ErgoDox Ergonomic Mechanical Keyboard Kit Discussions | Drop

Free Standard Shipping in the US on orders over $99

ErgoDox Ergonomic Mechanical Keyboard Kit

Mech Keys

Showing 1 of 1922 conversations about:

ErgoDox Ergonomic Mechanical Keyboard Kit

Tristor

Jan 31, 2014

Is there anyway we can get keycaps up on Massdrop that match the standard QWERTY layer config for the ErgoDox? I really don't want blank keycaps on an unfamiliar keyboard as I'm trying to adjust to typing on it. I can touch type on a non-ergo keyboard, but this is a different beast and keycaps with legends would be worthwhile.

Marfy

Jan 31, 2014

TristorTristor, you could use a P-Touch labeller to label your keys. In the past, I have printed a label for each key, and stuck it to the front of the key, rather than the top.
http://www.brother.ca/PTouch/For_Home/Default.aspx?lang=en-CA
It could match the black Massdrop key-caps if you got white-on-black tape, like this:
http://www.amazon.ca/Brother-White-Black-P-Touch-TZ345/dp/B00004TS3R/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&qid=1391202726&sr=8-6&keywords=p-touch+white+on+black
If you want to get fancy, you can buy re-legendable keycaps. See question thirteen in this FAQ:
http://keycapsdirect.com/faq.php#13
Or, you could old-school simply harvest switches from an existing keyboard with Cherry key-caps.

Vote

Marfy

Feb 1, 2014

TristorHere's a photo of my ErgoDox with hacked P-Touch label legends. It's not perfect, but it doesn't look too out of place, and is serviceable for typing passwords (really the only time I wanted labelled caps). There were a few symbols that were not available on my P-Touch labeller (hat, backtick, curly braces), so I just used different symbols that were close enough for me to remember what they really were.

If you look closely, you'll set that I'm set up with Dvorak on layer 0, with a hot-key switch to Qwerty on layer 3. The Meta keys are for Mac, and the control and symbol layout is the same as my old Kinesis Advantage Pro, minus caps lock. You can see my entire Dvorak-Mac-Kinesis layout with Qwerty 'guest' layer on the Massdrop ErgoDox configurator:
https://www.massdrop.com/ext/ergodox/?referer=W97RHT&hash=07e6332239a2fd00ffc9b399d943294a
Oh, and due to a lack of homing bar keys included with the ErgoDox, I harvested two of the deep-dish home row keys from my old Kinesis. Deep-dish is not as tactile as a homing bar, but I've now ordered two white homing bar keys from Signature Plastics, and they should look pretty good contrasted with the blacks.

SonOfSonOfSpock

Feb 1, 2014

MarfyThat looks nice. If I stick with the blank dsa caps that I ordered I'll have to get one of those labelers. I'm in the same boat since passwords are the only time I look at the letter keys.

Vote

View Full Discussion

PRODUCTS YOU MAY LIKE

Drop + MiTo GMK Laser Custom Keycap Set

$125

Drop + Matt3o MT3 Susuwatari Custom Keycap Set

$130

Drop + biip MT3 Extended 2048 Custom Keycap Set

$52

Drop Holy Panda X Mechanical Switches

$19

Drop Skylight Series Keycap Set

$45

Drop + Oblotzky SA Oblivion V2 Custom Keycap Set

$60

Drop + RedSuns GMK Red Samurai Keycap Set

$85

Drop GMK White-on-Black Custom Keycap Set

$89

Drop + MiTo SA Godspeed Custom Keycap Set

$99

Drop + The Lord of the Rings™ MT3 Elvish Keycap Set

$130

Trending Posts in Mechanical Keyboards

lantz

Red Samurai on a 75%

Corsair K65 Plus Wireless GMK Red Samurai Moondrop Tactile Tessence

Apr 19, 2024

Mech Keys

Photos

Keyled

My PRECIOUS!!!!

All that sweat and money paid off. I will use it wisely. Tokyo 60 GMK Serenity Gateron Oil KIng

Apr 19, 2024

Mech Keys

Photos

lantz

GMK Red Samurai with Holy Panda X

Apr 19, 2024

Mech Keys

Photos

Vote

TotallyJaded

How do you do per-key RGB lighting on a Shift V2?

I saw the online configurator that lets you do this on the Shift V1, where it spits out a compiled firmware file to flash. The V2 doesn't seem to have this function in the Windows configurator, though. I can't imagine the answer here is "you're going to have to manually write the hex for every key in QMK, compile it, and flash that".

Apr 18, 2024

Mech Keys

Questions

Vote

AiheyStudio

Favorite Artisans

Dragon Pillar Artisan Keycaps Creative Resin Keycaps for 6.25u and 7u Space Bars

Discover the allure of our Dragon Pillar Artisan Keycaps – unique resin keycaps designed to adorn your 6.25u and 7u space bars. Crafted with creativity and precision, each keycap features an...

Apr 18, 2024

Mech Keys

Favorite Artisans