[GB] ComPact SQ - 1800 Inspired [COMPLETE]

[Glissant]

Just picked up my box from the post office. I want to thank Leeku for the amazing turnaround for this group buy. I also want to thank Meiosis for starting the buy for Leeku.
I'm extremely happy with this group buy so far, and I can't wait to build the board. I will be putting it together tonight. Then I'll post some pictures for sure.

http://imgur.com/a/eNhtS

[Steezus]

Need to see if I can get an extra plate and PCB though.  Hoping I can.

Agreed.  I like mine a lot more than I expected.

If I could I would get all three of the tops and another board.

I can't decide on led color.  White, pink or cyan?  Will be using OG cherry beige or OG dolch

I've never seen good cyan LEDs, they always seem way too green and not enough blue. After finally getting them and putting them in my r1 Jane, Sky Blue is my all time favorite with hot pink as second. White is always the Plan B for me when I use a set that wouldn't match well with my first two choices.

[kiwi99]

When you're in your 1.5 hour lecture and your roommate tells you a big box arrived...

[Rodgaroon]

When you're in your 1.5 hour lecture and your roommate tells you a big box arrived...

So what your saying is you got a "snow day"?

[kiwi99]

I walked out of the lecture so I could get started  its here!!!



sip socketting switches right now, about 50% done that then I can get soldering! more pictures to follow it.

[Glissant]

Anybody in Europe feel like donating a spacebar wire for this board?

[azhdar]

Anybody in Europe feel like donating a spacebar wire for this board?

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pm me size of wire and a shipping adress, I'll be at he post office this saturday.

[Rodgaroon]

Anybody in Europe feel like donating a spacebar wire for this board?

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pm me size of wire and a shipping adress, I'll be at he post office this saturday.

Good guy azhdar!  :thumb:

[Rodgaroon]

I walked out of the lecture so I could get started  its here!!!

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sip socketting switches right now, about 50% done that then I can get soldering! more pictures to follow it.

That's the same As I got, DAMN it's sexy! maybe our keyboard can make babies, a 60% perhaps?

[alienman82]

I walked out of the lecture so I could get started  its here!!!

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sip socketting switches right now, about 50% done that then I can get soldering! more pictures to follow it.

That's the same As I got, DAMN it's sexy! maybe our keyboard can make babies, a 60% perhaps?

I got the acrylic bottom for leds, but still that top skin is sweet!

[Rodgaroon]

I walked out of the lecture so I could get started  its here!!!

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sip socketting switches right now, about 50% done that then I can get soldering! more pictures to follow it.

That's the same As I got, DAMN it's sexy! maybe our keyboard can make babies, a 60% perhaps?

I got the acrylic bottom for leds, but still that top skin is sweet!

I was thinking about doing the same. However, this is my first Kustom so I wanted to go all out :D anyways I'm pretty sure there are holes on the bottom of the case so the LEDs can shine through. It will not; however, be anywhere near as bight as your will be.

[kiwi99]

I walked out of the lecture so I could get started  its here!!!

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sip socketting switches right now, about 50% done that then I can get soldering! more pictures to follow it.

That's the same As I got, DAMN it's sexy! maybe our keyboard can make babies, a 60% perhaps?

I got the acrylic bottom for leds, but still that top skin is sweet!

I was thinking about doing the same. However, this is my first Kustom so I wanted to go all out :D anyways I'm pretty sure there are holes on the bottom of the case so the LEDs can shine through. It will not; however, be anywhere near as bight as your will be.

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no holes in the bottom of mine.

[Rodgaroon]

I walked out of the lecture so I could get started  its here!!!

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sip socketting switches right now, about 50% done that then I can get soldering! more pictures to follow it.

That's the same As I got, DAMN it's sexy! maybe our keyboard can make babies, a 60% perhaps?

I got the acrylic bottom for leds, but still that top skin is sweet!

