about your stab choice

[tropic vapor]

is it bad?

[jolly coral]

I think the Knights and TX AP are considered some of the best

[tropic vapor]

💀 my keyboard snob friend said that durocks are the best of the best

[jolly coral]

your friend is wrong

MK has them: https://mechanicalkeyboards.com/products/swagkeys-knight-v4-pcb-mount-screw-in-stabilizers-tkl-kit

[tropic vapor]

what makes __ stab better then another

[jolly coral]

sound

and CK has them for $15: https://cannonkeys.com/products/swagkeys-knight-stabilizers

and both Ti HE can be purchased from Milktooth: https://milktooth.com/products/ti-he-heavy
https://milktooth.com/products/ti-he-light

yeah, pretty decent HE build

[tropic vapor]

i alr got the switches

[jolly coral]

I don't see your switch plate

what were you planning to use?

[tropic vapor]

shipping 🙁

the pcb comes with the plate

[jolly coral]

and foam?

[tropic vapor]

im gonna buy that @ home depot prolly

@ just cut it out

[jolly coral]

you can't for the plate foam

[tropic vapor]

wait why?

also you don't recessarily need it right?

[jolly coral]

you probably want to use it for an HE board

especially considering you've gone with wood

[tropic vapor]

oh thats true

[jolly coral]

it's going to sound extremely hollow if you don't use foam

I'm pretty sure you're going tray mount too

so yeah, the impact sound from the key presses are going to be transferred directly onto the case

[tropic vapor]

why can't i buy the plate foam seperately and just cut it myself though?

[tropic vapor]

and what is that

[jolly coral]

you're going to be mounting the PCB onto little studs that comes out of the bottom of the case

[tropic vapor]

yeah

oh thats what tray mounting is?

[jolly coral]

yes

one of the easiest thing you can do to greatly improve the sound is the switch to an o-ring mount like the new 60HE V2

but with HE switches, the plate and PCB gap is crucial

so I wouldn't go o-ring mount with a normal PCB/Plate setup

[tropic vapor]

i see, but im still wondering why i can't use foam i just buy and cut

[jolly coral]

Then stupidfish probably won't be able to run a shop selling foams: https://stupidfish.design/collections/keyboard-foams

If cutting plate foam is so straightforward

[junior granite]

lol, you probably physically can, but it’s def not as good as just buying them

Also costs less time and money ngl

Also my v2 finally arrived after taking a tour around France and Philippines, thanks FedEx

[jolly coral]

Team split

[junior granite]

It honestly works great for me

[jolly coral]

Haha

It's a necessity for 40s

But 60%

There's more than enough keys

[junior granite]

Since I need a easy access to fn key as I sometimes need to one hand fn arrow select mandarin characters

It’s def less useful if you are typing with both hands, but if I am only using one hand then it’s pretty easy to get used to I guess

[jolly coral]

You need a 40%

[junior granite]

I need a 120%

[livid mason]

shit... I might pick up GMK Metaverse V2 for my ND104

it would look so clean

@jolly coral opinion on that?

I think it would just be a clean black and white keeb

or do i go GMK Michlan Rebirth? for a more colorful keeb

[jolly coral]

Like real GMK or just clones?

[livid mason]

Real GMK

[jolly coral]

I think you'll like Metaverse better

[livid mason]

Oki

I have a lead on a base kit for it, sadly no lead on novelties

[jolly coral]

Yeah, someone on Mechmarket has been looking for the novelties for a few months now

[livid mason]

I think base kit alone gives me the subtle esthetic i would enjoy

[jolly coral]

The last time the full set popped up, it went for over $300: https://www.reddit.com/r/mechmarket/s/olUglbbl3U

[livid mason]

I have a personal lead for $290

Someone local

[jolly coral]

Nice

The last fun GMK set I've picked up: https://thekeymachine.com/products/005

[livid mason]

Ooh those look nice

[winged patrol]

I think u said "last set" couple times by now

[jolly coral]

Oh, that means the latest if that's clearer

[junior granite]

There is no “last” for you

[jolly coral]

probably not for a while

[brittle spear]

Too lazy to do a glamor shot but this finally got in lol

[jolly coral]

Looks like the QK Duo?

[brittle spear]

yeah i got some gateron type r in it rn

no keycaps for it just yet so i slapped some random stuff tha fits to test it and learn how to set it up

[jolly coral]

Hopefully you have a real keycap set coming with the split spacebars. Using the shift keys is kind of ghetto

[brittle spear]

I do, and it's worse than you think, the shift keys are a different profile than the rest of the keycaps 🤡

[jolly coral]

Yup, I see it

You need a good set like the Songque set from HYTE

Wait, wrong mat:

[brittle spear]

Speaking of Hyte, the Gundam ones have started shipping last week or there about.

