Author Topic: What Keyboard Are You Using Now? (Read 2774927 times)

TheNamesTy45 · « **Reply #5850 on:** Sat, 24 February 2018, 11:32:31 »

Constantly swapping, but this is the current setup at home Tina-A, Cherry Silent Red, and GMK Muted. Also ordered a WhiteFox with Hako True switches. I can see that being the daily driver for a while once I receive that in late March / early April.

At work, it's an HHKB Type-S.

Lansky · « **Reply #5851 on:** Sat, 24 February 2018, 12:04:10 »

Quote from: TheNamesTy45 on Sat, 24 February 2018, 11:32:31

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Constantly swapping, but this is the current setup at home Tina-A, Cherry Silent Red, and GMK Muted. Also ordered a WhiteFox with Hako True switches. I can see that being the daily driver for a while once I receive that in late March / early April.

At work, it's an HHKB Type-S.

That's a purrrdy board, very nice!

Worthless_Owl · « **Reply #5852 on:** Sat, 24 February 2018, 14:08:52 »

Stock HHKB
AEKII with Damped White Alps
"Thick Paper Modded" Costar keyboard with Fukka Switches

Used in rotation according to my mood

Have some vintages to restore, a Model M from a Wheelwriter and an unknown Alps SKFS keyboard. And an orange Alps build in progress.

nogoodnames444 · « **Reply #5853 on:** Sat, 24 February 2018, 14:44:25 »

A shine 6 with blues that actually feels really nice everyone says they suck but this one feels really good so did I get a good batch of blues or what??

gorauskas · « **Reply #5854 on:** Sat, 24 February 2018, 17:03:33 »

A custom build:

Lambo case
GH60 PCB
Gateron Green switches
SA Dasher Keycaps

fohat.digs · « **Reply #5855 on:** Sun, 25 February 2018, 09:32:44 »

This bizarre behemoth:

zslane · « **Reply #5856 on:** Sun, 25 February 2018, 11:09:51 »

Current home keyboard:

Silenced Norbatouch (Space Station White) & Plum Numpad with /dev/tty keycaps.

Techno Trousers · « **Reply #5857 on:** Sun, 25 February 2018, 12:40:50 »

Quote from: fohat.digs on Sun, 25 February 2018, 09:32:44

This bizarre behemoth:

Did you dye those enter keys, Fohat, or is that a standard color offered by Unicomp?

fohat.digs · « **Reply #5858 on:** Sun, 25 February 2018, 12:50:46 »

Quote from: Techno Trousers on Sun, 25 February 2018, 12:40:50

Did you dye those enter keys,

I dyed them, using old-batch RIT "dark green" but they came out with a significant teal blue undertone.

Techno Trousers · « **Reply #5859 on:** Sun, 25 February 2018, 14:14:18 »

Quote from: fohat.digs on Sun, 25 February 2018, 12:50:46

Quote from: Techno Trousers on Sun, 25 February 2018, 12:40:50

Did you dye those enter keys,

I dyed them, using old-batch RIT "dark green" but they came out with a significant teal blue undertone.

They look great. I wish I could buy a set of modifiers just like that.

Vectrex720 · « **Reply #5860 on:** Sun, 25 February 2018, 16:43:22 »

Rob27shred · « **Reply #5861 on:** Sun, 25 February 2018, 18:31:36 »

Finally did the dome swap to BKE redux extremes, lubed & silenced this. The change is extreme to say the least, I am really liking it though. Also the lubing & silencing really tightened the board up, no more rattly stabs!

My only concern is I used the KeyClack silencing rings & I haven't heard great things about them TBH. I used a tiny bit of lube to kinda glue them to the sliders, fingers crossed they hold. So far so good, but it is very early on. I will say they are doing an amazing job of silencing the board though. With as thin as they are & as hard of a rebound these domes have I was really expecting it to be louder.

Kapitalist · « **Reply #5862 on:** Sun, 25 February 2018, 21:49:08 »

My daily driver, a Japanese layout Realforce. I work at HORI, a Japanese video game peripheral accessory maker, so I write in Japanese every day. I love this keyboard deeply, it brings me joy every time I touch it's lovely keycaps. Topre for life!

the_fascist · « **Reply #5863 on:** Sun, 25 February 2018, 22:10:15 »

loli bomb · « **Reply #5864 on:** Sun, 25 February 2018, 22:14:21 »

Qisan Magicforce 86-key with Cherry MX browns

Dwarlorf · « **Reply #5865 on:** Mon, 26 February 2018, 04:04:29 »

Just finished this (still needs some firmware tweaking).

