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i wanted a maple wood case to match his office.

found a kit on amazon that looked good, paid $130 for it. the stabilizers are TRASH and the board is super picky with switches.

i used some old MX brown switches i had, not great on this thing.

next, keycaps. one of the biggest disappointments. no 1U shift key so i put “page up” there as a place holder. i had to use the right shift key on the left because it was the only one that fit, and the keycaps are so snug they pull my switches out almost every time which is super annoying.

i already built this thing twice and i’m gonna have to do it yet again.

What’s the board and what keycaps are those? The green enter looks fantastic and I’ve been looking for a wooden 60% so appreciate any recommendations.

I’m kind of confused, it didn’t even come with the right key caps, or it didn’t come with key caps at all and you’re having trouble finding the right ones?

I might sound dumb asking this but I’m genuinely curious, how can a board be picky with switches? Like is it being 3 pins or something? Or if it is hot-swap, is it too tight/loose on the contact for some switches etc.?

yeah like it’s tight on some switches and loose on others. feels like the gap and spacing between the plate and the board isn’t super uniform, i messed with it a lot before i got all the keys working. broke the pins on like 6 switches.

it didn’t come with any keycaps at all and the keycaps i ordered didn’t come with some of the keys advertised. the listing said it had a 1U shift key yet i didn’t get one with the set. and they just feel cheap.

it’s this one.

you’re for sure going to want a different set of plate stabilizers, i recommend durock.

i’m not even going to link the keycaps i bought, they’re trash.

also get a 64 key noise dampening kit. i ordered this one which should fit, i just haven’t gotten it yet.

For a 60%, I really feel you are better off just doing a standard layout, maybe splitting the right shift.

You can setup tapdance in QMK so the bottom right modifier keys do a arrows on a tap, and modifier on a press and hold. Then no weird cap sizes are needed, and you get the same benefits.

if it were my own keyboard, sure. but i’m giving this to my very old school dad and i need to keep it as simple as possible. this was the only reasonably priced wood kit i could find.

i ordered another keycap set that’ll work with this. pretty perfect too, i got it super clearanced because it has a russian legend and that’s exactly what my dad needs. i actually accidentally found it today even though i specifically searched for that before. i was already preparing myself for my dad to cover it in stickers.