[jolly coral]

Waiting for the Firefly ones

My order is tied to the Firefly pre-order

But yeah, my Gundam set shipped yesterday:

[junior granite]

I’m tempted to get a qk80 or 101

[jolly coral]

Get an Evo80 instead

Or the DP104

[junior granite]

Was also looking at the jelly 75

But it’s a bit too pricy

[jolly coral]

Like the ASUS one?

[junior granite]

The owlab one

[jolly coral]

Oh

Good luck finding one, and I don't think it's the best 75% out there

I would recommend the Tomo

Much cheaper way to get a TGR

[junior granite]

I just want another good looking board

[jolly coral]

If you're looking for a 75%

[jolly coral]

Evo80 or DP104 or Neo80Cu

[junior granite]

Form factor can be anything

[jolly coral]

If you're shopping from the QK lineup

[junior granite]

I just want to get a new toy lol

[jolly coral]

I just ordered the Gateron GT60 Ultra

[junior granite]

Nice

[jolly coral]

Going to throw it in the upcoming Cerakey "Peak60" ceramic case

Should be an interesting one

[junior granite]

Supposedly the v3 cerakeys are nice

Idk if I want to get a set of the pink caps

But they sold out when I was thinking bout it

[jolly coral]

They're not good

Stay away from the V3

[junior granite]

Oh good I didn’t then

[jolly coral]

They're actually being discontinued

I got one of the early sets

[junior granite]

Oof

[jolly coral]

They switched to PC stems

And aside from a different sound profile, the stems crack

So flying keycaps with the V3

[junior granite]

[jolly coral]

The V2 has ABS

[junior granite]

Yikes

[jolly coral]

So stick to the V2 colors

Which are the Glossy and Crazed

I have one of the few V2 Matte ones from the trial run like a year sgo

So I was able to do the comparison

[junior granite]

Mmm I see

[jolly coral]

Good thing you've checked

Hehe

I have nearly all of the Cerakey sets

Huge fan

[junior granite]

I was thinking bout the qk80 since I saw one 2nd hand pretty decent priced

[junior granite]

Wow

[jolly coral]

Including all 7 colors of their crazy lacquer sets

[junior granite]

For about 170$ ish

[junior granite]

[jolly coral]

I shared it here: #1071070910989209661 message

[jolly coral]

Way overpriced

Seriously, look at the Evo80

Or the new DP104

[junior granite]

[jolly coral]

TickType is killing it

[junior granite]

Will do

You are the Keeb guy after all

[jolly coral]

And leaf spring mount is some next level stuff

[junior granite]

It’s like 110$ for evo80

Nice

[jolly coral]

75% = Evo75, which is the newer one

But if you're looking for something comparable to the Jelly Epoch, Neo75Cu is a budget way to get to that "endgame" type sound

Neo "Cu" line of boards in general are really good bang for the buck in terms of achieving the "high end" sound (which is "clack")

KBDFans recently launched their Tofu60 3.0, it's no longer a budget board though

[junior granite]

Oh yea I saw that

Not budget anymore

[jolly coral]

Much like the Tofu TKL, which recently got a special Year of the Horse edition (https://kbdfans.com/products/tofu-tkl-year-of-the-horse-limited-edition), Tofu are definitely not budget cases anymore

[junior granite]

The special edition tofu60s look nice but yea

They pricy now

[jolly coral]

In terms of my most recent toy order: https://geon.works/products/group-buy-gehirn60-barebone-kit

[junior granite]

Oh that’s clean

[jolly coral]

I had some struggle ordering this because the designer is quite controversial

Baionlenja did some very controversial things to other designers' cases (destroyed them) and created a serious group of antifans

But the original Gehirn (a TKL) has a crazy resale price

[jolly coral]

I ordered the colorshift color:

Anyways, I highly discourage purchasing a QK80. There are much better boards available.

[junior granite]

Okie I’ll check out the evo

[jolly coral]

threw the Gundam keycaps on as well:

[real olive]

Nice!

[winged patrol]

Thats beautiful

[junior granite]

Oh that’s dope

@jolly coral imma grab myself the knock off jelly 75 for fun

And see how that bodes

It’s like 75$

The god 75 or smthing

Will get the evo later

[jolly coral]

Like the ASUS Jelly75 ($120)? Or the OwLab Jelly Epoch ($500+)?

