Looks like blizzardmods. I have a set as well. Love the feel of them. Classy look
Hereās all my Topre boards, less the 23U, all with their URSA keycaps.
Starting at the top and going clockwise.
- Realforce R2 TKL (Norbaforce Mark III: Ghost-of-Christmas-Future Edition)
- Leopold FC660C (Sir Cheddar Kiki660 Prototype)
- Leopold FC980C (Sho Aluminum S98)
- Leopold FC660C (Heavy-6: Urbi et Orbi Edition)
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I am hoping beyond hope to stumble into something cool and halfway affordable in Yongsan or Akihabara this week. An FC980C would be the best case scenario.
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URSA looks great! Do you notice a big difference using an oem profile space bar with ursa? Looks like it fits in pretty well. Also those painted plates look incredible, what a combo!
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yep, painted plates haunting me as well. well done @Extra_Fox for the sweet details and personalizing each build to the fullest
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No, not at all actually, but Iād imagine one in the same profile as the URSA spacebar would be even better.
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Are EC-conversions of MX boards acceptable in this thread? Or just OEM Topre?
Iām totally cool with all things EC in here.
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So, I joined a GB for a Solar80 a bit back and had been trying to figure out what to do with it. At some point I discovered the EC TKL X PCB now has MX-footprint stab holes, so decided why not do an EC conversion for the Solar80 (as it happens to match the common h87 layout)?
Only major modification to the case was drilling some new holes for the daughterboard, since the one included with the Solar80 has a weird pinout that doesnāt match the Unified DB cable.
Rather than order a custom plate, I took the existing one (which thankfully was not one of those Swiss-cheese āflexā plates), clamped it to the PCB, and marked/drilled the holes required. Quickly remembered that OEM housings are not going to work, but had a bunch of Tecsee Naevies[1] that did the trick. Also, rather than tapping the holes (and potentially screwing that up), I wound up using some of my supply of M2x3.5mm standoffs to screw in from both sides.
Stabilizers are SwagKeys Knight v4ās; keycaps are MTNU Skywriter. Also thew on some o-rings to deal with housing collisions.
The result is a custom Topre board Iām quite pleased with. Quiet, no stab rattle, and fairly tactile.
Actually theyāre recolored Naevies from Aliexpress, but otherwise feel the same ā©ļø
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Finally got a JIS HHKB again, forgot how much I loved JIS. Really really really looking forward to URSA JIS set!
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US Forest Service HHKB
This build was a ton of fun to do. This is an HHKB hybrid Type-S paint matched to the US Forest Service color (Federal Standard 34350). URSA keycaps, the beige stripe matches the striping on a Forest Service rig. The Skrrt is painted with bed-liner to match the underside of the rigs. Inside it has a stock pcb, meta 45g domes, and has lubed stabs, landing pads, and .7mm rings.
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Fantastic work! Looks great
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RealForce R4 built as a homage to the ilovex R1 keyboard.
Stock internals, R2 orange/green caps, painted housing, urushi down arrow/brocap escape
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what da porpl esc cap
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Now thatās a technicolor keyboard.
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Bro cap Erebus āneon dreamsā from the goat @Jucko
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My Aquanaut, EC version with the gorgeous URSA keycaps designed by @Andreas, sitting on my work desk.
I didnāt know I missed Topre tactility so much until I typed on it for the first time !
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Im loving that build! Southpaw numpad is underrated!
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Ī¼TRON!
Recently received this thing and am thoroughly enjoying the layout so far. Im super curious about how the domes fit inside as the caps are roughly 75% of a normal topre cap and thus closer together.
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Iāve always thought these boards were really cool and I wished they made one with maybe a layout closer to ANSI.
Because the layout they went with is definitely unique and unusual.
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