Author Topic: 2019: What are your keyboard plans? (Read 11493 times)

Kavik · « **on:** Thu, 25 April 2019, 14:15:32 »

I was surprised not to see one of these threads for 2019!

My plans are largely to get rid of things I don't really want anymore, receive things I've already ordered, and really try to get only things I know I'll like instead of trying everything and being disappointed. I'd rather not waste any more money on this hobby, but instead just get and keep things I like and recoup some cost on the other stuff.

-Sell Equalz One
-Sell black TEX TKL Case
-Sell KBP V80 Matias
-Sell Alps DSA Lightcycle
-Sell M65-A and extra metal base
-Sell the various MX Blacks I stocked up on when I was stupidly trying to find a smooth linear.

-Receive Ellipse F77, the ultimate clicky keyboard, and all the extra buckling spring caps I ordered with it (things are finally moving along, it seems, so I'm hopeful this will happen this year!)
-Receive GMK DMG
-Receive DMG Artisan (first artisan, not my thing, but I got it just because of the set)
-Receive ePBT Slate
-Receive cruciformer and fix my BOX switches.
-Receive nutcracker from Massdrop.
-Try out these BOX Blacks and BOX Dark Yellows on something after I've lubed them.

-Buy Primus to replace M65-A since it will probably solve the issues I have with 65% (no delete key, no F keys).
-Maybe buy Majita (sp?) ergo keyboard or VE.A R2. But not sure if I'm really still interested in those.
-Maybe buy Niu Mini ortho 40% from KBDFans. This would probably violate my rule of not trying things unless I know I'll like them, but it's pretty cheap.
-Maybe make a Model M from the extra Ellipse caps and Unicomp inner assembly I have.

Things I've already done:
-Buy el cheapo Velocifire to try out Outemu Browns (only about $7 with discounts and turk money)
-Waste money on ultrasonic cleaner
-Buy and install shelf liner in a keyboard (pretty good results actually).

SpAmRaY · « **Reply #1 on:** Thu, 25 April 2019, 14:24:20 »

I need to unload all the stuff I'm never going to use and semi-organize the rest.

But probably just let it all sit in boxes and say the same thing next year.

Doubt I'll buy anything.

Kavik · « **Reply #2 on:** Thu, 25 April 2019, 14:49:33 »

Quote from: SpAmRaY on Thu, 25 April 2019, 14:24:20

I need to unload all the stuff I'm never going to use and semi-organize the rest.

But probably just let it all sit in boxes and say the same thing next year.

Doubt I'll buy anything.

Haha, that's basically where I am. It's surprisingly easy to sell stuff on r/mechmarket though; offers usually come within a few minutes. Going to the post office is the worst part.

Lanrefni · « **Reply #3 on:** Thu, 25 April 2019, 14:55:50 »

My plan is to learn to use Kicad and build a fully custom split board using the switches and keycaps from an AEK II.

LightningXI · « **Reply #4 on:** Thu, 25 April 2019, 18:14:38 »

The year is well underway but I plan to continue to collect some artisans and vintage stuff I'd like to have. Other than that, mostly coasting along building keyboards for others and figuring out any new DIY projects. I'd also like to clear out some of my less used stuff.

fanpeople · « **Reply #5 on:** Thu, 25 April 2019, 20:22:25 »

Keep using my HHKB.

HPE1000 · « **Reply #6 on:** Thu, 25 April 2019, 20:41:15 »

Try to sell off more of my stuff. Annoying having over 20 boards and using only 2. I have made good progress already but need to wrap it up.

libertycannon · « **Reply #7 on:** Thu, 25 April 2019, 21:19:27 »

Refresh the PFU website until that new 2019 HHKB is released!

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Sifo · « **Reply #8 on:** Thu, 25 April 2019, 21:22:03 »

****ing get a new pbt set for my lz-s
rebuild my No. 1
designing my own gmk set
designing 2-3 custom housings and learning to do that 3d ****
introduce everyone to Elzy-chan eventually

rowdy · « **Reply #9 on:** Thu, 25 April 2019, 21:53:29 »

Find the rest of my keyboards.

