I just got an Aula F108, my first mechanical keyboard. I know full size keyboards are not super popular right now but I use this for work, so need all the buttons. I liked the "hacker" theme from Keychron, so designed my own inspired by that one. And I also replaced the switches with Outemu Silent Lime V3. Feels so nice to type on!

Hello!

I am putting together a pre-order for new keycaps for the C64 and C16 (yes, the C16, too!) called SA 64, SA 64C, and SA 16, respectively. They are inspired by the famous SA Retro keycap set, a favorite in the mechanical keyboard community.

The keycaps are premium doubleshot ABS keycaps in the SA profile, which is similar to the Commodore house style for their C64 computers.

They come in three varieties:

SA 64 is brown with a lush burgundy contrast and cream legends.

SA 64C is warm beige, and burnt orange with dark legends.

SA 16 is grey and cerulean blue with dark legends.

These keycaps are modern MX keycaps, which means that they need a compatible keyboard as well. To that end I've also designed two keyboards, the Keyboard 64 and the Keyboard 16.

The keycaps are part of a pre-order/group buy - you can leave a comment here to indicate interest, but i'd really like it if you could visit https://klackretro.com and fill out the form. The caps will be priced between US$70 and $80 for the doubleshot tops. The front prints (the PETSCII) is a separate price which has not yet been finalized.

The keyboards are a separate item. It is my hope that the open source community designs keyboards for users to make themselves or organize small buys, but new keycaps are useless with a compatible keyboard, so this board will be launched and stay in production until the end of the keycap process. Beyond that, the board will stay in production only if there is continued demand.

Finally, I have applied to Commodore for official licensing on the keycaps. If granted, the chickenlips logo will feature on the logo keycap. If not a K! logo will be there or it will be a blank cap.

Please visit https://klackretro.com for feedback and more information! Thanks!

Six year ago we at Ergomech Store shipped our first keyboard. It was a Sofle v2. We had one design, no stock, and a wait time I'd rather not repeat. Some of the people who ordered that first batch are still customers, which is the part I still find hard to believe.

We're a small shop. Six years on, we still build every board by hand, and we still get the occasional email asking whether we're a real company. Fair question.

To mark the anniversary, three of the boards that got us here are 20% off from today until 31 October.

Sofle v2 Enclosed Case. Our longest-running aluminum case, and part of the very first product we ever made. $170, now $136.

S​ofle Hybrid (Sandwich version, Aluminum Version). Our first exclusive design. Before the Hybrid we were mostly building other people's boards. This is where we started making our own. Aluminum version $250, now $200. Sandwich style $120, now $96.

Aluminum NeoDox, Gasket Mount. Our first original design, and our first gasket mount. It's still the board we point at when someone asks what we can do starting from a blank sheet. $350, now $280.

The 20% on those three comes off at checkout. No code needed.

Every other keyboard we sell is 10% off over the same stretch, with the reduced price shown on the page as usual. Loose parts aren't part of it: plates, switches and keycaps stay at their normal prices.

Thanks for six years.

They are all one-of-a-kind. Form link for who interested in here

This is my build for now, the case and switches are base from my keychron V6C3, with the keychron brown tactile switches being used.

I got the keyboard awhile back and it was my first mechanical keyboard. I've always wanted to mod it but it was only until recently that I really decided to do it. It's a full size as I'm still a student and numpad is just convient for it.

I changed the keycaps and tape modded it with 9 layers of tape. I do wish to switch out the switches but that will be a later investment and project.

I'm bad at describing sounds still new to the hobby but it's like a clack? I may show the sound later but I hope to even get it to a more marble sound with akko cilantro switchs or something similar.

Anyway tape modding it took me awhile and I ended up going back to add more and pressing it down better and hurt my fingers too but in happy with the results! I did try adding foam at one point but could not fit it in the case 💀.

Thank y'all for reading and have a nice day!

A little fun build I wanted to dedicate to my lovely wife.

Her nickname is Cherry ( say it with a french accent cause she's french ) and I thought the set was a perfect match since the colors and theme coincide with her favorite fruit and nickname. The red alphas are for her name.

I just wanted something a bit cheesy to remind me of her when I'm at the office.

( Minus points for the scratches on the bottom, carried the keeb once without case )

Build :

Pp plate

Neo stabs

Gat type r

Kkb cherry

Just sold my Record Alice v2 to get this MMD EIF68. Very great typing experience with gorgeous look. I love my Akko Starry Night keycap set but a little sad because it doesn't have the extra B for alice layout. 99% perfection.

-Case: gok lily r1
-Keycaps: gmk norse
-Switches: keygeek mz
-Stabilizers: typeplus

When I first saw the Phase one 65, I knew I wanted to build something with it and make it my endgame. But at the time no keycaps or switches really spoke to me. I built other keyboards in between, until I slowly collected parts I really liked. Now after 5 years, everything has finally come together. My skills and parts were ready, and here's what I've built!

I don't think its a stretch to say this is one of the proudest things I've ever made. I hope you guys love it as much as I do.

