Well I fell down the custom keyboard world.

Jay85 said:
Bingo!

Another TKL that i can use for work!
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Nice what colour did you go for in the end (also you know it's a 75% board not a TKL) but from the images I have seen in the PT discord it is a lovely looking board.

I finally had a few artisan's arrive today my GB from CYSM (keybees) and finally get my first key cap GB arriving tomorrow ePBT Acid House & Sweet Girl. Now the wait for Zoom65 EE, CW 88 and Vertex Angle over the next month.
 
davetherave2 said:
Nice what colour did you go for in the end (also you know it's a 75% board not a TKL) but from the images I have seen in the PT discord it is a lovely looking board.

I finally had a few artisan's arrive today my GB from CYSM (keybees) and finally get my first key cap GB arriving tomorrow ePBT Acid House & Sweet Girl. Now the wait for Zoom65 EE, CW 88 and Vertex Angle over the next month.
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White top Black bottom premium with the brass weight. It's a lovely board, really reminds me of the Jelly! Yeah i don't know why i said TKL lol, probs had TKL on my mind!

Sounds like you got quite a haul coming in, that's good news! I've decided to not buy into GB's now, possibly a few preorders instead and buy extras when they drop. I live close enough to Prototypist to just pop in and ask Mel to save me some bits lol.
 
I did not know this thread exists!

I just discovered this thing, having had 2 Keychrons (K2 and K8), I now want a proper full custom board so have been researching and reading for the past week and today ordered a Keychron Q1 V2 ISO exploded 75% with a palm rest in Navy Blue. Also ordered some Gateron Milky Yellow Pro switches (after watching a video) as i found those sounding the best to me, perfect balance between quiet, creamy and thonk.

I did order a set of PBT caps from keychron, mostly because it's cheap, as a stop gap but want something more fun.

Top of the list at the moment are these, also liked the Noel as well but not decided yet. I think something light would go better with the blue base?

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Might get a coiled Aviator cable but will wait until the board is built first.

Total cost should be about £350 all in.
 
Raymond Lin said:
I did not know this thread exists!

I just discovered this thing, having had 2 Keychrons (K2 and K8), I now want a proper full custom board so have been researching and reading for the past week and today ordered a Keychron Q1 V2 ISO exploded 75% with a palm rest in Navy Blue. Also ordered some Gateron Milky Yellow Pro switches (after watching a video) as i found those sounding the best to me, perfect balance between quiet, creamy and thonk.

I did order a set of PBT caps from keychron, mostly because it's cheap, as a stop gap but want something more fun.

Top of the list at the moment are these, also liked the Noel as well but not decided yet. I think something light would go better with the blue base?

yXfq7yb.jpg

Might get a coiled Aviator cable but will wait until the board is built first.

Total cost should be about £350 all in.
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If you've only just discovered this thread then you know how deep the rabbit hole gets haha. Some of us in here are very deep in this hobby and i know some people who are £10k+ in with GMK sets! Mind boggling!

If you want a truly unique board you should have a look at some of the custom boards coming from smaller studios, the Link65 might interest you if you're into 65% keyboards.
 
Jay85 said:
If you've only just discovered this thread then you know how deep the rabbit hole gets haha. Some of us in here are very deep in this hobby and i know some people who are £10k+ in with GMK sets! Mind boggling!

If you want a truly unique board you should have a look at some of the custom boards coming from smaller studios, the Link65 might interest you if you're into 65% keyboards.
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Yeah, I had a quick glance at the next tier boards and you can pay £500 just for the frame before anything else. I think the Keychron board is a decent enough starting point with what it comes with.

I use an Apple Keyboard at home so don’t miss the Number Pad, I do however like the function keys at the top, i use the Play/Pause button quite often so that‘s the reason going for the 75%.

If I am going smaller, I am thinking the Alice layout, that intrigues me but I don’t think there is a 75% board with Alice layout around, at least not under £200.
 
Goddammit, I need to Stop already…

Ordered my PBOW keycaps above but also ordered some Gateron Oil King too….just because. I also have an urge to get an Alice keyboard but want ISO and Mac compatibility and I think only Keychron makes this?

Then may be later I’ll try a normal 65% at some point lol

I need to stop….
 
Raymond Lin said:
Goddammit, I need to Stop already…

Ordered my PBOW keycaps above but also ordered some Gateron Oil King too….just because. I also have an urge to get an Alice keyboard but want ISO and Mac compatibility and I think only Keychron makes this?

Then may be later I’ll try a normal 65% at some point lol

I need to stop….
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The oil Kings are really nice but having used CJ's now i much prefer them as they're so smooth with the polished stem meaning you don't need to lube them. Maybe just swap out the springs for TX springs as i was told to make them feel even better.
 
Jay85 said:
The oil Kings are really nice but having used CJ's now i much prefer them as they're so smooth with the polished stem meaning you don't need to lube them. Maybe just swap out the springs for TX springs as i was told to make them feel even better.
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Question - Not having ISO layout is not a dealbreaker but what is a dealbreaker is mac imcompatibility.

So my question is....would that be overcome if I make sure the keyboard is VIA compatible, then I can just map the keys to suit? Like where the @ and £ are.
 
Raymond Lin said:
Question - Not having ISO layout is not a dealbreaker but what is a dealbreaker is mac imcompatibility.

So my question is....would that be overcome if I make sure the keyboard is VIA compatible, then I can just map the keys to suit? Like where the @ and £ are.
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Pretty much mate, i use VIA to map some of my keys, if gives you a lot of options. Failing that you can always use QMK as well which i think is open source and openly works with pretty much everything though a little more complicated, it has a lot more functionality.

It's not a deal breaker at all really.
 
I saw the Shelby80 from a video but it looks too similar to the Q1 i have on the way, just with like 4 more keys so I dismissed it. Plus the kit price at $349 is a bit too high for me.

I am itching to get all my bits and pieces now, everthing is in the post but i can't stop myself keep watching videos on YouTube, mostly because the algorithm keep pushing them to me. I think I've watched most if not all of the Keychron videos since the last few are in Japanese with less than 1000 views!

Been thinking a 65% but I also want an Alice layout to experiment a more ergonomic layout. The Akko one doesn't have VIA and ANSI layout. Keychron one works but I want a white one, also want a Mac/Win switch if possible.

I've seen others out there but they don't have arrow keys.
 
hornetstinger said:
I have a big tub of Wahl clipper oil is that ok to use for spring oil ?
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I don't think its quite the same mate, the standard for lubing springs is GPL 105 oil, i would go with that incase there's any issues. A small bottle isn't very expensive, put a few drops into a bag and put your springs in the bag. Puff the bag up and shake it with the springs and oil inside to bag lube them. Add more oil if necessary.
 
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