My keyboards

[margo baggins]

I am trying to sort out all my boards etc. and I have a few not pictures as they are not finished being built yet, and at some point I am going to sort out all my caps, as my box is overflowing and I don't know whats in there anymore.  But I took some pictures. Some new, some old, some in between.

They looks like this:



Starting from the top right and going clockwise:

CM MECH - Blues White LED - winlock LED changed to Red - Massive, but 100% programmable with 5 layers.
Skidata - Clears (think this one might turn into a donor board - might get another)
Heu 922 - Salmon alps clones with a quasi green on space - Doubleshot alps caps
Cherry G80-1192 - Blacks (maybe vintage?), NKRO, Doubleshot beige (which I have) currently wearing lots of different cherry doubleshots
Dell AT101W - New, black alps, lasered caps
CM Quickfire XT - Blues, completely stock (for the time being)
CM Quickfire TK Stealth - Browns, hard modded to swap left ctrl and caps lock - qwerkeys F-row, not DS, but infilled legend.
Poker II - Accrylic case, 2 plates stock + accrylic, Tactile greys and clears, orange and red LEDs
HHKB Pro 2
KBT Oni - Mx Blues + Clear springs, purple LED (While I don't use it, I think it's my favourite keyboard I own, I've tried to sell it a number of times and can't)
CM Trigger Z - Browns white LED, purple ducky shine caps - 100% programmable with 5 layers, NON STANDARD SPACEBAR - They so nearly got it right.

Not pictured:

A87 ps2avr - waiting for matte purple NS87 case to arrive pretty pumped about this. PCB/parts etc. is ready
Goldtouch numpad
All the alps boards I haven't yet bought (Like alps a lot at the moment, got my eye on an SGI Granite keyboard)
















Keycaps (need to sort my box, but off the top of my head):

IMSTO Blanks two tone grey
IMSTO Blanks light blue
Cherry DS WoB full set
Cherry DS Beige full winkerless set (ISO)
GMK Purple mods
GMK CMYK
Miami base, mods, tsangan
Hyperfuse DSA base, mods, tsangan, numpad
Hyperfuse DCS base, mods, tsangan, numpad
Calm Depths
Nostalgia

I have another couple of cherry sets, but apparently I can't find them :S

[CPTBadAss]

I like that Skidata board. The layout always made me smile and I like the color scheme.

What are you currently typing on? And what do you think of that CM Storm aluminum top board?

[margo baggins]

I am currently using my poker, The only boards I ever really use are my poker II, hhkb and the quickfire TK. Quickfire TK usually lives in my office as I need UK ISO layout for work, and sometimes numpad - though, considering getting a lightsaver from originative to get a similar great layout and then use that at work.

The CM MECH is just too massive, it's nice, but, it barely fits on my desk! Feature rich though, 100% programmable, the Trigger Z (pictured with purple caps) is also 100% programmable - which I think is awesome for retail boards. The quickfire TK is hard modded to have left control and caps lock swapped.

edit: the flash on my camera really does make pictures look rubbish. One day, I might learn how to actually take alright pictures

[dustinhxc]

Beautiful Nostalgia! 

[tricheboars]

a year or so ago i would have been buck wild seeing another skidata board.  i use to really lust after the skidata boards with the trackballs in the top right corner.  the color scheme and the compact g81 cherry layout is just titties.

damn dude that CM Mech is friggin huge. pretty cool looking and i dont usually like CM's design language.  that thing would be badass to have in a garage/workshop/etc.  it has that hard industrial feel to it.  find a use for that monster!

also, no model m? hmm. weird. usually when people amass a collection of boards like this they always have a model m in the mix. i know i do...

[CPTBadAss]

Quickfire TK usually lives in my office as I need UK ISO layout for work, and sometimes numpad - though, considering getting a lightsaver from originative to get a similar great layout and then use that at work.

I get that. I've gotta have a full-size at work.