OwLab literally introduced the whole gasket on leaf spring mounting, and Jelly Epoch was their second keyboard after the Voice65

[junior granite]

Owlab knockoff

[jolly coral]

Yeah, OwLab is now with QK, and TickType is also a part of QK. So they're all kind of related

[junior granite]

I mean it’s a gamble, but it’s not an expensive one lol

We’ll see when it arrives

[jolly coral]

I've avoided a Voice65/Jelly Epoch because the new TickType boards are basically the mass production versions of them

[junior granite]

I’ll prob get the 104

[jolly coral]

Should be fine. Those clones are very good. I love getting Kalam version of the Kohaku and Unikorn

[junior granite]

I’ll get the 104 after new years

After my red envelopes

lol

[jolly coral]

Well, this was on the DP104

[junior granite]

Looks very nice

Hence why I wanted to get 104 instead of the others lol

Tho I’ll need to find keycaps for em eventually tho

Still doing room renovation rn

New desk, painting my walls, getting a pinboard to put my keyboards on

And eventually a new monitor

Maybe after oleds get a bit cheaper

[jolly coral]

that's a dangerous proposal

you might end up with a few more keyboards

[junior granite]

yea...

hopefully I get employed after I graduate

then I can fund my keyboards

[jolly coral]

uh oh, you've been hanging out with some bad influences

[junior granite]

I wonder who that influence is

[brittle spear]

Might cop the Smurve80.
Looks like a step up from my NCR80 with that curved Model M style layout.

[jolly coral]

Class80 was enough for me

I really don't like these retro boards

[junior granite]

@jolly coral the GOD75 arrived

it's much better than I had expected

legit straight up clone of the owlab jelly75

leafspring and quick release, everything

for like a fraction of the price

[jolly coral]

At least they renamed it

Not like Kalam

[junior granite]

lmfao

it sounds pretty damn nice too

[jolly coral]

Yesterday's build:

[junior granite]

oooooh

nice

[jolly coral]

Cerakey's new Peak60 case

[junior granite]

I really like the cheese lookin wrist rest

lol

but whats the point of clear switches if the keycaps are opaque

[jolly coral]

GT60's software is so bad

[junior granite]

[jolly coral]

They're transparent:

[junior granite]

oh damn

ok that looks dope

[jolly coral]

That's the secret for Cerakey

[junior granite]

so now you have a full ceramic build

[jolly coral]

Their keycaps are all transparent

[junior granite]

case wristrest and all

ceramic switches when

[jolly coral]

Unlike that thing that Keychron made

I don't even remember the name

[junior granite]

powerded trash

it looks like compressed powder

not ceramic

drywall kinda material

[jolly coral]

Yes, the Q16

I can't remember, because there are just too many numbers

[jolly coral]

Hipyo actually cut into one

It was like drywall

[junior granite]

lmao

[jolly coral]

But yeah, Cerakey was like, you guys want a ceramic case? We'll make a ceramic case

[junior granite]

it was pretty bad

how's the sound of it?

pretty curious

[jolly coral]

Not good

Just looks

[junior granite]

also how's the cheese wristrest

[jolly coral]

Typical cheap 60% tray mount

The ceramic was not consistent

[junior granite]

yea I don't recon it has much "acoustics"

[jolly coral]

No

It's like typing on your dinner plates

[junior granite]

lmfao

which one sounds better, the holy or the cerakey

I mean the holy is just pure pcb sound traymount

[jolly coral]

Peak60, Jade Max HE, on a GT60 Ultra with Cerakey Crazed Pink Cherry profile keycaps

[junior granite]

oh that doesn't sound good

lol

[jolly coral]

I prefer the Holy60, at least the sound is consistent

[junior granite]

the pitch is everywhere

especially how poppy the spacebar is

like why does it somehow sound like a sticky membrane keyboard

[jolly coral]

Jade Max

Nylon bottom

I thought you have them too?

[junior granite]

I do have a set of jade max

but they don't sound half as bad

[jolly coral]

Geon Raw HE is my current favorite HE switches

[junior granite]

I am tempted to get them

or the ufos

to I really don't like how they look

or how pricy they are lmao

[jolly coral]

They're the best

[junior granite]

90$ for a 65pack damn

[jolly coral]

UFO is going to sound like the KOM

TTC

[junior granite]

they are releasing a white sku

that looks better than the purple imo

I will see then

[jolly coral]

Geon Raw

They're worth it

More do than the Jade Max

[junior granite]

I'll prob get a pack of geon and a pack of ufo

jade max only looks good

sound if meh

[jolly coral]

But if you need crazy RGB, Jade Max is pretty good

[junior granite]

also the stem is scratchy on the jade max

it rubs

not super noticiable, but sometimes you can feel it

[jolly coral]

Salvation is still the best 60% case I've tested

If you see a used one, definitely grab it

[junior granite]

[jolly coral]

But yeah, I can't recommend the Peak60

[junior granite]

I'll def check one out if I see any floating around

[jolly coral]

Looks great, but terrible sound

[junior granite]

lol

[livid mason]

Why does that wrist rest look like a mozzarella cheese pull

[jolly coral]

"art"

[junior granite]

https://x.com/woodkeyboards/status/2022491874406359516?s=46&t=SNStqahT7SLbJVUa9qcqHQ

Barrett Creative (@woodkeyboards)

Have you ever wanted your very own custom wooden keyboard? I have only TWO slots left for this round of commissions! Please message or comment below for more info. Average cost for a fully built, customized board built to your liking is $450-500 USD.

