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geekhack Community => New Members => Topic started by: Minco95 on Sun, 18 April 2021, 23:21:31

Title: My name is Minco and I have a mechanical keyboard addiction.
Post by: Minco95 on Sun, 18 April 2021, 23:21:31
Hey folks! First, what a humbling experience touring this forum. I feel like an absolute beginner, and in most ways I still am. I bought my first mechanical keyboard in 2017, thinking I was on the absolute cutting edge with my Vortex Race 3. Then I got the CTRL and the ALT, still thinking I was so far ahead of the curve. I joined the /mk subreddit, mostly for the pictures. I didn't even know about this forum.

After a lot of money and a lot of waiting, I got to a place where I felt pretty satisfied with what I had. But that's all changed now. I went to go buy some switches the other day and on the site, I saw a very nice-looking keyboard. I can't even tell you what it was at this point, because when I saw it was sold out I tried searching for other keyboards like it. Sold out. Then I stumbled on some videos (Taeha Types, KeyBonBon, etc) and realized that I know nothing. I've never known anything. I've been an absolute scrub thinking I was a god. So here I am, humbled, crawling into these forums to seek true enlightenment.

Things have changed quite a lot since I joined the scene. So many more enthusiasts, extremely high-quality builds, and absolutely no stock anywhere. Endgame? How about finding *any* decent kit in stock. I only knew about 3 switch makers before. Now there are at least a dozen or more. So much to take in!

I have at least four builds in mind:

...and of course, multiply this by some number of keycap sets.

The Jelly Epoch was going to be one of my infinity stones, but I didn't get it. It's a sad story that involves not having a phone number entered before entering my PayPal information. I've got my sights on the Bahrnob65 now. And past that? I'm just not seeing anything coming up. Maybe I'm not looking in the right places? Not sure. Would love to get some pointers on where to find high-quality kits.

I've also yet to built my first kit. I've got soldering tools on the way and some practice kits coming. I'm excited about that! So it'd be fine for my first build to be something a little lower on the tier list.

So, to sum up, I'm super excited to be actually joining the community instead of just buying into it. Looking forward to the friends I'll make here and all the awesome things I'll learn!

If it's not against the rules, I'd like to close out this intro with a few questions:

Thanks in advance, and thanks for having me!
Title: Re: My name is Minco and I have a mechanical keyboard addiction.
Post by: blur410 on Wed, 28 April 2021, 04:21:20
1. GK61/DZ61, good pcb that can be transplanted into many cases and is hotswap for any project, previously available and upcoming. Super upgradable and haven't seen any of these pcb builds that are bad.
2. There was one project in the form of a forum that Taeha has been attempting to utilize as an updated version of this site but it still isn't super popular, discord groups also exist so keep your eyes peeled. Deskthority deals in vintage stuff if your into that.
RamaWorks, Salvun and Keycult also can deal with consumers, but with a very steep pricing on custom one off orders, if thats what you were looking for.
3.60% is the only standardized size from the mech community aside from ortholinear 40. Other than that, it would be risky to hope that mounting holes line up.
4. Provide feedback, especially if you are participating in a GB.