« previous next »
Pages:  [1]     Go Down

Author Topic: Looking for specific keycaps  (Read 2287 times)

0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.

Offline crykn

  • Thread Starter
  • Posts: 99
Looking for specific keycaps
« on: Fri, 20 May 2016, 16:50:26 »
Now that I have owned a mechanical keyboard (Corsair Vengeance K70 w/ Cherry MX Red) for a couple of years, I've been thinking about going ahead and fully customizing a keyboard for my taste. I'm probably going to end up going with a Poker 3 w/ Cherry MX Clears. I figured I would go ahead and get some custom keycaps to go with it as well. Does anyone know where I could get some keycaps that fit the following criteria (without spending way too much money):

- PBT (preferably thick)
- Cherry MX stem
- Blank
- Red (for alphanumeric)
- Black (for modifiers)
- DSA profile (preferable, but willing to compromise here)

Thank you for any help you can provide!
Logged

Offline rowdy

  • HHKB Hapster
  • * Erudite Elder
  • Posts: 21175
  • Location: melbourne.vic.au
  • Missed another sale.
Re: Looking for specific keycaps
« Reply #1 on: Sun, 22 May 2016, 01:24:07 »
Welcome to Geekhack!

For DSA you're looking at Signature Plastics/Pimp My Keyboard - they are the only ones making DSA.

http://pimpmykeyboard.com/blank-key-packs/dsa/
Logged
"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

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

Ị̸͚̯̲́ͤ̃͑̇̑ͯ̊̂͟ͅs̞͚̩͉̝̪̲͗͊ͪ̽̚̚ ̭̦͖͕̑́͌ͬͩ͟t̷̻͔̙̑͟h̹̠̼͋ͤ͋i̤̜̣̦̱̫͈͔̞ͭ͑ͥ̌̔s̬͔͎̍̈ͥͫ̐̾ͣ̔̇͘ͅ ̩̘̼͆̐̕e̞̰͓̲̺̎͐̏ͬ̓̅̾͠͝ͅv̶̰͕̱̞̥̍ͣ̄̕e͕͙͖̬̜͓͎̤̊ͭ͐͝ṇ̰͎̱̤̟̭ͫ͌̌͢͠ͅ ̳̥̦ͮ̐ͤ̎̊ͣ͡͡n̤̜̙̺̪̒͜e̶̻̦̿ͮ̂̀c̝̘̝͖̠̖͐ͨͪ̈̐͌ͩ̀e̷̥͇̋ͦs̢̡̤ͤͤͯ͜s͈̠̉̑͘a̱͕̗͖̳̥̺ͬͦͧ͆̌̑͡r̶̟̖̈͘ỷ̮̦̩͙͔ͫ̾ͬ̔ͬͮ̌?̵̘͇͔͙ͥͪ͞ͅ

Offline xtrafrood

  • formerly csmertx
  • * Elevated Elder
  • Posts: 2716
  • Location: Gainesville, FL
  • KA2 touchpad on top
    • csmertx.com
Re: Looking for specific keycaps
« Reply #2 on: Sun, 22 May 2016, 19:04:07 »
If you want to grab a set for a pok3r, tkl, full-sized, ergodox, ISO, and numpad check out the blank keysets. The option for DSA is the third option. Ordering PBT requires you to check out the swatches to see what color code you need. PMK uses both ABS and PBT; and they all have color codes specific to the kind of plastic used. I've sure you've already noticed the non-standard bottom row of your Corsair. Rowdy linked you to the extras you'll probably need including the spacebar. They have spacebars that range in size from 6u-8u which is insane :eek: (technically they have spacebars from 2u to 8u but um, damn)

PBT Red


PBT Black/Brown/Cream
Logged
(sold) Chris Schammert (Christopher Schammert)
Pages:  [1]     Go Up
« previous next »