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geekhack Community => New Members => Topic started by: gkjsbgsz on Mon, 05 July 2021, 18:16:14

Title: hello from the internet!
Post by: gkjsbgsz on Mon, 05 July 2021, 18:16:14

Hello fellow keyboard enthusiasts!

I have been using mechanical keyboards for a couple years now (ajazz ak33 has been my weapon of choice), but I recently stumbled upon the genre of split, ergonomic, diy keyboards, i.e. corne. I'm quite interested to try, but I'm not ready to spend all the money for making the keyboard myself, from scratch. I was wondering is somebody would be willing to borrow me their keyboard, if I pay for the cost of shipping + add a deposit for the board. If this offer is a ridiculous one - sorry, didn't mean to upset anybody, but I wanted to give the split keyboards a try before I invest all my money into this niche and expensive hobby 😅

Title: Re: hello from the internet!
Post by: MIGHTY CHICKEN on Mon, 05 July 2021, 18:54:10

Welcome to the hobby and geekhack!

Title: Re: hello from the internet!
Post by: gkjsbgsz on Mon, 05 July 2021, 19:06:10

one more side question - what split keyboards would you recommend for a person new to the hobby, that doesn't want to sunk all the money. I have had a quick look at https://mechboards.co.uk/product-category/kits/ and they seem to have kits for the corne keyboard in relatively reasonable prices. What other open source, qmk-compatible, dyi keyboards could recommend for a new starter? :)