Specs:
Banana Split v2 ISO
DSA keycaps (WAN) from pimpmykeyboard
Cherry Blacks with SpritDesign 60s springs
Cherry reds (arrows and space bars)
Cherry black - clear top with SpritDesign 85s spring (FN key)
Cool Jazz anode aluminium shell gh60 / poker 60 / dz60 (titanium grey) case

actualglacier · « **Reply #5866 on:** Mon, 26 February 2018, 09:31:58 »

TX-CP with lubed silent blacks, probably going to be on my desk for a while!

bmilcs · « **Reply #5867 on:** Mon, 26 February 2018, 09:50:50 »

Quote from: TheNamesTy45 on Sat, 24 February 2018, 11:32:31

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Constantly swapping, but this is the current setup at home Tina-A, Cherry Silent Red, and GMK Muted. Also ordered a WhiteFox with Hako True switches. I can see that being the daily driver for a while once I receive that in late March / early April.

At work, it's an HHKB Type-S.

This is beautiful. Well done.

I really, really wish I preferred typing on GMK over Enjoypbt, etc. My wallet does not. Maybe my future builds with 65g springs will make them more appealing.

bmilcs · « **Reply #5868 on:** Mon, 26 February 2018, 10:00:33 »

Quote from: emenelopee on Wed, 21 February 2018, 23:59:20

This!

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https://imgur.com/a/PMHg3

Sick

I'm jealous of your ability too take your idea to final product. Well done.

Do you like helping others out and readily available via discord? skype? SMS? I have the aptitude for this type of hobbyist activity, but could use some direction

emenelopee · « **Reply #5869 on:** Mon, 26 February 2018, 13:37:26 »

Thanking you kindly, bmilcs. It's nowhere near a final product for the general population, but it servers my purposes nicely.

Sure, I'd be happy to give you a few pointers from the things I learned. While this is my first keyboard and my first fully fledged self made(ish) project, I didn't learn all of this from scratch. The learning curve is fairly steep (depending on what you want to get done) but results are quick. Feel free to drop me a question in the build thread:

here: https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=92648.0
or here: https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=94075.0

rich1051414 · « **Reply #5870 on:** Mon, 26 February 2018, 15:31:45 »

Quote from: bmilcs on Mon, 26 February 2018, 10:00:33

Quote from: emenelopee on Wed, 21 February 2018, 23:59:20
This!

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https://imgur.com/a/PMHg3

Sick

I'm jealous of your ability too take your idea to final product. Well done.

Do you like helping others out and readily available via discord? skype? SMS? I have the aptitude for this type of hobbyist activity, but could use some direction

Same here. I have wanted a keyboard with a left numpad, right nav cluster for a long time, if I had the tools and skills of that guy, I could do it. But alas, I can't design PCB's beyond bread board prototypes, and I would be totally unimpressed by rat's nesting it. I also don't own a laser cutter or mill, so I don't really have a way to make a case worth a damn.

The reason I want one though is because it frees mouse real estate without losing the numpad. Maybe it is because I am weird, but such an idea is really attractive to me.

Jae-3soteric · « **Reply #5871 on:** Mon, 26 February 2018, 17:09:28 »

Noxary 268AG with GMK muted and Zilent switches

https://www.reddit.com/r/MechanicalKeyboards/comments/80hfrh/noxary_268ag_gmk_muted_zilents/?st=JE4U062R&sh=44e5696e

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emenelopee · « **Reply #5872 on:** Tue, 27 February 2018, 00:02:46 »

Quote from: rich1051414 on Mon, 26 February 2018, 15:31:45

The reason I want one though is because it frees mouse real estate without losing the numpad. Maybe it is because I am weird, but such an idea is really attractive to me.

That's exactly what started me on this project. I have no idea why there are not more left handed keyboards around, it works so well for right hand users, but if there were more around I wouldn't have had the pleasure. Necessity is the mother of all invention, and all that.

