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[digi]

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ignore the cherry peasantry ****

When you gonna upgrade that thing to a RF?? You probably have a Mac too...ugh

[demik]

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ignore the cherry peasantry ****

When you gonna upgrade that thing to a RF?? You probably have a Mac too...ugh

SOON DIGI. SOON. IM GONNA PLACE MY MONEY ON RAIDERS WINNING THE SUPERBOWL AND BE RICH.


haha jk ill be living in the dumpster ;_;

[yomammary]

Restored Realforce 86u

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Yea very nice, not sure why we have 87U's...86U is perfect.

When is the last time you used the right-click mouse button keyboard key? :))

What's the difference between the 86U and 87U?

86u = 86 keys
87u = 87 keys

Restored Realforce 86u

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Is the only difference, the bigger spacebar? I like it.

86u has 1.5x ctrl 1x super 1.5x alt 7x space 1.5x alt 1x super 1.5x ctrl, 87u has 1.5x ctrl 1x super 1.5x alt 6x space 1.5x alt 1x super 1x menu 1.5x ctrl

Ah I see.

[keshley]

Restored Realforce 86u

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Yea very nice, not sure why we have 87U's...86U is perfect.

When is the last time you used the right-click mouse button keyboard key? :))

I know I'm probably the outlier here but I use the Menu key literally all the time. Menu key + r is engrained in my brain for opening up the file properties window.

Is that the same as alt+enter? I remember when the Menu and Windows keys showed up on keyboards, and thinking they were dumb at the time, so a lot of the older shortcuts are ingrained for me... but some of the 'new' ones are nicer/easier.

I've used the menu key occasionally, but I don't miss not having it on my current setup. If I wanted another TKL setup, the 86U certainly is attractive.

[Shinryuu]

Guess what I did yesterday

[_PixelNinja]

I really wish PFU would make the dark grey a true black like it appears to be in your photo. Sigh.

[keshley]

Could always disassemble and dye

Trick is to find a black dye that doesn't look blue/purple. The crowd here, as well as the 3d printing crowd seem to like idye poly the best right now. Last time I dyed something with Rit black, it had the purplish hue to it. Going to try idye poly black on some of the 3d printed stuff in the near future. Not going to dye my HHKB though as I like the charcoal color.

[sth]

Could always disassemble and dye

Trick is to find a black dye that doesn't look blue/purple. The crowd here, as well as the 3d printing crowd seem to like idye poly the best right now. Last time I dyed something with Rit black, it had the purplish hue to it. Going to try idye poly black on some of the 3d printed stuff in the near future. Not going to dye my HHKB though as I like the charcoal color.

starting with such a dark case already, dying further black might work out without getting too blue.

[Ngt]

Guess what I did yesterday

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Really nice color combination. Nice choice.

[MJ45]

Could always disassemble and dye

Trick is to find a black dye that doesn't look blue/purple. The crowd here, as well as the 3d printing crowd seem to like idye poly the best right now. Last time I dyed something with Rit black, it had the purplish hue to it. Going to try idye poly black on some of the 3d printed stuff in the near future. Not going to dye my HHKB though as I like the charcoal color.

starting with such a dark case already, dying further black might work out without getting too blue.

It also could ruin your HHKB, the case is ABS plastic that is not as dye friendly as PBT is.

[sth]

Could always disassemble and dye

Trick is to find a black dye that doesn't look blue/purple. The crowd here, as well as the 3d printing crowd seem to like idye poly the best right now. Last time I dyed something with Rit black, it had the purplish hue to it. Going to try idye poly black on some of the 3d printed stuff in the near future. Not going to dye my HHKB though as I like the charcoal color.

starting with such a dark case already, dying further black might work out without getting too blue.

It also could ruin your HHKB, the case is ABS plastic that is not as dye friendly as PBT is.

well would it be ruined or just ugly?

[demik]

What's the difference?

[Air tree]

Could always disassemble and dye

Trick is to find a black dye that doesn't look blue/purple. The crowd here, as well as the 3d printing crowd seem to like idye poly the best right now. Last time I dyed something with Rit black, it had the purplish hue to it. Going to try idye poly black on some of the 3d printed stuff in the near future. Not going to dye my HHKB though as I like the charcoal color.

starting with such a dark case already, dying further black might work out without getting too blue.

It also could ruin your HHKB, the case is ABS plastic that is not as dye friendly as PBT is.

well would it be ruined or just ugly?

It could be ruined if you are not very careful, as warping is much more likely with ABS when dying.

I would avoid dying ABS.


Plus dye reacts differently to ABS that it does PBT and could have affects that you didn't want or expect.


Even more risky with a case that you can't replace.

[sth]

 gotcha, that's what I was getting at, whether it would warp the case or just look bad due to the dye not
'taking'.

[keshley]

Which is why you always do a test dying.

I've dyed plenty of plastics with a lower melting temperature than ABS. As has anybody who has done any 3d printing. Its not rocket science guys

Just have to find the right combo.

[keshley]

For the record, ABS is indeed on of the more difficult plastics to dye, but it is dye-able.

[MJ45]

Could always disassemble and dye

Trick is to find a black dye that doesn't look blue/purple. The crowd here, as well as the 3d printing crowd seem to like idye poly the best right now. Last time I dyed something with Rit black, it had the purplish hue to it. Going to try idye poly black on some of the 3d printed stuff in the near future. Not going to dye my HHKB though as I like the charcoal color.

starting with such a dark case already, dying further black might work out without getting too blue.

It also could ruin your HHKB, the case is ABS plastic that is not as dye friendly as PBT is.

well would it be ruined or just ugly?