The CM MECH is just too massive, it's nice, but, it barely fits on my desk! Feature rich though, 100% programmable, the Trigger Z (pictured with purple caps) is also 100% programmable - which I think is awesome for retail boards. The quickfire TK is hard modded to have left control and caps lock swapped.

Huh I didn't realize that CM had fully programmable software. That's cool though.

the flash on my camera really does make pictures look rubbish.

Gotta get more lightning besides just your flash. Perhaps wait for the sunlight our get more lamps.

[pbtforever]

Where did you get the bright blue spacebar and other colorful modifier keys?

[margo baggins]

Where did you get the bright blue spacebar and other colorful modifier keys?

Ivanivanovich's CMYK group buy for the mods, and the space bar is from miami tsangan kit

[Puddsy]

Skidata boards are cool. I think I need one.

[pbtforever]

Skidata boards are cool. I think I need one.

Thanks!

[Oobly]

Beautiful Nostalgia! 

+1... Poker with Nostalgia set looks fantastic. Waiting for my own set to arrive... 2nd favourite keycap set. I'll most likely put the Cherry Legends set on my Pure for keeps when that arrives, though, it's just the most beautiful set I've seen.

[rowdy]

Nice collection, nice variety

[margo baggins]

Nice collection, nice variety

Thanks 

No yellow though

I'm not going to get anything mx for a while I don't think, well, I might build a few things, but I want to get more old alps boards.

[rowdy]

Nice collection, nice variety

Thanks 

No yellow though

I'm not going to get anything mx for a while I don't think, well, I might build a few things, but I want to get more old alps boards.

Yellow shifts on the G80

[YuukiHaruto]

Where is your Trigger Z  . I have both the MECH (blues) and the Trigger Z (browns)  )

[margo baggins]

Where is your Trigger Z  . I have both the MECH (blues) and the Trigger Z (browns)  )

It's top left in the pictures! Has bright purple caps on it

Mine is also browns, and my MECH is blues

[Photekq]

I want that 1192 sooooo much. Nice collection man.

[YuukiHaruto]

Where is your Trigger Z  . I have both the MECH (blues) and the Trigger Z (browns)  )

It's top left in the pictures! Has bright purple caps on it

Mine is also browns, and my MECH is blues

Hard to tell with purple caps 

Ha, we have the same CM Storm keyboards  Browns for Trigger Z and Blues for MECH

[margo baggins]

I want that 1192 sooooo much. Nice collection man.

Thanks brother,

It's a really cool board, it even has a little speaker inside that makes a little electrical click for every key stroke, can also be disabled, but  I quite like the sound, unlike anything else

[margo baggins]

I have a couple of new boards I need to take pictures of - but a couple aren't here still, but, this is here,



Just about the luckiest guy alive - Thanks Bunnylake you hero, here is my little 60% alps board that my dreams were made of Caps that are on there don't quite fit, I think I maybe have a set that I might be able to make fit, but, I finally have me a proper korean custom, that's a 60%, in a swanky case, and it's ALPS. Life = made. Also finally got a G80-3000 - hasn't arrived yet, but it has doubleshots and the model number makes me believe it has clears on it. ISO though not ANSI, but have been hankering after a 3000 since forever. And still waiting on my NS87 case from GON. And still working on my ghetto 60% board - matrix is done need to wire in the controller and get some firmwares on there.

[margo baggins]

Some nice pictures of some of my boards! I have bought a new camera so I am going to start getting some better pictures of my boards, up first is the little boards









The board in the hammer case has montery blue switches, ducky mini is in one of the $60 60% cases, I stole all the stock bits off the plastic tray for authenticity

[dustinhxc]

Some nice pictures of some of my boards! I have bought a new camera so I am going to start getting some better pictures of my boards, up first is the little boards

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The board in the hammer case has montery blue switches, ducky mini is in one of the $60 60% cases, I stole all the stock bits off the plastic tray for authenticity

4 beautiful boards man!   Love the Ducky Mini! Looks like mine

[absyrd]

The board in the hammer case has montery blue switches,

Nice. What PCB did you use for that? Constant hunt for caps?

