I’m not sure why but I thought about giving the Boston some desk time again today. Very strange to use such a behemoth once again.
- Boston 120
- Durock Lupine
- SA Laser
- 3DP case by Technofrikus
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Finished the wrist rest for my ScottoAlp keyboard. The typing angle using the wrist rest makes it much more usable for me.
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All done with the Alice Duo. It’s another solid keyboard form QwertyKeys. It’s been my firm desire to have a high quality, split board and this is great. I still want to find an SP-111 eventually, but this hits the spot. I’m still working out how to get to the right shift key though.
Build Details
Summary
- Switches
- Everglide Aqua Kings
- Tecsee 63.5g 2-stage springs.
- Sprit Supreme 125g springs for spacebars.
- Stabilizers
- Typeplus x YIKB
- I really like these. No notes.
- Typeplus x YIKB
- Keycaps
- AF-SA Off-white
- The off-white color of these worked really well in my opinion. Although I’m not a huge fan of the yellow, this was the only keyset I had on hand that had all the right key sizes (including spacebars) to make this rather unique configuration work.
- AF-SA Off-white
- Configuration
- ALL THE FOAMS!
- Stiff silicone mounts.
- FR4 switch plate.
- Home row control.
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I am totally digging that desk pad. Where did you get that?
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Since I’m posting; that’s the Busytown mat. I think they are out of stock but could do another run some day.
Got my QK100 all set-up this weekend:
Aside from some of the stabs not being as silent as I want, I’m really happy with this keyboard and this build of it.
Also:
The build:
- Black case with gold retro badge
- Tri-mode PCB
- FR4 plate, all foams
- All gaskets, firm orientation
- GMK Black & Gold
- Invokeys Nightshade silent linears
- Maiz dampened stabs
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Yeah definitely sold out, but it is still way cool. Thank you for the info.
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There are some other vendors that make similar ones. This is the one I bought awhile back. Kids Car Town from Childhood - Mousepad Deskmat Playmat (artist designed)
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Thank you. I’ll definitely check it out.
This is my favorite deskmat, it’s the “Busy Town” deskmat and unfortunately Round 3 of the group buy just closed on Friday (08/22).
Prototypist has some pre-orders still even though it’s already being made:
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MT3 Darkness on my custom split with MX2A Silent Reds
This is a new build with glossy carbon fiber. My other main is matte carbon fiber with Skiidata MT3 and MX2A Oranges.
The more I use MT3, the more it grows on me. It’s a shame all the drama around the profile with Drop doing Matt3o dirty because I think this may be Matt3o’s best work (saying this as someone who also loves PBS, MTNU, and the OG WhiteFox board).
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How do the column slants work out for hitting the top pinky keys like P? I have used a split Iris keyboard and found it hard to reach those keys.
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Anecdotally, I find it super easy to hit those keys on the splayed staggered board here. I’ve used an ergodox that has a less significant stagger and no splay and that really hurt my hands with the stretch required.
The splay and stagger on this makes things feel about as reachable as the keywells in the kinesis advantage that I used before these.
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Many cool looking keyboards here this month!
I picked this Corne up from a Discord associate who did a beautiful job SMD soldering and case printing. They also included P3D thick PP plates - really unique.
Using Keygeek Cheesecakes and a mix of beige alphas from OTC 9009, CK NicePBT warm white blanks, and Keyreative Klein blue “bars”. The caps were an initial whim but actually really work with the case, wires, and frosted covers, I think.
The Cheesecakes are a little too light for me; I think 50gf total is my lightest truly comfortable weight. Very fine switches, though.
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I really like the way that print came out, and the frosted MCU covers are a nice touch!
It was a very different layout, but I found I didn’t like the feel of Cherry at all on a flat keyboard and needed at least a little 3-degree incline to make the profile feel normal. How do you find Cherry on the Corne?
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I’ve heard this, but I’m fine with it, maybe since it doesn’t use the tallest keys? I didn’t think I’d be as fine with a flat board. I have cone feet on my MechWild boards.
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Another shot from the messy workshop (complete with ancient Electronic Gaming Monthly poster in the background):
I think this is the final form for my Tess65 - I swapped-on some MM Studio classic beige caps (that came with my Class80), and I actually love the look. Aesthetically, somewhere between original beige-era and a compact Topre of some variety.
They’re generally excellent caps, too; I’m quite pleased with this little keeb and think I’ll be using it a lot in this configuration.
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The lofree numeric keyboard is equipped with a full set of dsa high-height resin keycaps, which is beautiful without affecting daily use.
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Rebuilt the Dolphin with an alu plate and L+F+SW MX2A Blacks.
Dusted my desk today and figured I’d get some shots without the deskmat.
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Dolphin side profile so sexy, looks great & sounds like a classic build! You can never miss with Cherry switches on alum!
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