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Title: Heavy keyboards appreciation thread - Post your heaviest keyboards!
Post by: kbd0 on Wed, 12 June 2024, 19:51:46
I'm sure I'm not alone in appreciating particularly heavy keyboards.
 
What are the heaviest keyboards you have or know of? Post them!
Title: Re: Heavy keyboards thread - Post your heaviest keyboards!
Post by: kbd0 on Wed, 12 June 2024, 19:57:40
Mine is this Viatrion keyboard from 1969 weighing in at 21lbs (9.5kg)

(https://i.imgur.com/dVPZl8A.jpeg)

Inside the steel shell is a giant metal block containing the light channels it uses for sensing

(https://i.imgur.com/PRojxla.png)
Title: Re: Heavy keyboards appreciation thread - Post your heaviest keyboards!
Post by: splodeybaloney on Thu, 13 June 2024, 14:09:50
Not quite on the same level as yours but here's mine, this weighed in around 10 lbs 9 oz (4.8kg) at a meetup and won me an award for the heaviest board there that day. Most of the case is 7075 aluminum but the bottom half has a big brass weight, and the plate is brass as well.

(https://i.imgur.com/GK625mT.jpg)
Title: Re: Heavy keyboards appreciation thread - Post your heaviest keyboards!
Post by: clay on Thu, 13 June 2024, 22:41:47
Realforce R3S with Sho Labs S108 custom aluminum case. 3.9 kg / 8.6 lbs
Title: Re: Heavy keyboards appreciation thread - Post your heaviest keyboards!
Post by: clay on Thu, 13 June 2024, 22:42:51
(https://i.redd.it/xaulu9e126kc1.jpeg)
Title: Re: Heavy keyboards appreciation thread - Post your heaviest keyboards!
Post by: Tseg on Mon, 17 June 2024, 08:55:02
I have to admit, I am a fan of heavy boards... I even added tire balancing weights inside my Neo65 to bump up the weight.  I believe my 9lb F77 is the heaviest, but I have a copper-bottomed Smith + Rune 165 CE showing up by the end of the year that may give it a run for the money, especially when paired with the matching copper-bottomed key pad.   I suppose there is something special about a board that is naturally heavy vs. screwing on weights to make it feel heavy.

(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53576327195_ae6cc8f194_c.jpg)
Title: Re: Heavy keyboards appreciation thread - Post your heaviest keyboards!
Post by: longcao1010 on Tue, 02 July 2024, 21:52:40
Quote from: splodeybaloney on Thu, 13 June 2024, 14:09:50
Not quite on the same level as yours but here's mine, this weighed in around 10 lbs 9 oz (4.8kg) at a meetup and won me an award for the heaviest board there that day. Most of the case is 7075 aluminum but the bottom half has a big brass weight, and the plate is brass as well.

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(https://i.imgur.com/GK625mT.jpg)


What is the name of this kb / case? Thank you!
Title: Re: Heavy keyboards appreciation thread - Post your heaviest keyboards!
Post by: xjack312 on Tue, 02 July 2024, 22:42:39
~7.5lb custom southpaw alice layout I designed last year, big brass weight on the back

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Title: Re: Heavy keyboards appreciation thread - Post your heaviest keyboards!
Post by: kajahtaa on Wed, 03 July 2024, 00:18:56
Heh

About 7 kg
Title: Re: Heavy keyboards appreciation thread - Post your heaviest keyboards!
Post by: splodeybaloney on Wed, 03 July 2024, 13:03:12
Quote from: longcao1010 on Tue, 02 July 2024, 21:52:40

What is the name of this kb / case? Thank you!

It is just called the "Southpaw Fullsize" from Switchplate Peripherals. I actually have another one that I'm trying to sell, feel free to send me a message if you are interested