[margo baggins]

The board in the hammer case has montery blue switches,

Nice. What PCB did you use for that? Constant hunt for caps?

It's a duck V1.5 (I think 1.5) - yeah that set is cobled together off all the big alps boards I have here - it's mismatch But - I actually have 2 SGI granite boards incoming - and the caps off that are a perfect fit so I will have a proper capset for it soon Just need the guy to post the boards!

Thanks Dustin!

[margo baggins]

My new toy - KMAC Happy



Just finished putting it together.

[rowdy]

^ Very like the case - is it that deep, glowing red in real life?

[margo baggins]

^ Very like the case - is it that deep, glowing red in real life?

I'm not so great at taking pitctures but I did spend a while on that one trying to make it look the same in front of my screen and in my screen so that should be a pretty good representation of the colour. It really is a wonderful keyboard I absolutely love it!

[dustinhxc]

My new toy - KMAC Happy

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Just finished putting it together.

WHOA, That red is quite cool man. Have'nt seen many beside Silver. Also sweet Buddha!

[SSIPAK]

My new toy - KMAC Happy

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Just finished putting it together.

ooo sexy! congrats on that awesome keyboard

[MythicalWagyu]

My new toy - KMAC Happy

Just finished putting it together.

One day I will have a sick custom board to send your way; I'm already debating sending my HHKB to fix the right half 
Congrats on the new Korean custom, looks beautiful even naked! 
What camera did you get?

[margo baggins]

Thanks guys

Last night I finished putting the LED in my GON



The camera I got is prehistoric! Haha, Canon 20D - It didn't cost me very much money though and it is less than 9k on the shuttercount so it's alright for learning with. Hopefully one day my pictures will get better!

I don't really have any caps for the happy at the moment - I had those purple and WoB cherry on there until I took them off for this board. I think Dolch is going to go on the happy when it arrives

[nobee]

Thanks guys

Last night I finished putting the LED in my GON

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The camera I got is prehistoric! Haha, Canon 20D - It didn't cost me very much money though and it is less than 9k on the shuttercount so it's alright for learning with. Hopefully one day my pictures will get better!

I don't really have any caps for the happy at the moment - I had those purple and WoB cherry on there until I took them off for this board. I think Dolch is going to go on the happy when it arrives :)

That looks incredible! I've always wanted a purple themed keyboard. Where did you get the WoB cherry?
   

[CPTBadAss]

Hehehe, another lover of Alps I see . I like that 60% Duck with the Hammer case. I've gotta try to hunt down all the parts myself.

[b7ad]

Such a beautiful GON Margo. The WoB cherry's + purple mods combo looks insanely good!

[nobee]

Seriously. Now I'm sad I missed out on the purple gmk mods group buy.

[margo baggins]

Thanks guys

Last night I finished putting the LED in my GON

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The camera I got is prehistoric! Haha, Canon 20D - It didn't cost me very much money though and it is less than 9k on the shuttercount so it's alright for learning with. Hopefully one day my pictures will get better!

I don't really have any caps for the happy at the moment - I had those purple and WoB cherry on there until I took them off for this board. I think Dolch is going to go on the happy when it arrives :)

That looks incredible! I've always wanted a purple themed keyboard. Where did you get the WoB cherry?
   

Thanks bro :) I'm not sure you know, I've had them ages, I think I boguht them off hashbaz when I was a noob a few years ago.

Hehehe, another lover of Alps I see :D. I like that 60% Duck with the Hammer case. I've gotta try to hunt down all the parts myself.

YES :D I hope to have a kingsaver one day, but thats probably day dreaming. The 60 is nice except those horrible mismatch caps, I got 2 SGI Granite keyboards, but they are at someone's house, been waiting for them to post them to me for a long time, hopefully they will post them sooon, then I will have a matching cap set (and more alps keyboards hehe)

Such a beautiful GON Margo. The WoB cherry's + purple mods combo looks insanely good!