These boards are so nice and

X · Feb 14, 2026, 2:03 AM

@jolly coral

I may or may not have spent 500$

[jolly coral]

Cheaper to get the MU01 or MU02. There's also Dusk67.

There's a reason why Barrett isn't selling out his slots

[junior granite]

Yes, but it’s not custom

I mean I like his stuff enough to justify it

[jolly coral]

Sounds good

[junior granite]

It’s less value but the design aspect of it

Cause the wood board sound wise is just not gonna be as good as an aluminum case

But aesthetically I dig it

[jolly coral]

https://www.etsy.com/listing/1794423158/the-royal-wood-mechanical-keyboard

No worries. I mean, I bought this

So yeah

They're just fun to look at

Currently doing the staining for it

[junior granite]

Oooh

Looks dope

[junior granite]

The pricing is for the lack of bothering I want to deal with on machining wood and resin casting

Both of which I tried before and failed spectacularly

Not to mention cost of resin, can’t really buy just a little

[jolly coral]

Yup, I understand

[junior granite]

I had a jar of resin dry out cause I didn’t find use for it

It was like 80$

Wasted

[jolly coral]

https://www.reddit.com/r/MechanicalKeyboards/s/5LJvaIHrNl

Just so you know what you're getting yourself into

The mass produced versions from Akko and KBDFans has less issues

Be especially careful with getting the super wide boards from Barrett

[junior granite]

I mean it’s just gonna be a display piece that happens to be a keyboard

A resin cast wood art piece

[jolly coral]

Sounds good

[junior granite]

Gotta have a center piece on the pegboard right

[livid mason]

My keycaps came in for my Time80

Sadly the aluminum artisan cap i bought was sold out

Sadge

[jolly coral]

Did they refund you?

Also, KeyCon is in Chicago this year! https://www.keycon.info/

Really thinking about going

[livid mason]

yeah, just sucks because i would have loved the golen accent on escape to match the silver/gold of the keeb

[livid mason]

depending on the price of tickets, ill see if i can go

it sounds like fun

[jolly coral]

It's $26ish

[livid mason]

oh thats not bad at all

if im free, ill def be going then

[jolly coral]

I'd be happy to grab you a ticket while I'm buying

That way we don't have to pay multiple processing fees

[livid mason]

nah, i can take care of it myself

i gotta figure out what i have going on this summer, since the fam is planning on going to World Cup and I have plans to attend ACen this year with friends

so my summer is gonna be busy, and i gotta schedule everything out

[jolly coral]

Tell me about it

Especially with all the stuff my daughter is going to be doing

[livid mason]

riiip

well, hopefully i can see you there

[jolly coral]

But definitely bringing her along

Going to make a small Chicago trip out of it

Glad it's not actually in the city

[livid mason]

tbh it wouldve been easier for me if it was in the city

i have friends who live downtown, i coulda crashed with them

[jolly coral]

I'm driving, so anywhere with parking is appreciated

[livid mason]

lol thats fiar

[jolly coral]

Anyways, hope to see you there

[jolly coral]

@livid mason, hopefully the tickets don't sell out. Just got my pair:

[winged patrol]

Ohhhhhhu

Its like

Only for brands, or you can also take ur builds

[jolly coral]

It's just a meetup

Brands will be there

[winged patrol]

Oh

[junior granite]

Wish I could go

[jolly coral]

The first batch of 200 tickets sold out in 3 hours

Second batch supposedly will be coming in a few weeks

[livid mason]

New toy just came in

[livid mason]

stock for this version of the keeb feels good

although they did mess something simple up on my version, it was an easy fix

and was more funny than anything else

rn im using the web tool to set the keeb up and the little display it has

the switches it came in with stock feels super smooth, albeit a bit light for my tastes

the typing angle is fine, but its stock elevation makes me feel like i should have at least a small wrist rest for when i use it

[gray wave]

https://tenor.com/view/adventure-time-unacceptable-earl-of-lemongrab-no-watermark-gif-27371438

[jolly coral]

funny timing, ND104 was next on my build list and I just finished building it tonight

that yellow didn't even come close to color shown in the Chilkey photos:

[livid mason]

Damn thay yellow is way off

Its a very cute keeb, but if someone wanted to do something like a Dokibird or other themed build, I would be upset

[junior granite]

That yellow is so washed lmfao

[jolly coral]

Wuque Studio doing their usual banged up job with color matching

There was also a grey color that came out basically black

[junior granite]

[livid mason]

so i had my dad choose the switches he wanted and gave the ND104 to him for his birthday

I had him work on it and showed him how to take it apart and tinker with it since he is a tinkerer like me, but his toy of choice is a car

he immediately look out the plate foam swapped the plate for pom since he wanted some bounce, and the switches he chose were the WS Gold Arowana i bought to test lool

he also put a picture we took in when we were in Mexico on the display of the keeb

[junior granite]

And I was like is there a way to get 68?

