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One of these turned up in a collection for sale near me. It's a bit too exotic for me and it likely won't be super cheap, but if someone here really wants it I'm happy to facilitate a deal.

I’ve got an F XT for sale too - I can do €200 plus shipping, but I’m in Sweden so shipping will cost a pretty penny of course.

Why not get a brand new one?

https://www.modelfkeyboards.com/product ... -keyboard/

- Gazzew Boba U4T - Tecsee Purple Pandas - Durock Anubis - SP-Star Polaris Purple I am very impressed with the bump and sound of all of these, which is very close to SKCM Brown Alps — but lighter and with the MX PCB/plate and keycap compatibility these are frankly fantastic choices today. Thanks Sc...

Sure: https://www.etsy.com/se-en/listing/1132619489/

I got a bunch of them from that eBay/Etsy seller who has >200 different switches and lets you mix and match which you want and sends you a tester with them. He’s based in the US so it ends up costing a bit but the freedom to pick was worth it for me

I used to say like you - that nothing in the MX space could touch my Alps or Model M/F boards - especially my SKCM Browns which had just no match whatsoever in the MX world. This was true up to and including Zealios, Holy Pandas, T1s and their clone variants…. Until I tried the latest generation of ...

It’s time to revisit this thread; my current unobtanium is a sleek big-bezel (Exent/S7 Elephant) modern board with a nice case color, with hotswap PCB, underglow lighting and a 65-80% layout … ideally one that doesn’t include keys immediately to the right (ie. without a gap) of Backspace, Enter etc....

I read in the comments section about a small number of folks who prefer the space between Ctrl and Alt to have no key (no Win/Gui key). I am in this camp. As a MacOS user who prefers to reconfigure the CapsLock key to Cmd/Ctrl, I have no use for the 1U keys on the bottom row. On my F77 I do need a ...

It comes with 58 SKCM Browns and a nice PBT keyset. If we value the keycaps at $115 (and I do, because I sold one for $115 just a month ago) then the browns are ($300-$115)/58 = $3.19 apiece, which is about right (I just sold my last browns a month ago for $2.90 apiece and I could have easily asked ...

Personally I think there’s at least three or four decent ideas in there, obviously they’d need another pass by a human with vector design skills, but I’d love if these keyboards could get a new logo that isn’t just the buckling spring patent drawing, which to me always looked overly detailed and not...

I promise I’ll stop soon, but this is just too much fun:

Number 9: Number 10: Number 11: Number 12:

Whoa! RIP my wallet…… I took the liberty to create some logo ideas using the decidedly non-1980s technology of Midjourney v5 text-to-image generation: Number 1: 9B14DA97-CC1F-4935-A6BA-CF3FBF19B865.png Number 2: 7FE3C812-CDAD-4B70-81FC-3A92193988D4.png Number 3: 9531A58A-8362-4DCB-BC4B-2A63774AD7A9....

I can relate maybe see if you can get one or two loose switches first, just so you don’t invest $300 in an old board you end up not loving. There’s often some kicking around on eBay

I forgot that the F77 didn’t have the F-row, haha…. The rest of that post has a lot of talk around the fact that raw material cost is never what you end up paying as an end customer of small batch niche products. If someone (other than Ellipse) were setting up a manufacturing pipeline for thousands ...

The comment about modelfkeyboards.com makes me wonder: has anyone tried fitting an F77 inner assembly inside an SSK case? If they fit, then making an FSSK becomes a much easier process! And before you comment about the $350 price tag of an F77: a sacrificial F XT will set you back $120-200 and the r...

I actually don’t mind NiMH for this; it just depends how energy efficient the BLE and power management is. I suspect an SSK case can fit a couple of AA batteries just fine, and I don’t like the idea of a lithium explosion (sorry: “vent with flame” event) happening in one of my favorite keyboards

I’ll take one if it works well, hoping someone will run another FSSK metal plate GB someday. I guess that means I can’t sell my second SSK after all

My official "best pics I can take" of the grey AEK II I'm selling. top - Copy.jpgcloseup - Copy.jpg * Rust-Oleum 2x Primer * Rust-Oleum Granite Grey paint * Rust-Oleum matte clear enamel Looks great! I know I’m nitpicking here, but with that level of effort put in and how clean it looks, I am sudde...

Haven’t noticed a problem with the space bar since.

I happened to notice that the texture of the two keyboards are quite different. The color is slightly different too. I think both are very pretty and really don't mind, but it's just something I noticed. Funny thing is, that these two are manufactured on the same day (though with a serial number di...

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13 Mar 2023, 09:20

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13 Mar 2023, 08:53

With all that space left free, why don't consider an FSSK variant....
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This is clearly photoshop - even 110 degree tube won't fit in such confined place

Sure, that. Also it was a clue that the monitor is on with the cable unplugged

If they are lurking here, please put up a 364000 too! It’s tax refund season and….. well, that one is a true white whale.

Um… where are these easy-to-find NOS SKCM White boards again?

By who? Just out of interest. I find the new lands of MX clonedom unfathomable… due to my laziness! I had been hearing all the hype around Holy Pandas and I tested a colleague’s board with Gazzew Boba U4Ts, so I knew I had to update my switch collection; so I did, and blind tested a bunch of tactil...

Keyfeel wise, Topres and browns are very similar, with a bit of mushiness on the Topre side that you don’t get with the Alps. Other differences: availability of course, but also sound, longevity, keycap options, feasibility and complexity of using them in custom builds, and “Hey look at me” factor. ...

Well then.. Who wants to buy an SSK and an XT for $500? :-/

Well I hope there’s hope for a Round 2 in that case — and I would be willing to pay more than ~$95 for it (esp. if that included the couple of barrels I may be short). I mean, given the parts needed the metal FSSK is a $600 keyboard…. So if taylorswift has to charge another $25 for the trouble then ...

I haven’t been following this so please forgive what I’m sure are totally answered questions: If I buy this (all the components) and I already have an SSK and an F XT, is that literally all I need to build an FSSK? Second question: will these come with numbered birthday stickers like the original FS...

Wow, look at those keycaps!