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Offline itlnstln

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« Reply #100 on: Mon, 31 October 2011, 13:44:35 »
DSI tends to fly under the radar these days.  Back in the beginning of GH, they were one of the great hopes in mechanical keyboards.  The Modular was supposed to be a coup in keyboarding with customizable attachments, but delays really kept this 'board from taking off.
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Offline whiskerBox

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« Reply #101 on: Mon, 07 November 2011, 20:08:22 »
Added a couple things

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I finally got a clickclack! (thx kidchunks)

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I had no idea how thick these keycaps were

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« Reply #102 on: Mon, 07 November 2011, 20:16:49 »
crappy pics incoming !


dressed up my leopold with cherry corp ds.. just waiting for the moogle kit to ship


took the keycaps from the leopold and added them to my poker.. minus the spacebar of course. also added blank (well sorta, arrows are side printed) lavender wasd that i got from qtan awhile ago
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« Reply #103 on: Mon, 07 November 2011, 20:57:35 »
nice whiskerbox and demik....
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Offline AvenZerg

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« Reply #104 on: Tue, 08 November 2011, 19:30:37 »
the first filco of the thread starter looks sick.
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« Reply #105 on: Tue, 08 November 2011, 19:53:30 »
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the first filco of the thread starter looks sick.

Thank you!  :-)
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« Reply #106 on: Tue, 08 November 2011, 21:21:55 »
T'morrow, once they dry, I'm putting my WYSE thick doubleshots on my WASD instead of my WYSE thin ones.

The tenkey, and arrow keys are still thin, as the thick ones are retrobriting now (batch 3!)

Also, DAMN, peroxide does burn! My thumb and forefinger are almost completely white, and get a worrisome tingling, but it was worth it!
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Offline spOOfy

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« Reply #107 on: Wed, 09 November 2011, 21:15:08 »
Don't think I can hotlink or do attachments since I'm a noob on the forums. This is a tenkeyless Majestouch 2 w/ cherry blues

imgur.com/a/H8Gsx

Crappy cellphone camera. Used all my money on keyboard and accessories. :crazy:

I liked Ripster's simple white on black theme so I got some white PBT engraved keycaps from qtan's store.

I really like the textured feel of the PBT caps over the stock Filco's  smooth caps. Now I'm just waiting on the Novelty Doubleshot group buy to  go through.

Just wondering if anyone knows where I can get some PBT WASD or Arrow keys in yellow and/or red.
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« Reply #108 on: Thu, 10 November 2011, 08:41:31 »
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Offline naranja

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« Reply #109 on: Thu, 10 November 2011, 12:12:03 »
How come i rarely see customized Das keyboards?(or am i not looking in the right places..)
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« Reply #110 on: Thu, 10 November 2011, 13:30:29 »
Despite the influx of Starcraft people, geekhackers tend to be programmers and IT professionals.  Such people tend to dislike the Das' shiny finish.
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« Reply #111 on: Thu, 10 November 2011, 13:55:06 »
Sorry April.
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Offline whiskerBox

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« Reply #112 on: Thu, 10 November 2011, 16:26:17 »
Added some keys I found at the goodwill, hopefully this will tide me over until round 4 arrives.

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« Reply #113 on: Thu, 10 November 2011, 16:40:05 »
Nice, I actually really like the patchwork, hodge-podge look of it.
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« Reply #114 on: Thu, 10 November 2011, 18:27:35 »
Not mine, but from a co-worker who bought a set of orange and a set red keycaps.  Perfect color scheme for Fall.

