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got some black on black keycaps for the FC660C and I had to play a bit with photo editing
Edit: the keyboard started life as white/beige

I haven't used The Dolch for more than a year, so, a few weeks ago decided to give it some love and care: cleaned up, corrected some bad soldering since it was my first custom project, and changed the stems from vintage black to vintage clear (kept the black springs), also removed all the white LEDs...

It's a lot of ritual for… ritual. I think that is the thing for me. While performing "the ritual" I set myself up mentally for the listening of that album / music and only that. In the past few years I do not think I have just sat down and listened to a song without doing something else. It might w...

First of all, for ALPS keycaps you have to be extra careful. Here is a guide with images . I know, the guide shows a wire puller being used, but, if you can find some stiff and thin enough electrical wire (that you can fit between the keycaps), you can create a loop and then spin it to look like and...

so, I am slowly getting into an even more expensive hobby than keyboards:

First record player (Audio-Technica AT-LP120XUSB) and first record (I know, I know... generic )

very interested too. I have a pristine ISO UK WYSE waiting for a compatibility kit for it to change it to ANSI and modern layouts since 2015

umm... Slav King:

Norbauer's cases design is too industrial/brutalist.

Never considered Vortex keyboards until now. Impressive result.

I am wondering if there are any other magic combos like this.

I hope that this is a good place to report a potential future Chrome on Android bug (or feature - depending on how you see it): if the experimental option dark web contents is activated on Chrome Android, some images from threads and most likely all the black and white headers are colour flipped. Al...

What do yo think about G81-3100SBU? Is there any at all? Is that a Belgian/French AZERTY? then the interest ins not that great for them as they are mostly searched for in french speaking territories. The keyboard itself, as it is is a G81, is not that valuable because it has membrane switches (G80 ...

May I ask you to try a tactile and a linear test too and let us know the results?
I have a feeling that the rattle we hear with the blue ALPS is only because of the click leaf

Well, most of us here are older and more mature. Also, we push away "trolls" and "drama queens" if they do not change their ways (I should know as I was in the second category when I joined DT)

I have a tx1800 v1 with a Leeku 1800 L3 pcb and it has been killing rgb leds at a rate of 1 or 2 every 2-3 months (depending on how much I use the keyboard). I also made a post in 2017 regarding the issue, when I also changed the RGB controller chips I think the Leeku does not have a "computer power...

Sorry for the necro, I'm having a similar problem with my board (brand new). What type of LEDs would I need to buy if I were to try replacing them? I will do the snake test to zero-in on the problematic one(s). Well, you need to identify the LED model first. There are a lot of RGB LEDs around. For ...

The more screws it has the more it is likely to be rubberdome? not that alone, but also the fact that the case is not deep enough to hold normal switches. In the second picture you can see the the back of the case (there the legs are located) is taller than the part where the screws are. This tells...

ghostdawg187 wrote: ↑

06 Mar 2019, 12:08

PS: It is a Solidtek ACK-700, but I still don't know if it is rubberdome or not

based on the number of screws on the back and the fact that the keyboard case doesn't look that deep (except the top where the controller, cable gutter and legs are located) it is most certain a rubber dome

I have a Wyse in impeccable condition and I absolutely love the keycaps on it. https://i.imgur.com/arFzaN2.jpg I was hopping to find a blue on grey moogle kit (to convert it to standard bottom row and from ISO to ANSI), but, alas, no chance, especially since it seems that the last GB for them was ma...

I have been dreaming at a keyboard like this since I first discovered green alps. So, I must say, that this is now my favourite build

remade 2 previous headers:

Chyros wrote: ↑

04 Feb 2019, 13:02

Hmmm, hard to say tbh. I asked a company about making copies of Zenith's old metal badges.

so... did they make them? ... can I get my hands on ta red badge?

tsemb_p wrote: ↑

04 Feb 2019, 12:01

May I have a link to amazon uk or ebay uk for the anne pro? Can't find it

from what I see, Anne Pro 2 seems to be discontinued or out of stock.
There is a preorder option on CandyKeys (german shop), but it is only for the clicky blue switches.

Linear MX is pretty scratchy for such a famed (to the extent of total monoculture) switch. Even those brand new silent reds in my Majestouch make a shuffle-shuffle sound up and down I don’t hear from other linears. I don’t know why, but Cherry’s own implementation of the design is still disappointi...

Well, for click and feel beamspring and buckling spring are universally considered to be the best, so, if you are searching for something comparable, I do not think you would have much luck. Regarding the MX Greens, sadly, Cherry's design for click switches is not the best that is why a lot of peopl...

scottc wrote: ↑

03 Feb 2019, 15:02

Tapatalk support was removed, I remember matt3o mentioned it in passing in the "DT Update Log & To-Do" thread.

Tapatalk was useful on mobile for the previous DT design, but now, with the new design, the forum actually looks very nice on mobile (even more so than on PC )

very interesting switches. I wonder why Keytek chose to use induction, instead of Hall effect for their switches

mike52787 wrote: ↑NGL that camo one would look pretty sick with og WoB caps

or with Dolch keycaps (like this Filco Camo):

dense thick plastic case with steel plate. The plastic case will absorb and dampen all the high pitched sounds that a switch will generate and the steel plate is rigid enough that it will not cause pinging. The best example I can think of is vintage alps switches. They work best in their original Ze...

it's a known technology. 3D dye-sub. You basically wrap the whole keycap not just the top. Then it's vacuumed and heated. It's not easy to do it right just because it requires more time and attention than standard dyesub. I was reluctant when they suggested it to me, but I saw the result and I'm im...

I am very curios regarding the technicalities behind the manufacturing process of this "reverse" dye-sub process. The keycaps I have seen until now printed with this process did not have the best results: https://ae01.alicdn.com/kf/HTB1L_AZRVXXXXcGXpXXq6xXFXXXG.jpg?size=150023&height=750&width=1000&...