So I finally finished my complete Ergo-Clear mod on my White Filco TKL! I believe the whole process took about 15 hours to finish because I had to do some of the activities
TWICE because of mix and matching of the best parts... It was long and tedious but definitely was so much fun and worth it! My first modded keyboard
I apologize ahead of time for some of the potato pics... ISO was at 100 and I took it in a dark room by hand without a tripod and I didn't realize they were out of focus because I was so focused on going back to work on the keyboard
This keyboard is currently composed of:
- White Filco MJ2 Ninja TKL
- Cherry MX Clears w/ KBD 62g springs
- Lime Green switch stickers
- Victorinox oil, Kyrtox grease and oil mix, and Superlube for stabilizers
- Universal TKL aluminum plate
- Imsto Thick PBT w/ Hangul
- F2 Click Clack set
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Used a desoldering iron and soldering wick when needed. So the process took longer than I expected. The solder on the Filco wouldn't melt very well and wouldn't suck up so I had to add Rosin Core solder to every point so that it would melt easier... in other words I had to solder
TWICE as much as I would normally have to... This was probably the most tedious part of the entire process...
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Added back the Brown switches into the universal TKL plate because I wanted to use the newer switch housing from the Browns and only use the Clear stems... so I had to also open every Clear switch too so that I can remove the stems... again I had to do
TWICE the amount of work for this step... Now time to lube the switch housing and stem bottom with some Victorinox lube and the stem sides and slides with Krytox mix
NO I DID NOT USE SUPER LUBE FOR THE SWITCHES
) The Superlube was ued for the stabilizers. Also adding some Lime Green switch stickers.
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Finally the preparation of the switches is done! Hooray... This was process definitely took the most dextrous work and probably also the longest time to do, but it was definitely rewarding.
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Time the solder
AGAIN all the switches to the PCB and Plate! So close to being done!
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