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RoadToSurfdom OP t1_jcfn873 wrote

Switches:

  • Novelkeys Box Jades and Navies for the alpha section
  • Aliaz Silent 70g for the rest
  • Alps.tw Type 8, linear Alps clone.

Yes, the plate is gunky/rusty, but I don't care, I am mostly building this to annoy my coworkers.

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Doccks71 t1_jcfnwtr wrote

Hey.. that alps yellow there is really sneaky!

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smrts1080 t1_jcg08jn wrote

Did you have to modify the hole or does an alps switch just fit the same opening as mx?

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dabsu02 t1_jcg28tm wrote

wish i did this too, now my down arrow key doesnt work on a brand new keyboard for some reason 🤪

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Yoosulis t1_jcgba5k wrote

I must ask You’re making a super clicky keyboard as a prank but only on the alphas, and what’s the rest? Linears and an alp for the heck of it?

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RoadToSurfdom OP t1_jcgbvgc wrote

Replying to smrts1080 (#2,245,140)

No, this plate actually has an Alps hole where the backslash key goes. It's from a Steelseries 6Gv2, which has a big-ass Enter (L-shaped). The switch sits where an ANSI enter is, and the keycap has a stabilizer shaft where the backslash key would be. The shaft runs in a plastic insert that fits an Alps plate mount hole.

I decided to convert it to ANSI by mounting an Alps switch, there is no traces in the PCB but I will run wires to the Fn key.

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RoadToSurfdom OP t1_jcgdfqt wrote

Replying to Yoosulis (#2,245,750)

Naw not really a prank, I just don't think I'll have much use for it unless I'm by myself :) I have an idea about using two different sets of keycaps, one for the alphas and one for the others. I got carried away and decided to use different switches.

The Aliaz Silents are tactiles with silencing, but they are pretty meh so I haven't used them, had them lying around and decided they fit this concept.

The Alps switch is just so I can use an extra key on this keyboard, the hole is really for big-ass enter keycap, se my other comment.

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Yoosulis t1_jcgkyg5 wrote

Replying to RoadToSurfdom (#2,245,865)

Ah I understand now, hopefully someone down the hallway will hear it, then come to see a weird keyboard on your desk, will try it, and the next thing you know there’s another jade mk somewhere in your office XD

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ShawnLevasseur t1_jcgqrfo wrote

It's a photo negative version of my own keyboards.

I have Aliaz 100g on the alpha numerics, 80g on the modifiers. Browns on the Function row, and for the number pads, Box Jades.

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jesterthepester t1_jchfynf wrote

All I heard in my head while reading was "Don't be suspicious, don't be suspicious!"

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FourStringL0B0 t1_jchktth wrote

I have never met anyone offended by a loud keyboard tbh...I work with box jades everyday.

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cinlung t1_jcivfo2 wrote

What??? Yellow Stem is sus.

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ShawnLevasseur t1_jd4cov3 wrote

Replying to RoadToSurfdom (#2,246,806)

Being new, I really had no expectations as to tactility. But it was the 80g & 100g heavy nature of the switches that got me curious about them. And as far as that's concerned, it was advertised a heavier switch, and probably one of the most silent switches out there.

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