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Title: Building a number pad
Post by: Numpy on Wed, 23 March 2016, 20:59:03
Hey,
so I just built my first 60% and I'm wondering where my second set of numbers went.
I would love to have a separate number pad as I could use it for all my macros and I really miss my dedicated delete key and arrow keys.
Is it feasible to make one of these?
I feel like I haven't seen any custom number pads aside from hand-wired ones (which I'm not willing to attempt).

So pretty much I'm asking anyone who's made (or hasn't) where they sourced their parts from, or if there is no way, then what would people recommend as a pre-built one?

Thanks  ;D
Title: Re: Building a number pad
Post by: climbalima on Wed, 23 March 2016, 21:18:38
winkeyless has the bpad which is pretty nice.
Title: Re: Building a number pad
Post by: xtrafrood on Wed, 23 March 2016, 22:15:33
Mhm, winkeyless.kr, and gonskeyboardworks.com seem to be the most popular. I've seen a few numeric keypad PCBs offered by Massdrop as well.
Title: Re: Building a number pad
Post by: OfTheWild on Wed, 23 March 2016, 22:27:40
I picked up one of the varmilo switch testers that comes built with a pcb and acts as a numpad... at least numbers plus delete and period. So that could work.
Title: Re: Building a number pad
Post by: Numpy on Tue, 29 March 2016, 21:26:27
Mhm, winkeyless.kr, and gonskeyboardworks.com seem to be the most popular. I've seen a few numeric keypad PCBs offered by Massdrop as well.
winkeyless has the bpad which is pretty nice.
Sorry about the late reply but the bpad looks like quite a nice option.
Where should I go about getting a case and plate for it though, does winkeyless sell these?
Title: Re: Building a number pad
Post by: climbalima on Tue, 29 March 2016, 21:47:56
Mhm, winkeyless.kr, and gonskeyboardworks.com seem to be the most popular. I've seen a few numeric keypad PCBs offered by Massdrop as well.
winkeyless has the bpad which is pretty nice.
Sorry about the late reply but the bpad looks like quite a nice option.
Where should I go about getting a case and plate for it though, does winkeyless sell these?
Yup!
Title: Re: Building a number pad
Post by: Numpy on Tue, 29 March 2016, 21:52:59
Mhm, winkeyless.kr, and gonskeyboardworks.com seem to be the most popular. I've seen a few numeric keypad PCBs offered by Massdrop as well.
winkeyless has the bpad which is pretty nice.
Sorry about the late reply but the bpad looks like quite a nice option.
Where should I go about getting a case and plate for it though, does winkeyless sell these?
Yup!
Hmm, I was having a look and couldn't seem to find anything. Could you link me maybe?  :p
Title: Re: Building a number pad
Post by: climbalima on Wed, 30 March 2016, 07:16:45
Mhm, winkeyless.kr, and gonskeyboardworks.com seem to be the most popular. I've seen a few numeric keypad PCBs offered by Massdrop as well.
winkeyless has the bpad which is pretty nice.
Sorry about the late reply but the bpad looks like quite a nice option.
Where should I go about getting a case and plate for it though, does winkeyless sell these?
Yup!
Hmm, I was having a look and couldn't seem to find anything. Could you link me maybe?
The case is for all keyboards its just a drop down and you select bpad.
Title: Re: Building a number pad
Post by: Numpy on Thu, 31 March 2016, 00:51:21
Mhm, winkeyless.kr, and gonskeyboardworks.com seem to be the most popular. I've seen a few numeric keypad PCBs offered by Massdrop as well.
winkeyless has the bpad which is pretty nice.
Sorry about the late reply but the bpad looks like quite a nice option.
Where should I go about getting a case and plate for it though, does winkeyless sell these?
Yup!
Hmm, I was having a look and couldn't seem to find anything. Could you link me maybe?
The case is for all keyboards its just a drop down and you select bpad.
Oh. Thank you so much  ;D