He just went gimme 2 days

[jolly coral]

Haha

Probably a dealer

[junior granite]

Imma order another board to rip em off from

[jolly coral]

Don't

V60 are seriously awful

[junior granite]

Sure dude, dunno how you make profit

[jolly coral]

Oh

[junior granite]

He said that not me lol

[jolly coral]

The guy in China

[junior granite]

Yea

[jolly coral]

I don't know, it's still not close

[junior granite]

And it’s still somehow cheaper than buying UFOs straight up,

[jolly coral]

60HEV2 is just that good

[junior granite]

Oh yea it’s hella nice

I love the friction mount

Just rip the thing out and it’s so much easier to clean

[jolly coral]

I recently also got the GT60 Ultra

Threw it in a Salvation just to have a fair comparison

[junior granite]

That case looks so nice

[jolly coral]

Jade Max and everything for best possible Gateron only setup

Did the HiUM aluminum keycaps (V2)

[junior granite]

Yea was wonder what caps those were

They looks really nice

[jolly coral]

To take advantage of the double LEDs to light the legends

[junior granite]

Shiny

I’m still waiting for my meteorite to come back lol

They struggled to cut the thing

[jolly coral]

[junior granite]

And had to send them off to other machines

Soon tm

It somehow wasnt conductive either lmao

[jolly coral]

That's a good thing

[junior granite]

Bad for machining

[jolly coral]

Haha

And coating

[junior granite]

Yea lmao

[jolly coral]

I somehow ended up with an R3 Suisei case

[junior granite]

I’ll prob acid dip it if I feel like it

[junior granite]

Oh damn

Nice

But the spacebar keycap don’t fit

[jolly coral]

I'll have to see if I can outfit it with a 6.25U custom PCB

[junior granite]

lol

Yea

[jolly coral]

We have Mechlovin' in the US

So I'll see if there is something on their catalog that I can MacGyver into the case

[junior granite]

Also got myself a 21key numpad

Dunno why and what I need it for but nice to have I guess

But I can’t be buying more keyboard stuff

I need to save up for a monitor lol

[jolly coral]

Oh drats:

I don't feel like pulling the caps from the QK100

I'll figure something out for the keycaps for the Suisei board

Maybe custom print something from Yuzu

[junior granite]

Oof lol

[jolly coral]

Use it as a 1 handed keyboard for gaming

[junior granite]

I also really want to get a better audio interface

[junior granite]

Lmao

The current go xlr mini is not having it

[jolly coral]

That's how I use it my Q0 Max

[jolly coral]

My K3+ is still working great

[junior granite]

I did get a new pair of headphones and had to swap to the line out instead of headphone jack

Cause the amp was so bad that it was buzzing

[jolly coral]

Gotta love having the 48V phantom power for XLR mics

[junior granite]

Previous headphones weren’t good enough to pick it up

[junior granite]

Yea that’s the issue I need one with that to power my mic lol

[jolly coral]

That's what you get for upgrading

[junior granite]

So the choices were limited

[junior granite]

I’m this close to throwing the mic and xlr out

[jolly coral]

You should

[junior granite]

And going for shure smb7

[jolly coral]

Pawn it off to some "up and coming" streamer

And get a new setup

[junior granite]

Lmao

[jolly coral]

I think the ADC is more important than the mic

Don't overspend on the mic

[junior granite]

Yea

[jolly coral]

A good ADC is more important

[junior granite]

I do have fun listening to the headphones in my dad’s room lol

He has way better audio equipment

Tube DACs do still sound really nice

I’m quite liking the T5

[jolly coral]

Haha, somehow Newegg still has the K3+ in stock:

[junior granite]

Was contemplating the T1 or the T5 but in the end closed back sounds better to me

[jolly coral]

But yeah, still the best budget friendly XLR ADC I've found

[junior granite]

Probably yea

[jolly coral]

Warmer sound

I seriously overpaid for those yellow speakers in the studio setup: https://audioengine.com/shop/wirelessspeakers/a2-wireless-computer-speakers/

