- My love for Alps SKCM Browns
- A usable, compact layout *with* arrow keys (screw 60% layouts!)
- A sleek, modern case -- i.e. not a vintage one complete with numpad and yellowed plastic
- And a quality keyset with a good looking colorway and working stabilizers
So last night, I finished this beauty:
A few snapshots from the build:
And here's the full build gallery: https://imgur.com/gallery/VNiE2Y3
BOM:
- Anodized TKL Case - $134 shipped: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/High-Qu ... 66709.html
- SMK/Alps TKL PCB from LFKeyboards incl. additional USB-C daughter board - $109.50 shipped: https://www.lfkeyboards.com/smk-tkl.html
- Phantom TKL universal plate from mechanicalkeyboards.com - $80 shipped: https://mechanicalkeyboards.com/shop/in ... ail&p=2551
- Alps DSA Granite keycaps from Signature Plastics (common, text mods, text pro mods, RGB(YO) mods, bonus pack, Apple kit, extreme mods) - $302 shipped: [no longer available]
- Cherry ANSI TKL stabilizer kit (plate mount, 6.25u space) and lube from faxe - $12 shipped: for-sale-f55/cherry-stabilizer-sets-t16806.html
- 77 Alps SKCM Brown switches from two donor boards (bought cheap at $1.7/switch) - $131 shipped from eBay
- 10 Alps SKCL Green switches (generously supplied by hypkx at $0.8/switch) - $8 shipped