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And I'm typing this on a fully custom, hand soldered, hand lubed, modded Maja V2 from KBDFans and MT3 keycaps from Drop. Easily costs more than all those boards
by coreyh14444 3y ago
And I'm typing this on a fully custom, hand soldered, hand lubed, modded Maja V2 from KBDFans and MT3 keycaps from Drop. Easily costs more than all those boards in that post combined. And let's just say this is not my only keyboard.
- J_Shelby_J 3y agoIt’s a neat hobby! Honestly, all you really need is to lube the switches. That’s biggest benefit. A lubed mechanical switch, even the cheapest generic red, out performs anything off the shelf.
- coreyh14444 3y agoTotally agree. You can take a basic mechanical keyboard from Amazon with hot swap switches, lube them. Maybe do a basic tape mod (just put masking tape on the back of the PCB) and get like 85% of the benefit of a high end keyboard. This is what I've done for the rest of my family's keyboards.
- wellthisisgreat 3y agoWhat does the tape mod do?
- nickstinemates 3y agoImproves the sound, basically.
- Modified3019 3y agoI presume you use the blue painters masking tape? Normal masking tape tends to turn into either horrible goo or powder.
- w0m 3y agoGasket mount was the biggest difference to me outside of the initial mechanical switch. Now I have a number of mechanicals (i love, or did..) that I side-eye as they don't have that hearty damp at the end. :/ (i consistently work at 3 desks, only have gasket on one)
- rewmie 3y ago> It’s a neat hobby! The same can be said about heroin.
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- taneq 3y agoYou can't just say that and not post build pics of keyboard. :D (A couple of Das Keyboards here and only one is even modified, but let's say I'm mechanical-curious. :P )
- coreyh14444 3y agohttps://photos.app.goo.gl/xesqNgwBmZcrss6P6 https://photos.app.goo.gl/xesqNgwBmZcrss6P6 I should do some better glamour shots to do it justice :)
- wussboy 3y agoI love this. I've spent countless hours and hundreds of dollars pursuing an "Ortholinear Ms Natural 4000 with Cherry MX Blues". Custom laser cut outs. Hand wire wrapped. Custom firmware. It was tons of fun. But at the end of the day, I keep coming back to my Ergodox. I'm just so used to it now after all these years I don't think I could give it up.
- wellthisisgreat 3y agoI tried all the profiles that existed up to 2021 or so, and MT3 is really the best keycap profile;