I was thinking about doing the same. However, this is my first Kustom so I wanted to go all out :D anyways I'm pretty sure there are holes on the bottom of the case so the LEDs can shine through. It will not; however, be anywhere near as bight as your will be.

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no holes in the bottom of mine.

Oh well, Sad face.

[Steezus]

I walked out of the lecture so I could get started  its here!!!

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sip socketting switches right now, about 50% done that then I can get soldering! more pictures to follow it.

That's the same As I got, DAMN it's sexy! maybe our keyboard can make babies, a 60% perhaps?

I got the acrylic bottom for leds, but still that top skin is sweet!

I was thinking about doing the same. However, this is my first Kustom so I wanted to go all out :D anyways I'm pretty sure there are holes on the bottom of the case so the LEDs can shine through. It will not; however, be anywhere near as bight as your will be.

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no holes in the bottom of mine.

Oh well, Sad face.

You could probably drill some holes directly where the SMD LEDs are if you still want some light to shine through.

[Glissant]

Anybody in Europe feel like donating a spacebar wire for this board?

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pm me size of wire and a shipping adress, I'll be at he post office this saturday.

I'll be sure to pay you back in some form or another :)

[clochette]

Would anyone be providing assembly services? I'm based in Singapore

[alienman82]

[lashiel]

Wish I had joined this. Can't wait to see people's assembled boards!

[kiwi99]

after fully assembling I realize now that I forgot the indicator LEDs I'll wait till the rest arrive to solder them in. loving the feel of the board more professional pics will come a bit later..

[alienman82]

I can't decide what switches or what LEDs

[meiosis]

Damn, everyone is getting theirs already, haha.

Amazing boards, Alu skin is  so nice.. I have to find a skin myself now.

[daviswalkers]

so I've never got a PCB similar to this one, I assume I'm just stupid but am I meant to snap off the top and bottom and is it just me or is there no where to screw the PCB to the case, obviously soldering switches to it should hold it in place but just want to be sure I didn't miss something.

[alienman82]

so I've never got a PCB similar to this one, I assume I'm just stupid but am I meant to snap off the top and bottom and is it just me or is there no where to screw the PCB to the case, obviously soldering switches to it should hold it in place but just want to be sure I didn't miss something.

once built, the pcb will be attached to the plate.  Plate is secured in the keyboard therefore the pcb is too

[meiosis]

so I've never got a PCB similar to this one, I assume I'm just stupid but am I meant to snap off the top and bottom and is it just me or is there no where to screw the PCB to the case, obviously soldering switches to it should hold it in place but just want to be sure I didn't miss something.

Snap off the top and bottom haha

[daviswalkers]

sweet I assumed so but wanted to make sure before I really messed something up

[kiwi99]

LED testing begins! time to find some colour combos I like.. temporary keyset while I wait for the set that will rest on this board. such a sturdy board

[alienman82]

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LED testing begins! time to find some colour combos I like.. temporary keyset while I wait for the set that will rest on this board. such a sturdy board

sweet!  Is your mouse RGB too?  I need to get an RGB mouse.  This is my favorite keyboard now haven't even built it yet!

[kiwi99]

sweet!  Is your mouse RGB too?  I need to get an RGB mouse.  This is my favorite keyboard now haven't even built it yet!

yep, RGB Mouse.. So far I really like cyan/red, lavender/peach, pink/red for colour schemes.. still not exactly sure how the RGB lighting works in jigon but I've got it working to my liking.

[nathanrosspowell]

sweet!  Is your mouse RGB too?  I need to get an RGB mouse.  This is my favorite keyboard now haven't even built it yet!

yep, RGB Mouse.. So far I really like cyan/red, lavender/peach, pink/red for colour schemes.. still not exactly sure how the RGB lighting works in jigon but I've got it working to my liking.

Looking so dope! 

