MagicHead94
KBD8X MKI (2019)
KBD8X MKI from KBDFans
KBD8X MKI PCB from KBDFans
Cherry Clip-in Stabs (Clipped and Lubed)
Brass KBD8X MKI Plate KBDFans
NovelKeys Creams – 180g (Lubed with Krytox GPL 206g2, and Spring Swapped) from NovelKeys (Switches), Daily Clack (Lube), Ali Express (Springs)
DSA Galaxy Class by norbauer from Roddenberry.com
GMK Carbon by T0mb3ry from local seller
SA Nuclear Data by Matt30 and Samewisekoi from Pimp My Keyboard
SA Danger Zone from reddit user
DSA Dolch from Pimp My Keyboard
Out of the Vault Fallout Novelties from 00Keys
All of the Artisans
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I'm just going to leave some more keyboard photos here. They're nothing super special, but the board was one that I built as a general purpose board; good in any environment, and black goes well with everything.
The switches aren't for everyone with the bottom-out force coming in a whopping 180g. For reference, most common Cherry switches weigh in at around 60-70g. The switches themselves are some NovelKeys Creams, which have a stock bottom-out of 70g. They are linear in nature, and feature a housing and stem made from Polyoxymethylene (POM), leading to an almost “self-lubricating” switch due to the low friction between the pints of contact. This helps to give the switch a very smooth feel out of the box, but I wanted to go even smoother, so out came the Krytox GPL 206g2 lube. The switch plate cut from brass, and polished off to a slick mirror finish, and the rest of the board was pretty much stock standard from the second round of the KBD8X MKI.
As far as dressing this thing up, it was always a matter of what I wanted to try out. It spent a while with GMK Laser on it, as well as a couple of R3 SA sets (Nuclear Data, and Danger Zone), and DSA Galaxy Class. But in reality, this is a jack of all trades, and has a great deal of flex to it, but not in the literal sense; the aluminium case, and brass plate make this rigid as all hell, and the board without any caps comes in at a total of 2.5kg.
I also figured that I'd throw some “artisan vomit” on the board, and show some love to artisan keycaps that I don't have on any boards as of yet. The biggest pain here was deciding how I wanted to place them, no matter what way you twisted it my OCD was triggered; maker and sculpt, colourway, theme, I just couldn't win.
KBD8X MKI (2019)
KBD8X MKI from KBDFans
KBD8X MKI PCB from KBDFans
Cherry Clip-in Stabs (Clipped and Lubed)
Brass KBD8X MKI Plate KBDFans
NovelKeys Creams – 180g (Lubed with Krytox GPL 206g2, and Spring Swapped) from NovelKeys (Switches), Daily Clack (Lube), Ali Express (Springs)
DSA Galaxy Class by norbauer from Roddenberry.com
GMK Carbon by T0mb3ry from local seller
SA Nuclear Data by Matt30 and Samewisekoi from Pimp My Keyboard
SA Danger Zone from reddit user
DSA Dolch from Pimp My Keyboard
Out of the Vault Fallout Novelties from 00Keys
All of the Artisans
________________________________________________
I'm just going to leave some more keyboard photos here. They're nothing super special, but the board was one that I built as a general purpose board; good in any environment, and black goes well with everything.
The switches aren't for everyone with the bottom-out force coming in a whopping 180g. For reference, most common Cherry switches weigh in at around 60-70g. The switches themselves are some NovelKeys Creams, which have a stock bottom-out of 70g. They are linear in nature, and feature a housing and stem made from Polyoxymethylene (POM), leading to an almost “self-lubricating” switch due to the low friction between the pints of contact. This helps to give the switch a very smooth feel out of the box, but I wanted to go even smoother, so out came the Krytox GPL 206g2 lube. The switch plate cut from brass, and polished off to a slick mirror finish, and the rest of the board was pretty much stock standard from the second round of the KBD8X MKI.
As far as dressing this thing up, it was always a matter of what I wanted to try out. It spent a while with GMK Laser on it, as well as a couple of R3 SA sets (Nuclear Data, and Danger Zone), and DSA Galaxy Class. But in reality, this is a jack of all trades, and has a great deal of flex to it, but not in the literal sense; the aluminium case, and brass plate make this rigid as all hell, and the board without any caps comes in at a total of 2.5kg.
I also figured that I'd throw some “artisan vomit” on the board, and show some love to artisan keycaps that I don't have on any boards as of yet. The biggest pain here was deciding how I wanted to place them, no matter what way you twisted it my OCD was triggered; maker and sculpt, colourway, theme, I just couldn't win.