First time ever making anything mechanical keyboard wise. Have learned so much and found i have very niche use cases and potential preferences :D
Would be 6 stars if boards were 'open source' as it seems to limit our 3rd party build options? Or so ive heard.
Using a 6.1 pcb kit i got very affordably as sale/b-stock.
Plates and all parts possible were b stock as well.
Bought a frosted acrylic mid plate.
Keys being heard are made from Gazzew U4 housings + Drop Halo RGB Stems & Gold Plated 2 Stage (62g) Durock Springs (for now).
Lube used is an old proprietary paintball lube called Hater Sauce Marmalade (It’s the green less viscous stuff. It’s designed to work well with pom). It’s similar, I believe, to what Gazzew recommends using.
Thumb clusters are utilizing stock but personally lubed Halo drop switches with what i assume is PC frost caps. Anime caps are made of PBT according to amazon.
Also testing a custom spring mod. Using the typically recommended plate to pcb spacer foam and popular packing foam mod for between the switches and pcb. Right side has felt weather-seal, left has no plate foam yet.
Still a big WIP atm.
My only issue is not knowing if or how to control my under-glow separately from the switch leds but honestly the interactive led profiles have been very fun so far.