got my penultimate prototype for an ec60/hhkb case I’ve been working on. full deskeys internals with purple v3 domes and some krytox 205g0 on the sliders, feels like topre perfection to me.
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Re-Finished a D Stock heavy grail and added a set of dyed brown keycaps. Really like how this one turned out.
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Pure class.
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Poor man’s HiPro and poor man’s 300BN, but I’m happy with them as a whole. De-badged drilled Pro2 running off of a Cipulot PCB and controller board (this was a harvested keyboard resurrection), Deskeys v1 pink domes (42g), .7mm poron silencing rings, and deskeys MX conversion sliders with three coats of RO-59 baked on. Leather topped wrist rest by Bird Electron.
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Shell swapping fun all internals are Topre with Stock OEM caps.
- Brown: MK Vapor FC980m
- Red: FC980mbt - (build/mod photos https://imgur.com/a/eZddesv)
- Yellow FC980m Special edition Parrot
I like what I like lol…
And Black FC980c case with beige keycaps when I need to keep it classy
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the beige and gray on black looks like it means business
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i will comment on all of these ad nauseam
gosh diddly darn i want them all
gosh diddly darn i want them all
Sounds like you want to sell them in your new store, Mr Flanders
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oh god i saw the sign he held up first and started to choke but then lmfao
hi mwb!!!
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I dig the charcoal on, is that burgundy? Very cool idea!
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I am going to say its a very dark burgundy / brown.
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That is super clean, love the setup! Not sure why RF got away from this style of cases, easily my favorite out of the RF TKLs!
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The little blue RF logo was so clean too
I finally finished my Topre 23U with the Norbauer Polycarbonate Datapad.
Being a B-graded item, the back plate wasn’t finished so I decided to machine turn it to give it an interesting finish. I should probably clear coat that, but for now I’m not too worried about scratching.
I manually did this on a drill press so alignment isn’t perfect, but the overall effect is good.
Finally, here’s the inner workings. Plenty of room inside this case means I was able to use @Dave’s daughterboard, the OEM PCB and backpack, and a little LED controller called a PixelBlaze. The PixelBlaze drives the eight LEDs and is overkill here, but at least matches with my PC TKL case.
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That looks great!
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Wishing @Kiko all the best in his artisan/Topre cap journey.
Here are Amano Studio prototype OEM Topre stem keycaps in the Miami “Neon” colorway.
Neon for UV-reactive pigment.
Build:
Sho S60 PC HHKB housing (Pro 2 compatibility)
@Cipulot EC Pro 2 PCB + controller
OEM Topre 1u, 2u, spacebar from RF, Des silencing rings #5
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