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SymmetryrtemmyS posted:Quick interest check... I wouldn't get the first one or so unless you've already done this, but if you do good work then I have a board layout in mind I'd probably get for travel purposes.
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Brightman posted:I wouldn't get the first one or so unless you've already done this, but if you do good work then I have a board layout in mind I'd probably get for travel purposes. I haven't built a keyboard, but I used to do soldering/assembly work for one of the duties of a job I've held. Building crossover networks, repairing amplifiers, lots and lots of cable soldering...and I've built several headphone amps. The reason why I want to do this is to subsidize my own keyboard acquisition, really. The first one will be for me - and I'll post detailed photos when the first one's done, of course. What sort of layout are you looking at for travel? Something like a modified Planck?
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SymmetryrtemmyS posted:I haven't built a keyboard, but I used to do soldering/assembly work for one of the duties of a job I've held. Building crossover networks, repairing amplifiers, lots and lots of cable soldering...and I've built several headphone amps. Oh nothing severely compact, probably a 65~70% layout, it's just that it would be justified as being for travel. I'd get a nice padded case for it and it probably wouldn't be outside of my work laptop bag unless I was using it. I might also arrange it to have different switches for different key groups, but I'm not sure about that yet. Also floating keys if it's doable, a lot of it sorta depends on what the options will be.
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Dec 18, 2015 16:10
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 I like pastels. Ducky G2 with browns.
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Dec 18, 2015 19:53
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punch drunk posted:
Are those PBT? If so, where did you get them? I've been wanting Lavender keys for a while.
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Dec 18, 2015 21:59
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Massdrop has a few more sets of SP's DSA Dolch keys in their bazaar: https://www.massdrop.com/buy/dsa-dolch-key-set
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Dec 19, 2015 04:13
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massdrop has an snes-themed keyset up right now. expensive though https://www.massdrop.com/buy/gmk-snes-keycap-set
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Dec 19, 2015 04:24
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Nice they arrived  I received the pack of 11 alternate keys but no base set yet and welp I'm not back until after new years. Pictured along with the pumpkin keycap I got for halloween which I'm still using because I kinda like it. Welp thats my story ciao, arrivederci etc
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Dec 19, 2015 07:28
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Decided to see what all the fuss with clear switches so I ordered a pok3r 3. Coming from a full size keyboard with black switches (ugh) I can't wait! I'm hoping it doesn't take me long to adjust to no arrow keys. What do you guys like mapping caps lock to? I currently have mine set up for control, is it nicer setting it to fn to use the second layer easier? I'll have to try out both I suppose when it gets here. Maybe this is a good excuse to set up my editors/command line to vim like shortcuts and learn it. It's not even here yet and I'm already tempted to order key caps sets for it. Not sure if I want to go down that rabbit hole just yet.
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Dec 19, 2015 08:04
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I remapped caps lock to ctrl, and the left ctrl to fn, which I usually press with the side of my palm. Large hands come in useful sometimes. Also swapped the arrows to hjkl :-)
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Dec 19, 2015 12:32
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Is there any way to get pause/prev/next track controls on the pok3r? Already got the volume control keys set up.
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Neo_Crimson posted:I'm in the market for a mechanical keyboard but unsure about what switch type to go for. My only experience with mechanical keys was this old rear end typewriter at my office (loved the clickiness and what prompted me to look for a mech keyboard), and a Razer Chroma I played around with at a Best Buy. Some research said that Cherry MX Blues or Browns are what I'm after, but others says Blue/Browns are crap for gaming and I should use Reds. If you like typewriters get a buckling spring
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Dec 19, 2015 22:06
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TWBalls posted:Are those PBT? If so, where did you get them? I've been wanting Lavender keys for a while. I bought it secondhand so I'm not positive, sorry man. I'm fairly sure they aren't PBT though.
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Dec 20, 2015 00:03
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Please tell me if this is against any rules (I skimmed the sticky), but as I mentioned a few pages ago my Pok3r arrived despite my attempts to cancel the order, and we're going to make a go of it. Because of that I'm selling my Das - If any UK goons are interested feel free to slap a bid on it I guess. The only real sign of wear is a bit of shine on the spacebar - otherwise fully functional etc.
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Dec 20, 2015 20:24
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I dunno what the rules are but usually people will link to an SA Mart post and not an eBay link.
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Dec 20, 2015 20:27
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HEY NONG MAN posted:I dunno what the rules are but usually people will link to an SA Mart post and not an eBay link. i'm not posting my paypal email publicly and i don't have PM so no dice. will remove the link if a mod asks me to - just drawing attention to this listing if anyone here is in the market for a kb
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Dec 20, 2015 20:58
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My Razer mechanical keyboard appears to have bricked. Bought it 8 months ago, but no warranty. Sent an email to Razer requesting replacement. Are they likely to honor it?
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Dec 21, 2015 05:09
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starry skies above posted:My Razer mechanical keyboard appears to have bricked. Bought it 8 months ago, but no warranty. Sent an email to Razer requesting replacement. Are they likely to honor it? I don't know why it didn't come with a warranty but they're not likely to fix it if that's the case. Don't buy razer stuff is a good general rule, they used to make decent products until 2007 or 2008 and now it's a total crapshoot. Some of their stuff lasts, but a lot of it breaks.
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Dec 21, 2015 06:45
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Woot woot. Looks like I still have some months left on the warranty. But lesson learned on Razor products. edit: I actually got the device working again, just for the record starry skies above fucked around with this message at 17:36 on Dec 21, 2015 |
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Dec 21, 2015 16:43
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That's good. No matter the manufacturer it's hard to kill mechanical keyboards without really soaking them in liquids while using them or something.
