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wcass wrote: 14 Jul 2020, 01:15 I will offer the designs up to Unicomp if they want them - if not, i will publish them as open. It would be best if folks could order an "F upgrade" directly from the manufacturer.

That would be amazing wcass! Let's hope they go for it.

Woohoo! I ordered the beige base, Colemak & Co., Lost + Found, and Unicorn Barf. My CTRL High Profile is going to be complete with R5 goodness come October or thereabouts. Now, to order another or not to order? I'll sleep on it.

Thanks for running this, Matt3o. I hope the constant availability of ...

vrapan wrote: 18 Feb 2020, 13:00 is this still happening?

I checked two sites that were supposed to be hosting this GB and no sign of it.

Since nobody commented on the kit name change from Unicorn RGB+YO to Unicorn Barf, I'll just say well played, sir.

unfortunately red-on-teal doesn't work, so I'll probably have to revert to 1-bit colors.

Does red on beige work? Or maybe you have to do the legend printing the same for both colors of modifier?
of course there's a special /dev/tty2 key :D

Woohoo! :D

I'm really looking forward to this one ...

I'm late to this one as usual, but I wanted to say thanks, Matt3o, for running /dev/tty with R5 again. I got triumph mods last time. I've been using them daily at work every day since, and wanted another set with beige for home. I have been resisting the urge to get the stripped down reruns of it ...

Wow, I've been away from this thread for what seems like forever, and I come back here to...nothing? I don't want a rebate, I'd just like the GB to move forward for some violettcream goodness.

Both hands above the desk, Techno Trousers. ;)


Ha ha! I deserve that, but aren't we all here because we like touching stuff?


So I snagged a set of flippers and springs from Ellipse's project on eBay. Probably rejects, but I got them for $0.50, so... If I can find a set of equally cheap ...

What are you guys most looking forward to doing when you get your Mara? I want to assemble my own, so I imagine unboxing them from the custom shipping/storage boxes, and laying out all the individual parts.

Then putting together the first SSK: turning the satisfying torx screws, applying the ...

Since no one has weighed in on the "stock" CommonSense default bonus function layer configuration...

I would personally like to have the right side extra "Windows" key location between Alt and Ctrl mapped to a Fn type key, and the default layer for that could have media keys in the following ...

To recap:

1. The new barrel and flipper combo will work together in any F, new or original.

2. The new flipper will work in a new or original barrel.

3. An original flipper will NOT work in a new barrel.

Moral of the story: to repair or replace the switch parts in an original F, you MUST buy at ...

Upside with everything we are talking about, we could take a legacy barrel/flipper and machine them down to try it.


Duh, of course! That would be a simple way to make a proof of concept. I like the idea of having a few to make the rounds. I have an Orihalcon model F keychain, so I could send ...

I've really missed this interchange of ideas. Again, a heartfelt welcome back LL.

I really like the idea of a modernized version of the F switch mechanism that can work in a curved or flat orientation. The thing I'm wondering, though, is if shortening the pivot plate might change the amount of ...

9/9/19 sounds like a great day to do a big run of cold rolled steel. Really looking forward to this, lot_lizard! End game keyboards are near.

I've been on the fence about ordering a couple of full keysets from that other F project; maybe a Mopar blue and dark gray set to mix and match. I'm thinking ...

Lot_lizard, it's been a few weeks. How are you doing on the catch-up? Do you have plans yet for moving forward with Mara?

If there's any way I can help, I'm happy to mix in.

Those are really nice. I'm not in Europe, but I probably would have tried to trade anyway if they were in the standard RU Cyrillic layout. Good luck with the trade!

Apologies if this has already been asked and answered. I've been primarily interacting with Deskthority via Tapatalk for the last few years, mainly for convenience and consistency with other forums, but especially for the timely push notifications. It's now completely broken as of the latest changes ...

For those without cases, maybe the Model MF curved assembly could be mounted to a metal "frame" and left exposed? It would look pretty badass as a naked keyboard.

OMG. Welcome back, Lot Lizard! Looks like I was only off by 365 days and 2019 is going to be the MF'n year!

I expect demand to be perhaps slightly higher than it was, given the prices F-122s have been commanding, though as always the limiting factor is availability of the "switches." I'm glad I ...

I'd be fine with clamping a flat PCB between F-122 plates and heating it with a hot air gun or hair dryer until it takes on the curve. IIRC, that's what I$ did for the original FSSK.

The problem with strips are the interconnects between them. Lots of potential points of failure there.

I've got a few hundred flippers and barrels, so please someone make it so! Would it help if I begged?

Flippers in a regular model F are bouncing off the PCB and underside of the barrel, so I don't think there's any difference here. If anything the sound should be louder and crisper without foam surrounding the barrels and deadening the sound.

XMIT wrote:...I'm looking at this and thinking about how a five axis mill would be able to countersink Model F parts into a curved machined surface. Very nice work.

Now you're talking: a full TKL model F SSK. {Drool}

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Hypersphere wrote: Could we get a typing video with sound?

After the kid goes to bed.

Be sure to put some cotton in his or her ears. ;p

This is a truly wonderful project. I was fortunate to take a look at and tear down his earlier (non-functional) prototype, and this final product is truly light years beyond that one. I'm so impressed by all the little touches, like the countersunk barrels.

Great job, wcass!

Crazy that everything was just abandoned like that. Computer equipment in those days was incredibly expensive. Why didn't they sell it? Makes me think the building owner just locked the company out and it got stuck in some kind of stalemate.

Hmm. Time to dig out my backup blue cubes and put them up on eBay, I guess. Funny.

I definitely see a curve to the rows in that picture. Holding the picture sideways helps to see it.

Almost always, the two tone F keys like these means it a PC model. F keys on the terminal models are all gray.

However, zooming in I can see that the markings on the keys are for terminal use, so you'd most likely need a Soarer's converter to use them with a PC.

So pretty. I regret missing out on the SA Dasher/Dancer GB.