Finally started building all the unbuilt boards I have laying about…
Midway60 x Deep Navy x HMX Xinhai
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I picked up the all-in-one-kit a couple years back during an AliExpress sale.
20% discount plus coupons.
Later, I realized that the free doubleshot alphas it came with allowed me to outfit a second board, as long as I picked up a mods kit on sale.
So, I ended up using it as a kind of ‘GMK for budget boards.’ They’re consistent keycaps, but the legending is a bit too rounded and I think you can feel some of the doubleshot legends. The only real shortcoming, though, is the lack of scooped or dotted homing keys. Bar only.
Some people say that the design reminds them of GMK Symbiote.
Interestingly, Domikey now produced a successor that uses semi-transparent keys like Symbiote. So you can now get Symbiote-style add-ons for DMK Hush. These kits routinely go on sale, as well.
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Put the POM plate + MX Orange build back into my Virgo & finally broke out some of the relegendable keys I got.
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Gorgeous 
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Fresh set of holiday-gifted keys for my workhorse board (a Yunzii AL71); NicePBT Galaxy
Comfy to type on, fun to look at, and appropriately durable for a crusty work environment. Perfect!
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Nice to see the Midway out in the wild still. There’s been an uptick in boards with a cherry-ish lip lately and it got me wanting to revisit my Midway with some HMX switches. Very nice pic/build!
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Thank y’all! Next up, will try to work my Lumberjack build into a Salvation 
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Noice. I had some custom shorter FR4 spring things made for mine to adjust for the ortho positioning, let me know if you want any info, pics, or measurements.
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I had wondered what the Salvation would feel like with just the 2 outer leaf springs attached? I never tried it though cause I got mine setup with a half plate & super flexy PCB so it doesn’t need any more give LOL! Let us know how it goes with your setup!
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Realforce 89u “Blue Badge”
JIS keycaps with some fun colorful accents/artisans and JDL F row caps
Variable domes
Silenced with #5 rings
Patina’d Brass Plate
Love this thing, usually doesn’t get much desk time unfortunately.
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You have one impressive Topre collection man!
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I appreciate that! It’s definitely taken some time to build up!
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Model OLED. I tried R3 SA and it was good, but the curve is pretty subtle, so it still didn’t quite feel “sculpted”.
Fully sculpted SA feels and sounds heavenly. I don’t know that I’ve ever had a profile that felt this “right” to my fingers. But for looks… GMK Muted Retro is
GMK feels good on the curve as well, except you get a bit more of the sharp edge on the space bar from the negative tilt.
The epic sound from the roller linears is not as interesting with GMK.
Next is trying out some clicky (gateron melodic and cream clicky). Also going to try MTNU, DCS, and DSS.
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I am still here!!
Sorry I haven’t been posting much as of late. Basically, 2024 wrapped up kinda crappy, so I was dealing with a lot of that. 
What better way to kick off the new year than with a new keeb??!! This is my TKD Cycle 8 build!!
This spec is basic black with the partial polished SS rear weight. I went wired, so internally I opted for the brass weights and brass battery cover to add some heft. 
For the PCB, I opted to Millmax, but ran into an issue with the sockets for the enter key, as one of the pin holes was also the switch housing stem hole and came loose, pulling what little pad was available with it. 
The frustrating part about this is that the PCB uses a ribbon cable connector rather than a regular JST connector, so I needed to repair rather than replace, as all of the add-ons are sold out…
With the socket repaired, everything worked great, and I was even able to retain the ability to hotswap that Millmax allows. Granted it’s not pretty, but it’s not the worst I have seen either. 
I opted to go with a quieter build than usual, so Geon x Haimu (HG) Silent linears in red were my switch of choice. I also went full foam (case, PCB, and plate) just to really make this a sleeper build that will allow anyone’s significant other remain asleep. 
I decided to go with Mode stabs, as these have been a great budget choice that I can wholeheartedly endorse to folks that have a Cherry Stab budget, but not Cherry Stab patience. 
Went with the PC plate and used the tadpole mounts. Aside from the PCB snafu, the build was incredibly easy and everything felt solid and the tolerances were very nice. While not the cheapest option in this class, it does feel like a board that should cost much more, so there is a feeling of value with it.
Keycaps were an impulse buy, but ended up really take this buld to the next level of classy: Geon x Keykobo Piano Black. 
Yes, they are very prone to fingerprints, but who of us here doesn’t have a few microfiber towels within reach of their keebs??
Artisan duties were handled by Hibi with their keycap designed for GMK ZÍMŌ. I have been enjoying losing a lot of my free time to Baldur’s Gate 3, and the running joke I have with my friend that I have been co-op’ing my current run with, is that we need a dice role to help us choose some of the stupid choices and side quests we pursue next. This artisan is that solution!! 
I have really been enjoying the build, although accidentally hitting the wrong key has made me the butt of a lot of “form over function” comments from my friend during gameplay, I still love just looking at it while I am waiting for my turn during battles.
There are a couple of builds I snuck in just before the end of the year that I am going to try to get around to posting here, but at the very least, they should be up in my IG page in the coming days…
Happy New Year!!! 
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Today I built my Apparition clear Classic-TKL
This one has knight v2 stabilizers, Gateron Fade switches, and GMK Modern Materials Concrete + Accents.
Built with no foams. It sounds and feels quite premium. Switches are definitely on the heavy side. Overall, I’m very happy with the build. Now to put it to work.
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Those keycaps look like fingerprint magnets, you can probably use the thing as forensic evidence with the detail those fingerprints are going to be.
