lmao kerkzhan. Almost certain I know you irl.

Yeah there are different type of lubes. Depending on the type of switch you have, you might go for a thinner or thicker lube.
If I'm not mistaken, you choose a thinner lube for clicky/tactile switches as you don't want the lube to cover the tactility, but you want thick lube for linears to smoothen it further.
Krytox GPL105/GPL205 are popular, but hard to find in quantities that we need, as they're normally sold in bulk. Stores normally have group buys for these. Join the mechanical keyboard malaysia group and keep an eye out, a member that often runs group buys for these lubes.

in general, switch and stabilizer lubing eliminates scratchiness, and improves sound and feels. the improvements are significant, compared to those without modifications. there are many types of lubes. the choice really depends on your preferred outcomes on switches and stabilizers.

if you just wanna have smooth key strokes, and don't mind reapply them when the effects are gone, singer oil and super lube grease are affordable and safe to use. since switch lubing is kind of tedious, you might wanna use better-quality oil or grease that have longer shelf life, like krytox gpl. (apply once, lasts for years), then you can pm quovadis123 for them.

edit: there are plenty of contents at youtube that teach us how to lube switches and stabilizers. you will notice that they all have their own preferred techniques. just learn and experiment at your own pace to find out more.

This post has been edited by horns: Apr 11 2019, 02:23 AM

Eyyy, pretty sure I know who you are too. Lemme PM you on FB to talk more about keyboards

Thanks horns for reply. Will look into it.

anywhere in malaysia to buy good quality translucent keycaps?

Not sure if this is related, but I wanna ask whether anyone here knows how to emulate a numpad on a 60% or a TKL keyboard? I have a Tecware Phantom, and planning to get an Anne Pro 2 in the future for office use, and I need a numpad for data entry at work, so wanna find out whether it's possible to emulate one without buying an external numpad which defeats the purpose of saving space on my workdesk.

no. i guess you have better luck visiting taobao and aliexpress

here are notes on 3 basic modifications that i think should apply to mechanical keyboards in general, especially modular keyboards. they are easy to apply, and are not expensive to begin with.

these basic modifications are meant to solve some of the most common issues found in oem boards. they are optional, so they can be applied separately. however, i think they should be applied as a whole. from my experiments on stock gk64 with aluminum case and plate, these mods have improved the board significantly as a combo, compared to stock configurations. of course, the effects brought forward by these mods still depend on various factors and physical limitations of mkb parts.

1. switch lubing. imo this is perhaps one of the most important mod that you should apply. it brings good smoothness and brings down noise level quite significantly. depending on things like viscosity of lubricants applied, you can choose to either retain most of the feel and sound (thin lube), or make it completely different from the original (in a good way; this is done by applying thick lube).

2. stabilizer tuning. this is particularly important to cherry style stabilizers. unmodified stabilizers make unpleasant noise from wire rattles mainly. there is a number of mods for stabilizers, e.g. lubing, clipping, band-aid/silicone pad, o-ring, etc. these mods will help to minimize wire rattles, and bring much better typing feels to space bar and modifiers. a note: warped key caps contribute to wire rattles also. usually warped caps can be fixed with hair dryers or hot water, e.g.

https://www.reddit.com/r/MechanicalKeyboard...s_a_simple_fix/
https://www.reddit.com/r/MechanicalKeyboard...ebars_fix_help/

be careful: excess heat melts plastics, and the above are for pbt caps. just be careful when you do this to abs caps.

3. foam mods. this simply means putting a layer of sound dampening materials between top plate and pcb, and between pcb and the bottom case. this will further reduce pings and change the typing feel to relatively 'solid'. of the two, putting sound damping material like 3-mm-thick EVA foam produces better outcomes imo. note that you don't need use expensive damping materials for this purpose.

all in all, in the case of modular boards, just take your time to do these. (e.g. switch lubing is the most tedious one to me; so i just do a few at any one time; it usually takes me weeks to lube all the switches for a board) also, if possible, experiment each of them to get the right changes based on your own preferences.

Massdrop now has drop for the Holy Pandas
going for...US100 for 90 switches...

Damn tempted to try them out, but I"m not sure whether I'll appreciate difference.
I'm now using the Halo Clear, and I love them.
The bump is round and tactile (I can really feel the bump) and then squish...
It's like light press ---> bump ----> squish...

I read the holy panda is 67g spring, so I'm not sure whether I like that softer spring. But a lot reviewers is the most tactile switch (apart from Zealios v2).

Anyone here has or is considering to purchase the reproduction IBM Model F Kishsaver?

Any good mechanical keyboards with numpad bellow 150-160rm?

Tecware Phantom Full size (with numpad)
Or
Gaming Freak MXRGB9
Sooo hard do choose guys, can someone help me same price

i suggest you get a tecware phantom elite instead.

switch sockets for both are mainly for outemu switches only. switch sockets on phantom elite are from kailh, and it supports most cherry mx style switches. (more options for you)

however if you just wanted to pick one, then just grab the one that you like more.

Hmm, whats differences between phantom and phantom elite?

tecware phantom uses outemu sockets; phantom elite uses kailh sockets.

edit: perhaps there are more differences, but the main practical difference as modular boards is the above imo (no lock-down for switches of a particular brand only)


This post has been edited by horns: Apr 24 2019, 08:09 PM

Nobody lube them springs with Singer/Victorinox oil?

This post has been edited by kaiserreich: Apr 25 2019, 05:26 PM

yes, there are veterans who use those. it's ok to use singer/victorinox oil for springs or other parts of the switch, as long as you like the results. tbh, like any other parts in mkb modding, lubes used in switch lubing are really up to your own preferences, as long as they're safe for such purposes.

i just happened to prefer krytox gpl 105 (oil) + 205 (grease), after testing all of them. (i use pure 105 for springs; then a home brew mix of 105+205, ratio 1:1 for other parts of the switches)

here are the simple steps to get a working msys2 build environment for windows to build qmk-based firmware. (as of msys2-x86_64-20180531) this requires a working internet connection.

Hi guys. Forgive me for being a lazy arse human. Can someone give me tips or links to

1. A cherry mx blue board
2. Hot swappable
3. No rgb colour
4. Detachable power cord
5. Is there a service that can custom make cords in pt #4?

Tq tq kamsiah kamsiah

Currently using first gen Tecware Phantom RGB keyboard (red switch) and I'm planning to change cuz a lot of the plastic pieces on the key caps that's supposed to 'hold' the switches on the board starting to crack ady.
Here are my options so far:
Steelseries Apex M750 TKL - RM588
Cooler Master Masterkeys Pro S - RM400 to RM500 (no stocks anywhere so do recommend me some sellers if any)

Any other mkb to recommend? I'm still quite new to mkb so I don't really know much but i do prefer red switches & TKL. The steelseries apex m750 tkl looks good but price is on the high side. Would be great if someone can recommend me a similar mkb with more competitive price

This post has been edited by ace-user: May 2 2019, 12:25 PM

Hey guys. It's been a while since the last time I posted here.
Seems like Filco has just disappeared for a long time?

Btw, is there any fullsize wireless mechanical keyboard aside from the Filco Convertible 2?