Most of them were put into storage due to a house move at the end of last year, and I only have an HHKB, a RealForce, one SSK, one old Ducky Shine, a QFS and a CODE left.

ArchDill · « **Reply #10 on:** Thu, 25 April 2019, 22:18:44 »

I need to unload some stuff too...

...but what if I need it later?

fanpeople · « **Reply #11 on:** Thu, 25 April 2019, 22:58:15 »

Quote from: fanpeople on Thu, 25 April 2019, 20:22:25

Keep using my HHKB.

**** it, you know what I like to live dangerously....

I may clean my HHKB sometime this year.

Lyd · « **Reply #12 on:** Fri, 26 April 2019, 03:11:29 »

1. Get my old fjell cerakoted in "light sand" Build something with that and the new godspeed mt3 caps
2. Restore my apple m0110 and mod it to work as a usb board with mx keys
3. Replace the switches in my White Filco Minila Air
4. Get my symbiosis 2.0 caps
5. Give money to kono for that sweet hall effect board

SpAmRaY · « **Reply #13 on:** Fri, 26 April 2019, 05:53:25 »

Quote from: ArchDill on Thu, 25 April 2019, 22:18:44

I need to unload some stuff too...

...but what if I need it later?

So far I haven't found later but I've got boxes of stuff and a stack of keyboards ready for it.

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cherrymxsilent@gmail.com · « **Reply #14 on:** Fri, 26 April 2019, 06:25:49 »

Restore my three model f and my beamspring.

Buy more pbt. Start hating gmk and its prices and the group leaders that make group buys ultraexpensive by adding keys beside wkl and standard bottom row in ansi and iso.

vegs · « **Reply #15 on:** Fri, 26 April 2019, 07:11:43 »

Quote from: cherrymxsilent@gmail.com on Fri, 26 April 2019, 06:25:49

Restore my three model f and my beamspring.

Buy more pbt. Start hating gmk and its prices and the group leaders that make group buys ultraexpensive by adding keys beside wkl and standard bottom row in ansi and iso.

It must really be tiring to be as upset as you are all the time

cherrymxsilent@gmail.com · « **Reply #16 on:** Fri, 26 April 2019, 09:43:43 »

Quote from: vegs on Fri, 26 April 2019, 07:11:43

Quote from: cherrymxsilent@gmail.com on Fri, 26 April 2019, 06:25:49
Restore my three model f and my beamspring.

Buy more pbt. Start hating gmk and its prices and the group leaders that make group buys ultraexpensive by adding keys beside wkl and standard bottom row in ansi and iso.
It must really be tiring to be as upset as you are all the time

Why are you confused?
I've looked at old posts, in those times the group leader stated what was the GB fee, but now it's all profit and scammers that earn 20 USD for each set.

ollir_ · « **Reply #17 on:** Mon, 29 April 2019, 13:01:55 »

I will try to give more desk time to the boards that currently get too little of it. If I'm feeling very radical, then maybe I'll get my Realforce from work and bring the FC660C back there.

livewirerc · « **Reply #18 on:** Mon, 29 April 2019, 13:59:06 »

Quote from: libertycannon on Thu, 25 April 2019, 21:19:27

Refresh the PFU website until that new 2019 HHKB is released!

Same. I'm on a self-imposed moratorium on new board orders until the HHKB refresh details come to light.

Aside from that:

Ditch a couple non-firmware programmable TKLs and Vortex boards that I no longer use
Receive the Planck, keys, and holy panda clone switches I ordered from MAssdrop
Receive the white M60-A from Rama (droooooooool)
Keep using my HHKBs and HHKB clones (3x Tokyo60), and ignore my ortholinears and boards larger than 60%

Sup · « **Reply #19 on:** Mon, 29 April 2019, 15:02:34 »

Building two Wonderlands one for work one for home in the future.

