What is on your desk today?

I did not expect that, but I really like that reaction :smiley: Also hard to not love Busy Town, best Deskmat all over, hands down.

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These remind me of the Tut yakeylt keycaps (my favorite set so far)

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Extremely cool and beautiful work

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Twofer.

Last week:

NK Classic TKL
Domikey Hush keycaps
Swagkeys Knight stabilizers
Lichicx (:headstone:RIP) Raw Tactile (big bump)

I love how much this one changes with the per-key lighting.

This week:

Dorp CSTM80 w/Chroma PVD case bezel
Little Cutie Designs Workshop Purple Zinc Alloy keycaps
Invokeys Daydreamer silent tactile switches
Wuque Studio screw-in stabilizers V3.1

My biggest complaint about the metallic keys is that the F and J keys “clonk” when the switch housing collides with the keycap. From the looks of it, I just need to take a dremel to remove the slightly raised “nubbins” that aren’t on the other R3 caps.

(I’d normally call them injection mold markings but I don’t imagine they’re doing (liquid) metal injection molding for this. Probably sintering?)

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Being zinc, I believe those actually are molding marks. I think those caps are formed by molds with the metal in a liquid molten state. Compared with steel and even aluminum, zinc has a relatively low melting temperature and is easier to mold than machine IIRC.

Either way, dremeling should work fine to remove them, though there’s a chance it might clog an abrasive bit with the relatively soft material in the process.

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Huh, you’re right, zinc has an absurdly low melting point – 419C. Learned something new today!

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Lose the Topre-style forehead, and that NK Classic could almost be my M87 Pro build!

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Playing with combos of the new HHKB caps. People hate on the center legends but I think they’re pretty nice.

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Honestly yea I don’t mind the center legends on an HHKB especially with the left & right side mods being pushed to their respective directions. Makes it look nice and symmetrical.

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Almost forgot how much I love this keyboard:

Class80 R2 WK

  • KBDfans Roller switches
  • GMK CYL Olive R2 Dark
  • POM Plate, top-mounted
  • Designer Studio Adaptive stabilizers
  • OLKB washers to prevent teeter
  • Foams: both PCB, 2 smaller case
  • Custom red light gel for indicator LEDs
  • Solenoid omitted (clearance issues with included unit)

I think it sounds so good:

This is so close to being a perfect keyboard for me I might as well call it one. If they ever do an R3, I’d say bring back the screw-mounting for the bottom weight it had, fix the stretched font on the LED indicator while keeping its updated mounting, and bam - actual perfection.

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For any Neon Genesis Evangelion fans out there.

Matrix FAUKWAA - [ MY-2K ] (black anno)

Cherry Hyperglide Brown housings, U4T stems, Gazzew 62g springs, light 205g0 (:kiss::pinched_fingers:)

GMK Shinseiki

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all your boards and setup look amazing! do you have a gallery with all your pictures? I would love some inspiration for my new office :eyes:

With theremingoat.com officially turning 5 years old today, I figured it was about time to break out the collection for another family photo. While it’s not a particularly great photograph, fitting 3,500 different switches in a 7’ x 3.5’ grid into one photo while standing atop a sofa is a lot easier said than done…

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Cheers to your switch collection Goat, my burning question is what would you do if someone snuck into your house and popped all the switches out of their spots and moved them around.

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I spy with my little eye… nothing with a rubber dome here?!

Pictured

  • Megalodon pad setup for MS Teams control.
  • Qwertykeys QK101 with SA Oblivion caps
  • Logitech Mouse
  • Aggressively orange 3D printed wrist rests.
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Loving the setup fox!

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Struggled to pair the keycaps and copper Salvation but I think this might be a match (…for now).
DCD Banana + Gat Milky Yellows + FR4 plate and and Akko v3 Creamy Black Pro in the tiny spacebar.
Really digging the Milky Yellows recently.

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This is cool and a good pairing but it is also giving me borderline trypophobia :thinking: :+1:

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I’m not very happy now after looking up trypophobia. Let’s just go ahead and add that to the list. Not really a fear for me, but some of the associated images in Google did turn my stomach a bit.

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Got my DCS SMRT caps on a board today. Here it is on my navy 500c

The JWK Mocha Chocolate switches pair nicely with DCS :+1:. Definitely going to be on my desk for a hot minute

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