Since I'm relatively new to this forum, I thought i'd share my first "project" with the rest of the Geekhack community, perhaps someone is interested or inspired by this. In the end, isn't this what this forum is all about?
Lets get stated, I'm very happy with my stock HHKB Pro 2 that I am currently using, I got used to the layout and discovered topre switches for myself. But despite all the goodness of the HHKB and Topre switches, there is that one thing that annoys me about these, the lack of custom keycaps and customizability in general.
So the CM novatouch obviously caught my eye, with the cherry MX compatible stems, I'd be able to filially customize and personalise my keyboard.
I'd decided to get a set of Cherry dyesub Keycaps, thick PBT (yes, the rare expensive ones), for the bottom-row of the novatouch I got the blank PBT set of massdrop, since these match the profile and colour of the cherry set I already have.
I also decided to make a custom case for the novatouch to replace its ugly black plastic case it comes with. It will be walnut wooden case, but that's still a work in progress. The case will be a similar design than the wooden cases for the pok3r which are sold on massdrop at the moment.
When its finished I will post some pictures of it here. I will not sell these cases or make another one, I am barely able to make one for my self
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Overall the keyboard does look quite retro, I don't have any pictures of it but it will look pretty similar to this pok3r in the wooden case I was talking about. That's also the keycap set I ordered, but in my case these will only be on the bottom row, while anything else will be the cherry PBT dyesub set.
Tell me what you think of my design.
