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Offline Paragon19

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New to mechanical
« on: Fri, 05 June 2015, 14:50:11 »
Hey, I just wanted to introduce myself.  I just got my first mechanical keyboard yesterday, a G710+, and in the process of looking up ways to change the LED colors came across and decided to join the forum.

In case anybody is wondering, I specifically chose the G710+ because we use them at my new job, and I liked the idea of getting comfortable with one specific keyboard between work and home.  I'm going to use acetate sheets and a hole punch for the colors on my home keyboard.  My intention is to make all the keys blue except the WASD and arrow keys, which I'm going to make orange, and the ESC key, which will be red.  I'm going with this scheme because it follows a previous DIY setup I had with my old emachine keyboard.  I guess I'm probably doing the F row and numpad in orange too.  We'll see.

Anyway, nice to meet you all.
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Offline Blaise170

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Re: New to mechanical
« Reply #1 on: Fri, 05 June 2015, 16:12:49 »
If you cover the LEDs with plastic the switches may not actuate properly. You'll need to be careful doing so.
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Offline Paragon19

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Re: New to mechanical
« Reply #2 on: Fri, 05 June 2015, 16:21:42 »
Yeah, my intention is to cut out a small square for each with a hole in the middle, and put them behind (above, once installed) the o-rings in each keycap.
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Offline Rotaku

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Re: New to mechanical
« Reply #3 on: Fri, 05 June 2015, 16:58:52 »
Quote from: Paragon19 on Fri, 05 June 2015, 16:21:42
Yeah, my intention is to cut out a small square for each with a hole in the middle, and put them behind (above, once installed) the o-rings in each keycap.
You could always learn how to solder :) i learned after being here for a bit, and it's really a valuable skill, especially if you want to like do switch mods, or even build you own keyboard in the future!
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Offline Paragon19

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Re: New to mechanical
« Reply #4 on: Fri, 05 June 2015, 18:44:54 »
Quote from: Rotaku on Fri, 05 June 2015, 16:58:52
You could always learn how to solder :) i learned after being here for a bit, and it's really a valuable skill, especially if you want to like do switch mods, or even build you own keyboard in the future!

Yeah I'd considered it at first, but the acetate sheets seem like they'll be easier, and I don't like to seriously alter stuff when I have another solution that doesn't require it.
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Offline metal369

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Re: New to mechanical
« Reply #5 on: Fri, 05 June 2015, 21:00:38 »
Nice to meet you!
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Offline rowdy

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Re: New to mechanical
« Reply #6 on: Sun, 07 June 2015, 01:36:30 »
Welcome to Geekhack!

You can get LED colour changers that are small plastic thingies that sit over the LEDs.  They work best with white LEDs - any other colour LED and you'd just end up combining the colours.

There is also this thread where someone did something that sounds similar to what you are planning.
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