Looking to build a custom keyboard for work with some damped cream alps I've harvested. Can anyone tell me which customs I should be looking for? If I'm correct, the two that I know of are the Infinity and the JD40. Are there any other ones?
Hmm, I don't think I'm keyboard savvy enough to handwire. I'd probably prefer something with a PCB already :3Looking to build a custom keyboard for work with some damped cream alps I've harvested. Can anyone tell me which customs I should be looking for? If I'm correct, the two that I know of are the Infinity and the JD40. Are there any other ones?
If you don't mind hand wiring, you can use Swills plate building tool for your own layout.
For the record the JD40 isn't Alps.Ah I see. I must've misread then. JD45? I thought I saw Joey Quinn posting on the Price Check thread that he had either a JD40/45 with Blue Alps?
Handwiring really isn't that hard, don't buy a thin case though or getting it in will be!
For the record the JD40 isn't Alps.Ah I see. I must've misread then. JD45? I thought I saw Joey Quinn posting on the Price Check thread that he had either a JD40/45 with Blue Alps?
Handwiring really isn't that hard, don't buy a thin case though or getting it in will be!
Just double checked, my bad, it's the JD45 haha.For the record the JD40 isn't Alps.Ah I see. I must've misread then. JD45? I thought I saw Joey Quinn posting on the Price Check thread that he had either a JD40/45 with Blue Alps?
Handwiring really isn't that hard, don't buy a thin case though or getting it in will be!
Could be, all I know is I have a JD40 and it isn't :)
Handwiring really isn't that hard, don't buy a thin case though or getting it in will be!I am not sure that handwiring is suitable for harvested Alps SKCM. The clips that hold the switches to the plates weren't made to withstand switch removal so most of them will break when you harvest the switches. The switches might have to be glued in.
I've harvested >500 Alps switches by now (most of them SKCM Black/Late) and not had more than maybe one or two break off - how in God's name did you remove yours? xDHandwiring really isn't that hard, don't buy a thin case though or getting it in will be!I am not sure that handwiring is suitable for harvested Alps SKCM. The clips that hold the switches to the plates weren't made to withstand switch removal so most of them will break when you harvest the switches. The switches might have to be glued in.
The clips that hold the switches to the plates weren't made to withstand switch removal so most of them will break when you harvest the switches. The switches might have to be glued in.It’s not hard to desolder full keyboards without losing any little clips, or at most a couple. You just have to be careful. My recommendation is to desolder everything, then remove the PCB leaving just the switches and plate. To remove switches with greatest safety (especially helpful if the plate is thick or tight), push the clips flat against the switch housing while popping switches out of the plate.