Every day this week I'm going to be racing home early from work hoping to find a box of keyboard goodies waiting for me! Hopefully I will have a few pieces by then to make my build stand out 

[Rodgaroon]

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LED testing begins! time to find some colour combos I like.. temporary keyset while I wait for the set that will rest on this board. such a sturdy board

Sweet baby jesus

[LXXXIX]

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LED testing begins! time to find some colour combos I like.. temporary keyset while I wait for the set that will rest on this board. such a sturdy board

MRW I didn't join this GB. #1800seasonisover

[gadzkun]

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LED testing begins! time to find some colour combos I like.. temporary keyset while I wait for the set that will rest on this board. such a sturdy board

damn so gorgeous!!!
now i really cant wait mine..
post service in my country is really bad it would come late i think :(

[Kempher]

Anyone in NA that'd be willing to build my keyboard in a few months? Didn't get assembly since i'm waiting on the new purple zealio switches that will be coming out soon.

[building_an_ergo]

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after fully assembling I realize now that I forgot the indicator LEDs I'll wait till the rest arrive to solder them in. loving the feel of the board more professional pics will come a bit later..

That looks great!

For some reason I forgot to split the Numpad + key into two.

Gonna have to open mine up and desolder it soon.

[captvizcenzo]

Letting you know I got the keyboard package! Haven't open it yet though (at the office).
Thanks leeku for the fast turn around time!

[Rodgaroon]

Anyone in NA that'd be willing to build my keyboard in a few months? Didn't get assembly since i'm waiting on the new purple zealio switches that will be coming out soon.

Go to the artisan section, lots of people there. Only use people that have good feedback.

[darkclone24]

After seeing these pics I think I definitely need to be on the 75% group buy.

[Glissant]

Quick question about the acrylic plate since this is the first of this kind I've seen.
Since the plate is so thick, very little of the pins come through the PCB. Is that correct?

I'll take a picture if it's necessary.

[kiwi99]

Quick question about the acrylic plate since this is the first of this kind I've seen.
Since the plate is so thick, very little of the pins come through the PCB. Is that correct?

I'll take a picture if it's necessary.

The pins of The switches? It would be good to see a picture but I think it should be fine

[Glissant]

I'm laughing at myself right now. I just checked again and it's perfectly fine. I don't even know why I thought it wasn't fitting well.
Forgive me for my ignorance xD.

Here's a picture of what I thought was a very shallow fit, but when situating more than one switch everything fits very well indeed. Can't wait to get my stabs so I can put this thing together

[Kempher]

Anyone in NA that'd be willing to build my keyboard in a few months? Didn't get assembly since i'm waiting on the new purple zealio switches that will be coming out soon.

Go to the artisan section, lots of people there. Only use people that have good feedback.

Thanks, I'd love to do it myself but I haven't done any soldering before so I'm afraid i'll mess up or ruin the pcb.

[malcomkern]

Got my box yesterday, did not even have to pay tax duty this time 
To much real world work to do at the moment so I have to wait till the weekend before I start building.

Thanks for running this GB.

[fliptrik]

Ugh. I'm so excited for mine to come. I feel like I'm annoying the leasing office at my apartment asking if a box has come for me yet haha.

Does anyone know what carrier delivers the packages in the US? I want to know if should be hassling the mailman or hunting down a UPS truck.

[Rodgaroon]

Ugh. I'm so excited for mine to come. I feel like I'm annoying the leasing office at my apartment asking if a box has come for me yet haha.

Does anyone know what carrier delivers the packages in the US? I want to know if should be hassling the mailman or hunting down a UPS truck.

That is a very good question but I think it's the standard USPS. Don't think it will come with the mailman, normally for packages they have people deliver them using small trucks.

[fliptrik]

Ugh. I'm so excited for mine to come. I feel like I'm annoying the leasing office at my apartment asking if a box has come for me yet haha.

Does anyone know what carrier delivers the packages in the US? I want to know if should be hassling the mailman or hunting down a UPS truck.

That is a very good question but I think it's the standard USPS. Don't think it will come with the mailman, normally for packages they have people deliver them using small trucks.