Thinking about getting GMK Striker

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TeacherGeek · « **Reply #20 on:** Tue, 30 April 2019, 16:41:36 »

Receive my GK705 and do an unboxing and review video (my first one). Will need to get a good microphone!

Learn to desolder old keyboards to get switches.

Learn more about switches.

mkkeyboardvigilante · « **Reply #21 on:** Wed, 01 May 2019, 02:50:37 »

Try once more to sell the keyboards in my closet I don't use anymore.

Get myself one of those Leopold keyboards I've heard so much about.

Try out a buckling spring keyboard.

And for now, that's about it.

libertycannon · « **Reply #22 on:** Wed, 01 May 2019, 09:39:56 »

Quote from: mkkeyboardvigilante on Wed, 01 May 2019, 02:50:37

Try once more to sell the keyboards in my closet I don't use anymore.

Get myself one of those Leopold keyboards I've heard so much about.

Try out a buckling spring keyboard.

And for now, that's about it.

Big things for topre in 2019!

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networkdrift · « **Reply #23 on:** Thu, 02 May 2019, 13:21:08 »

I want to get back into the hobby. I was knee-deep in at one point but then mental health and being broke happened and I had to sell all my keyboards. I think if I get a stable job this year, I'd like to buy a KBDFans WKL Tofu kit. Nothing too fancy, but I've always wanted one and I feel like it would make a great reentry point.

AbstraktDesignLab · « **Reply #24 on:** Thu, 02 May 2019, 16:06:04 »

I definitely want to work more on my own designs, rather than just going with the market. I would really like to do a gasket-mounted Alps TKL at some point!

Leslieann · « **Reply #25 on:** Thu, 02 May 2019, 19:57:40 »

Sell my 75% KBD clone.

Install real Alps into my KBP TKL,
Upgrade the Magicforce to a MF68 pcb with Box Navy or Jade
Get my CNC up and running and build my new keyboard (case and pcb).

LevelSteam · « **Reply #26 on:** Fri, 03 May 2019, 09:26:03 »

Wait for GMK Jamon and Nines to finish my last two builds, rebuild my KBD75 that's full of the old, faulty Navy switches and cracked GMK Laser caps with new switches and SA Laser, then finally figure out how I want to organize my collection :/

azhdar · « **Reply #27 on:** Fri, 03 May 2019, 09:30:05 »

That one Alps board.

GMK Azerty.

Slavadavadingdong · « **Reply #28 on:** Sat, 18 May 2019, 14:05:15 »

Waiting for GMK DMG, and trying to hunt down a Soyuz Kosmonavt to be the Esc key for my GMK Oblivion set. Also debating whether I want a fourth keyboard (I keep one at work, two at home).

Computer-Lab in Basement · « **Reply #29 on:** Sat, 18 May 2019, 14:26:34 »

I plan to keep using the two keyboards I've been using for the past 5 years; a Ducky YOTD at home and an IBM SSK at work.

If I make any change at all, it would be to buy a Unicomp so I can have a Windows key on my work keyboard, but I doubt I'll even do that...

Sintpinty · « **Reply #30 on:** Sat, 18 May 2019, 21:08:29 »

Won't be able to afford one, so i'll utilize my Corsair K63 as much as i can.

I do have a slim folio though which i type my geekhack posts and Quora mainly on.

abrahamstechnology · « **Reply #31 on:** Sat, 18 May 2019, 21:38:10 »

Finish repairing my Laser SMK board
Finish SMK-modding my Wyse WY-60
Somehow find NOS Space Invaders switches to repair my ADDS and do an NKRO matrix mod
Build more Alps64s
Get more AK-CN2 switches
Get some of the banned switches.

Computer-Lab in Basement · « **Reply #32 on:** Tue, 21 May 2019, 13:02:58 »

Quote from: Computer-Lab in Basement on Sat, 18 May 2019, 14:26:34

I plan to keep using the two keyboards I've been using for the past 5 years; a Ducky YOTD at home and an IBM SSK at work.