[junior granite]

Or you could get the ag03 miku ver

Not budget but hey it’s miku

When was it ever budget

[jolly coral]

Not budget

[jolly coral]

I view it as work tools

My K3+ has served me well and more than paid for itself

[junior granite]

It’s def overkill for just a adc

[jolly coral]

But even the Elgato basic ADC is $150+ now

Things are just stupid expensive

[junior granite]

Yea…

They coming out with a new one too

I’m still contemplating stream deck

But like in reality I won’t really use it for anything

[jolly coral]

Well, Corsair is making a keyboard with a deck

[junior granite]

https://tenor.com/view/you-what-wtf-disgusted-repulsed-reaction-gif-9521897686579036997

[jolly coral]

Nevermind, already in stock: https://www.corsair.com/us/en/p/keyboards/ch-912a31i-na/galleon-100-sd-stream-deck-integrated-mechanical-keyboard-ch-912a31i-na

[junior granite]

I know, it’s a glorified numpad

Costing an arm and a leg

[jolly coral]

Yeah, kind of silly

[junior granite]

Also Corsair keyboards fell off hard imo

[jolly coral]

I rather get a NOOS Station instead

[junior granite]

The silver switches? (Forgot name) were nice but everything after kinda just became overpriced garbage

[junior granite]

Oh that lol

Matrix expensive

[jolly coral]

6 USB outs

[jolly coral]

Just picked up last week:

[junior granite]

Ok damn

[jolly coral]

Just couldn't refuse a 3.0

Especially in Lilac

[junior granite]

But the retro kinda vibes are real nice from matrix

[winged patrol]

Its been awhile

[grizzled light]

@jolly coral imagine needing "anti typo" software to use a keyboard
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zGKPin-Uhc

[jolly coral]

Tap mod is not a new thing

Most people use it for 40s

It's also known as "tap dance"

It's a requirement to use QAZ (35%) boards

[grizzled light]

yeah but thats not that

[jolly coral]

Oh?

[grizzled light]

that keyboard has 2 mechanical switches in 1 location

[jolly coral]

What

I'll need to watch the video later

But the concept already sounds stupid

[grizzled light]

Yeah, certain keycaps are split in 2, you can press the top or bottom half independently

[jolly coral]

https://tenor.com/view/why-persian-room-cat-guardian-but-why-trendizisst-anyaboz-gif-2156104475561014590

[grizzled light]

its not a good product but its definitely unique

I dig the look but its barely a functional keyboard

[jolly coral]

I don't even like the look

One of LP boards I did for Cerakey for their new LP ceramic keycaps (which I don't recommend)

The base board is a Cerakey Zen75

Here's the other LP board with pink LP ceramic keycaps:

The base board is a Chilkey ND75 LP

I don't recommend either board

Actually, I don't recommend LP boards in general

[grizzled light]

Yeah, i'd probably stick to regular size keycaps

LP looks nice but not the greatest typing experience imo

[jolly coral]

Because only uniform profile keycaps for space saving reasons

Definitely not as comfortable to type on

[junior granite]

Example of 1+1 is less than 1

[junior granite]

@jolly coral

Only 2 survived

But man it looks nice

[jolly coral]

Yeah, making stems are tricky

Not like you'll really be mounting them anyways

[winged patrol]

What is this

[junior granite]

Keycap from meteorite

[winged patrol]

Ah

[winged patrol]

Base looks marble, ngl its beautiful

[jolly coral]

Then you might like this new piece I just finished:

[winged patrol]

Base is gorgeous but keys kinda idk maybe basic?

[jolly coral]

It's Sakura Miku

But yes, very basic keycaps

[winged patrol]

Oh special edition

[winged patrol]

Yeah i think so too

[jolly coral]

No, cheap AliExpress stuff

[winged patrol]

Thats good

[jolly coral]

But it's Miku

[winged patrol]

Soo how many pending one?

[jolly coral]

And it matched the color

[winged patrol]

Ye i saw how many people liked miku

[jolly coral]

100?

[winged patrol]

Wat?!?

[jolly coral]

I'm never running out of boards

[winged patrol]

Did u like buy again recently?

Becoz last time we talk u have less then 100?

[jolly coral]

#general message

My new studio setup

Just one last thing before starting my Insta

(it's already started)

But I'll start posting more seriously

[jolly coral]

Oh yeah, I've been buying

[winged patrol]

Figured that much

[winged patrol]

Looks cool

[jolly coral]

No

[winged patrol]

No cool?

[jolly coral]

Looks like an awful keyboard

And they want almost $90 for it

[winged patrol]

Damn i didnt know the price

[jolly coral]

https://a.co/d/0bLpaDAH

Been around for a couple of years now

[jolly coral]

If anything, you should see if you can find this keyboard, Attack Shark X68 HE: https://a.co/d/05ZXiTk3

I was pleasantly surprised by the board when I tested it

[winged patrol]

Thus?

