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Offline _joe_king

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Hello from MI
« on: Sun, 29 November 2015, 10:07:11 »
Hello gh! I keep hearing about this place in the mech community and had to finally see what all the fuss was about :) I fell into this money pit after typing on a friends ducky and immediately fell in love with mechs. First mech was a buckling spring unicomp m but with my rampant carpal tunnel, my hands would go numb after 20 minutes of typing. I moved to a keycool 87 with reds which I found to be too soft so I desoldered the switches and soldered up some browns while leaving reds on the modifiers apart from the hammerkeys (esc, space, delete) I went with heavier gaterons for those as I cannot simply press those keys like a normal person. Currently waiting on my b.face and working on a custom v60 build for a good friend of mine for Christmas. Also piecing together a phantom kit but that has been put on hold until I finish up the 60 and the b.face.

Hope everyone had a great turkeyday!
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Offline f1xedgear

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Re: Hello from MI
« Reply #1 on: Sun, 29 November 2015, 10:23:07 »
MI = Michigan? I'm from the West Michigan area, currently NOT enjoying the 15ºF temps this morning >:(

I'm also new to the community, and also busy throwing money down the bottomless pit as I build a B.face and hopefully a WhiteFox with Granite round 4 eventually...
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Offline Solo

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Re: Hello from MI
« Reply #2 on: Sun, 29 November 2015, 10:45:19 »
Welcome.

-Another cold MI resident
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Offline _joe_king

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Re: Hello from MI
« Reply #3 on: Sun, 29 November 2015, 14:12:46 »
Quote from: f1xedgear on Sun, 29 November 2015, 10:23:07
MI = Michigan? I'm from the West Michigan area, currently NOT enjoying the 15ºF temps this morning >:(

I'm also new to the community, and also busy throwing money down the bottomless pit as I build a B.face and hopefully a WhiteFox with Granite round 4 eventually...

Correct! I am from the Flint area but currently live down in Three Rivers. I am so excited to get the b.face and solder it up!
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Offline _joe_king

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Re: Hello from MI
« Reply #4 on: Sun, 29 November 2015, 14:13:16 »
Quote from: Soloist on Sun, 29 November 2015, 10:45:19
Welcome.

-Another cold MI resident

Where abouts you from? Over in the Three Rivers/Kalamazoo area myself.
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Offline Waateva

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Re: Hello from MI
« Reply #5 on: Sun, 29 November 2015, 20:26:08 »
Hi Joe, I've seen you a little bit over on /r/MechMarket so welcome fellow Michigander

Quote from: f1xedgear on Sun, 29 November 2015, 10:23:07
MI = Michigan? I'm from the West Michigan area, currently NOT enjoying the 15ºF temps this morning >:(

I'm also new to the community, and also busy throwing money down the bottomless pit as I build a B.face and hopefully a WhiteFox with Granite round 4 eventually...

Rep West MI!  The beer and beaches are awesome but the Evangelicals aren't as awesome here
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Offline _joe_king

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Re: Hello from MI
« Reply #6 on: Sun, 29 November 2015, 20:41:51 »
Quote from: Waateva on Sun, 29 November 2015, 20:26:08
Hi Joe, I've seen you a little bit over on /r/MechMarket so welcome fellow Michigander

Quote from: f1xedgear on Sun, 29 November 2015, 10:23:07
MI = Michigan? I'm from the West Michigan area, currently NOT enjoying the 15ºF temps this morning >:(

I'm also new to the community, and also busy throwing money down the bottomless pit as I build a B.face and hopefully a WhiteFox with Granite round 4 eventually...

Rep West MI!  The beer and beaches are awesome but the Evangelicals aren't as awesome here

Hey thank you! Between that place and this place, I will need a second job....
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Offline rowdy

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Re: Hello from MI
« Reply #7 on: Mon, 30 November 2015, 04:04:01 »
Welcome to Geekhack!

It's amazing how long we can use a membrane keyboard without realising that there is a whole world of mechanical keyboards out there.

Sounds like you have jumped in with both feet, modified your own keyboard already :)

If you haven't yet, head over to the ergonomics section, I suspect there's more than a few threads about carpal tunnel, so you might pick up a few extra tricks.
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Offline _joe_king

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Re: Hello from MI
« Reply #8 on: Mon, 30 November 2015, 11:59:50 »
Quote from: rowdy on Mon, 30 November 2015, 04:04:01
Welcome to Geekhack!

It's amazing how long we can use a membrane keyboard without realising that there is a whole world of mechanical keyboards out there.

Sounds like you have jumped in with both feet, modified your own keyboard already :)

If you haven't yet, head over to the ergonomics section, I suspect there's more than a few threads about carpal tunnel, so you might pick up a few extra tricks.

Thank you and thank you for the heads up! I will have to head that way and see what recommendations I can find that might help.
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