Post your keyboard/keycaps!

Daniel · 25 Jun 2016, 15:40

elecplus wrote: ↑
bocahgundul wrote: ↑
elecplus wrote: ↑Strange switches on this AT&T board. The legends are slanted and brown.

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I think that looks like olivetti dome with slider?
The switch assembly lifts out, leaving a blank hole with a brown PCB below it. They are not soldered to the PCB.

These look like: wiki/Olivetti_dome_with_slider

Stabilized · 25 Jun 2016, 15:52

hypkx wrote: ↑Selfbuild wood case.

Wow that thing is really has a lot of height to it! Do you have a palm/wrist rest to go with it? I only ask it just looks like some kind of carpal tunnel torture device.

BimboBB · 25 Jun 2016, 16:54

Some R5 goodness.

ba7777 · 25 Jun 2016, 17:34

very beautiful combo

Stabilized · 25 Jun 2016, 19:26

BimboBB wrote: ↑Some R5 goodness.

What's the keyboard? Looks a bit like a Tex aluminium case, but I am not sure.

cookie · 25 Jun 2016, 19:49

@Bimbo Ohh wow... This thing is very nice.

zslane · 25 Jun 2016, 20:54

Round 5 makes any keyboard look classy and droolworthy. Well done, BimboBB!

BimboBB · 25 Jun 2016, 22:12

Yeah, these caps are glorious.

@stabilizer

Its "just" a Filco within a Vortex case.

t!ng · 27 Jun 2016, 16:15

Tipro MID QM128A. Wouldn't win a beauty contest, but I like it.

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lolpes · 27 Jun 2016, 16:35

Has a very interesting industrial Look to it, if you use some different caps on it the Look will be much better imo, definitely has potential!

I have mine from wodan but I haven't taken any pictures yet xD

hypkx · 29 Jun 2016, 15:37

Removed. sorry I thought it was my own picture, but forgot to look at the legends (my is german layout). I mixed up the pictures

. If anybody wondering, it was triumph adler typewriter.

scottc · 29 Jun 2016, 15:38

Nice, I just got the black one today too.

Mine has Cherry M7s or M8s though!

lolpes · 29 Jun 2016, 15:42

hypkx wrote: ↑
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Looks almost like the one you sold me

very nice, I am trying to hunt down a few myself to get an ergodox set of these to try out

only need 9 more 1.5u keys and 3 more 1.75u keys.

seebart · 29 Jun 2016, 15:43

Oh wow those are nice hypkx!

lolpes · 29 Jun 2016, 15:45

scottc wrote: ↑Nice, I just got the black one today too. Mine has Cherry M7s or M8s though!

are you sure they will be the same caps? what model is the typewriter? 8008 or 9009?

cookie · 29 Jun 2016, 15:58

My lime green HHKB Pro1 with dyed caps

Sadly the paint started to come off...

scottc · 29 Jun 2016, 16:16

lolpes wrote: ↑
scottc wrote: ↑Nice, I just got the black one today too. Mine has Cherry M7s or M8s though!
are you sure they will be the same caps? what model is the typewriter? 8008 or 9009?

It arrived today.

Black doubleshot caps, Cherry compatible. The switches are some pre-MX tall Cherry switch, don't remember the name but I thought they were M7s.

lolpes · 29 Jun 2016, 16:23

Awesome

I like the black ones, had them on a planck keyboard for a while :p

scottc · 29 Jun 2016, 18:04

I'm actually wrong, the layout is slightly different to hypkx's! You're right, it's a 9009. I should check instead of thinking that I remembered the model number.

The caps are very nice, and what's better is that I got it for a cool 7.50 euro shipped.

I put the minimum bid on it, nobody else found it, and I won!

GEIST · 29 Jun 2016, 23:35

uuuuuh, this vintage caps are a great combination with the minimalistic layout of the planck. Never seen such a combination before.

lolpes · 30 Jun 2016, 00:33

I am trying to gather a set to try and use on my ergodox, still need 9 1.5u caps and 3 1.75u, to get it to work properly, so if someone is willing to let go of their (prefferably the caps I need, but I can also aquire full sets) dont hesitate to pm me

On the plank it worked fairly well, but the dsa cap on the spacebar was a bit to high :/

scottc · 30 Jun 2016, 00:35

Maybe a G20 cap would work better for that?

Nuum · 30 Jun 2016, 00:37

Yes, I've tried white PBT G20 keycaps with the flat TA keycaps,works perfectly and is perfectly fine to type on. If only my G20 spacebar wasn't warped...

lolpes · 30 Jun 2016, 00:56

Hum maybe, I honestly didn´t think about G20 as an option, get some blue mods on the ergodox and the light grey alphas :p yeah, I guess that could work!

Stabilized · 30 Jun 2016, 11:52

Nuum wrote: ↑Yes, I've tried white PBT G20 keycaps with the flat TA keycaps,works perfectly and is perfectly fine to type on. If only my G20 spacebar wasn't warped...

You can fix the warping pretty easily with a hairdryer and a couple of weights.
Here's a guide from Reddit.

lolpes · 30 Jun 2016, 12:01

45$ shipped for the g20 ergodox mods...fml -.-

Stabilized · 30 Jun 2016, 12:15

Finished my Varmilo VA68M kit today:

For the first time I used 1.8mm LEDs and I am completely converted! The ones I have installed are warm white and do not interfere with the keycaps at all (the ones in the picture are Cherry profile).

scottc · 30 Jun 2016, 12:51

Oooh, looks gorgeous. I recently assembled my Whitefox with 1.8mm LEDs and SIP sockets (for stem swaps) and it's awesome, just so cool.

DanielT · 30 Jun 2016, 13:17

Very nice looking, this 65% trend is an interesting one I have to say

How is the board, Fn layer and things like that ?
I love 1.8mm LED's too, I install them inside the switch so that way I can open the switch top without any problems. Also if you install them the classic way they don interfere with the caps.

Stabilized · 30 Jun 2016, 13:29

scottc wrote: ↑Oooh, looks gorgeous. I recently assembled my Whitefox with 1.8mm LEDs and SIP sockets (for stem swaps) and it's awesome, just so cool.

I should have got a Whitefox, I didn't have the money at the time and I don't really like dealing with Massdrop at the best of times so I missed out

I have SIP sockets on this too, even though you can't do stem swaps it just makes life a bit easier if you get dead LEDs down the line, or want to change the colour of any of them at all.

DanielT wrote: ↑Very nice looking, this 65% trend is an interesting one I have to say How is the board, Fn layer and things like that ?
I love 1.8mm LED's too, I install them inside the switch so that way I can open the switch top without any problems. Also if you install them the classic way they don interfere with the caps.

Not really sold on the 65% form factor I have to admit, I don't really see myself buying another down the line. I have a Leopold FC660C that I have used for many years and I thought I would like a Cherry one, but in reality I settle for the Leopold because I am not a fan of the HHKB.
The function layer on the Varmilo is pretty sparsely populated, you can find a run down of all the functions here.
I think I still prefer the 60% layout for portability and maximising desk space in the end, also I really miss full programmability and the number of function layers that you get with custom 60%s.