After typing on my Pure for a couple of years I came to realize there are some things I just wanted to change. I was going to make those some of those changes in the GH60, but, well... moving on. I sort of tried the 40% layout, but it just had too many function/layer changes for everyday use - particularly when it came to passwords. So, after some tinkering, I made my own thing. So far I can just start typing on it without really having to make any changes at all. Function keys are in easy to hit places for me, and I have still have dedicated arrow keys.
Here we are, getting read to start assembly.
![59% - or - not quite a 60% keyboard 94238-0](https://geekhack.org/index.php?PHPSESSID=c5ovob478etmgdcbal0gis60d5s5l0la&action=dlattach;topic=69978.0;attach=94239;image)
Moving along, MCU checked out, time to install some Greens. That's 3mm acrylic.
![59% - or - not quite a 60% keyboard 94240-1](https://geekhack.org/index.php?PHPSESSID=c5ovob478etmgdcbal0gis60d5s5l0la&action=dlattach;topic=69978.0;attach=94241;image)
Switches installed, I ran out of the aluminum bits for the frame, so it's not quite done.
![59% - or - not quite a 60% keyboard 94242-2](https://geekhack.org/index.php?PHPSESSID=c5ovob478etmgdcbal0gis60d5s5l0la&action=dlattach;topic=69978.0;attach=94243;image)
...and keycaps (WASD customs). I might eventually go all blanks, but I thought I might need some hints to get started, especially with the bottom row, and the tab/Q caps/A. Tab and caps are on the momentary function layer, as are the F-keys, home/end/pgup/pgdn, etc.
![59% - or - not quite a 60% keyboard 94244-3](https://geekhack.org/index.php?PHPSESSID=c5ovob478etmgdcbal0gis60d5s5l0la&action=dlattach;topic=69978.0;attach=94245;image)
Here are some pretty colors with the indicator LED under the A/caps key:
![59% - or - not quite a 60% keyboard 94246-4](https://geekhack.org/index.php?PHPSESSID=c5ovob478etmgdcbal0gis60d5s5l0la&action=dlattach;topic=69978.0;attach=94247;image)
![59% - or - not quite a 60% keyboard 94248-5](https://geekhack.org/index.php?PHPSESSID=c5ovob478etmgdcbal0gis60d5s5l0la&action=dlattach;topic=69978.0;attach=94249;image)
![59% - or - not quite a 60% keyboard 94250-6](https://geekhack.org/index.php?PHPSESSID=c5ovob478etmgdcbal0gis60d5s5l0la&action=dlattach;topic=69978.0;attach=94251;image)
Slightly better lighting?
![59% - or - not quite a 60% keyboard 94252-7](https://geekhack.org/index.php?PHPSESSID=c5ovob478etmgdcbal0gis60d5s5l0la&action=dlattach;topic=69978.0;attach=94253;image)
![59% - or - not quite a 60% keyboard 94254-8](https://geekhack.org/index.php?PHPSESSID=c5ovob478etmgdcbal0gis60d5s5l0la&action=dlattach;topic=69978.0;attach=94255;image)
I should have taken some pictures next to the Pure, but I forgot, and my pictures are terrible anyway, but here it is next to the Race.
![59% - or - not quite a 60% keyboard 94256-9](https://geekhack.org/index.php?PHPSESSID=c5ovob478etmgdcbal0gis60d5s5l0la&action=dlattach;topic=69978.0;attach=94257;image)
Anyway, I'm pretty excited about it
![Cheesy :D](https://cdn.geekhack.org/Smileys/solosmileys/cheesy.gif)
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So, I'd like to take a minute here, before I run off and go play on 10fastfingers for a while... I'd like to say thank you to jdcarpe, for making me a plate design a year or more ago... and swill, for the new online tool, so I could re-check the layout. Hasu, for the firmware that I'm using, and everyone else for the inspiration. Thanks Geekhack!