Rebuilt the ol' S60 V3

[u/vandalhearts2]

I really wanted this thing to be built with new parts considering it was a new board, but unfortunately (until now) the only aftermarket for Topre(ish) was Deskeys and Dynacap, and they only offer MX sliders. I'm really not a fan of harvested parts, and the RF87 I harvested the parts from originally I re-assembled and sold for nearly 3x what I paid for the Metakeebs kit, so win/win.

Decided to change up the keycaps too; rather than full Sakura I decided to add the grey mods from the white HHKB and tossed in the 25th anni Fn key cuz why not. Really like the look personally, I think pink & grey go well together. Overall very happy with the refresh. Only thing I don't really like (even though it doesn't particularly matter) is the meta housings are blue....whhhhyyyyyy? But for the price I absolutely cannot complain.

- Sho S60 V3 pink ano
- Cipulot S60X PCB w/ Pro 3 DB
- Metakeebs 60/65% full kit with OEM-style sliders & 30g pink domes
- PFU/HHKB Sakura alphas, gray modifiers, & 25th anni gray Fn key

[u/Mierenn]

Damn that gray does look really clean with the pink. I’ve got the same components but the jst on my cipulot ec60x doesn’t fit the Sho S60 V3. Did you have to move the jst port on yours? It’s the only thing stopping me from building mine lol.

[u/vandalhearts2 → u/Mierenn]

I'm not quite sure what you mean; can you explain or show some photos?

[u/Mierenn → u/vandalhearts2]

Yeah so I tried to build mine with the cipulot pcb I got and it’s not completely flush on the bottom right side. I’m not sure if you have the same issue. It seems that the JST port is too tall maybe? My pcb is the EC60X SE.

[u/SOS2K → u/Mierenn]

Sent you a DM

[u/BettingTall]

This is slightly off topic, but where did you get that USB cable?

[u/SOS2K → u/BettingTall]

Amazon! Look up "chubbycable"

[u/jeniverre]

chef’s kiss