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Robbedoes
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I'm trying to build a mechanical keyboard with screw in stabilizers, I've build some mechanical keyboards with click-in stabilizers, never with screw in. Somehow one of the pins of the metal top-part collides with the screw in stabilizer of the numpad "enter key". I already tried grinding of a bit of the pin that collides with the stabilizer, but unfortunately I can't make it fit/close properly. You can see that the pin of the toppart leaves a mark on the bottompart of the stabilizer, see picture 2. What am I missing? Using Durock V2 in a Dropshift fullsize V2. See pictures below, thanks in advance!
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Durazell
Want to build a Clicky Mech Keyboard. Where to begin?
Hello all. Am brand new to the idea of building my own keyboard. Have not a clue where to begin this process. I am a Sim Game enthusiast. American Truck Sim, DCS Flight Sim and goes from there. Need some real help on where to start for making my own Full Size, Clickey Mechanical KB. I want each key to have its own backlighting. Are there keys that are better than others for this? Is there a great spot on site for a person who has never even taken a keyboard apart? Let alone fixed or built one? I would like it to fit my theme of Red and Black. Yet maybe have the option of changing things up a bit. Any help at all would be greatly appreciated. Thank you all kindly, Durazell
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Making your own layout is essential to using a Planck! It is very easy to do and very well documented (but if you need help I'm always around to lend a hand!)
This is the layout I use (below). It looks chaotic, but it is easy for me to remember so it works. One thing I've found that helps me a lot is to have A) FN layer with a numpad layout (because I suck at hitting numbers on top row without legends) and B) using a number row that is Shift+"#", meaning I can hit the number row symbols without having to do FN+Shift+"#". The duplicates on my FN1: layer (such as [ ] { }) are the same. One of the pairs is already SHIFT+[ so I can access the symbols without the need to hit 3 keys at once.
I never get a layout right the first go, so I'd recommend playing with it until it feels natural! I know legends helped me a lot too, even though I can tough type it just makes the transition so much easier and makes my overall speed reach normal levels very quickly. I cant recommend this keyboard enough!!!!
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Anyone want to fill me in? They look cool and all but it seems to me that a tenkeyless would be the best for this sort of "space conscious" setup.
Some reasons for me about Planck: 1. All of the reason above 2. My hand is moving less than on 60% because the keys I can access are already around my resting finger 3. Having a ortholinear layout helps my mind and hand coordination better, as the location of each key is far more rational than standard staggered one (like, where is X located in staggered? below S or below D? in planck I can easily said it is below S)
While I still use larger format keyboards at home, I do travel everywhere with a Planck.
I use my mechanical board for gaming mostly and type on my laptop, so the thought of using a mech board with a tiny space seems tricky in my personal experience even though I know other people have differennt use cases.
Switching to the Planck would be easier to use if you already know proper touch typing. I can definitely see how it would be very difficult if you are already in the habit of using odd fingers for certain keys.
I don't know my exact typing speed but I do know it hasn't changed and if anything has gotten faster. Most certainly not as fast as if I were proficient at the 'proper' typing technique.