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Offline ManOnTheMetalIsland

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Builder/tinkerer saying hello
« on: Mon, 19 January 2015, 07:36:52 »
Hello friends, my name's will. I've been lurking the site the past few nights and have rally learned some stuff. A little background on my current keyboard situation: I've always had an appreciation for computers since I can remember, but always thought a keyboard was a keyboard, I believe this is because I've always had laptops and vaguely remember the desktop we had when I was a kid. Well, a few months ago I decided to build myself a pretty nice desktop and started following a few YouTube personalities and one of the biggest themes was that a desktop isn't complete without a mechanical keyboard. Right now I have a goodwill 2.99 rubber dome deal from when I built my htpc. I'm really interested in putting one together myself. There's lots of really great designs on here that have given me plenty of ideas. Anyways, here's a picture of my PC I put together, hopefully it conveys why I must be a little off and want to build rather than buy.  :rolleyes:

Will

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Re: Builder/tinkerer saying hello
« Reply #1 on: Mon, 19 January 2015, 07:48:31 »
Welcome to GeekHack! :cool:

You've come to the right place to learn more about mechanical keyboards and building one.  Check out the projects in the making stuff together sub-forum.

Happy Keyboarding!

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Re: Builder/tinkerer saying hello
« Reply #2 on: Mon, 19 January 2015, 07:55:13 »
Nice case. Always wanted to mod one of those. Welcome!
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Offline Joey Quinn

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Re: Builder/tinkerer saying hello
« Reply #3 on: Mon, 19 January 2015, 13:47:47 »
Nice build, I've got a Mac Pro case that I've been wanting to mod and use. Any chance your system is a Hackintosh? Welcome to GH!
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Offline ManOnTheMetalIsland

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Re: Builder/tinkerer saying hello
« Reply #4 on: Mon, 19 January 2015, 17:15:38 »
Quote from: Joey Quinn on Mon, 19 January 2015, 13:47:47
Nice build, I've got a Mac Pro case that I've been wanting to mod and use. Any chance your system is a Hackintosh? Welcome to GH!

Yep, it dual boots 7 and Yosemite.

Will
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Re: Builder/tinkerer saying hello
« Reply #5 on: Mon, 19 January 2015, 17:20:10 »
Quote from: ManOnTheMetalIsland on Mon, 19 January 2015, 17:15:38
Quote from: Joey Quinn on Mon, 19 January 2015, 13:47:47
Nice build, I've got a Mac Pro case that I've been wanting to mod and use. Any chance your system is a Hackintosh? Welcome to GH!

Yep, it dual boots 7 and Yosemite.

Will

Sweet my rig is 8.1 and Mavericks, I may switch over to Yosemite but not for a while.
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Offline badenglishihave

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Re: Builder/tinkerer saying hello
« Reply #6 on: Tue, 20 January 2015, 08:17:35 »
It's nice to have a place where Windows/Linux/Apple people can all agree on something  ;D . My wife has a mini-ITX Hackintosh that she just paired with a Ducky Shine 4, while I have a dual boot Xubuntu/8.1 full size box with a Ducky Shine 3 TKL. The choice of keyboard is the first computer decision we've both approved of in a long time lol.
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Re: Builder/tinkerer saying hello
« Reply #7 on: Tue, 20 January 2015, 08:39:39 »
You'll notice a lot of people here with similar interests, it's one thing I love about the community.
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Re: Builder/tinkerer saying hello
« Reply #8 on: Wed, 21 January 2015, 04:50:04 »
Welcome to GH will!!!

Glad to see you finally came around! there's a couple places to can buy parts to make a keboard. GONskeyboardworks, Winkeyless, 22kbd, ortholinearkeyboards and a couple other places. any idea on what layout you're looking to do?
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Re: Builder/tinkerer saying hello
« Reply #9 on: Thu, 22 January 2015, 04:08:09 »
Welcome to Geekhack!

I was thinking that case looks a bit familiar!

It's amazing how little people think of their keyboards, and yet it is an essential peripheral without which a computer would be nearly useless.
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