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Offline Porkins

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Built my first custom
« on: Thu, 28 April 2016, 21:53:02 »
My wife has been asking for a keyboard so I decided that instead of buying her one, I would see how difficult building one was.



It wasn't as hard as I thought, but I just did the basics and decided against trying leds on my first build.

Parts consisted of:

A KC60 PCB
Cherry reds
and a universal plate.

All purchased in a DIY kit from mechboards.co.uk.

Sorry for not posting a full build log. It was my first time soldering and my solder joints looked terrible and were not worthy of pictures.

Now I am waiting on my custom cut poly plate to come in and I am going to build myself one.

PS the Q has already been flipped to be right side up.
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Offline Zar7

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Re: Built my first custom
« Reply #1 on: Fri, 29 April 2016, 00:47:24 »
Looks good man! I'm sure she will be happy receiving it. It gives a lot more meaning considering that YOU built it. Kudos to you! :D

How much does the total process costed you? I am about to build my very first 60% keyboard from scratch. Not used with soldering too
so I am a bit nervous of messing up lol.

Nice choice of Cherry MX Reds. Buttery smooth if you lube it just right. :)
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Offline Porkins

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Re: Built my first custom
« Reply #2 on: Fri, 29 April 2016, 09:49:45 »
It cost me around 130 USD for all the keyboard parts. I also had to buy all of the soldering equipment, which was much more than the board.

All in all I think I didn't like 300 USD. I am currently waiting on a second set of parts to come in top build myself a custom.

As far as the soldering concern, I wouldn't be to intimidated. It was not nearly as difficult as I thought it would be. Just take your time and be patient and you'll get the hang of it quick enough.


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Offline Sifo

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Re: Built my first custom
« Reply #3 on: Fri, 29 April 2016, 09:51:44 »
10/10
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Offline Data

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Re: Built my first custom
« Reply #4 on: Fri, 29 April 2016, 12:16:46 »
Nicely done, Porkins.

Your Q key is on its side, and your Z, X, and S keys are upside down.  /OCD

What do you have mapped to that bright red 1.5u key?
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Offline Porkins

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Built my first custom
« Reply #5 on: Fri, 29 April 2016, 12:40:15 »
I flipped them. I put it together with my glasses off and didn't even catch that they in the wrong orientation.

The red blank is the backspace key and the down arrow is the \ | key.


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Offline eohmiller

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Re: Built my first custom
« Reply #6 on: Fri, 13 May 2016, 16:25:32 »
What a good husband(;
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Re: Built my first custom
« Reply #7 on: Fri, 13 May 2016, 20:48:40 »
Quote from: Porkins on Thu, 28 April 2016, 21:53:02
My wife has been asking for a keyboard so I decided that instead of buying her one, I would see how difficult building one was.

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It wasn't as hard as I thought, but I just did the basics and decided against trying leds on my first build.

Parts consisted of:

A KC60 PCB
Cherry reds
and a universal plate.

All purchased in a DIY kit from mechboards.co.uk.

Sorry for not posting a full build log. It was my first time soldering and my solder joints looked terrible and were not worthy of pictures.

Now I am waiting on my custom cut poly plate to come in and I am going to build myself one.

PS the Q has already been flipped to be right side up.
Man that's amazing! Unfortunately my wife doesn't use a PC so I will never get to build her a custom mech. Which disapoints me deeply.
You're a good husband for doing that for your wife, I am sure she will appreciate it!
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Offline Daspartic

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Re: Built my first custom
« Reply #8 on: Fri, 13 May 2016, 21:00:28 »
Quote from: Porkins on Thu, 28 April 2016, 21:53:02
My wife has been asking for a keyboard so I decided that instead of buying her one, I would see how difficult building one was.

Show Image


It wasn't as hard as I thought, but I just did the basics and decided against trying leds on my first build.

Parts consisted of:

A KC60 PCB
Cherry reds

So hot!
and a universal plate.

All purchased in a DIY kit from mechboards.co.uk.

Sorry for not posting a full build log. It was my first time soldering and my solder joints looked terrible and were not worthy of pictures.

Now I am waiting on my custom cut poly plate to come in and I am going to build myself one.

PS the Q has already been flipped to be right side up.
so hot!
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Re: Built my first custom
« Reply #9 on: Fri, 11 November 2016, 05:13:22 »
Sorry I only just found this :P Looks good!
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Offline Vargr

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Re: Built my first custom
« Reply #10 on: Sun, 13 November 2016, 01:02:04 »
I am sure she loves it!
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Offline Jumie

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Re: Built my first custom
« Reply #11 on: Fri, 18 November 2016, 04:17:05 »
Nicely build OP.. I also built one for my wife and she's the clackiest in her office now..
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