This is my 40% collection. (Two boards are missing on the pic, sadly) AMA
Posted Jul 8, 2021, 7:35 PM UTC
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Awesome collection!
So which one is your daily driver?
Only 3 in my collection so far (non ortho doesn’t count)
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Honestly, I switch quite often. This weeks it’s the ferris bling but I commonly use the draculad, the zaphod, the DracuLady and sometimes the cornes, too. I also have a le_ Chiffre, which is an all time favourite, as well
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Yo dog, I hear you like 40% so here is 40% of your 40%: https://i.imgur.com/jPGEph8.jpeg
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Cool beans! Which one do you like the most
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This is a hard one. I like most of them equally much. Some for the looks, some for the feel, some for the shenanigans they offer. Out of all, it's probably the le_chiffre which is not on this pic but can be found on my profile :D
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im planning to build a le_chiffre too! Though im gonna be converting from a Full sized to a 30 percent... Any advice?
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Don’t give up, it may seem hard at first but you can definitely do it.
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Thx
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Do you prefer LP Choc keys or Cherry MX keys?
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Ergo wise
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Doesn’t matter to me. Chocs are definitely the worse switches but the low pro aspect is really cooo
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Doesn’t matter to me. Chocs are definitely the worse switches but the low pro aspect is really cool
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What's the board 8 down on the right? The other one orange and purple key caps. Looks like a distant relative of the Ergodox? Looks like a Kyria.
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It is a Gergo by gheavyindustries, you can obtain it and its cousins on gboards.ca
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Tried getting into 40% with the zplit but now it's collecting dust in the drawer with creams and all. Unfortunately not for me but awesome collection my dude!
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Don’t worry, I can take that off your hands and get the dust off
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Thanks! How you’re getting into small boards again at some point :)
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ID on 5th down on the right side?
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The blue split one with the ten keys? space_ginny. You’ll find it on GitHub
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nah the staggered with orange and purple caps
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This is a QAZ, it can be bought on cbkbd!
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M0ii0 and Karina also have similar layouts. P3D store also has a QAZ with a gaming number row, called Q4Z.
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Where did you get the pcb on the left 4th one down?
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This is the zaphod by petejohansen, it’s an early proto but there’s gonna be a GB soon…
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How much? Is there an estimated price? It looks great
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GB in 3-5 weeks. I'll have rough $ soon. IC form and links to Discord are all at https://www.reddit.com/r/mechmarket/comments/mydhwa/ic_zaphod_34_key_wireless_unibody_split/
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Thanks!! I Am super intrested
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Wtf howwww
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So sexy, damn near busted. I have 3 right now, 4th one in the mail and I thought I'd be good until I saw this. So many questions. Which is your favorite? Which one is the most comfortable for your hands? What you recommend for smaller hands? Did you give up your left or right kidney for this?
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Favourite: I don't really know. Probably the le_chiffre which is not on this pic but can be found on my profile :) Most comfortable: Draculad and Draculady. But I specifically designed them to fit my large hands, so it's a matter of taste. I like everything with much pinky stagger. Smaller hands: probably something like the ferris, as it's choc spacing, maybe a corne with more pinky stagger (I think somebody made this modification and called it "fifi") if you want mx switches. about the kidney: let's just not talk about this we both know that leads to nothing :D But I can tell you, most of them don't cost that much, actually... Priciest one is probably the IMK corne with the custom Proton C PCB, encoders, pimoroni, speakers and LEDs as well as waterking switches. Together with kat iron it will be THE endgame corne
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How do the YMDK caps compare to the high end stuff?
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Don't have much high end stuff but compared to some high end pbt i compared it to they do just fine. Just buy stuff without legends, nothing to do wrong then. They're quite thick and have and ok sound, i guess :D
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Looks awesome!
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I love the ones with the internals showing they look really nice
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I feel like 40% boards are the funnest and least expensive boards to build
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and you're right about that!
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what are you wearing?
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a dark-grey T-Shirt and green shorts.
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Wow, amazing. 40% boards aren't so common. What is the easiest way to get into 40s?
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Join this discord server, probably: discord.gg/40percent
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I'm new to the hobby however, I'd like to try to find and build a board outside of the traditional style..
How does one find GBs or even parts for these unique layouts??
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There are a couple of websites that sell these as in stock. Giving GitHub a good search is also a good bet, most of These designs are open source. Join discord.gg/40percent for some clues
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Thanks! I'll give it a look and join the discord!
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Nice collection!
How come the collection is lacking in staggered 40%s?
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There’s one :D
I’m more into ortho/ergo.
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How many is that I lost count.
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- I got a total of 25 "enthusiast level" keyboards
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Heck of a collection 👍
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And people still dont realize who is batman