[jolly coral]

Yes

Even in the stock form, the board works well

And it's literally $40

[winged patrol]

Nope

70

[jolly coral]

It's $40 for me and I can get it later today

[winged patrol]

Why used one 35?

I mean i heard 30% value dropped when new item got opened?

[jolly coral]

Yup

[winged patrol]

Shouldn't this be like 29 or 28?

[jolly coral]

No idea

[shut mason]

dont have much of a custom keyboard

btu i do have a nice wooting

have had for around a year and 2 months

[junior granite]

@jolly coral

It’s finally here

[jolly coral]

Amazing

[junior granite]

Amaze amaze amaze

https://tenor.com/view/waving-rocky-project-hail-mary-hello-hi-gif-5930203316841593126

[winged patrol]

Nice

[lapis mantle]

Has anyone recently bought anything from Keebsforall?

[jolly coral]

Don't use them. What were you looking for?

[lapis mantle]

Already done unfortunately 😭

Well, shipping label just got created a few hours ago, we'll see

Ordered a keyboard that came out a few years ago

They had them in stock

retro #66

[livid mason]

This looks super cute

I like it

[real olive]

Since I ended up getting the entire Miko set, decided to get Wooting's TenZ board to put the Miko keycaps in. Can then swap the cases and use the ABS one for the Advent keycaps and Zinc for Miko. Would probably work better since I use swirling RGB in Advent's colors.

Sounds nice, and while it's all basic Wooting instead of anything else, I'm a happy basic dude with the idea.

[winged patrol]

Me too basic

[real olive]

Can't wait...! Only six+ months to go!

[jolly coral]

Oh, new keycaps and mat!

So the deskmats are identical

And the set is targeted towards Japanese enthusiasts again with that 4.5u spacebar

I'm leaning towards the white one right now

Since I don't really care about the lanyard, I guess there's no rush

[real olive]

Personally went with the black. Works better with all the peripherals and such. Weird we got a lanyard compared to wall scrolls but I'm not going to complain much. Got the black case too, where I may just get a new motherboard, so it'll be a nice little refresh as a whole.

Dumbly excited. Wallet is crying in agony but at least I ain't getting RAM.

[jolly coral]

I thought the lanyard only came if you've order BOTH black AND white sets?

Oh

[real olive]

Maybe but it could just be poor word choice because I cannot imagine getting BOTH black and white cases for a lanyard.

[jolly coral]

ROFL

[real olive]

They probably meant BOTH as in BOTH color reaching 300 and that's it.

[jolly coral]

Yeah, I've just ordered the White one

Yeah, the word choice/sentence structure was very poor

Cannonkeys also dropped a new Waifu set, really well done too: https://cannonkeys.com/products/nicepbt-youmu

[real olive]

Oh, that is nice! But I can't help but think they're very Miku-ish with that colorway and would work well in that direction.

[jolly coral]

Oh hey, yeah, don't bother with ceramic with that board

[lapis mantle]

😞

[winged patrol]

Gorgeous keys

And blue rgb is cherry on the top

[livid mason]

ah yes, ice for my whiskey

perfecty

[jolly coral]

Cerakey's latest, Ice Crystal finish:

Feels like typing on fiberglass

Not the best feel

[livid mason]

that sounds absolutely awful

[gray wave]

Hopefully it doesn't smell like it too

[jolly coral]

Doesn't smell like anything

But feels weird

[winged patrol]

Does it hurt?

Like u know

Pinch

[jolly coral]

No

I guess people complained about not having texture on the ceramic keycaps, welp, Cerakey definitely gave some texture to these

[winged patrol]

Lol

[grizzled light]

But how's the taste

Really need to evaluate it with every sense

[winged patrol]

Lmao

[jolly coral]

I'm afraid to put my tongue against that

[livid mason]

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/womier/womier-duo87

New Womier kickstarter looks like a fun idea

I backed with the Super Early Bird

Im probs gonna try to set it up with OBS for streaming

Esp since my friends and I plan on doing some silly shit with Final Fantasy XIV

[jolly coral]

probably not going to work

but definitely let me know how it goes

I'm skipping this one as the software side of that screen doesn't look promising

[livid mason]

That's fair

It just looks interesting, and I got the super early bird

So screw it, its only $100

[jolly coral]

yeah, I've made a resolution at the start of this year to stop buying cheap boards

been doing a pretty good job keeping to the resolution

[winged patrol]

It would be cool if that screen could work as steam deck

[livid mason]

You mean Stream Deck?

