fancy-mech - custom mechanical keyboards & extras
One style of board I was missing at my hobby collection was a TKL. As I like ortholinear layouts, I thought how cool would it be to create a ortho TKL with a knob, flexible layout options. Together with Technofrikus and ScatteredDrifter, I started this journey. Technofrikus worked on the case. Therefore he reworked the […]
The custom mechanical keyboard hype refers to the trend of enthusiasts building and customizing their own mechanical keyboards. A mechanical keyboard is a type of computer keyboard that uses individual mechanical switches under each key instead of the rubber dome switches used in most modern keyboards. Mechanical switches provide a tactile feel and a distinctive […]
I was searching for “the last” built for my Polaris. As I had some issues with the 1,2mm PCB, a POM plate and millmax sockets, I decided to remove the millmax sockets again and solder it. Also I wanted to tune the Cherry Blacks a bit. So I disassembled the board, removed the sockets. During […]
The bongoneko o-ring mounted keyboard is a fork from the bakeneko with added weight made and from PC for the MKD community. I built my bongoneko from the MKD GB with the following specs: Gateron Oil Kings lubed with trybosis 3204 Staebis (not the best idea as the o-ring fits hardly) FR4 half plate (my […]
I received the request to build a very specific and custom keyboard: Based on the esp32s3 ProS3 controller a keyboard should be built which can provide I2C via adafruit’s STEMMA QT. This standardised I2C interface combined with special STEMMA QT connectors provide very interesting use cases for the planned keyboard. The controller itself provides many […]
I made this built with some stock aflion tropical waters and put them in a Stucco{15}, added a POM plate and some old durock v2 stabs. No tape mod added but only a bit of polyfill and alubutyl in the case. Switch facts Linear Switch 68g spring 20mm Spring Long Pole Nylon Bottom Housing Polycarbonate […]
Gateron CJ from Candykeys
