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Title: Hi from the Netherlands
Post by: Nitocris on Mon, 11 May 2020, 11:03:58

Ohayo newbie here just started getting in to keyboards.

i wanna get in to the custom keyboard world and start making my own keyboard
only i dont know where to start and where to get the parts i'am living in the EU-netherlands
budget would be around 150 - 250
looking for cute designs :P

Title: Re: Hi from the Netherlands
Post by: Maledicted on Mon, 11 May 2020, 12:18:36

Hi Nitocris. Welcome to Geekhack.

There are a few places to look. A lot of people seem to like kbdfans. I have used KPrepublic for a few purchases myself. There's also mechanicalkeyboards.com, and aliexpress (and other Chinese websites). NovelKeys has some good switch prices. There are also group buys posted in their own section on this forum, and Drop. I'm sure I'm missing a ton.

I ordered a few Heavy Metal Keyboards (https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=106072.0) myself.

I don't do a lot of the kit/LEGO stuff, so others would know better than me. If you set specific parameters and listed them in the keyboards section of the forum to ask for recommendations, you'll probably get more views and responses.