First Solder, First Ortho. WDYT? (lemmy.world)

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I'm newly interested in mechanical keyboards, but have some experience with soldering and decided to build this budget(ish) kit on a whim

• CannonKeys Ortho48 v2 board ($36)

• JWK Mauve switches ($25)

• NicePBT Bonkers keycaps ($60 on sale)

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[-] rektdeckard@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Do it! To tell the truth though I'm having trouble getting comfortable typing on it, still feels awkward to me. Had a thought that it would be cool to use as a super macro pad in addition to my main keeb, and I could hand-paint some keycaps for it.

[-] vikingtons@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

I love that you mentioned a macro pad.

I've been playing with a 5*5 winry25 in my spare time. I've rigged up a super janky way to make this wireless but I'm still working on that.

One of my side projects is to make a 6*6 fully wireless (2.4) macropad to make 'precision input gaming' more comfortable for people who don't like to be deskbound for too long. Wireless mice are mostly figured out, wireless keyboards are great, but you don't always need the full keyboard for some games, so I figure maybe I can make the left edge of the full ortho I had in mind detachable in some way.

I know how dumb this all sounds but ortho makes the whole 'snap the edge off' idea more palatable for me 😅

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