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Offline 8bitsudo

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Hello GeekHack
« on: Fri, 11 December 2015, 22:53:12 »
Hello,
I've been introduced in the mech keyboards(again). I used them back on some older IBM giant tops and tan all in one systems. Now I see them and I find what some of these guys on here have made to be works of art. I really want to build a 65%-70% keyboard but I dont have a clue where to start from the keys needed, the layout board, etc... The only bit I do know is I'd like to use brown or Red cherry's. If anyone can point me in the right direction, many things.
Here is the keyboard I'd like to build or buy. Must be back lit as well.

http://i.imgur.com/1nBOb6T.jpg

Offline MAR82

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Re: Hello GeekHack
« Reply #1 on: Sat, 12 December 2015, 18:25:26 »
Welcome to GH
On Massdrop there's a drop for a 65% kit, you should give it a look if you really want to build one. It will have everything you need, you'll just need to provide a soldering iron.
https://www.massdrop.com/buy/the-whitefox-keyboard

Offline rowdy

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Re: Hello GeekHack
« Reply #2 on: Wed, 16 December 2015, 04:06:22 »
Welcome to Geekhack!

To design (?) and build your own keyboard takes a lot of different skills and equipment.  You're probably better off constructing a keyboard that someone else has designed to get the feel of the parts and what's involved in putting one together.

If you're interested in the WhiteFox keyboard, you can read more about it here.

And for general information about building keyboards, browse the threads in making stuff together.
"Because keyboards are accessories to PC makers, they focus on minimizing the manufacturing costs. But that’s incorrect. It’s in HHKB’s slogan, but when America’s cowboys were in the middle of a trip and their horse died, they would leave the horse there. But even if they were in the middle of a desert, they would take their saddle with them. The horse was a consumable good, but the saddle was an interface that their bodies had gotten used to. In the same vein, PCs are consumable goods, while keyboards are important interfaces." - Eiiti Wada

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Offline mrlooolz

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Re: Hello GeekHack
« Reply #3 on: Wed, 16 December 2015, 05:49:03 »
I was waiting for the pok3r RGB or a leopold and went with the whitefox. I recommend you check it out. It is the work of much time and contributions on this forum
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