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This solder sucker is the best manual one I have used hands down. I find it makes my life a lot easier (was also on the input club list).

Also use a lot of flux if the joint is being stubborn, this is a god-send with working with lead-free solder. Also use a lot on the wick when you're using one ...

Lustique wrote: Ok, before I forget to do this again, and hoping I'm not too late:

Could you add me to the queue, as well?

Sure thing, will add you now!

Sorry everyone for the radio silence, been a bit busy over here, finally back in Scotland though.


Considering there is no answer from the creator of the tour, do you think I could get in line and try the ergodox for 2 weeks? In EU-RO

Hey, that's fine with me, I'll add you to the list.

Also ...

Do you still have a spot free in Germany?

Yeah sure, I will add you to the list ;)

ErgoDox is one of the layouts I would *love* to try!

Should I put you on the list too? At this rate you would have to send it back to the UK, would that be alright with you?

Are you the next in line? :D ...

xantiema wrote: What is the shipment cost ? ISO Full (6x 2u, 6.25 or 7u) 11 Euro

From the OP:

faxe wrote: Includes free shipping worldwide!

xantiema wrote: Are they screw-in?

No, they are the ones that use plastic clips.

Very cool, now I just need a FC660M version, or (even better) a FC660C version of this!

Such a shame about this GB, I was really looking forward to it but $100+$22 shipping+20% VAT+handling fee = £120 just for a PCB and plate. Not sure if a split space is worth that much for me :(
I think I'll just wait for China to make a cheaper version.

I joined this (production phase):
https ...

Do you have homebrew on your mac? If you do then you can install it through that using:
brew install dfu-programmer
I think that's probably the easiest way and it's a great tool to use if you haven't already installed it: https://brew.sh/

The other option needs you to have gcc and make installed ...

Sure thing, I will put you after Germany then.

Congrats on getting onto the programme you wanted!

In that case I could put you after PollandAkuma? They will have it for three weeks, so that would put us into mid/late June.

Great, I've added you to the list!

BTW if you have any preference about where you go in the list (or if anyone else does for that matter), let me know

When I sent it out it was just over 1kg, so let's say 1.1kg. Let me know if you're still interested and I'll sitck you on the list.

So the keyboard is now in transit to PollandAkuma!

Places are still open so feel free to post here if you want to be added to the list.

snuci wrote: For example, here is a "futuristic keyboard" from the 1997.

What a cute little keyboard, wish there was an updated one with mechanical keyswitches.
It's a great place for a pointing device as it removes the reach over needed when you have a trackball/mouse beside your keyboard.

What keyboard do you have? Can you post pictures of what happened?

If you have a plate, you're going to find replacing the stabiliser to be pretty tricky.
Mechboards sell 6.25 PCB stabilisers , I assume they are genuine Cherry parts.
If you don't want this problem to happen again, you might want ...

The US (ANSI) versions of X240/X250/X260 are alright and don't have key irregularities.
Biggest gripe is Insert/End combined in a single button.
Otherwise, as a laptop keyboard the T and X series Thinkpads rule. E series are less awesome.

I use a X230, though, which has full width keyboard. Short ...

MKBHD does also a lot of photography, monitors, audio and other gadgets. He inspired me to try the Audio Technica M50s and I am very glad I've bought them.

Maybe I judged him a bit too quickly, haven't watched his videos in years (I think at this point). Will have to give him another go then ...

Cherry G81-3000SPD (German dye-subs?) : condition and price doesn't look great though, not sure what's up with the F and J keys.
Someone seems to have put glue on them to make homing bars? How weird!

Oh yeah I see it now, I thought they both had very similar dents to them! I really does look ...

Cherry G81-3000SPD (German dye-subs?): condition and price doesn't look great though, not sure what's up with the F and J keys.

Ah yeah I had a look at the original Massdrop Ergodox and that all makes sense now.

Yeah the nice thing about the tenting on the Ergodox EZ is that it's so easy to adjust and adds very little bulk to the keyboard.
I've seen a couple of people use Kinesis stands for their Ergodox , but they seem to ...

Ah yeah that's a pretty simple solution! Shame I don't have space on this case design, if I was to drill a hole I would most probably hit PCB.

I guess a solution in my case would be to have some sort of frame to put it in to angle it. Probably not worth it as I barely use the keyboard as it is.

seebart wrote: Impressive that you don't know.

It might have been a poor attempt at a joke

What's a clack? Is that another name for beamsprings?

Yeah great find, what's the condition like?

Yeah the original kit was a good price and came with the case. The pre-assembled kit that I linked is unfortunately more at 580CNY = 75EUR.

Just be warned about the counterfeit teensy, you might have to: replace it with a genuine one, use the utility I linked, or reflash the bootloader with a USBISP.

how much do taobao sell kits for? I could need a second one.. Tough i have another ergo board coming (#mitosis).

I bought this one last year and the original listing that I bought it from no longer exists . The closest kit I have seen has been this one.
It's the same seller as I used for mine ...

Yea, I have a solution. I used M2 or M3 threated-stabs and cut them by hand.

I will upload a pic today..

Sounds interesting, looking forward to the pic!

So a quick note on programming this board: because I'm a cheap bastard I bought the kit from Taobao. It actually came with a counterfeit ...

I assume it's for speed more than anything, being able to touch type numbers a little quicker without leaving the home-row. TBH, I just assumed that if you type numbers often enough that you worry about touch typing them quickly then the space concerns of the number pad are nullified. If you're just ...

Nevertheless TENTING makes a big difference..

Totally agree, do you know of any solution that can be retro fitted to the ergodox?

I would love to try it! What's the timing gonna be like though?

Great, I have put you on the list!
Erm, well we actually have enough people to get it started! I ...

Sound advice. You should share it with your countrymen ;)

It actually doesn't start out too bad, but then quickly descends into whatever 'sonl voer wengthr ro' is. It's like the person in charge of translating just got steadly more and more to the point of not caring :lol:
That's assuming there ...