By the looks of it, it seems like it is supposed to

[winged patrol]

Yes yes

[winged patrol]

100$ looks affordable

[livid mason]

Definitely relatively affordable

But I wouldnt be surprised if the super early bird allocation is sold out now

[little girder]

Pain I need space bars

@jolly coral

[jolly coral]

Do you have the sizes of them?

Looks like 3U + 3U

[little girder]

I think

[little girder]

Nope

[jolly coral]

Oh yeah, Suisei is a small set

Doesn't even have the 7U

[jolly coral]

Yeah, it's 3U + 3U, so you will need to find a Spacebar Child's kit

[little girder]

Il look got a gmk set with the same blue

[jolly coral]

Unfortunately, GMK doesn't include the 3U in the base kit

[little girder]

Space bar gmk set

[jolly coral]

That's exactly it

The color that will be closest will be the GMK Lazurite

Or maybe the GMK Striker

[little girder]

I could just leave it with the black 3u tbh

[little girder]

Rip they dont make 3u

Its 2.75u

[jolly coral]

https://kbdfans.com/collections/keycaps/products/pbtfans-spacebar-kit-collection

[little girder]

Ooh

[jolly coral]

I just checked NovelKeys (US) Child Kit Extras

They didn't have anything

But looks like KBDFans (China) may have what you will need

The yellow from Kabuki-Cho's 2nd spacebar kit will be really close to the yellow on the Suisei set:

I would highly recommend it

[little girder]

Ill snag that

[jolly coral]

I've made something:

colors should hopefully match okay to the real set

[winged patrol]

Made?

Handcrafted?

[jolly coral]

No, submit design to have a one off dye sub made

[winged patrol]

Ahhh

Btw why right atl only have one key

Alt

No windows or control

[jolly coral]

7U Tsangan layout for 65%

[winged patrol]

Oh ic

[jolly coral]

That's why I have to order custom

The HYTE set was small and didn't include Tsangan layout coverage

The official Suisei keyboard from Kibou only has Tsangan

[winged patrol]

How much it cost

[jolly coral]

It's about $1 per key

Good thing 65% boards have less keys

[winged patrol]

Lol tru

[winged patrol]

Actually 1$ per key isnt bad

For custom

[junior granite]

@jolly coral

Back engraving/resin cast done @jolly coral

[jolly coral]

Your custom wood case!

[junior granite]

Yea

It’s just prob gonna be display lol

[jolly coral]

Sounds good to me

Basically what I do with my Kohakus and Unikorns

[junior granite]

lol

[jolly coral]

#1217473726598221925 message

Finally finished unpacking my figures from last year and photographed them all

Looks great on top of the keyboards

[jolly coral]

20260601 - Vertex Intro S100 - Bronze
Board: Vertex Intro S100, Bronze (custom painted)
Switches: HMX Sandstorm Tactile, 58g
Plate: CF
Keycaps: Great Gatsby Dye-Sub PBT Cherry Profile
Toy: Jada 1/24 Pink Slips 1959 Cadillac Coupe Deville
Soundtest: https://youtu.be/ShNwB5bQ69E
Instagram post: https://www.instagram.com/p/DZDZiDhlex4/

[winged patrol]

Vintage

That car is cherry on the top

[gray wave]

I have been summoned

And I agree

[jolly coral]

I'll be featuring a "toy" with each of these photoshoots

[winged patrol]

Ah niceeee

[jolly coral]

That way I kill 2 birds with 1 stone

[winged patrol]

I remember u got ALOT of hot wheels too

Oh wait u wont be using only cars

[jolly coral]

Among other things, like #1217473726598221925

[winged patrol]

Nice nice

[winged patrol]

I might start card collection

I remember as an kid, i used collect many wwe cards

I was addicted

I am thinking to start one piece collection

[jolly coral]

Unless you really enjoy it, but I don't collect cards

[winged patrol]

Yeah i enjoy it

It was my childhood hobby

[jolly coral]

20260602 - DNWorks 925 - Brown
Board: DNWorks 925, Brown
Switches: SP Star Duck Tactile, 58g
Plate: CF
Keycaps: FBB No Ducking Pressure Dye-Sub PBT Cherry Profile
Artisan: Lobo Keycap, Spinning Psyduck
Toy: Tomy Pokemon Press & Pop Pokeball, Psyduck
Soundtest: https://youtu.be/zan8aZA_Iiw
Instagram post: https://www.instagram.com/p/DZFvcN7lU6e/

[winged patrol]

Pysduck

Cute

[livid mason]

Thats a cute keeb

[jolly coral]

Ignoring the duck with the knife

[livid mason]

Thats just normal duck behavior

[winged patrol]

I am blind without glasses but where is knife

Nvm i saw it

Its backplate