Have you seen any posts about failed ABS keycap dyeing? ABS cant take heat like PBT and can be melted or warped- deformed in the dyeing process. Just like you don't see ABS dye-sub keycaps. 

@ keshley when you dye up a HHKB make sure you post some pics.

[Air tree]

For the record, ABS is indeed on of the more difficult plastics to dye, but it is dye-able.

It is of course, I just feel one is taking a big risk dying a case that a replacement can't be got. 

[sth]

what about dye options that don't include high heat?

i dont know what the hell i'm talking about here

[keshley]

what about dye options that don't include high heat?

i dont know what the hell i'm talking about here

I believe they call that 'paint' 

[septamber]

Where are the 23u's at?

[_PixelNinja]

what about dye options that don't include high heat?

i dont know what the hell i'm talking about here

I'm not sure Vinyl Dye would work on the HHKB's case...

[Shinryuu]

I really wish PFU would make the dark grey a true black like it appears to be in your photo. Sigh.

Mhh, I'm fine with this dark gray thing. It seems my photo makes it to look darker what it should be and I haven't dyed it or anything. Guess there's a way to dye it somehow but you'll have to be careful because you're dealing with ABS.

[dustinhxc]

Nice 23UB man! Just installed my PEXON cable! Love it. 

[_PixelNinja]

Mhh, I'm fine with this dark gray thing. It seems my photo makes it to look darker what it should be and I haven't dyed it or anything. Guess there's a way to dye it somehow but you'll have to be careful because you're dealing with ABS.

My peeve with the dark grey model is that the blue tint makes it look like a old case bleached from UV exposure. But that's just me; I'm picky like that. Otherwise, yeah — more often than not, in photos, the contrast makes the case look darker than it really is.

[invisuu]

Guess what I did yesterday

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Ooooh so purdy!

[Hypersphere]

Here's my RF87UB55 testing out some keycap combinations:

[Ngt]

Here's my RF87UB55 testing out some keycap combinations:

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Interesting color match. I like it.

[keshley]

Here's my RF87UB55 testing out some keycap combinations:

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That's pretty nice. I wouldn't have attempted to put those colors together, but they go nicely.

[Sed8op8]

Where are the 23u's at?

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very nice 8)

[Kinaesthetic]

I have a random question for y'all, and I dunno if there is any other better place to post it than here.

Does anyone know if the blank/printed HHKB keysets share the same profile as the Realforce keysets? I need a black keyset for the alphas on my RF, and was wondering if these keysets were compatible with the Realforce.

[btctopre]

I have a random question for y'all, and I dunno if there is any other better place to post it than here.

Does anyone know if the blank/printed HHKB keysets share the same profile as the Realforce keysets? I need a black keyset for the alphas on my RF, and was wondering if these keysets were compatible with the Realforce.

same profile, different font though.

[koalapear]

Realforce 87U 55g
with red Reaforce Mods and Pexon cable


HHKB Pro 2
with red Realforce Alphas, Hasu's BT controller, and lubed and silenced using Hypersphere's silencing rings

[rowdy]

Realforce 87U 55g
with red Reaforce Mods and Pexon cable

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HHKB Pro 2
with red Realforce Alphas, Hasu's BT controller, and lubed and silenced using Hypersphere's silencing rings

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Excellent use of the red set across two keyboards!

[yomammary]

That realforce though 

[Karura]

[demik]

That realforce though 

ruined by wrapping alphas

[strict]

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rude af

[sethk_]

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looking really good!

[ekw808]

Realforce 87U 55g
with red Reaforce Mods and Pexon cable

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HHKB Pro 2
with red Realforce Alphas, Hasu's BT controller, and lubed and silenced using Hypersphere's silencing rings

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The red in the HHKB almost made it look like the HHKB HP caps. Nice RF cccombo!

[sundin]

My HHKB with the new PBT spacebar 

[Air tree]

Damn that looks nice.


What clacks are those? I don't think I have seen that colour.   

[sundin]

http://i5.walmartimages.com/dfw/dce07b8c-37b5/k2-_ad0e30e0-2377-43dd-b80a-2689683dd906.v1.jpg

[Joey Quinn]

http://i5.walmartimages.com/dfw/dce07b8c-37b5/k2-_ad0e30e0-2377-43dd-b80a-2689683dd906.v1.jpg

Love it, Xowie did something similar. I actually want to remove the silver on my trophy silver because it looks like it'd be a cool color.

[keshley]

That's why I have one of the white PBT spacebars coming too. Going to do a whole keyset and didn't want the hassle of matching the ABS to the PBT.

I've convinced the GF that she needs a topre board... and wow the full size 55g boards are hard to find. So we're talking about getting a 87UB and a 23UB.

I showed her some of the boards in this thread, think that has helped tipped the decision 

[absyrd]

http://i5.walmartimages.com/dfw/dce07b8c-37b5/k2-_ad0e30e0-2377-43dd-b80a-2689683dd906.v1.jpg

Woah woah woah... you dyed clacks? What color were they to start out with? Or are they k3?

[btctopre]

k3nice.jpg

[deci]

Realforce 87U 55g
with red Reaforce Mods and Pexon cable

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HHKB Pro 2
with red Realforce Alphas, Hasu's BT controller, and lubed and silenced using Hypersphere's silencing rings

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Ohhh very nice.

I like these! 

[sth]

HHKB Pro 2
with red Realforce Alphas, Hasu's BT controller, and lubed and silenced using Hypersphere's silencing rings

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hey all right

[saturnotaku]

10th Anniversary RF87U 55g with XX7 artisan cap. The Miami color scheme complements the board better than I would have expected.

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