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VA68m Breaking Bad

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This time the story begins with the popular TV series Breaking Bad. As those of you who have watched the show would know, the series is centered around Walter White, a chemistry Phd who eventually made/sold meth and made all sorts of badass life decisions. If you haven't watched the show? Go watch it.
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So as October is heading to an end, this also means one of the most important birthday is about to come - my father in law's birthday. This year, I've decided to make him a custom keyboard that has both badass aesthetics and meaningful sentimentals. Hence, I created this custom VA68m ver. Breaking Bad for he was a Chemistry professor/phd and somewhat a fan of the show since I introduced it to him a while back.
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Spec:
The base of this keyboard is the Varmilo VA68m in space grey which came as a kit including frame, plate, PCB and the usb mini cable.
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I've selected various different switches for this keyboard with the core of it being Gateron green. Note that although on the photos it appears that I've also used a few blue and brown switches, these are actually mod switches with 80g spring inside.
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For the keycaps that gave it its final characteristics I used 1) EnjoyPBT green russian keycap set as the base, parts of the 2) periodic table set to make it feel more chemistry and finally a touch from 3)the GMK breaking bad 3 keys set to top it up with badassness.
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Something worth mentioning about the assembling sequence was leds. Instead of mounting them on top of each switch, all my switches were RGB compatible and this allowed me to mount my green leds below the switch which I think gave a more even overall glow.
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Final thoughts:
The keyboard aint perfect and comes with a few flaws, the most noticeable been the different base colors of the special periodic table keys compared to the base set. Another detail that bothers me a little is the incorrect key height of the r1 "Ba" key on the 2nd row.
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There are also a few holes on the PCB that I did not utilise, I am guessing they are the connectors for additional Leds. However, due to not having any sorts of instruction regarding this matter, there was not much I could do. Would be awesome if someone who knows how to use them can share with me the knowledge.
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Muppen
5
Mar 15, 2019
Where did yoy get the br and ba keycaps?
Giamma
2
Oct 27, 2016
Whaaaat!!! Damn I need moneyyyy :) thumbs up!
Pwner
59
Mar 20, 2017
Where did you get those green leds from?
Munnybear
259
Mar 20, 2017
PwnerTaobao/Aliexpress just look for 3mm led :)
donjoan
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Oct 26, 2016
Now I'm looking for the periodic table keycaps. Looks so AWESOME!!
MaNiFeX
217
Oct 26, 2016
Great build. One of my favorite layouts!
j.a.l
716
Oct 26, 2016
Very nicely done!
Munnybear
259
Oct 26, 2016
j.a.lThank you!
Mario.Paul
339
Oct 26, 2016
This is ridiculously cool. I'm sure he's gonna love it
Munnybear
259
Oct 26, 2016
Mario.Paulhahahaha, fingers crossed!
XiK
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Oct 24, 2016
This looks awesome! o: *drool
Munnybear
259
Oct 25, 2016
XiKhahaha, thanks~
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