[photos] Almost at the endgame
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Posted Sep 13, 2016, 5:24 AM UTC
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Why almost? What's missing?
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Right now, a few proper caps, like the back space and \ key. I think I'll be pretty happy with it then, but if this sub taught me anything, it's that you can always go further.
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A DSA space bar. It's still the stock ABS-plastic one.
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A very worthy upgrade indeed.
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An Ergodox with Zealios
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You need an aluminum milled HHKB case, and maybe some artisans if you are into them. There is a replacement PCB for controlling the board too (make it reprogrammable), and a version to change it to wireless over Bluetooth. Looks nice.
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Aluminum? I was thinking platinum personally.
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How does dsa sound on topre?
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It loses some of the thock compared to the stock hhkb stems and caps. I still have the hhkb spacebar and the DSA keys are a bit more chattery and are louder by comparison.
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You reminded me of my Dolch sufferings :(
While SP has the most variety of keycaps/legends, it's impossible to consistently gather a keycap collection for a non-standard layout user with ~ocd - there are no color-matching blanks, their legend sizing isn't standard etc. etc. - I had nearly 10 DSA sets yet I couldn't even gather one satisfying keycap combination, switched to GMK's, never looked back
Anyway, as a small suggestion, while they don't have GX in 1.25 blanks, they probably have it in 1.5 blanks
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Yes totally, i might just pick up a contrasting backspace since I don't think they even make them in Dolch. It's a bit annoying.
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I've put DSA on my HHKB (novatouch'd) a few times, they feel super weird, and this is coming from someone who mostly types on DSA
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It is a little bit different from what I'm used to, but it looks so good
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for sure! I dig the color accents you chose
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I agree that DSA feels weird on Topre. I use DSA on browns at home and was trying it on my Novatouch — finally switched to Cherry profile PBTs last night and it feels quite a bit better.
Can't argue the DSA caps look amazing though, I love the look + legend font.
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I... I don't know why, but DSA on an HHKB just looks so wrong. But your imgur expansion kit is great.
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To everyone their own. I'm pretty happy with the look for now.
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Could anyone tell me which keycap set this is?
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DSA Dolch with a couple of colored blanks.
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This board features custom mx sliders from u/flehrad and DSA dolch caps.
If anybody's interested, I also have pics of the stems, as well as my imgur expansion kit.
Sounds about right.
Did you get the stems mx compatible by transplanting novatouch hybrid stems? Or is there some other way to do it that I'm not aware of?
The ones I'm using are custom made from u/flehrad , I believe they're based on novatouch stems though.
Oh wow, I didn't know there were aftermarkets on the market. Topre community has really come a long way.
They are indeed based off the novatouch.