how good is it depends on ur wallet.

205g0 is ok, but yes just choose which ever lube that you think better for yourself. now i use a lot of 203g2 also haha

Didn't quite understand this when you posted it.

Saw this today.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xvH1gGQgZuc&t=125s
1.08 He shows how to test it on a flat surface
1.22 He shows how you can adjust it with 2 syringes

oh ok lol yeah it's straight forward so i didn't elaborate more.

it's is an important step for stabilizer tuning. most of the times, bent wires or warped caps cause noises. a good and straight wire normally makes no tinkling noise when you tap very lightly anywhere on the modifier keys or space bar. they will just sink a little due to applied force, just like 1u keys.

as long as both tips are touching the flat surface, and the central part of the wire are straight, without a visible gap between it and the surface, it should be good enough.

edit: not sure why, but most of my stabs that have wire issues are plate-mount.

This post has been edited by horns: Jun 23 2020, 08:09 PM

dang, me cheapo self only have prebuilts with plate mount stabs

it's a good thing plate-mount stabs has a very good advantage in terms of repair, compared to pcb-mount stabs: you just need to desolder one switch to fix it

So I'm down to my last 2 (minus 1 I trashed) switches to film and was about to execute this on the Zealios.

Took them out and just remembered that they have different stem colours based on weight.


On pause while I consider whether or not this will bug me too much. Time to check my stab wires.

Any recommendation for dual-mode wireless/wired tkl with linear switches?

decision decision lol

no clue. perhaps others can shed light on this hehe

Thanks for the mention, but, yeah, don't have spares for the model, as much as I would offer buying up broken MKB and parts, most people ain't quite realistic about the prices they want to sell off as scrap.


So I ain't really gotten much

haha just saying it bcoz u saying most of ur troubled stabs come from plate mounted.

saw this on drop(massdrop). looking good.

id buy it if i have the money, but nahhh, wallet empty. hopefully can get it elsewhere later.

right, for some reasons lol

sounds like it ticks all my boxes... but what are those chinese switches, can't make decisions

cant really commend as i myself never use them, but u can go to the discussions page and select "sort by: top conversation". someone did share the specs and links for each switches. same like all switches, can just buy and hope we like it. anyway, its a hot swap kibod, so if u dont like it, its an easy swap.

Here's the link to the page. not sure if it will redirected to the correct page or not.

finally released by kbdfans. item links at taobao:

maja, https://kbdfans.com/collections/maja (hot-swap, solderable)
kbd8x mkii, https://kbdfans.com/collections/diy-kit/pro...al-keyboard-kit (solderable; tkl, wkl)

both are top-mount. their price points are relatively affordable, compared to other kits.

Waiting for kbd19x this Sunday....if I dare to spend USD285.

oh ok. you prefer the layout of kbd19x. it's a relatively rare layout, so i think the price is ok. ymdk has a melody96, but not with that layout.

Actually I prefer full size. But since there are no custom full size in the market atm, this is a relatively affordable compromise. Austin > 500 USD RIP wallet.

full-size custom kits are really rare. it's no surprise that the price is at the next level. the price for kbd19x is more justifiable.

i will stick to mid-tier kits for a while. (60, 65, 75%) they have almost everything that i want, plus better keyboard constructions are introduced slowly but surely to this range of kits.

anyone made any orders recently with kprepublic via aliexpress? i ordered a set of stabs from them but i fear they'll take a while to arrive.. haha. i got most of my other components already, just stabs left