This was a poor post on my part. I was looking for a vendor that might still be selling these (not for a private trade like mechmarket). Was also curious about alternatives to the Gergoplex since it's not longer in production AFAIK. The thumb cluster on it is really unique, so while I know there are similar sizes boards out there I was really looking specifically for this board.
jhelvy
joined 1 year ago
This is beautiful. Exactly the layout that I've been wanting too - 23332 for the fingers and 2 thumbs. I think this is the ideal balance between too few and too many keys while remaining super comfy.
I've had similar experiences and have had much more luck with combo mods. This article describes the idea and it works well. I use a slight variation in that all of my combos are one shot so you're not having to make weird finger contortions to reach things, just hit the combo and then the letter. https://jasoncarloscox.com/blog/combo-mods/
That's not a bad idea! I'll see if I can try that.
Good idea on the single key pcbs. Got a link? And man, sorry about the explosion. Totally didn't think about how it'd affect sales. So far I still don't think it was a good move. I keep running into more buggy stuff with lemmy, and every time I search for something on google I get a reddit link. No new posts on here are gonna get picked up by Google so that's the end of searchability.
The issue is if I try to use any kind of glue to mount it, the glue will also prevent the encoder from rotating because the bottom is open. It's not like an EC11 where the bottom is metal. You can see what I mean here: https://shop.beekeeb.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/IMG_2433-scaled.jpg
solder them to what? I don't see anything that would work on a typical switch mount in a pcb. Not trying to make something hotswap.
I usually mount encoders by just gluing them in place. JB weld works great. But I got this low profile one from beekeeb and if you put glue on the bottom it will stop it from rotating. I'm trying to think of other strategies. Right now I'm working on a way to somehow mount it to the bottom half of a choc switch and then glue the switch to the pcb, but still don't have a good way to do it.
Edit: To be clear, I'm not trying to mount this in a pcb designed for an encoder. I'm putting it in place of a typical switch on a pcb. In the past I've just used JB weld on the bottom of an EC11 to hold it in place and it worked great. The issue with this one is that the bottom is open, so if I use any kind of glue to mount it the glue will also prevent the encoder from rotating. You can see what I mean here: https://shop.beekeeb.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/IMG_2433-scaled.jpg
Oh sick that's like exactly what I want lol. Now I just got to find a shop that sells these PCBs. Not really interested in spending the time to order them myself.
Glad to see everyone keeping the community alive over here. I was super skeptical this would look anything like reddit but so far it's actually quite similar minus annoying ads, so all around good stuff.
So glad to see this coming along - the idea of modularizing things will make it so much easier for folks to tinker with existing boards and truly customize them to their own needs.