been wanting to have a set for a long time until I saw there's still a handful of set available on kbdfan page, instead buy

wow, that layout TBH, this is the first time I seen someone using such layout although I designed them to be as flexible as possible. I always map navigation keys to awsd for my 60%

oh?could you elaborate more on this? I was kinda surprised when I couldn't ship nylon screw, nuts, keycaps, electrolytic caps by air but other electronic component, tweezers ships just fine

well, yeah, as long as the areas that cause the grindings are identified first hehe

i guess r4 is the final round with almost everything made perfect. it's been a while without new rounds

i'm used to this 64-key layout haha

about TB shipping, i have no idea how they determine shipping methods based on items, because they are not consistent. i just shipped some key caps, springs, soldering tools back by air last week.

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lucky you. talking about soldering tools, usually what tweezer you use? I starting to go down the hole on tweezers, since I do a lot of SMD work.
one of my friend from an electromagnetic microscope research group introduced me to the rolls royce of tweezer since they work with nano stuff. gosh, its so damn good compared to cheap tweezers. but price also quite steep for a tweezer, can easily cost from rm200 to rm500+

i just do very basic soldering and desoldering only. i use cheap tweezers from those hardware shops lol

.. wow. those are expensive tweezers.

if one day you feel adventurous, can try Dumont/Fontax tweezers big fan of style 5 tweezers, extremely sharp tips yet solid to hold and very manoeuvrable. usually I use Fontax Taxal style 5 ones but currently they are in JP. now waiting for a Dumont and cheap VETUS style 5 tweezer to arrive.

hopefully the VETUS one is reasonably good since its very affordable (rm20+) compared to the Swiss made ones (rm200+)

This post has been edited by quadcube: May 31 2020, 12:28 AM

precision work needs precise tools

thanks a lot for the recommendations. i will check them out also.

OK. That's some good info there. Will at least check out the VETUS first. Haha..

VETUS have quite a few series, try to go for their JP series although they are pricey compared to the rest of them. Just ignore the other VETUS series, should be total garbage as I had two random VETUS style 1 tweezers, their tip bents so easily, they belong in the trash bin.

The one I bought is a VETUS 5sa-jp, typical style 5 tweezer

Inb4, VETUS also have a lot of fakes on the market

Another garbage tweezer would be Goot, style 4 tweezer with such tip


This post has been edited by quadcube: May 31 2020, 03:15 PM

where can i buy 3mm foam?

never know tweezer oso got diff diff grading. new info for me and thanks for that.

something new to learn everyday here.

https://shopee.com.my/product/178155106/287...0209?smtt=0.0.9

Many diff style of tweezer, different styles for diff application.

Apparently this is more popular with watchmaking, electron microscopy, medical communities.

ya lor, im not in those fields so i just go to any hardware store, "boss, tweezer got? itu besi kepit2 kecik" , buy and use ony.

Does anyone know where can I get grease for stabilizers around PJ? Prefer to buy and get it on the spot

where can i get custom usb cable? i mean with coiled/aviator connector?

acehardware, superlube, or permatex dielectric grease.

there are users that make and sell them at mymkb fb page.

Any one getting the Epomaker GK68XS new keyboard from their kickstarter ?

https://mkultra.click/products/melody96-combo

Includes 4mm plate foam, 2mm cutout foam and 2mm bottom foam. Cutouts account for screw in stabilizers, reset button and all RGB underglow.

so if i want to buy eva foams and cut them myself, i will have to buy 2 different thickness?

This post has been edited by ShadowFiendZXC: Jun 1 2020, 10:14 AM

if you liked it, then go for it

it depends. the key idea of a foam mod is to fill up space with damping materials, so that it will give solid typing feel, and help getting rid of unwanted sound. the rest is about how to achieve this, while considering differences of your board, because there is always more than one way to achieve the same outcomes.

the space between a typical 1.5mm-thick top plate and pcb is 3.5mm. ideally, in such cases, the ideal plate foam is 3.5mm thick. 4mm foam can be used also, because you can compress it further to roughly 3.5mm before use. alternatively, you can use 3mm foam with single-sided adhesive (which is about 3.5mm).

what if your plate is 3mm or 4mm thick? you use 2mm or 1mm foam instead. the same applies to bottom case foam.