Snowdog993 · « **Reply #5873 on:** Tue, 27 February 2018, 19:51:06 »

The same one on a clean desk.

mudcakehoney · « **Reply #5874 on:** Tue, 27 February 2018, 20:04:03 »

Have been running this guy back and forth from work lately, he thocks nicely with the wood and 67g Zealios and looks pretty great in any situation. They’re calling it my Tim Tam cos it looks like a mint choc crunchy dessert

UsualSuspectXXX · « **Reply #5875 on:** Tue, 27 February 2018, 21:15:14 »

Quote from: mudcakehoney on Tue, 27 February 2018, 20:04:03

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Have been running this guy back and forth from work lately, he thocks nicely with the wood and 67g Zealios and looks pretty great in any situation. They’re calling it my Tim Tam cos it looks like a mint choc crunchy dessert

Looks awesome man!

invariance · « **Reply #5876 on:** Thu, 01 March 2018, 02:33:24 »

For this month I'm using my Wyse 85.
Now the fun of adjusting to an iso layout and not using the numpad as it has some original application stickers on it.

Kapitalist · « **Reply #5877 on:** Fri, 02 March 2018, 14:33:06 »

Just finished building this one, HHKB with Mitchcapped glitter resin mods:

TheNamesTy45 · « **Reply #5878 on:** Sat, 03 March 2018, 20:16:48 »

Quote from: Kapitalist on Fri, 02 March 2018, 14:33:06

Just finished building this one, HHKB with Mitchcapped glitter resin mods:

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Freaking beautiful.

zslane · « **Reply #5879 on:** Sun, 04 March 2018, 11:45:37 »

I finally finished painting the case top of (one of) my Realforce RGB boards white, and now after two and a half years I finally have my Round 6 Honeywell keyboard:

Sup · « **Reply #5880 on:** Sun, 04 March 2018, 12:03:18 »

HHKB Pro 1 Rev A1 2003

emenelopee · « **Reply #5881 on:** Sun, 04 March 2018, 13:45:22 »

Quote from: zslane on Sun, 04 March 2018, 11:45:37

I finally finished painting the case top of (one of) my Realforce RGB boards white, and now after two and a half years I finally have my Round 6 Honeywell keyboard:

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Now that is nice. And a bold manoeuvre with the black numpad.

Jae-3soteric · « **Reply #5882 on:** Sun, 04 March 2018, 14:20:21 »

Quote from: zslane on Sun, 04 March 2018, 11:45:37

I finally finished painting the case top of (one of) my Realforce RGB boards white, and now after two and a half years I finally have my Round 6 Honeywell keyboard:

(Attachment Link)

Love the Black numpad with the rest of the setup man

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Techno Trousers · « **Reply #5883 on:** Sun, 04 March 2018, 17:40:05 »

Quote from: Jon_Flynn on Sun, 04 March 2018, 14:20:21

Love the Black numpad with the rest of the setup man

I wish white on black was being run in round 7.

Jae-3soteric · « **Reply #5884 on:** Sun, 04 March 2018, 18:30:02 »

Quote from: Techno Trousers on Sun, 04 March 2018, 17:40:05

Quote from: Jon_Flynn on Sun, 04 March 2018, 14:20:21
Love the Black numpad with the rest of the setup man
I wish white on black was being run in round 7.

I wish we knew if R7 was even happening...

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zslane · « **Reply #5885 on:** Sun, 04 March 2018, 18:46:33 »

Quote from: emenelopee on Sun, 04 March 2018, 13:45:22

Quote from: zslane on Sun, 04 March 2018, 11:45:37
I finally finished painting the case top of (one of) my Realforce RGB boards white, and now after two and a half years I finally have my Round 6 Honeywell keyboard:

(Attachment Link)

Now that is nice. And a bold manoeuvre with the black numpad.

As bold as Honeywell themselves!

Chevy_Monsenhor · « **Reply #5886 on:** Mon, 05 March 2018, 05:30:53 »

I'm at work, so i'm using my Lenovo Enhanced i brought from home, very decent rubber domes for a work daily imo.
And yes, its labeled because people tried to steal it before, because all the keyboards on the hall i work at are considerably worse than this one.

Blaise170 · « **Reply #5887 on:** Mon, 05 March 2018, 13:55:30 »

Even though I'm usually not much on the "gamer" aesthetic, I saw this one a few years ago and put it on a wishlist. Just ordered it and it is extremely good quality for the price. Paid right at $50 for it, comes with Cherry MX Red. Unfortunately it uses a weird bottom row, but there are enough keysets out there now that I'm sure I can find replacements at some point. It reminds me a lot of Diablo.

emenelopee · « **Reply #5888 on:** Mon, 05 March 2018, 23:08:14 »

As a quick little folly, I swapped out the browns in my Anne Pro for Kailh Jades to see what all the fuss was about. While I was at it I thought I'd make use of the nice cyan backlight by adding some grey caps and grey gaffer tape on the case.