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Offline HWI

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« Reply #115 on: Thu, 10 November 2011, 18:59:23 »
That is pretty awesome looking.
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« Reply #116 on: Thu, 10 November 2011, 20:17:04 »
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« Reply #117 on: Thu, 10 November 2011, 21:43:15 »
yep!
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« Reply #118 on: Thu, 10 November 2011, 23:03:33 »
My take on autumn colors -- two Topre kits for the 87/104 placed on my 86 and 103 (that's why the spacebars are still black)

cross-post from "pictures" forum

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« Reply #119 on: Thu, 10 November 2011, 23:20:33 »
Quote from: demik;449677
http://geekhack.org/showthread.php?23809-Autumn-Leaves

same guy?

yup, same, me :)
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« Reply #120 on: Fri, 11 November 2011, 00:51:12 »
Both look great, gj
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Offline Harlequin

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« Reply #121 on: Sat, 12 November 2011, 09:31:25 »


Here is mine.
A.87 custom keyboard with modified Cherry MX Black switches (55g).
Clover keycap + Wyse keycaps + Dolch replica keycaps.
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« Reply #122 on: Sat, 12 November 2011, 09:44:45 »
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Here is mine.
A.87 custom keyboard with modified Cherry MX Black switches (55g).
Clover keycap + Wyse keycaps + Dolch replica keycaps.

Nice. Where did you get the 55g springs?
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« Reply #123 on: Sat, 12 November 2011, 09:56:58 »
I love those stepped caps lock keycaps. Can't wait for the phanthom.
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« Reply #124 on: Sat, 12 November 2011, 10:47:13 »
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Nice. Where did you get the 55g springs?

Kbdmania(Korea) :D
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« Reply #125 on: Sat, 12 November 2011, 11:41:11 »
Quote from: Harlequin;450508
Here is mine.
A.87 custom keyboard with modified Cherry MX Black switches (55g).
Clover keycap + Wyse keycaps + Dolch replica keycaps.
<3 the casing + entire key cap setup, very very nice
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« Reply #126 on: Sat, 12 November 2011, 13:40:04 »
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<3 the casing + entire key cap setup, very very nice

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« Reply #127 on: Sat, 12 November 2011, 20:35:27 »
Leopold now with 100% doubleshot
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« Reply #128 on: Sat, 12 November 2011, 20:35:35 »
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Here is mine.
A.87 custom keyboard with modified Cherry MX Black switches (55g).
Clover keycap + Wyse keycaps + Dolch replica keycaps.

Loving the WYSE: They're from the 840358-ish series, right? Thinner than the WYSE 50, but still awesome?

I want to get me a set one of these days. Of course, the case matches everything: excellent all!
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« Reply #129 on: Sat, 12 November 2011, 22:15:17 »
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Loving the WYSE: They're from the 840358-ish series, right? Thinner than the WYSE 50, but still awesome?

I want to get me a set one of these days. Of course, the case matches everything: excellent all!

yeh they are the thin ones. Still good man. I think Wyse keycaps are one of the best keycaps imo.
I so wanna try thick pbt keycaps tho.
I bought the Wyse kb from ebay, quality was terrible. :( yellowing was bad, all shiny. used sandpaper and now it feels like ABS keycaps. lol
and bought another Wyse kb from a korean guy. pretty good quality.
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« Reply #130 on: Sun, 13 November 2011, 08:47:29 »
Quote from: Harlequin;450508


Here is mine.
A.87 custom keyboard with modified Cherry MX Black switches (55g).
Clover keycap + Wyse keycaps + Dolch replica keycaps.


+1  LOVE it
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« Reply #131 on: Sun, 13 November 2011, 09:02:25 »
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Leopold now with 100% doubleshot


Very sleek -- like that blacked-out beemer that just blew by on the left :)
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« Reply #132 on: Sun, 13 November 2011, 09:05:38 »
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My keyboard at work. Originally a Compaq MX-11801 with Cherry MX Browns. Numpad and trackball cut off, keys moved and lines rerouted. Then I painted the case white and dressed up with these black Cherry double-shot key caps that I got from BiNiaRiS.
I would have liked to change also the bottom row, but matching 7 unit bars and 1.5 unit and keys are quite rare, existing only on some rare OEM version of the G81-3000, from what I know.
For a while I used flat and key caps from Tipro, but I found that they looked a bit cartoonish.
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« Reply #133 on: Tue, 15 November 2011, 14:40:42 »
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My keyboard at work. Originally a Compaq MX-11801 with Cherry MX Browns. Numpad and trackball cut off, keys moved and lines rerouted. Then I painted the case white and dressed up with these black Cherry double-shot key caps that I got from BiNiaRiS.
I would have liked to change also the bottom row, but matching 7 unit bars and 1.5 unit and keys are quite rare, existing only on some rare OEM version of the G81-3000, from what I know.
For a while I used flat and key caps from Tipro, but I found that they looked a bit cartoonish.

