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Offline RRongo

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Greetings from London
« on: Sun, 21 August 2016, 23:39:42 »
Hello and greetings,
I'm RRongo, and have been lurking through /r/MK for a few months, today I am taking a step towards hurting my wallet in favour of treating my fingers.
I just ordered a Planck PCB and Plate, and will soon start my first build!
I think I'll get MX blues, but will first try a sampler.
I look forward to assembling that, once they reach me in London.
After browsing through the subreddit, and having seen dozens of links to GH, I thought I would step in and join the party.
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Offline sinetwo

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Re: Greetings from London
« Reply #1 on: Mon, 22 August 2016, 10:10:27 »
Hey, from the UK here as well.

Got any designs?
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Offline PollandAkuma

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Re: Greetings from London
« Reply #2 on: Mon, 22 August 2016, 13:43:59 »
Wow, nice first step! You're bold, unlike me  :D

I've been worrying about throw money at my first mech so much so that I haven't even gotten one...
Have you got any experience soldering? Where did you get your tools? I also wanted to do a custom 40 keyboard, but I was afraid the cost would add up to more than ideal. And I just could not find the perfect switch even though I've looked at a thousand descriptions of them. I need to get that sampler, but at the same time Topre is luring me away :P

Nice to see a fellow Londoner here. Come join the reddit discord channel so we can talk more and exchange memes :)
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Offline sinetwo

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Re: Greetings from London
« Reply #3 on: Mon, 22 August 2016, 14:55:58 »
Pollard, you could just buy a cheap premade and play with that - that's what I did and already I'm ready to DIY :)
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Offline zombimuncha

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Re: Greetings from London
« Reply #4 on: Mon, 22 August 2016, 15:31:31 »
Wow, look at all the Londoners in here all of a sudden. Maybe we should start thinking about a London meetup some time soon.
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Offline RRongo

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Re: Greetings from London
« Reply #5 on: Mon, 22 August 2016, 20:19:00 »
Hello sinetwo, no real designs to speak of, although considering I didn't order a Backplate or midplate for the planck, I thought about have a backplate cut in acrylic, from there I found a decent looking cnc cutter at razorlab.

Fun fact, they offer sheets of a fixed size, so to put it to better use, I added templates for a tkl, and 60% front plate, and a single hand of an ergodox, for later projects (didn't want to waste space).
I have my reservations regarding the materials, as I doubt a 3mm acrylic panel will offer much support. I haven't quite finished it, and might try to add holes for spacers.

As for soldering, I have only a little experience, and am using a rather cheap iron from amazon.
And a London meetup could be nice, I'd love any feedback  :thumb:
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Offline PollandAkuma

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Re: Greetings from London
« Reply #6 on: Tue, 23 August 2016, 12:54:25 »
Quote from: sinetwo on Mon, 22 August 2016, 14:55:58
Pollard, you could just buy a cheap premade and play with that - that's what I did and already I'm ready to DIY :)

Wish I could, but since my money's not mine, I have to make it a one-time purchase (for now). I'm still trying to decide whether 60g is too heavy since I want to try Matias, I want an Atrues so so much.

Can we PLEASE have a London meetup :D Then I can try all your keebs for free   ;D
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Offline rowdy

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Re: Greetings from London
« Reply #7 on: Sun, 28 August 2016, 05:52:18 »
Welcome to Geekhack!

There was talk of a UK meetup, but not in London AFAICR.  Not sure if it eventuated, or if everyone's plans kept changing too much.  There are a few very prominent GH members in the UK, so coordinating a meetup to include them would make it a very interesting meetup indeed!

Using a switch tester is all very well, but won't really give you a feel for typing on a complete board.  Maybe you can find a computer store that will let you try a couple of keyboards.
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Offline sinetwo

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Re: Greetings from London
« Reply #8 on: Sun, 28 August 2016, 06:22:31 »
Your best bet is to ask to try "gamer keyboards" with cherry switches. You should be able to try Brown, blue and maybe red and black.

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Offline RRongo

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Re: Greetings from London
« Reply #9 on: Sun, 28 August 2016, 14:51:53 »
Thanks for the advice, I'll definitely try that.
I've already convinced a few friends to consider getting mechs, so they'll be guinea pigs for my boards.
I've been looking at having acrylic cut to make backplates and cases, and have a friend who's seriously into fighting games, we might split the cost for the panels and make a fightstick at the same time ;D

I noticed that there are a handful of members who run online shops based in the uk, it could be nice to meet them ^-^

Anyway, I'm getting ready for a flight, and when I get home, I suspect many parts will have arrived.
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Offline sinetwo

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Re: Greetings from London
« Reply #10 on: Sun, 28 August 2016, 15:14:45 »
I have a newbie guide on how to make the cheapest arcade stick with sanwa buttons. Check out out http://forums.shoryuken.com/discussion/202199/newbie-guide-venom-ps4-mayflash-v2-full-sanwa-seimitsu-mod-with-octo-for-116-uk-pricing/p1

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Offline RRongo

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Re: Greetings from London
« Reply #11 on: Sun, 28 August 2016, 16:11:20 »
Thanks again, I'll have a look at that back in London. I have the buttons a stick and ps360 board, but rather than a case, I cut holes in a folder, it was a ghetto board :p
Although I might go for a pseudo modular board, bc I like the hitbox layout :)
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