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Offline jjanssen1

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Hello from Melbourne, Australia
« on: Sun, 29 May 2016, 03:58:26 »
Hey everyone,
My name is Joshua and I am a 14 y.o from Melbourne, Australia.
In the near future I am thinking of building a 60% NeRD keyboard.
Here is what I am thinking:
PCB: NeRD 60 PCB
Switches: Cherry MX Blues
LEDs: Red LEDs
Case: TEX 60% Aluminum Case -Black
Cable: Custom www.Pexonpcs.co.uk usb cable
Keycaps: WASD Keyboards 61 custom keycap set + (Hopefully) Clack Candy Corn or Oktoberfest cap
Plate: Plateless :)
If anyone has any feedback/ideas I would like to hear them
Cheers
-Joshua
« Last Edit: Sun, 29 May 2016, 05:25:29 by jjanssen1 »
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Offline jaffers

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Re: Greeting From Melbourne, Australia
« Reply #1 on: Sun, 29 May 2016, 04:54:21 »
Hi hi, think about gateron blues instead of scummy cherry switches
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Offline jjanssen1

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Re: Greeting From Melbourne, Australia
« Reply #2 on: Sun, 29 May 2016, 05:49:45 »
Quote from: jaffers on Sun, 29 May 2016, 04:54:21
Hi hi, think about gateron blues instead of scummy cherry switches
Would you know any websites that sell them?
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Re: Hello from Melbourne, Australia
« Reply #3 on: Sun, 29 May 2016, 20:24:54 »
Quote from: jjanssen1 on Sun, 29 May 2016, 05:49:45
Quote from: jaffers on Sun, 29 May 2016, 04:54:21
Hi hi, think about gateron blues instead of scummy cherry switches
Would you know any websites that sell them?

ebay
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Re: Hello from Melbourne, Australia
« Reply #4 on: Sun, 29 May 2016, 20:48:57 »
mechanicalkeyboards.com
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Re: Hello from Melbourne, Australia
« Reply #5 on: Sun, 29 May 2016, 20:50:49 »
mechkb too if you prefer something more local  :thumb:

also welcome
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Re: Hello from Melbourne, Australia
« Reply #6 on: Tue, 31 May 2016, 05:58:50 »
Welcome to Geekhack!

Unfortunately there's not many keyboard stores in Australia.

PCCG has a reasonable range of keyboards (in Melbourne too), but no parts.

MechKB has keyboards and (some) parts, in Sydney.

Apart from that, you'll end up ordering most of your parts from the US.

Have you also considered a GH60?  Now (or soon?) available at Techkeys: https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=79930.0
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Re: Hello from Melbourne, Australia
« Reply #7 on: Tue, 31 May 2016, 09:40:31 »
Oh whoops, another Austrailian; welcome! I guess shipping from mechanicalkeyboards.com could be a tad bit expensive
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Re: Hello from Melbourne, Australia
« Reply #8 on: Wed, 01 June 2016, 05:47:16 »
Quote from: csmertx on Tue, 31 May 2016, 09:40:31
Oh whoops, another Austrailian; welcome! I guess shipping from mechanicalkeyboards.com could be a tad bit expensive

It is, but they provide excellent service (not sure about returns though), and sometimes it's the only option as there is not a huge range of keyboard stuff down here.
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