Really? In LA, I always see the mailman roll through and deliver mail to the houses before returning to the truck and getting the packages. At the apartment, the dude just backs the truck to the mailbox area and does packages and letters at the same time. I thought this was the case everywhere, but that's just me assuming things haha.

[Rodgaroon]

Ugh. I'm so excited for mine to come. I feel like I'm annoying the leasing office at my apartment asking if a box has come for me yet haha.

Does anyone know what carrier delivers the packages in the US? I want to know if should be hassling the mailman or hunting down a UPS truck.

That is a very good question but I think it's the standard USPS. Don't think it will come with the mailman, normally for packages they have people deliver them using small trucks.

Really? In LA, I always see the mailman roll through and deliver mail to the houses before returning to the truck and getting the packages. At the apartment, the dude just backs the truck to the mailbox area and does packages and letters at the same time. I thought this was the case everywhere, but that's just me assuming things haha.

I don't think the union would like there workers lugging around 5 pound boxes street to street.

[meiosis]

Ugh. I'm so excited for mine to come. I feel like I'm annoying the leasing office at my apartment asking if a box has come for me yet haha.

Does anyone know what carrier delivers the packages in the US? I want to know if should be hassling the mailman or hunting down a UPS truck.

That is a very good question but I think it's the standard USPS. Don't think it will come with the mailman, normally for packages they have people deliver them using small trucks.

Really? In LA, I always see the mailman roll through and deliver mail to the houses before returning to the truck and getting the packages. At the apartment, the dude just backs the truck to the mailbox area and does packages and letters at the same time. I thought this was the case everywhere, but that's just me assuming things haha.

EMS is turned to USPS Priority Mail when it passes customs .

[kiwi99]

so I've been messing around with my board, took it apart to do indicator LED's cause I originally forgot. when I did this I noticed a small problem, 2 dead RGB led's.. luckily one of them was only slighty messed up one of the 4 leads wasn't soldered on so it wouldn't do green but a quick solder fixed that one.. the other one seems to be stuck doing whatever the hell it wants.. which is sort of a pain and I'd like to replace it.

 so @Leeku is there a part number I could order to replace this LED? or what this kind of SMD is  it called... just want to make sure I get the right kind. Also are the RGB led's glued to the PCB or something? I tried to desolder it to take it off since it was slightly annoying me but I didn't want to force it off..

Other than that issue loving this board gat blacks are nice and the LED's that do work are great.. going to go to the hardware store and get some shorter bolts so I can lower the angle by taking out a layer of the feet.. I can't stop taking pictures of it cause its so nice! 





lastly if anyone is interested I also found in JigOn the Left bottom LED  selector corresponds to the LED beside capslock and then left to right  then up a row then right to left is all the LED's clockwise in order if that makes sense at all..
Also these are the modes from what I can tell if anyone was wondering.
RGB mode 1 - Snake clockwise
RGB mode 2 - Slow breathing
RGB mode 3 - Slow Fades in and out in order through RGB colours bottom left to right -> top right to left
RGB mode 4 -  Fast breathing
RGB mode 5 - Fast mode 3
RGB mode 6 - Solid On

[alienman82]

Why cherry 1.25 beige do you have to be so expensive!!!

[drewba]

lastly if anyone is interested I also found in JigOn the Left bottom LED  selector corresponds to the LED beside capslock and then left to right  then up a row then right to left is all the LED's clockwise in order if that makes sense at all.
Also these are the modes from what I can tell if anyone was wondering.
RGB mode 1 - Snake clockwise
RGB mode 2 - Slow breathing
RGB mode 3 - Slow Fades in and out in order through RGB colours bottom left to right -> top right to left
RGB mode 4 -  Fast breathing
RGB mode 5 - Fast mode 3
RGB mode 6 - Solid On

Thanks for this!

Your keyboard looks great, that aluminum top is awesome