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Offline jamie_s

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My mongrel ISO keyboard says 'Hi!'
« on: Mon, 11 January 2016, 18:11:44 »
Long time lurker, thought I'd say 'Hi' from the UK and share with you my current mongrel of a setup - A mixture of 2 plastics (ABS+PBT), 2 types of legend printing (double-shot and dye sublimated) and 3 profiles (OEM alphas, DSA mods and Cherry ESC) all on a WASD with MX Browns :D (Many thanks to swimming-bird for the freebie ESC.) Any chance we'll ever see a white TKL ISO board?

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Re: My mongrel ISO keyboard says 'Hi!'
« Reply #1 on: Mon, 11 January 2016, 18:43:26 »
Mongrel indeed - that sounds like a seriously awkward cap combo to use.  Looks good though :))

If you can't find a white TKL you could always paint your current case?

Anyway welcome to GH :)
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Re: My mongrel ISO keyboard says 'Hi!'
« Reply #2 on: Wed, 13 January 2016, 03:21:01 »
Welcome to Geekhack!

I could understand DSA alphas and OEM modifiers - to help keep your fingers within the alpha area, but the other way around?

Is there a reason behind this layout?

And, perhaps more importantly, have you got plans to establish a more uniform keycap profile across your keyboard?

There's also vague plans for a UK meetup - you might keep an eye on that thread if you are interested.
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Offline jamie_s

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Re: My mongrel ISO keyboard says 'Hi!'
« Reply #3 on: Wed, 13 January 2016, 03:51:08 »
@suicidal_orange

I think painting or kit board may be my only options... I'd have to find a decent guide to painting and practice on something a little cheaper than a mech before I'd feel brave enough I think :-)

@rowdy

Not really out of choice, I wanted the grey/white 2-tone look and ISO options for this have been hard to come by so far - The white alphas are a Tai-Hao ISO ABS double-shot set and the PBT mods are from 'Granite' that I was lucky enough to grab in Massdrop's Capatoa drop. Fortunately Granite has just come up again on MD so I've joined that to get the rest of the set :-) I also joined Danger Zone SA a while back so looking forward to that turning up sometime in February :cool: Then I'll have to get another board to put those on...
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Re: My mongrel ISO keyboard says 'Hi!'
« Reply #4 on: Wed, 13 January 2016, 03:56:44 »
Ah, that explains a lot! :)
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