The bottom row you need also comes from winkeyless G80/G81-1800s

I might be able to get you an entire set or just the bottom row. pm meh!


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« Reply #134 on: Tue, 15 November 2011, 16:39:38 »
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sorry for the bad quality my camera sucks

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As you can see the caps lock is a little too high, i just couldn't get it right.
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« Reply #135 on: Tue, 15 November 2011, 22:26:13 »
Nothing fancy here, but I think the WASD blanks I put on my switch tester numpad look really sharp and clean.

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« Reply #136 on: Wed, 16 November 2011, 22:01:18 »
I put some keycaps from the 20$ used doubleshot group buy.
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« Reply #137 on: Wed, 16 November 2011, 22:06:26 »
Dox, how did you make your case?
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« Reply #138 on: Wed, 16 November 2011, 22:23:39 »
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Dox, how did you make your case?

See the link in my sig.
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« Reply #139 on: Thu, 17 November 2011, 01:11:42 »
Hello everyone.  I'm new to this forum, although I've been reading it for awhile.  I'm finally ready to take the plunge and get my first mechanical keyboard.

I plan to get two keyboards eventually.  I would like to get the Ducky Cherry MX Blue that is backlit for home use.  For work, I think I'm going to try the Red MX Cherry switch.  I think I'll get the one made by Rosewill.

For work, I don't need a backlit version so I'm going to customize the keycaps.  I'm trying to decide on some layouts by WASDkeyboards and this is one of my favorite layouts so far:


I hope this will be the start of a long love affair with custom keyboards.


FYI:  I did order my dad a Unicomp keyboard with buckling springs.  He grew up using typewriters, so I figure this would give him that feel and noise since he does a lot of typing.  He absolutely loves it.  I tried it out too, and think the feel is fantastic.
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« Reply #140 on: Thu, 17 November 2011, 01:36:27 »
Tempest, welcome to geekhack.  When you have your keyboards and keycaps, post some pictures here.
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« Reply #141 on: Fri, 18 November 2011, 02:07:53 »


Portal keycaps + Moogle Kit R2
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« Reply #142 on: Mon, 19 December 2011, 19:22:51 »
Ooooh new Clickclack's

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« Reply #143 on: Mon, 19 December 2011, 23:46:16 »
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« Reply #144 on: Tue, 20 December 2011, 03:14:33 »
Quote from: whiskerBox;474091
Ooooh new Clickclack's

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ohh. hope mine will get here soon too.
maybe they are at home after work? O_O
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« Reply #145 on: Thu, 22 December 2011, 20:01:16 »
I'm thinking about grabbing the white dyesub pbt's from the group buy with red font for my black 104 filco with reds.

I know white keycaps on a black board look amazing, but thoughts on the red font?
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« Reply #146 on: Thu, 22 December 2011, 20:30:25 »
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I'm thinking about grabbing the white dyesub pbt's from the group buy with red font for my black 104 filco with reds.

I know white keycaps on a black board look amazing, but thoughts on the red font?


Do it! you will be happy once your typing on them.
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« Reply #147 on: Tue, 27 December 2011, 11:02:28 »
hashbaz, blank green windows keys are looking fine.
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« Reply #148 on: Tue, 27 December 2011, 17:01:16 »
EliteKeyboards recently got their orange Topre keycaps back in stock. I grabbed some for my Realforce 87u.

Looks sharp, I think.


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« Reply #149 on: Tue, 27 December 2011, 20:33:26 »
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hashbaz, blank green windows keys are looking fine.

Thanks!  Those were just stand-ins until the moogle kits came in, but they look pretty good anyway.
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