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geekhack Community => New Members => Topic started by: RedBarnacle on Wed, 21 October 2020, 10:54:28
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Hi! I'm RedBarnacle and I am just getting into the mechanical keyboard hobby. After watching some videos on YouTube (thank you taeha) I have decided to join this forum (in addition to the relevant subreddits). I am planning on building a full 100% keyboard (I am a shortcut power user and I want to have all of my keys, as that's the layout I'm used to) and from what I have seen online it seems like nobody builds those. So, custom designed PCB is the way I'll be going, I suppose. Linear switches (gat yellow or nk creams are the ones I'm thinking about). I will likely need to fabricate my own case and plate (not hard, I have skills with CAD modeling and rapid fabrication of custom parts) and I am even considering making my own keycaps with a custom legend of some kind. And to top it off I will make a custom cable with a kit from CruzCtrl. I'm looking forward to my mechanical keyboard journey!
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totally DIY people like y'all are honestly the best part of the site, all the cool stuff comes outta there.
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The NK Creams seem excellent. Maybe consider Matias silent linear switches as well, those are probably my favorite silent switches I've ever tried if you're into that.
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Hmm. My favorite thing about linears is the way they sound, so I probably wouldn't choose them for this, but maybe if I was working on a build to bring to an office or something I might try silent ones. I'll keep those in mind for the future.