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Offline ItsBarney01

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hi from Australia
« on: Sat, 16 April 2016, 07:16:26 »
Hello, I am just getting into mechanical keyboards. I live in Australia, and am currently at high school. Currently i only own one mechanical keyboard, a corsair k65 with mx reds. I have done no mods to this besides flipping the space bar, which doesn't really count. I plan on purchasing a HHKB pro 2 type S at some stage, and possibly hydro dipping or swirling the frame :cool:, but i really have no idea if that is even possible for a topre keyboard :)). As I am still only in high school, coming up with funds for the HHKB will obviously be a challenge, but I plan to get a job soon and so that should help ;D.

I really look forward to meeting the geekhack community, and properly getting into mechanical keyboards.

P.S. if anyone has taken a HHKB apart before please leave a comment if it is possible to completely isolate the frame from any internal components and switches.

P.P.S. also feel free to leave a comment just for banter  :thumb:
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Re: hi from Australia
« Reply #1 on: Sat, 16 April 2016, 07:30:58 »
Welcome to the forum!

I haven't seen that done to an HHKB before but I don't think it would be a problem to paint or dip the case
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Offline ItsBarney01

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Re: hi from Australia
« Reply #2 on: Sat, 16 April 2016, 08:14:33 »
Quote from: swimmingbird on Sat, 16 April 2016, 07:30:58
Welcome to the forum!

I haven't seen that done to an HHKB before but I don't think it would be a problem to paint or dip the case

Awesome! Thanks mate.
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Re: hi from Australia
« Reply #3 on: Sat, 16 April 2016, 10:02:17 »
Welcome! Hydro dipping the HHKB is possible (see link) Idk how that one was done. As for who did it I would take a guess and say that it wasn't Morbidstix. But I could be wrong. :cool:

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Re: hi from Australia
« Reply #4 on: Sat, 16 April 2016, 10:34:10 »
Welcome to geekhack from the land of the bitey things! 

Looks like this may be the original album? http://imgur.com/a/sZLrx
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Re: hi from Australia
« Reply #5 on: Sat, 16 April 2016, 11:03:31 »
Quote from: cryptokey on Sat, 16 April 2016, 10:34:10
Welcome to geekhack from the land of the bitey things! 

Looks like this may be the original album? http://imgur.com/a/sZLrx

Could be. That link is the same as the link I posted :)) I remember seeing the board in either the "it's in the mail" thread or the "what keyboard are you using" thread.

I've yet to see a picture of a chipped morbidstix job but, I'm not an expert on the subject
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Offline ItsBarney01

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Re: hi from Australia
« Reply #6 on: Sat, 16 April 2016, 19:04:52 »
Quote from: csmertx on Sat, 16 April 2016, 10:02:17
Welcome! Hydro dipping the HHKB is possible (see link) Idk how that one was done. As for who did it I would take a guess and say that it wasn't Morbidstix. But I could be wrong. :cool:

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Awesome, thanks a lot. I will definitely give this a shot if I get a hhkb.
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Re: hi from Australia
« Reply #7 on: Sat, 16 April 2016, 19:53:18 »
On closer inspection, that 'hydro dipped paint job' looks like a bunch of stickers.

Food for thought, hydro dipping will definitely void your warranty   
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Re: hi from Australia
« Reply #8 on: Sun, 17 April 2016, 05:55:38 »
Welcome to Geekhack!

Looks like the original thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/MechanicalKeyboards/comments/4dh4yl/is_this_the_first_hydrodipped_hhkb/

And it seems that one was hydro-dipped.

I can't think of a reason why it would not be physically possible to do.  Probably no-one has done it as you'd pay a lot for a keyboard with a certain look, and then completely change the look in a non-reversible way.

What do you mean by isolating the frame?  The HHKB is one of a very few (if not the only one) case-mounted keyboard.  The switches are actually mounted in the case top.  There is no plate.  Then there is the case bottom, and a PCB or two inside.  That's about it.  All plastic construction.

There's some disassembly info and internal pics here.

Edit: url tag has [ and ] :))
« Last Edit: Sun, 17 April 2016, 06:01:00 by rowdy »
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Offline ItsBarney01

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Re: hi from Australia
« Reply #9 on: Mon, 18 April 2016, 01:41:21 »
Quote from: rowdy on Sun, 17 April 2016, 05:55:38
Welcome to Geekhack!

Looks like the original thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/MechanicalKeyboards/comments/4dh4yl/is_this_the_first_hydrodipped_hhkb/

And it seems that one was hydro-dipped.

I can't think of a reason why it would not be physically possible to do.  Probably no-one has done it as you'd pay a lot for a keyboard with a certain look, and then completely change the look in a non-reversible way.

What do you mean by isolating the frame?  The HHKB is one of a very few (if not the only one) case-mounted keyboard.  The switches are actually mounted in the case top.  There is no plate.  Then there is the case bottom, and a PCB or two inside.  That's about it.  All plastic construction.

There's some disassembly info and internal pics here.

Edit: url tag has [ and ] :))

yeah, that was what i was worried about. Should still be possible though. Maybe a bit harder.
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Re: hi from Australia
« Reply #10 on: Mon, 18 April 2016, 05:52:49 »
Quote from: ItsBarney01 on Mon, 18 April 2016, 01:41:21
Quote from: rowdy on Sun, 17 April 2016, 05:55:38
Welcome to Geekhack!

Looks like the original thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/MechanicalKeyboards/comments/4dh4yl/is_this_the_first_hydrodipped_hhkb/

And it seems that one was hydro-dipped.

I can't think of a reason why it would not be physically possible to do.  Probably no-one has done it as you'd pay a lot for a keyboard with a certain look, and then completely change the look in a non-reversible way.

What do you mean by isolating the frame?  The HHKB is one of a very few (if not the only one) case-mounted keyboard.  The switches are actually mounted in the case top.  There is no plate.  Then there is the case bottom, and a PCB or two inside.  That's about it.  All plastic construction.

There's some disassembly info and internal pics here.

Edit: url tag has [ and ] :))

yeah, that was what i was worried about. Should still be possible though. Maybe a bit harder.

The only thing is - if it get fscked up you'll have a hard time finding a replacement HHKB case top without buying another HHKB.
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NEC APC-H4100E | Ducky DK9008 Shine MX blue LED red | Ducky DK9008 Shine MX blue LED green | Link 900243-08 | CM QFR MX black | KeyCool 87 white MX reds | HHKB 2 Pro | Model M 02-Mar-1993 | Model M 29-Nov-1995 | CM Trigger (broken) | CM QFS MX green | Ducky DK9087 Shine 3 TKL Yellow Edition MX black | Lexmark SSK 21-Apr-1994 | IBM SSK 13-Oct-1987 | CODE TKL MX clear | Model M 122 01-Jun-1988

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