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Title: cheapest blank keyboards?
Post by: Danny356 on Fri, 30 March 2012, 01:49:45

Looking to get a cheap blank keyboard for work, It doesnt have to have any bells or whistles or even be mechanical. I just want the cheapest ones available.

when i started googling all i found were stickers to cover up legends on a keyboard, but i want an actual keyboard though.

Title: cheapest blank keyboards?
Post by: Erick_C on Fri, 30 March 2012, 01:51:13

$10 keyboard + $1 can of spray paint = blank keyboard.

Sorry... I couldn't help myself.  
There may not be one.  Even the cheapest keyboards have legends.  Blank keys are more of an "enthusiast" thing to have.  If you really want to do this on a budget, you're going to need to mod.

Title: cheapest blank keyboards?
Post by: Autolyze on Fri, 30 March 2012, 06:48:01

You might be best off trying to find a cheap used Cherry MX board on ebay or perhaps the classifieds here, and then getting blank keycaps separately. The Cherry Corp boards in particular can be found for fairly cheap, but you probably want to make sure that what you get would be compatible with a standard set of MX keycaps.

Title: cheapest blank keyboards?
Post by: Tony on Fri, 30 March 2012, 07:10:11

Get a normal keyboard, then use a razor to clear out all legends on keycaps.

Title: cheapest blank keyboards?
Post by: tp4tissue on Fri, 30 March 2012, 08:47:16

Quote from: Tony;561441

Get a normal keyboard, then use a razor to clear out all legends on keycaps.

this only works if they're printed,, you can't razor out the etchings very easily,

Title: cheapest blank keyboards?
Post by: Desensitised on Fri, 30 March 2012, 10:07:03

They do exist:

http://www.getdigital.de/products/Blank_Keyboard/lng/

22 euros,  bought one before I spent the money on a DAS keyboard.

Title: cheapest blank keyboards?
Post by: rodya on Fri, 30 March 2012, 13:20:41

Quote from: tp4tissue;561483

this only works if they're printed,, you can't razor out the etchings very easily,

What cheap rubberdome doesn't use printed keycaps?

Title: cheapest blank keyboards?
Post by: Findecanor on Fri, 30 March 2012, 14:07:39

Quote from: Desensitised;561540

They do exist:

http://www.getdigital.de/products/Blank_Keyboard/lng/

22 euros,  bought one before I spent the money on a DAS keyboard.

I think that I have seen another one that was black with a "big-ass" Enter key, and it was even cheaper.

Title: cheapest blank keyboards?
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Title: cheapest blank keyboards?
Post by: MsKeyboard on Fri, 30 March 2012, 18:09:55

try this:

http://www.fentek-ind.com/kbblnk.htm