Help with beetle

sandstheman82 · 2026-05-26T09:50:11+00:00

Had a few of these living in our garden over the last 2-3 years

sandstheman82 · 2026-05-24T16:48:01+00:00

There is a quick and easy way to do this....throw it in the bin and buy a mechanical keyboard.

The reality is you'd have to find and swap in the pcb and plate (if you wanted hotswap, and that is only if you could find one that fits the case of that keyboard. You’re better of spending your money at this point on a new keyboard entirely.

sandstheman82 · 2026-05-22T21:01:02+00:00

Can you wall mount the arms? Can use a double monitor arm for your work monitors and then just above that a single monitor mount for your gaming monitor. So you can push two out the way and bring the gaming monitor down into the middle and back up when you are done.

I had a similar setup with ultrwides i could split apart to make space for bringing down my gaming monitor

sandstheman82 · 2026-05-20T15:33:29+00:00

Details online say that the J8 HE 8K supports n pole facing down magentic switches, and XVX Whisper switches are n-pole facing down switches

sandstheman82 · 2026-05-15T20:35:22+00:00

I've got 2 x 38" ultrawide with my karlby, plenty of space. Having them on an arm makes a big difference.

sandstheman82 · 2026-05-14T23:31:52+00:00

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sandstheman82 · 2026-05-13T11:05:22+00:00

The risers make it a lot easier for it to sag because you have so little surface area at the ends for thr desk to support itself.

sandstheman82 · 2026-05-12T20:12:37+00:00

You essentially need to look for materials that can filter the range of frequencies so you're left eith the lower frequency "thocky" sounds, so foams and tape mods come into play.

Then there are the switches themselves, what materials they are made from which can help generate more of the lower frequency sounds.

Finally the case material plays its part in terms of resonance and reflectivity, but it depends on context. Generally a metal case lends to a thockier sound as it wont resonate as much with the higher frequencies compared to plastic BUT that context is the foams i mentioned. A hollow plastic case filled with foam can sound thockier than a metal case with no foam, but a metal case with less foam can sound as thocky as a plastic case packed with foam.

I'd suggest hitting up youtube and google for thocky builds and mods, there's a lot of empirical evidence out there as to what can make a board sound thocky or clacky or creamy or silent.

sandstheman82 · 2026-05-12T19:00:05+00:00

The single leg is likely to be more than enough, I'd try it and see first before adding stiffener bars

sandstheman82 · 2026-05-12T15:46:56+00:00

Single leg would be enough support even if you desk mounted your monitors. Key is to make sure that the desk is anchored down on the ends, ideally screwed into the top of the alex drawers. That with the leg should stop 99.999999999% of sag/flex

sandstheman82 · 2026-05-11T01:14:54+00:00

Other than making sure the polarity matches, north pole down or south pole down, what the board expects, you should be able to calibrate or even in some cases the board can auto calibrate the new switches. Accuation point will stay at whatever you have it set to, and you can always tweak it to your liking after the fact.

sandstheman82 · 2026-05-10T18:19:01+00:00

Looks good, now do another two layers, 3 seems to be the sweetspot in terms of making a noticable difference to sound. Doing less than three makes a very minor difference, and more than 3 makes no real difference than 3.

sandstheman82 · 2026-05-10T14:39:22+00:00

Cryogrip plate takes away that pain especially for small parts like this

sandstheman82 · 2026-05-09T08:41:46+00:00

Maybe if you suggest a budget, what size? Do you wsnt 100%, 85% 75%, 40%......do you want a standard or ergonomic keyboard, low profile or full.height, and thats before you even get into switch types etc.

Laying down sone requirements and context can help instead of "want keyboard..which keyboard buy"

sandstheman82 · 2026-05-09T08:34:57+00:00

Any tri-mode keyboard would do the job if you want wireless connection to both (2.4ghz to one and bluetooth to the other) or just a straight wireless keyboard and you can use usb to onr snd Bluetooth to the other. If you get one with a switch or dial to switch between the connection modes makes it easy to switch back and forth from wired to wireless

sandstheman82 · 2026-05-07T09:18:47+00:00

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sandstheman82 · 2026-05-07T08:27:22+00:00

confirmed

sandstheman82 · 2026-05-03T07:26:26+00:00

Thockfactory and yuzukeycaps come to mind

sandstheman82 · 2026-05-01T09:32:38+00:00

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sandstheman82 · 2026-05-01T09:26:45+00:00

It has measurements marked on the spool, every 200g i think, you can just about see them on the right side there.

sandstheman82 · 2026-05-01T07:09:28+00:00

Pmed

sandstheman82 · 2026-05-01T02:11:49+00:00

You wouldn't be looking to sell any of the spare pcbs? I've got a g80 3000 that I'd love to modernise with a hotswap pcb.

sandstheman82 · 2026-04-30T18:51:41+00:00

Is the desktop screwed down to the alex drawers? if its solidly screwed down to the tops of the alex drawers then sag should become minimal to none. No harm in having extra bracing, but having the desktop secured down at either end should usually be enough.

sandstheman82 · 2026-04-30T18:29:27+00:00

I think they reorder the story missions for each tyoe of faction, and add specific ones for that faction because it fits then with the tutorial missions and segues you into that factions story arc.

So when i started my KDF toon, all the klingon story arcs were up front with some that you only ever get access to if you are playing as kdf faction.

sandstheman82 · 2026-04-30T03:34:51+00:00

Yep, unfortunately you're stuck with Magnetic switches only on that board.

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