If I make any change at all, it would be to buy a Unicomp so I can have a Windows key on my work keyboard, but I doubt I'll even do that...

well this went out the window fairly quickly...

just bought a Royal Kludge 60% board on Amazon for $40, will be my second keyboard at the office alongside my SSK

Kavik · « **Reply #33 on:** Tue, 01 October 2019, 10:38:58 »

I haven't sold anything yet

-Sell Equalz One
-Sell black TEX TKL Case
-Sell KBP V80 Matias
-Sell Alps DSA Lightcycle
-Sell M65-A and extra metal base
-Sell the various MX Blacks I stocked up on when I was stupidly trying to find a smooth linear.
-Sell /dev/tty keycaps

-Receive Ellipse F77 (Finally shipping to the US, but I doubt it'll be in my hands this year. Three years since I ordered it this month.)
~~-Receive GMK DMG~~
~~-Receive DMG Artisan (first artisan, not my thing, but I got it just because of the set)~~ Actually a pretty neat artisan, but I don't think I can get into collecting these.
~~-Receive ePBT Slate~~
~~-Receive cruciformer and fix my BOX switches.~~
~~-Receive nutcracker from Massdrop.~~
-Try out these BOX Blacks and BOX Dark Yellows on something after I've lubed them. (Going to try these on the RAMA U80-A since it's hotswappable)
-Receive RAMA U80-A.

-Buy Primus (Still waiting on GB)
-Maybe buy Majita (sp?) ergo keyboard or VE.A R2. (Neither has entered GB yet)
~~-Maybe buy Niu Mini ortho 40% from KBDFans.~~ (Probably, not going to do this now)
-Maybe make a Model M from the extra Ellipse caps and Unicomp inner assembly I have.

Dongulator · « **Reply #34 on:** Tue, 01 October 2019, 10:44:06 »

More Topre....

libertycannon · « **Reply #35 on:** Tue, 01 October 2019, 16:39:21 »

Pfuuuuuuuuu plz hhkb!!!!!

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sarahnicole · « **Reply #36 on:** Tue, 01 October 2019, 17:00:12 »

Quote from: Dongulator on Tue, 01 October 2019, 10:44:06

More Topre....

Aww yeah

yuppie · « **Reply #37 on:** Tue, 01 October 2019, 17:28:32 »

Try out different topre setups, but acquire none of them.
Get a really nice TKL/WKL built up, never use it.
Expand the 65% collection with a gasket mount, write a review about how it's the best.

Sintpinty · « **Reply #38 on:** Tue, 01 October 2019, 21:10:41 »

Buy GMMK.. put razer greens and zealios for stabilizers

sarahnicole · « **Reply #39 on:** Tue, 01 October 2019, 21:11:56 »

Honestly I just really want a 40% tho

Sifo · « **Reply #40 on:** Tue, 01 October 2019, 23:42:08 »

I'm pretty close to meeting 3/5 goals.

won't be able to finish designing a board by this year. haven't. done much with elzy-chan

Kevadu · « **Reply #41 on:** Tue, 01 October 2019, 23:57:28 »

I plan to stop spending so much damn money on keyboards...particularly since I just bought a house.

...we'll see how that works out.

shadowku · « **Reply #42 on:** Wed, 02 October 2019, 08:09:40 »

Quote from: Kevadu on Tue, 01 October 2019, 23:57:28

I plan to stop spending so much damn money on keyboards...particularly since I just bought a house.

...we'll see how that works out.

You might be back in a few months. I was back to spending on keebs half a year after buying our house.

I'm trying to get out of keebs again so I really just need to..
BKE my FC980C
BKE my second HHKB with purple sliders
Rebuild my NightFox
Waiting for HHKB Pro 3 so I can have some shipped from Japan

mizzoperator · « **Reply #43 on:** Wed, 02 October 2019, 08:10:48 »

Wait until 2020 so I can get a Silo Beamspring keyboard. Those look awesome.

