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8 or 9 days later, I am typing slowly but relatively accurately on the full Colemak DH layout. I switched over to using keybr for training. One letter at a time. Doing a few hours of dedicated training every day (while listening to podcasts or what have you) It feels like each day I wake up with sig...

Jumped up to Tarmak stage 2 yesterday: 2023-08-10 14_20_36-pklImgWin.png Immediately felt unproductive and switched back to qwerty for some home server maintenance. Typing passwords is almost entirely muscle memory so that really broke me. But I am back at the typing practice, and clawing back to a ...

Yeah I am not sure how I feel about the bottom row yet. Keeping consistent shortcut keys was part of the Colemak allure, but I do like the repositioning of the d and h keys... I feel like running it on an ISO or ortho layout would make a lot more sense: I could deal with just one extra jump to the V...

I have always wanted to try learning a new keyboard layout. It is the one avenue of keyboarding I never really explored, as I always figured that the time commitment to get good would just be too extreme. Well in the past few months I switched over to using vim as my primary IDE and have been loving...

Great work! They look super clean.

Content discovery and following across multiple instances is a big problem with federated communities, and is why Lemmy being a replacement for Reddit (your one stop shop to surface level discussion on infinite topics) is going to be a tough sell. You could definitely build a keyboard discussion for...

Presumably auto hot key has an equivalent of Karabiner’s active application if: https://karabiner-elements.pqrs.org/docs/json/complex-modifications-manipulator-definition/conditions/frontmost-application/ It does: https://www.autohotkey.com/docs/v2/lib/WinActive.htm you could check if firefox is yo...

Oh wow, I didn’t realize what you meant by tribute. Similarly traded with Blaise a few times, and enjoyed his contributions. Definitely a great thread. RIP.

I have a lot of nostalgia for that same 2013-2016 period as well. Besides life just taking you in different directions with less time to put into hobbies, I think I got most of what I wanted to get out of keyboards. I like learning about and re-discovering old as dirt vintage stuff. Building and res...

Man, that looks marvellous! :D I expect the sound still has a bit more Model M in the mix compared to a full F barrel plate, but otherwise it should be very close, I’m guessing. Here is the sound test video after I did the floss mod (and as the keyboard still exists on my desk today). qqhE35R2UF0 T...

How well do big F flippers fit in an M barrel frame? Got some pics? Surprisingly fine (with some minor modifications to a couple rows). Really doesn't seem like they changed the important dimensions too much. https://deskthority.net/download/file.php?id=65462 https://deskthority.net/download/file.p...

You don't even need to chance the Mini M barrel frame. Unicomp still sells the 84 key SSK barrel frame right here: https://www.pckeyboard.com/page/product/CVSET (choose the Frame-84key option). I used the Unicomp frame to build my FSSK.

As usual a very cool project DMA. Enjoyed reading through all of this.

Wow what an insane project. This seems to be everything I was hoping of the Model MF project from years back. Fantastic work Taylor Swift. I don't love your music, but I have a new found respect for your DIY engineering. I see that I missed out on what looks like the first and only group buy round. ...

Well damn, I wish I knew about the FSSK Metal Plate project! I think Lot Lizards Model MF was the only keyboard project that still held interest in the back of my mind. This PCB design looks fantastic. Grounding was definitely a pain in the ass to get right in my OG FSSK, and having bluetooth would ...

10-12 hours is a pretty impressive result all things considered. I haven't found an excuse to pick up an M1 Macbook yet so there's no chance the laptop outlasts the keyboard. I think some lube is exactly what mine needs. The spacebar and some of the larger stabilized keys have gotten pretty loud and...

CaesarAZealad wrote: ↑

15 Mar 2022, 22:38

I just kinda push nintendo into the back of my mind because they suck. I mean Sony and Microsoft suck as well, but they make video game consoles, not toys for children and people with the minds of children (Furries, manchildren, etc.)

What on earth are you talking about

What size battery did you use and about how long have you been getting on a charge with Hasu's controller? My HHKB is also from 2014 and the idea of picking up a white one is very tempting. Over time it definitely doesn't feel as nice as it used to - especially after so much use. I take it you used ...

I love when Clare Pendar pops up. The switches feel kinda terrible, but they look so cool!

Would an integrated controller help with the grounding situation at all? I feel like grounding has always been one of the bigger struggles with getting proper key registrations and no interference. It would definitely simplify the installation process though, and I imagine with proper placement we c...

Thank you for the kind words i$ and nice to see you back. I’ll have some more words on improving the design later, but aside from some minor glitches, I still adore my FSSK. Thanks for all your hard work.

Oh if I did have one criticism - the issue I had with the 'J' key and the screw needing to be removed. The J key works fine, however you do notice the slight difference in key feel when heavily using J for vim. I might investigate fixing that at some point, but that's an issue down to my screw up.

And is it reliable? I heard something about these actually being quite flaky in extended real world use. Which is a shame. Personally, I go complete monkey-balls when keyboards get glitchy on me. Zero tolerance! They either work or they don't. Completely rock solid, I am beyond shocked. I started w...

Quick bump, updated OP to include asking prices, and the full list of round 5 kits.

Rayndalf wrote: ↑

07 Mar 2021, 03:41

Great stuff. Interested in the Futaba milspec keyboard and the mini PCBs.

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Hi DT, I am going to be moving soon and just now realized how many tubs of keyboard crap that I have that I really don't want to take with me. I will likely be selling a good bit of my collection, especially after I have now built what is basically the best keyboard in existence . All these pictures...

I have no clue if this thread is still up to date, but if so it appears I have FSSK #8?

Full build thread here: viewtopic.php?f=7&t=25169&p=477679

Hello everyone it's been quite a while! Alas I have finally returned to share with you a project that took me almost 5 years of procrastination to finally put together. This is my IBM FSSK! One of very few fully assembled Model F/SSK hybrids, as originally designed by i$. I type this post on my FSSK...

Oh this is awesome work. I don't enjoy typing on that Osborne keyboard enough to consider trying to convert it, but it still is a very cool piece. I haven't dug into KMK at all but this seems really intriguing for many obscure vintage boards.

Hi Ellipse, I just ordered some parts to finally finish building my FSSK - from what I have read it looks like Model F controllers and Flippers/Springs were shipping immediately, but I just wanted to confirm that was the case. Thanks!