Thanks bro :)

[nobee]

Thanks guys

Last night I finished putting the LED in my GON

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The camera I got is prehistoric! Haha, Canon 20D - It didn't cost me very much money though and it is less than 9k on the shuttercount so it's alright for learning with. Hopefully one day my pictures will get better!

I don't really have any caps for the happy at the moment - I had those purple and WoB cherry on there until I took them off for this board. I think Dolch is going to go on the happy when it arrives :)

That looks incredible! I've always wanted a purple themed keyboard. Where did you get the WoB cherry?
   

Thanks bro :) I'm not sure you know, I've had them ages, I think I boguht them off hashbaz when I was a noob a few years ago.

You've inspired me to start chasing those caps now. I already found the WoB cherry caps from hwood34's scavenged Cherry G81s. I just need a compatible spacebar and those beautiful GMK purple mods!! I hope you're still taking orders by the time I find them because who knows how long I'll be able to acquire those mods! :/

See what you've done by posting your fantastic looking work? :P

[margo baggins]

Thanks guys

Last night I finished putting the LED in my GON

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The camera I got is prehistoric! Haha, Canon 20D - It didn't cost me very much money though and it is less than 9k on the shuttercount so it's alright for learning with. Hopefully one day my pictures will get better!

I don't really have any caps for the happy at the moment - I had those purple and WoB cherry on there until I took them off for this board. I think Dolch is going to go on the happy when it arrives :)

That looks incredible! I've always wanted a purple themed keyboard. Where did you get the WoB cherry?
   

Thanks bro :) I'm not sure you know, I've had them ages, I think I boguht them off hashbaz when I was a noob a few years ago.

You've inspired me to start chasing those caps now. I already found the WoB cherry caps from hwood34's scavenged Cherry G81s. I just need a compatible spacebar and those beautiful GMK purple mods!! I hope you're still taking orders by the time I find them because who knows how long I'll be able to acquire those mods! :/

See what you've done by posting your fantastic looking work? :P

My WoB set is actually junk haha, I gave some of the numpad caps to a friend who needed them to complete a set (as I don't use full size boards) and the bottom row is funny as it's off a G81 too - so is the space bar. I bought the purple mods way back when just so that I had a working TKL set with the WoB. They are also mirror shiny hehe. But I love them. Right shift of the mods also has a shiny pinky sized dot on it as I've used these caps so much. I used to have them on my work keyboard, and that spells out disaster for keycaps. I manage to make caps shine fast anyway, but on my work driver, I am sat there typing for 10 or so hours a day, so they shine up real quick! Currently have a rubbish CM keyboard with stock caps on at work :D I got a couple of beige sets too, winkey and winkeyless ISO, but no ANSI beige, and no ISO WoB.

I'm glad I've inspired someone :)

I actually did some more work on the GON last night, and put MOAR LEDs underneath the pcb as I wasn't happy with the light distribution along the front strip, along the back I've absolutely nailed it and there is no hotspots just a lovely band of illuminated purple. This keyboard has something rediculous like 130 or 140 LED in it haha. Need to put a couple more in the sides which I'll do at some point. But today I have to re-do some of the electrics in my house, put some shelves up and fit some new taps! So I don't think today will be that day. Public holiday though in the UK tomorrow :D

[nobee]

Thanks guys

Last night I finished putting the LED in my GON

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The camera I got is prehistoric! Haha, Canon 20D - It didn't cost me very much money though and it is less than 9k on the shuttercount so it's alright for learning with. Hopefully one day my pictures will get better!

I don't really have any caps for the happy at the moment - I had those purple and WoB cherry on there until I took them off for this board. I think Dolch is going to go on the happy when it arrives :)

That looks incredible! I've always wanted a purple themed keyboard. Where did you get the WoB cherry?
   