Kavik · « **Reply #44 on:** Tue, 17 December 2019, 10:42:27 »

2019 has been rather slow for me in regards to keyboards. I really haven't done anything on my list. I'm wondering if I've waited too long to sell some stuff like the M65-A since the M65-B is in GB for the same price. I mainly want to offload all the crap I've accumulated and just stick with what I like, but I'm too lazy to get things organized and take pictures.

-Sell Equalz One
-Sell black TEX TKL Case
-Sell KBP V80 Matias
-Sell Alps DSA Lightcycle
-Sell M65-A and extra metal base
-Sell the various MX Blacks I stocked up on when I was stupidly trying to find a smooth linear.
-Sell /dev/tty keycaps

-Receive Ellipse F77 (Orders have begun shipping, but mine definitely won't ship until next year, so this is off the list).
~~-Receive GMK DMG~~
~~-Receive DMG Artisan~~ (Surprised I actually like an artisan. Not sure I can stomach spending money on more of these though).
~~-Receive ePBT Slate~~ (Cool set, nothing to put it on just like every other keyset)
~~-Receive cruciformer and fix my BOX switches.~~ (Works like a charm)
~~-Receive nutcracker from Massdrop.~~ (Also works like a charm)
-Try out these BOX Blacks and BOX Dark Yellows on something after I've lubed them.
-Receive RAMA U80-A. (I guess this isn't shipping until February or something)

-Buy Primus (Still waiting on GB)
-Maybe buy Majita (sp?) ergo keyboard or VE.A R2. (Neither has entered GB yet)
-Maybe buy Niu Mini ortho 40% from KBDFans. (Probably, not going to do this now)
-Maybe make a Model M from the extra Ellipse caps and Unicomp inner assembly I have.

Unexpected purchase:
-MelGeek MG Amber keyset. (won't receive until next year)

Sifo · « **Reply #45 on:** Tue, 17 December 2019, 12:07:33 »

Quote from: Sifo on Thu, 25 April 2019, 21:22:03

****ing get a new pbt set for my lz-s
rebuild my No. 1
designing my own gmk set
designing 2-3 custom housings and learning to do that 3d ****
introduce everyone to Elzy-chan eventually

4/5 not bad.

all that's left I'll save for next year

LightningXI · « **Reply #46 on:** Tue, 17 December 2019, 12:12:04 »

Quote from: Sifo on Tue, 17 December 2019, 12:07:33

Quote from: Sifo on Thu, 25 April 2019, 21:22:03
****ing get a new pbt set for my lz-s
rebuild my No. 1
designing my own gmk set
designing 2-3 custom housings and learning to do that 3d ****
introduce everyone to Elzy-chan eventually

4/5 not bad.

all that's left I'll save for next year

nice

I should put get more Clacks as my goal

Sifo · « **Reply #47 on:** Tue, 17 December 2019, 12:12:16 »

Quote from: LightningXI on Tue, 17 December 2019, 12:12:04

Quote from: Sifo on Tue, 17 December 2019, 12:07:33
Quote from: Sifo on Thu, 25 April 2019, 21:22:03
****ing get a new pbt set for my lz-s
rebuild my No. 1
designing my own gmk set
designing 2-3 custom housings and learning to do that 3d ****
introduce everyone to Elzy-chan eventually

4/5 not bad.

all that's left I'll save for next year
nice

I should put get more Clacks as my goal

oh yeah that's mine too

NewbieOneKenobi · « **Reply #48 on:** Tue, 17 December 2019, 12:33:54 »

Just the very end of 2019 is seeing me get a very unplanned Logitech G810 at a bargain that's supposed to be almost new… will see when it's shipped.

Otherwise I'm getting myself a linear keyboard, either reds or speeds.

VimLover · « **Reply #49 on:** Tue, 17 December 2019, 18:28:28 »

I got to try navy box thick clicks, which I am convinced is a great switch that I really need to build with. I've also convinced myself that the end game for ergo keyboards is a Dactyl, so I'll be trying to integrate the two into what will most likely end up in an extremely expensive disaster.

Also, I'm switching to emacs

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Author Topic: 2019: What are your keyboard plans? (Read 11493 times)