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Dec 21, 2015 18:13
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It's also really easy to get a keyboard replaced under warranty when it is still under warranty.
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Dec 21, 2015 18:17
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Generic Monk posted:i'm not posting my paypal email publicly and i don't have PM so no dice. will remove the link if a mod asks me to - just drawing attention to this listing if anyone here is in the market for a kb Yeah, please don't. (I'm asking you to edit out your post.)
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Dec 21, 2015 20:23
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This Corsair K70 (cherry mx red switches, non RGB) is $100 at best buy. http://www.bestbuy.com/site/corsair-k70-mechanical-keyboard-black/9089085.p?id=1218978327181&skuId=9089085 I searched the thread for this particular model and I didn't see any red flags about it. I wanted to ask if this is considered a good keyboard by you guys - I'll primarily be using it for standard amount of work + FPS gaming.
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eriddy posted:This Corsair K70 (cherry mx red switches, non RGB) is $100 at best buy. Other than non standard bottom row, that makes fitting custom keycaps problematic it is a solid board. I've had the K65 which is essentially the same board but TKL and with RGB for over a year now and its still doing great.
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Dec 23, 2015 19:07
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I've had a K60 (gave away when upgraded to K70), K70 that I spilled coffee on, and another K70. I love em.
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niss posted:Other than non standard bottom row, that makes fitting custom keycaps problematic it is a solid board. I've had the K65 which is essentially the same board but TKL and with RGB for over a year now and its still doing great. Keycaps is my only complaint with my K65, hardware-wise. I've had some issues with firmware and Corsair Utility Engine, however.
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Horizontal Tree posted:I've had some issues with firmware and Corsair Utility Engine, however. I've always thought this was such a nitpick, every RGB board not built by the big 3 uses hardware programming which is hell.
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I don't think its nitpicking when my keyboard stopped working for two whole weeks while I waited for a support ticket response from Corsair, and then had to hard reset it, upgrade firmware, and reinstall CUE.
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I got my Carbon SA keycaps, they're pretty dang nice, first set of keycaps I've ordered. I wish I had ordered the orange alphas, I'm used to having alternate colors for WASD keys. I tried using some from the novelty/warning kit but the angle is off for those. I still need to get a pok3r, especially now that these got delivered. I might wait until March when whitefoxes start shipping to see if I can pick one up for cheap.
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I actually canceled my Whitefox order (not to dissuade anyone on here, I still think it's a very savvy purchase), just got a little bit impatient with that ship date and also I'm kinda blasé towards the entire cherry lineup at the moment while also having cold feet about trusting hype-drunk internet dudes about switches that like only 5 people have actually tried (they're probably fine). So I went in a completely different direction and I have attempted to purchase a fantastically ugly keyboard from a magical faraway land... maybe... if this guy on ebay actually speaks english. Jean Eric Burn fucked around with this message at 22:19 on Dec 27, 2015 |
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So I'm going to swap out some of my hhkb stems with cherry converters, will post report when done
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Dec 27, 2015 23:40
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Spilled beer on my Ducky Shine on Friday. Immediately unplugged, flipped over, and dried as much as possible. Finally tonight started cleaning items and plugged it back in. Besides the E, D, and ` buttons being a little slow to pop back up, is working fine. Gonna mess with them a little bit longer with isopropyl alcohol and/or contact cleaner later in the week but overall super happy it's not fully destroyed!
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How do you clean your (mechanical) keyboards? I don't feel like pulling off each key, especially with the risk of breaking the key that comes with it. I can clean the top of the button - and turn the keyboard upside down and used pressurized air - but it's not straightforward to clean between the keys for one.
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ufarn posted:How do you clean your (mechanical) keyboards? I don't feel like pulling off each key, especially with the risk of breaking the key that comes with it. they won't break if you use a puller and aren't an apeman with it
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Dec 29, 2015 15:50
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Since the thing is over, if anyone got a white fox with either type of the tactile purple keys and decides they don't want it lemme know.
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ufarn posted:How do you clean your (mechanical) keyboards? I don't feel like pulling off each key, especially with the risk of breaking the key that comes with it. If you manage to break a switch (or a cap) trying to remove the caps for cleaning, you deserve a medal for having gorillahands
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Horizontal Tree posted:If you manage to break a switch (or a cap) trying to remove the caps for cleaning, you deserve a medal for having gorillahands Actually some switches like clears have notoriously tight stems, so if you dont wiggle the cap you run the risk of just ripping the whole stem out of the switch.
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Dec 30, 2015 21:29
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It's mostly the cheap white plastic connectors between the switch and the button that worry me. But I was mainly talking about being too lazy to pull em all off. I bought some interesting goop stuff to clean the surface, but there's no real alternative to pull them all off short of putting the keyboard in the washer, and I'm not quite keen on that.
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Dec 30, 2015 21:54
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Pulling off the caps is not the big deal you're making it out to be. Even if you don't have a puller you can easily fashion one out of a couple zip ties.
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ufarn posted:How do you clean your (mechanical) keyboards? I don't feel like pulling off each key, especially with the risk of breaking the key that comes with it. You own a Model M (  ), pluck off the keycaps by hand, and put them in the dishwasher.Apart from that, I just bought a Das Keyboard Model S for home and somehow the keys have gotten nicer since the very early Model S I got a few years ago. Less loud when bottoming out and somehow more tactile even though both are supposed to have Cherry MX Blue switches.
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I CANNOT EJACULATE WITHOUT SEEING NATIVE AMERICANS BRUTALISED!