I always wonder if any maker creates switch blockers (like those sold on Pimpmykeyboard) but in aluminum. As a separate kit, two 1.5u aluminium switch blockers (with matching height and color) at the corner can kind of transform a high profile 60% case to a HHKB style case.
It's been done before, but there is a problem. It looks wank.
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It doesn't look good when there are too many of them on a board.
I am suggesting two things:
- As I read from a few TaoBao listings that their alu blockers are screwed into the PCB, unlike those Pimpmykeyboard blockers where one can just snap them in. Snap-in blockers will be better.
- A pair of 1.5u blockers and a pair of 1u blockers can turn a 60% into the HHKB style and the Winkeyles style in a few second and it doesn't look half bad:
Of course these low cost addons are not as elegant as running another Groupbuy and spending another few hundred dollars on a specialized HHKB case and then also on a Winkeyless case.
(I know that LeandreN offers Winkeyless plate option and HHKB plate option)