Shit like this is why I bought a 3D printer for about the cost of some GMK sets, and started printing actually custom keyboards where the most expensive part is the $20 AliExpress keycaps.
Shit like that is why I want to buy a 3d printer, ended up buying a lot of shit that helps me touch grass and lose weight.
I don’t know what the fuck happened some time ago. But it seemed I used decades worth of luck to actually receive a RAMA keyboard on time (Soya U80-A SEQ2, waiting for about a year).
Sht like this is something I would put with one of those super cheap cardboard keyboards to flex all the money I didn’t spend on either a case, 3D printer or parts 😂
I do the same thing to, I am in the ergo scene more recently and my most recent pcb was gorgeous feature ridden but extremely expensive. I have made a few cheap boards a wireless dactyl for about 50 bucks with all my 3D printed parts, but I agree that keyboards get expensive and it can be really fun and challenging sometimes to see how cheap you can go. Me and my buddy actually just built a super easy cheap PCB for beginners to learn on, and even then we kept trying to keep ourselves from over pricing a cool cheap Keeb. We made a version that for about 60 you can fully build out if you were provided the tools (soldering iron, solder, flux) it was really fun pushing us through
You’d need a pretty large printer for a normal 60 percent, no? Most entry level to mid range 3d printers only have the bed size for something like split cases
Spent way too much restoring old chonkers, getting them reanodized, refinished, rebuilt, repairing and sometimes frankensteining PCBs…
and the build I use the most is a flat 3D printed base with a recycled plate and dirt cheap keycaps.
At this point, those “endgame” builds are just chasing the dragon when it comes to the amount of copium involved. In the end, is it something you want to use or just claim you have (clout) or look at and take pictures of? (form over function)
Shit like this is why I bought a 3D printer for about the cost of some GMK sets, and started printing actually custom keyboards where the most expensive part is the $20 AliExpress keycaps.
How good are those 3d printed cases?
They can be pretty amazing really just depends on how meticulous the maker is
Shit like that is why I want to buy a 3d printer, ended up buying a lot of shit that helps me touch grass and lose weight.
I don’t know what the fuck happened some time ago. But it seemed I used decades worth of luck to actually receive a RAMA keyboard on time (Soya U80-A SEQ2, waiting for about a year).
Sht like this is something I would put with one of those super cheap cardboard keyboards to flex all the money I didn’t spend on either a case, 3D printer or parts 😂
Spending no / minimal money on 3d-printed keyboard or self-designed PCB is one of the sure way to be seen as a keyboard enthusiast.
I’m just a person with more money than sense to splurge on these fancy metal boards.
I do the same thing to, I am in the ergo scene more recently and my most recent pcb was gorgeous feature ridden but extremely expensive. I have made a few cheap boards a wireless dactyl for about 50 bucks with all my 3D printed parts, but I agree that keyboards get expensive and it can be really fun and challenging sometimes to see how cheap you can go. Me and my buddy actually just built a super easy cheap PCB for beginners to learn on, and even then we kept trying to keep ourselves from over pricing a cool cheap Keeb. We made a version that for about 60 you can fully build out if you were provided the tools (soldering iron, solder, flux) it was really fun pushing us through
Do show!!
You’d need a pretty large printer for a normal 60 percent, no? Most entry level to mid range 3d printers only have the bed size for something like split cases
Printing it all in one go would take a large bed, but I just designed it to print in halves that I attached together after printing.
Ic
Spent way too much restoring old chonkers, getting them reanodized, refinished, rebuilt, repairing and sometimes frankensteining PCBs…
and the build I use the most is a flat 3D printed base with a recycled plate and dirt cheap keycaps.
At this point, those “endgame” builds are just chasing the dragon when it comes to the amount of copium involved. In the end, is it something you want to use or just claim you have (clout) or look at and take pictures of? (form over function)