You can’t really tell. But that doesn’t matter. Just use good old 60/40 or 63/37 lead tin solder.
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I’ve been working on something for a while now, hopefully I’ll have it done before the Cleveland meetup.
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Got lots of stabby stabs and Silent Inks.
The Inks might be my new favourite switch and I haven’t even lubed them yet!
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I’ve just gotten into linears recently, but I’m a huge fan of the silent inks. I’ve been using them in my office for a few weeks and they’re great.
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I really gotta give Inks a try a soon, think I may have to bump them above Creams even since all I hear is good about both regular & silent Inks. Not that I have heard of any big issues with the newest Creams, but they still seem to have some quirks.
I definitely like them more than the creams, although I have the silent inks in a keyboard I like much more than the one I have the creams in so that might add some bias.
I just put together a planck with some sakurios, I’ll be curious to see how those compare.
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How’s the silencing on the Inks? Are they close to Cherry silents? If so, i’m on it…
Yep I’d say they’re equally quiet. The ink spring stock might even be a bit quieter.
Inks are good
Black on Black No Brand keyset from KBDfans. Not as good as EnjoyPBT but surprisingly good for a No Brand. Feels good, sounds good, looks bad ass.
This is actually my first Hangul sub-legend keyset because I frankly don’t need one to type Hangul despite having learned it late in my 30s. It’s that easy to learn and use.
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Not all in the mail, but this was my booty today:
- TADA68 replacement PCB from KBDFans
- 80x Outemu no-slot tops and silent tactile stems
- EPBT 9009 R4 from KBDFans
For me, not a bad haul.
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Massdrop Holy Pandas, finally! From what I can tell they came through for the most part, these even got decent springs in them! I don’t have any OG HPs to compare them too on hand, but they feel just as good if not better than the many variants I have on hand. The closest they feel to from what I have is the Holy YOK Pandas (Red & Trash). All three (YOKs & MD HPs) feel very close to what I remember OG HPs feeling like so I am satisfied with the switches. Although I will leave the true comparisons to those who have OG HPs on hand to compare these to, as I have heard a few people saying there are minor differences.
Here’s some comprehensive pics for those that are curious about these switches.
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Is this a random color canoe? I have been kicking myself for skipping out on those or the yellow one.
Yeah, that’s what I got with the random. I was between that and the yellow, and I kind of regret not getting the yellow, but this one is pretty cool. I’ve got some holy pandas to put it together with.
Looks like a vaporwave board to me. Very cool actually.
Same, I was only going to go in for the GMK vaporwave novelties because they’re great and I l’m a big fan of some vaporwave but this is making me reconsider… It’s too bad you won’t be able to see too much of the plate once it’s put together.
On a side note I have some mint pandas I put halo stems in that I was going to put into this board, but the fit in the plate is incredibly tight. I’ve never done a build with pandas before, does anyone know if they are typically tight or if it’s the plate? I’m trying to figure out what I should file to make it fit.
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It’s the switches, the red & trash pandas I got all are very tight fitting in any plate I’ve tried them in.
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