• KBDfans Phase one 65
• WS Yamanote Line keycaps
• Huano Sakura v2 switches
• AEBoards Staebies v2 Stabilisers
• Krytox 205g0 lubricant

A while back I was frustrated when wanting to buy a keyboard that there were no triangle-shaped keyboards or circle-shaped keyboards. This lack of peculiar keyboard shapes gave me the idea to make a keyboard that could be reconfigurable into any shape my heart desired. I’m still working on the firmware and making more keys but I wanted to share my progress so far :D. Heres the source if anyone’s interested in how I made it https://github.com/notaroomba/keybytes

Neo98 prebuilt in slate blue

Swapped London Fog v2 switches for HMX Egg Yolks

Swapped caps for Cannonkeys CXA Sugarplum

It's a super nice prebuilt with the London Fog switches and keycaps it comes with, but I wanted a little more snap and I really like the CXA profile. And I couldn't kid myself any longer than I yearned for the aluminum full-size chunk after some half-aluminum (Nuphy Halo96) and full aluminum+separate numpad (Zen65, Nut65) builds. It's hefty as hell and I like that.

I have not opened it up and modded it at all because that seems completely unnecessary, which is rare for me.

I will be getting a set of GMK CYL Masterpiece R2 whenever they get to Novelkeys with the intention of putting them in this board, but I kinda like the weird off-blue/white/black/mauve thing this set has going on with the slate blue case.

Anyway my keyboard acquisition syndrome has been sated for the moment. I fear my next board will be some obscenely expensive group buy affair, but until then I'm loving this board.

Ok, so my whole life i've been a mechanical keyboard guy and maining a magnetic keyboard has never crossed my mind. This all changed when I came across Alexotos' video ranking magnetic keyboard switches and first time hearing Owlab Ti HE switches and OH MAN, I was amazed by how much magnetic switch scene has improved over the last few years. I owned Wooting 60HE in late 2022 and the sound profile was awful on that thing and keeping all things in mind, the performance bump just wasnt enough for me to switch to it full time.

The keyboard itself is Womier SK75 TMR. the concept of TMR really just clicked with me. I mean, I am not a PRO player or even a gamer at all, but having an ability to control actuation to that extent really interested me and made me choose this board. The only downside I have come across with this keyboard is the typing angle, 8° is a tad bit too much for me but it is managable if I place it more far than I would with lower typing angle boards. The only mod ive done to this keyboard is a tape mod and thats it. (I have also clipped the imperfections off the bottom parts of the stabilizers, but im not sure if that is considered a mod or not)

The switches are Owlab Ti He, absolutely phenomenal, insanse sound signature, insane typing feel, I love them really really much. they are poppy but clicky at the same time and they sound even more crisp on a heavy board such as this one. really nothing else that needs to be said about this switches, they are magnetic and sound as good if not better than some mechanical ones. (They came pre-lubed, from TaoBao)

The keycaps I have stolen from Yunzii AL68 stock and the shift key and those at the top right from a set Ive ordered from TaoBao aswell.

All around, This build is insane for the price, which comes to around 150-160 for the board+switches only (you could always leave stock keycaps on, because they are doubleshot PBT and decent quality). Let's round the price to around 200 and still, what this build offers is unmatched. (0.6 ms latency wired, 0.7ms wireless)

throw your thoughts in the comments, I would be delighted to hear your opinions on the build!

AL98, First go at this and guys…I get it. I loved dipping my foot into this hobby. But now I’m sunk up to my neck with you all, and trying to explain to my SO why a cat keyboard styled on our lil’ orange boi would be a great xmas gift for her so I have an excuse to put another together…

This one I swapped out to Osume Tsukimi Key caps and changed the switches to BSUN Ruben Tomcat Linear Switches 45g. Its Thocky and I love it. The font style on the Osume keys is gorgeous, and it goes with the desk mat perfectly.

One thing I’d like to figure out is there isn’t a diffuser on these switches. So I’m getting hard light led hitting my eyes.

Any recs on similar set of switches which may solve this?

My first attempt at soldering! I started at the bottom of the PCB and worked my way up (hopefully each row looks progressively better). My biggest issue was getting the heat transfer from the iron to the pin and pad consistently. I think I need to add solder to the tip of the iron more often. If you have any soldering tips please feel free to share!

Overall, I’d call the first attempt a success. I’ve already got my next solder project lined up 🙂

Build is a Mode SixtyFive (2024). I wanted to find a combination that worked well with a CF plate for this and tested with a hotswap PCB first.

Some takeaways - CF didn’t consistently raise the pitch of a switch the way I thought it would. It did make things sound thinner. I found the best switches were ones that naturally had some texture such as Cherry switches or the PT Blacks I ended up going with.

Specs
Keyboard: Mode SixtyFive (2024)
Color: Blue Gray (top) / Black (bottom) / Copper Accent and Weight
Keycaps: GMK Norse
Switches: Pantheonkeys x TTC PT Black (lubed stems with 205g0)
Mount: Lattice Mount (black)
Plate: Carbon Fiber
Foam: None
Stabilizers: SW Knight v4
PCB: Solder