Thanks bro :) I'm not sure you know, I've had them ages, I think I boguht them off hashbaz when I was a noob a few years ago.

You've inspired me to start chasing those caps now. I already found the WoB cherry caps from hwood34's scavenged Cherry G81s. I just need a compatible spacebar and those beautiful GMK purple mods!! I hope you're still taking orders by the time I find them because who knows how long I'll be able to acquire those mods! :/

See what you've done by posting your fantastic looking work? :P

My WoB set is actually junk haha, I gave some of the numpad caps to a friend who needed them to complete a set (as I don't use full size boards) and the bottom row is funny as it's off a G81 too - so is the space bar. I bought the purple mods way back when just so that I had a working TKL set with the WoB. They are also mirror shiny hehe. But I love them. Right shift of the mods also has a shiny pinky sized dot on it as I've used these caps so much. I used to have them on my work keyboard, and that spells out disaster for keycaps. I manage to make caps shine fast anyway, but on my work driver, I am sat there typing for 10 or so hours a day, so they shine up real quick! Currently have a rubbish CM keyboard with stock caps on at work :D I got a couple of beige sets too, winkey and winkeyless ISO, but no ANSI beige, and no ISO WoB.

I'm glad I've inspired someone :)

I actually did some more work on the GON last night, and put MOAR LEDs underneath the pcb as I wasn't happy with the light distribution along the front strip, along the back I've absolutely nailed it and there is no hotspots just a lovely band of illuminated purple. This keyboard has something rediculous like 130 or 140 LED in it haha. Need to put a couple more in the sides which I'll do at some point. But today I have to re-do some of the electrics in my house, put some shelves up and fit some new taps! So I don't think today will be that day. Public holiday though in the UK tomorrow :D

MOAR LEDs! Seriously, purple is my colour. I love that GON so much! It's the nicest purple themed board I've seen yet. And I didn't even like LEDs before!

[margo baggins]

Thanks guys

Last night I finished putting the LED in my GON

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The camera I got is prehistoric! Haha, Canon 20D - It didn't cost me very much money though and it is less than 9k on the shuttercount so it's alright for learning with. Hopefully one day my pictures will get better!

I don't really have any caps for the happy at the moment - I had those purple and WoB cherry on there until I took them off for this board. I think Dolch is going to go on the happy when it arrives :)

That looks incredible! I've always wanted a purple themed keyboard. Where did you get the WoB cherry?
   

Thanks bro :) I'm not sure you know, I've had them ages, I think I boguht them off hashbaz when I was a noob a few years ago.

You've inspired me to start chasing those caps now. I already found the WoB cherry caps from hwood34's scavenged Cherry G81s. I just need a compatible spacebar and those beautiful GMK purple mods!! I hope you're still taking orders by the time I find them because who knows how long I'll be able to acquire those mods! :/

See what you've done by posting your fantastic looking work? :P

My WoB set is actually junk haha, I gave some of the numpad caps to a friend who needed them to complete a set (as I don't use full size boards) and the bottom row is funny as it's off a G81 too - so is the space bar. I bought the purple mods way back when just so that I had a working TKL set with the WoB. They are also mirror shiny hehe. But I love them. Right shift of the mods also has a shiny pinky sized dot on it as I've used these caps so much. I used to have them on my work keyboard, and that spells out disaster for keycaps. I manage to make caps shine fast anyway, but on my work driver, I am sat there typing for 10 or so hours a day, so they shine up real quick! Currently have a rubbish CM keyboard with stock caps on at work :D I got a couple of beige sets too, winkey and winkeyless ISO, but no ANSI beige, and no ISO WoB.