The most basic of mods but I like it - it went from being hardly used to a clicking clacking bluetooth pleasure. Grey is an underused colour and I love colour blocked objects.

Techno Trousers · « **Reply #5889 on:** Tue, 06 March 2018, 10:45:25 »

Box Jades 4 life!

Zobeid Zuma · « **Reply #5890 on:** Tue, 06 March 2018, 22:29:21 »

http://zobeid.zapto.org/image/keeb/Zo65-14.jpg

TheVan Banana Split 60 pcb
KBDfans 5° case
Kailh BOX Burnt Orange switches
Sorbothane® backing
PMK dye-sub PBT G20 keycaps

This could be endgame for me. It really is sweet.

Dwarlorf · « **Reply #5891 on:** Wed, 07 March 2018, 10:01:00 »

Quote from: emenelopee on Mon, 05 March 2018, 23:08:14

As a quick little folly, I swapped out the browns in my Anne Pro for Kailh Jades to see what all the fuss was about. While I was at it I thought I'd make use of the nice cyan backlight by adding some grey caps and grey gaffer tape on the case.

The most basic of mods but I like it - it went from being hardly used to a clicking clacking bluetooth pleasure. Grey is an underused colour and I love colour blocked objects.

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It looks really nice. Basic yet fancy.

emenelopee · « **Reply #5892 on:** Wed, 07 March 2018, 14:09:13 »

I was going for "rugged" =(

dubious · « **Reply #5893 on:** Wed, 07 March 2018, 14:52:25 »

Quote from: Kapitalist on Fri, 02 March 2018, 14:33:06

Just finished building this one, HHKB with Mitchcapped glitter resin mods:

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That's some pile you got there

jdcarpe · « **Reply #5894 on:** Wed, 07 March 2018, 14:54:39 »

Quote from: emenelopee on Mon, 05 March 2018, 23:08:14

As a quick little folly, I swapped out the browns in my Anne Pro for Kailh Jades to see what all the fuss was about. While I was at it I thought I'd make use of the nice cyan backlight by adding some grey caps and grey gaffer tape on the case.

The most basic of mods but I like it - it went from being hardly used to a clicking clacking bluetooth pleasure. Grey is an underused colour and I love colour blocked objects.

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I really like those PBT backlit keycaps. I bought a set in white from Amazon, and I'm using them on my white case WASD CODE keyboard at home. I thought they would feel cheap, but they are actually not bad!

Dwarlorf · « **Reply #5895 on:** Thu, 08 March 2018, 05:52:40 »

Quote from: emenelopee on Wed, 07 March 2018, 14:09:13

I was going for "rugged" =(

Cultural differences maybe? Or I have no clue about design (since no one seems to like my keyboard

).

Anyways, what matters is that I like yours.

emenelopee · « **Reply #5896 on:** Thu, 08 March 2018, 13:09:03 »

!

mudcakehoney · « **Reply #5897 on:** Sat, 10 March 2018, 01:22:36 »

Had about an 8 hour session in Vermintide2 today and the CA66 handled it like a boss. The quick and heavy BOX oranges were a pleasure to use and helped me kill thousands of treacherous rats and other creatures. SA is definitely my favourite gaming profile when matched with a nice stiff switch

Kapitalist · « **Reply #5898 on:** Sun, 11 March 2018, 15:55:22 »

I randomly ordered some Tao-Hai Miami doubleshot keycaps from Massdrop a couple months ago and they arrived this week - so I bought a full-size iKBC cherry red board on Amazon for 50 bucks to stick em on. It's actually a really nice board for the price! Clean, solid, and feels great - especially after I added some o-rings.

Then something amazing happened!

Right as this was coming in Sludgekidd did an artisan RNG raffle on instagram and I got an invoice. We could choose our preferences, but got this bub that wasn't in the colorway options he listed. Turns out he made two "Zombub" cap and only sent out one. The amazing thing is that it matches my Miami caps perfectly!! So lucky!! Thank you to Sludgekidd, a really rad dude.

UsualSuspectXXX · « **Reply #5899 on:** Sun, 11 March 2018, 17:01:05 »

My second planck

Lubed & stickered vintage blacks
Sip sockets
Brass plate

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