it’s the battlecry aftermath, from a guy in the Philippines: https://www.instagram.com/markeysph/. he doesn’t ship overseas (higher shipping due covid accdg to him) so had to get someone there to purchase locally and forward to me
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The wife got me this sweet new deskmat and a KBDPad MKII for Fathers Day. I built it up with Hyperglides that have been lubed wit h205g0 and have a 67g, 2 stage long spring in them. It’s nice to have a proper numpad for work use.
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One hell of a mat.
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totally agreed- I want one of those…!
Got a PCB that allowed me to convert my Klippe to a gummy worm mount similar to a Bakeneko or Unikorn. Short Build Log
Overall, I am pretty happy with this build.
The sound is the biggest improvement. Surprisingly, I would say that the board had more flex with my POM plate as a tray mount. I removed the center stand-offs, so there was a lot of flex in the middle as a tray. It was more focused around the space bar and above in a bell curve type shape. The gummy worm mod seems to be more bouncy and flex-y consistently across the whole board. Not sure if changing my o-ring material or hardness would have an effect on the flex. Anyone with experience on this want to weight in?
Thanks!
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This is amazing and stuff I absolutely love about this hobby. 
I missed the last Klippe drop (huge regrets) but still wanted to try and o-ring a tray mount. I picked up one of those older anodized cases since they had similar stand-offs along the top and bottom of the case edge where the Tofu looks to have machined them away to make room for the battery or something.
I hope this will make for a decent substitute. Do you have a storefront link for the PCB?
Unfortunately I don’t. However I can provide you with these IC links. One is for the PCB I received, and another was a similar effort but by someone else.
https://www.reddit.com/r/mechmarket/comments/n17jpb/ic_merro60_pcb_gummy_oring_for_tofu_klippe_t/
and
https://www.reddit.com/r/mechmarket/comments/mlf4ck/ic_nappe_oring_gasket_mount_mod_pcb_for/
The Merro60 stated that he was hoping to run the GB around August. Sounds like some RL issues pushed it back.
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So, after a bit of tweaking, I think this board is in a good place. Serendipitously, the coating on this Wave keycap nicely matches Synthwave.
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Nice. I thought it was a DIP switch there for a second. lol
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Bahaha. That would be wild…but now I want to see it done 
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Finally spiffed up my G80-1800! Replaced the stabilizers with Durock V1 screw in stabs lubed with Carbon GS2 (I used GS2 on all parts in order to keep a more stock type feel since I did not lube the switches). Pulled out the MX Clear stems, filmed the switches with Deskey films, swapped the springs to 55g progressive ones, then replaced the stems with Invyr V1 batch 3 PE stems. I also put a little shelf liner under the PCB to better wedge it in the case & provide a small amount of sound dampening. Overall very happy with the end result! It sounds much better than it did stock, but can be easily put back into its stock configuration!
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Dorp CTRL w/ “bronze” high-pro case
Mistel WoB keycaps, accented with blank wooden caps from a KBDFans set
Mixture of Unholy True frankens on the alphas, and another frankenswitch I’m evaluating on the rest.
This is a hefty keeb - but the rounded edges make it very easy to deal with, even on my lap at the couch. The integrated plate makes this a very stiff chassis; absolutely zero flex. Not my normal cup of tea, but it actually works quite well with these switches, which I tend to just barely bottom-out on, if at all.
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SCHOGETTEN!!!
Beste
That is a nice colour on the board, that has a integrated plate yes?
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Thanks! No actually it’s plateless
s. It’s a OG Cherry G80-1800HEU.
A smattering of things today.
My “Copre” board is now in it’s final form:
- old acrylic 5 degree case
- pre-retooled GMK stabs (205g0 + BDZ marshmallow cream)
- Cherry silent blacks (tx films, 3204) with 15g Sprit Supreme springs + TG3 dust protector “dome” sheet
- Boba U4’s (doughnut dipped 62g springs) in the mods
- SP xFilco R3 SA in Navy (the warm lighting makes them look a tad purple in the pic)
Space65 CyberVoyager:
- e-white
- c3 Olivia stabs (205g0 + Permatex)
- H1’s (Deskeys films, 205g0) with TX 67g 14mm (short) springs
- DSA Vilebloom (perfect profile for shallow angled boards like this one)
My tester off to the right has some Akko Blue Ocean switches lubed with 3204, spring swapped with TX 62g 16mm (long) springs. They are pretty good for the price ~$0.30 a piece shipping included. The springs that they shipped with are too light for my tastes and worse yet are progressive which really sucks the tactility out of the stem. The springs that I swapped in brings that tactility back. The bump isn’t overly round nor sharp, and isn’t that long. They kind of feel like a V1 Zealio if the bump was at the top of the press. I’m going to mod up a bunch and throw them in a hotswap board to get a better impression of them in a build.
Finally, I snagged those two ceramic dishes from our regional DIY/Home Improvement store for screws and the like. They are saucers for tiny plant pots, but work great for my purposes. They aren’t magnetic of course, but look good as they are meant to be decorative and they were only $1.29 a pop. Thought that I would mention this in case someone was looking for a similar cheap solution.
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