I'm glad I've inspired someone :)

I actually did some more work on the GON last night, and put MOAR LEDs underneath the pcb as I wasn't happy with the light distribution along the front strip, along the back I've absolutely nailed it and there is no hotspots just a lovely band of illuminated purple. This keyboard has something rediculous like 130 or 140 LED in it haha. Need to put a couple more in the sides which I'll do at some point. But today I have to re-do some of the electrics in my house, put some shelves up and fit some new taps! So I don't think today will be that day. Public holiday though in the UK tomorrow :D

MOAR LEDs! Seriously, purple is my colour. I love that GON so much! It's the nicest purple themed board I've seen yet. And I didn't even like LEDs before!

It's not finished yet :) Waiting on the bro set, and a purple 420, then my purple themed board is done ;)

Orange is my favourite colour, but I have a lot of orange things and purple is a close second, that's why I went purple with this one. It's also the first board I've built for myself so I thought it would be good to actually have a theme for it. The lock lights (caps and num) on this board are orange, Just to break the purple up a bit, they look awesome but I can't get a decent picture yet.

[nobee]

Thanks guys

Last night I finished putting the LED in my GON

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The camera I got is prehistoric! Haha, Canon 20D - It didn't cost me very much money though and it is less than 9k on the shuttercount so it's alright for learning with. Hopefully one day my pictures will get better!

I don't really have any caps for the happy at the moment - I had those purple and WoB cherry on there until I took them off for this board. I think Dolch is going to go on the happy when it arrives :)

That looks incredible! I've always wanted a purple themed keyboard. Where did you get the WoB cherry?
   

Thanks bro :) I'm not sure you know, I've had them ages, I think I boguht them off hashbaz when I was a noob a few years ago.

You've inspired me to start chasing those caps now. I already found the WoB cherry caps from hwood34's scavenged Cherry G81s. I just need a compatible spacebar and those beautiful GMK purple mods!! I hope you're still taking orders by the time I find them because who knows how long I'll be able to acquire those mods! :/

See what you've done by posting your fantastic looking work? :P

My WoB set is actually junk haha, I gave some of the numpad caps to a friend who needed them to complete a set (as I don't use full size boards) and the bottom row is funny as it's off a G81 too - so is the space bar. I bought the purple mods way back when just so that I had a working TKL set with the WoB. They are also mirror shiny hehe. But I love them. Right shift of the mods also has a shiny pinky sized dot on it as I've used these caps so much. I used to have them on my work keyboard, and that spells out disaster for keycaps. I manage to make caps shine fast anyway, but on my work driver, I am sat there typing for 10 or so hours a day, so they shine up real quick! Currently have a rubbish CM keyboard with stock caps on at work :D I got a couple of beige sets too, winkey and winkeyless ISO, but no ANSI beige, and no ISO WoB.

I'm glad I've inspired someone :)

I actually did some more work on the GON last night, and put MOAR LEDs underneath the pcb as I wasn't happy with the light distribution along the front strip, along the back I've absolutely nailed it and there is no hotspots just a lovely band of illuminated purple. This keyboard has something rediculous like 130 or 140 LED in it haha. Need to put a couple more in the sides which I'll do at some point. But today I have to re-do some of the electrics in my house, put some shelves up and fit some new taps! So I don't think today will be that day. Public holiday though in the UK tomorrow :D

MOAR LEDs! Seriously, purple is my colour. I love that GON so much! It's the nicest purple themed board I've seen yet. And I didn't even like LEDs before!

It's not finished yet :) Waiting on the bro set, and a purple 420, then my purple themed board is done ;)

Orange is my favourite colour, but I have a lot of orange things and purple is a close second, that's why I went purple with this one. It's also the first board I've built for myself so I thought it would be good to actually have a theme for it. The lock lights (caps and num) on this board are orange, Just to break the purple up a bit, they look awesome but I can't get a decent picture yet.

Cool! Can't wait to see the finished product. Hopefully you can get some decent pics of the lock lights on too.

[margo baggins]

Quick picture I just took

[nobee]

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Quick picture I just took

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I never thought orange and purple would look good together, but I actually like this!