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geekhack Community => New Members => Topic started by: Tweetwoof on Fri, 05 August 2016, 03:31:18

Title: New member, looking for a Australian members!
Post by: Tweetwoof on Fri, 05 August 2016, 03:31:18

Hi all!

I've been drooling over keyboards for a while now and am finally going to start taking a dive in to the dangerously addictive world.

I've been looking for an Australian community but it doesn't seem to exist, any other Aussies on here? Queenslander!

Title: Re: New member, looking for a Australian members!
Post by: rowdy on Sun, 07 August 2016, 02:13:04

Welcome to Geekhack!

There's more of us here than you think, although most seem to be in NSW or WA.  Nevertheless there's a couple of very active Queenslanders around.

In fact there's even been a Sydney meetup!

PCCG (in Melbourne) and MechKB (https://mechkb.com/ - in Sydney) are probably the two better places to look for keyboards in Australia, MechKB especially.

Apart from that, get ready for excessive shipping costs from the US, and enjoy your stay :)

Title: Re: New member, looking for a Australian members!
Post by: milchek on Sun, 07 August 2016, 08:37:28

G'day, fellow Melbourne newbie here too. I've had a mechanical for a while as a gaming keyboard, but finally making the jump to using it full time as work KB as well.

Title: Re: New member, looking for a Australian members!
Post by: Tweetwoof on Wed, 10 August 2016, 06:29:28

I've just ordered a V60 with blues that I'm expecting to arrive tomorrow. Also got some key caps on the way.

Next up I'm going to see if I can carbon wrap the top plate and then replace the case.

Pretty keen to get in to it all! I had a k70 RGB when they released but wasn't a fan of the reds it was using.

Title: Re: New member, looking for a Australian members!
Post by: fanpeople on Thu, 11 August 2016, 01:31:04

Queenslander here, originally from NSW but also lived in the NT.

Welcome, enjoy your stay. :thumb:

Title: Re: New member, looking for a Australian members!
Post by: milchek on Thu, 11 August 2016, 06:13:30

Quote from: Tweetwoof on Wed, 10 August 2016, 06:29:28

I've just ordered a V60 with blues that I'm expecting to arrive tomorrow. Also got some key caps on the way.

Next up I'm going to see if I can carbon wrap the top plate and then replace the case.

Pretty keen to get in to it all! I had a k70 RGB when they released but wasn't a fan of the reds it was using.

Let us know how you go and post pics of the finished result. I'm keen to do similar mods to either a pok3r or v60, need to read up a little more about each board.

Title: Re: New member, looking for a Australian members!
Post by: rowdy on Sun, 14 August 2016, 01:36:06

Quote from: Tweetwoof on Wed, 10 August 2016, 06:29:28

I've just ordered a V60 with blues that I'm expecting to arrive tomorrow. Also got some key caps on the way.

Next up I'm going to see if I can carbon wrap the top plate and then replace the case.

Pretty keen to get in to it all! I had a k70 RGB when they released but wasn't a fan of the reds it was using.

Carbon-wrap the plate?  You'd need to remove all the switches for that.

Hydro-dipping is another option, and you wouldn't have to worry about the corners lifting.