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

submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by rektdeckard@lemmy.world to c/mechanicalkeyboards@lemmy.ml

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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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[-] dhtseany@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 month ago

How does one live with only a single shift key on the left side of the keyboard?

[-] rektdeckard@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

I have the right "space bar" on this board mapped to Right Shift, plus a lot of the characters usually accessed with shift, like the symbols above the numbers, are actually on different layers.

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