finally... OLD BOARD (G80-3000LAMDE/5)

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after all this ****ty experiences with deck and filco i got this nice Cherry G80-3000LAMDE/5 MX3000M from "kleinanzeigen.ebay" for 15€ (shipping incl.)
my first OWN mechanical board for the time until i can buy a K90 or K60 if they really release it in october THIS year in germany or feel the need to get a filco.
it was really really really dirty and took me hours and a lot of hardcore cleaners to get rid of the yellow/brown disgusting look but after all this time i appreciate it even more!
the blacks feel fantastic and i dont want to miss the sound of the key bottoming out... the grey space-switches were a little hard to press on the beginning because of my... 8/9fingerish style of typing were i dont always use my thumbs to press space  but i get used to it...

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crappy pic but i'll get better ones tomorrow!

PS: i will get some more boards with blacks in the next week but i really need blue springs for my ghetto-reds... anybody here who could offer me10 5x mx blue springs/stems or only the springs and shipping to germany?

*moan* omg it feels so good....

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important!

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fixed...
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...but it is still TOO DAMN HARD!

[Spharx]

Did you colored (and led modded ?) it or is this an other cherry keyboard ? If so hand over your keyboard coloring instructions :hat:

[monked]

same keyboard

i had to take the board apart for cleaning when i bought it so i came closer to its parts and everything looked solid enough to add some blue leds without special soldering skills... don't even have desoldering pumps or stuff like that and even if you mess up the PCB is like 15€ and i payed 15€ für the whole thing.
then cleaned every keycap and the top part of the case before usind some layers of primer and after ~4 hours i added many mat black spraypaint layers (~700ml of paint) and waited for 20 hours because dont believe those "dry in 6h ****".
i obviously removed all the keycaps and spread them on a plastic plate ^^
the bottom of the case is staying grey because you dont really see it, there are too many moving parts and i would definetly killed those rubberfeet.

after putting everything back together i am amazed by its look and my typing skills... if i look down i can see the letters on the keycaps in my mind
i messed up the small plastic badge on top of the lock indicators but i am already working out a nice improvement for it... even without it everythung looks neat.

i should receive my o-rings on monday and i am still searching for blue springs for the next steps...

[foliolio]

What happened to the Deck 82 group buy, monked?

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got a mail from the DECK guy today... i'll post it later on the deskthority thread

[False_Dmitry_II]

Hmm, you spraypainted the keys? what kind of spraypaint? Will be interesting to see how long it lasts.

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update on the spraypaint... most keys are fine but the paint on  ASDE  shift and ctrl wears off a little due to massive SC2 and BF3 sessions