Nice work: stealth OBE!
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Halo stems being dried after degreasing w/Vertrel MCA spray. I think the spray is more effective w/flat surfaces than small objects but it’s good enough. I’m going to coat these with RO-59 next before lubing w/3203.
U4T housing’s thicker tactile leaf is OK with Halo stems. Lavender stem had sluggish return where Halo stems didn’t. And Halo stems fit old Outemu top housings unlike Boba U4 LT housings. I’m going to use half of the U4T bottom housings with Halo stems and other half with Kailh Black v2 linear stems. Long pole is required to bring out Boba housings attractive sound profile.
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I’ve been reading too many reddit threads discussing bedbugs. I have to say, when I first looked at your photo I immediately thought “oh lawd… here we go again”
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Baby Kangaroos from Milktooth arrived this morning. I’ll be using them stock bc only difference w/3203 lubed version was the sound and I do like a bit of variation in sound.
Pink stem switches are Baby Kangaroo clones I made combining Halo stem with parts left over after making Chuthulus: Ink top and Gat Yellow Pro bottom. Only difference I couldn’t overcome was exact pitch and cleaner feel.
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Decided to solder in the Caps Lock LED on the Arc60 with one of the leftover LEDs I had from the NightFox build. Added the shine-through caps to take advantage of it.
Power approves!!
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To ease the waiting for the whole bespoke kit arrival I’ve prepared the plate last night:
KBDFans Modular Plate Foam
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Back on the Millmax Train. The Salvation is getting another PCB and plate option.
I went with:
- wilba.tech WT60-C PCB with per-key RGB and no flex cuts
- Carbon fiber half-plate from Carolina Mech
- Gateron Cream Sodas (lubed and filmed), and * Cherry clip-in stabilizers with some leftover Staebies wires.
- Millmax 3305-1 sockets
Edit: Soundclip of everything back in the Salvation (Sorry for the iPhone Audio 
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Created a new PCB that will slot into the casing of an Amiga 600, using MX switches and more modern key sizing, within the same original footprint. Couldn’t do much with the all-1.25u row 0 keys (going to need to find some blanks to fit that) but I can cover everything else with the /dev/tty base, International, and Lost & Found kits I already have. (Which gives me Amiga keys as a bonus.)
Just need to finish writing the firmware, fabricate the PCB, get a plate cut, and find either a vintage or replica 600 case. I may or may not need to also make some support struts, depending on whether it fits into the top case’s suspension clips perfectly or not.
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This is really cool. Do you have anywhere you are sharing this project and your work? Would love to see more of your your plan and progress
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Not yet; I’m probably going to go about this slowly since it’s going to take time and money to collect the rest of the parts. Eventually I want to toss everything up on GitHub
Ugh, so it turns out the case’s LED panel on the 600 extends down 3.2mm deep, blocking the lone spot where a controller would fit on the PCB. That’s essentially three square inches of lost space I had planned on using.
The original 600 had no controller on the keyboard, and used a ribbon cable to connect to the motherboard, where the controller resided. There doesn’t seem to be room to squeeze a controller onto the keyboard itself, short of removing keys, or sawing off the LED panel.
I might revisit this at some point in the future with a roomier A500 case.
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New Nixies + Geon Baby Blue stem + MM 53g 3-stage spring. If you try this combo, use long spring. Shorter springs felt less stable in use.
As to how this frankenswitch feels, it feels like a linear switch that is unusually heavy at the top, just a step beyond what long springs can get to without pushing spring weight beyond usable range. That small increase in force needed to get over the top bump makes bottom out sound noticeably louder too.
Looks nice too.
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Floppy, yo.
100% bought this for GMK Freight Fright Club. Was really hoping it would all come together before halloween, but I don’t think the keycaps will make it.
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Okay but what if the whole keyboard was a keyboard foot? Man. I’d want a cleanroom for that keyboard.
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Built with Black Sesame v2 and TX rev4 stabilizers. Easy and fun.
Pretty interesting to type on, as you might imagine such a unique material. I’d say it feels something like a tray mount… or maybe more like a top mount. It doesn’t feel unevenly stiff anywhere. It definitely sounds a lot better than a typical tray mount. Perhaps it sounds like a nice plastic board with some foam in it. Quite clean sounding. Gets some character from the desk since it’s mostly resting directly on it. However, it’s not too thuddy since the silicone absorbs a lot of vibrations.
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Inquiring minds want to know… what does it look like on your cat, though?
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How much hair did it collect to take that photo? 
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I almost read GMK Fight Club; a keyboard case for people with anger issues. 
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