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 […]
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 […]
After I was hyped about the 40percentclub Nori build and was able to create one board, the lucky coincidence arrived. Technofrikus was willing to create another awesome case. What is special about this case: the PCB is spring mounted with 3D printed springs case in rip design there is a RGB channel which leads the […]
I received the request to build a 65% keyboard made from plastic, featuring light keycaps. So after collecting all requirements, I searched for a kbd67 lite on /r/mm / MKD community. This is where I got offered a charcoal ikki68 aurora light with some used GMK minimal. After double checking I got the confirmation to […]
I wanted to have at least one stucco built with hot swap functionality so I millmaxed this waffling pcb. The problem with the first iteration was, that I used a POM plate with flex cuts. This was not my greatest idea. So after some time I switched to a FR4 plate and couldn’t be happier. […]
I rebuilt one of the first stuccos I received and could not be happier. Basically the moyu blacks (got them for free with my polaris) where so loud, I could not handle it – even with polyfill in the case and alubutyl added. So I unsoldered everything, lubed the top housing heavily and added a […]
For my brother I searched a mechanical keyboard. After some discussions, we agreed, that a TKL would be a good layout fit for him. Because he is mechanical keyboard virgin, I wanted to start slow with him. After some search in the community, there was an offer for a Ducky TKL in good shape – […]