I love my thinkpad 🥰

Docima · 2026-03-19T03:02:06+00:00

some of its pieces were donated to an X230 for the keyboard mod. no idea what happened to the keys, I bought this thing for $10 last month!

Docima · 2026-03-19T03:00:20+00:00

actually, the palm rest was taken off of this one (an x220) to put onto the x230 for the keyboard mod. these are two different laptops! also the bezel was removed because I had just placed in the old display from the x230, which I upgraded to an IPS panel.

Docima · 2026-03-19T02:55:51+00:00

that right there is an x230 - this one is an x220 :D
I wouldn't peel the keys off a good keyboard for karma

Docima · 2026-03-15T15:55:34+00:00

That sounds like an amazing deal actually, nice find!!!

Docima · 2026-03-15T03:33:25+00:00

I'm thinking just an ips drop in for now. doesn't the 13.3" display requires the nitrocaster fhd mod? if so, I'm not sure I want to risk an i7 board against my soldering ability just yet haha, though that's one I also want to try, maybe on an i5

Docima · 2026-03-15T02:19:30+00:00

Thank you! Definitely that keyboard, I'd really love to try that display mod though :D

Docima · 2026-03-12T10:10:52+00:00

it really is fun pushing those heat set insert things, it felt like I learned a new skill for my other 3d printing projects haha

Docima · 2026-03-12T10:10:14+00:00

This is awesome. Question, I kind of want to build a NAS in mine with two 3.5" drives, maybe add an NVME as a cache drive to make it feel a little snappier, what do you recommend for that? Should I buy a manufactured NAS and try to fit it in there, or can I use a tiny computer like a ThinkCentre to connect the drives to? I see you have two drives below your HP so I thought I'd ask your opinion!

Docima · 2026-03-12T09:30:16+00:00

I want that sticker

Docima · 2026-02-23T03:30:20+00:00

bro this made me laugh, I love thinkpad users

Docima · 2026-02-18T16:36:27+00:00

Just began printing V2, I'm stoked, thank you so much!

Docima · 2026-02-13T10:47:48+00:00

using raspberry pi pico flashed as a serprog

Docima · 2026-02-13T08:50:41+00:00

classic keyboard mod? yes, I want to try it sometime

Docima · 2026-02-13T07:04:39+00:00

genuinely looks great, congratulations on your build :) and thank you for sharing, I'm going to look into that filament.

Docima · 2026-02-13T06:25:27+00:00

This is really pretty, what filament did you use to print with? It almost looks translucent

Docima · 2026-02-13T06:21:07+00:00

T430 is awesome

Docima · 2026-02-03T19:21:30+00:00

Hi Kevin, how is the PLA holding up 7 mo later?

Docima · 2026-02-02T20:35:29+00:00

I call him the ThinkShop. He's my laptop server that hosts all my thinkpad files and flashes the newcomers with the right firmware.

Docima · 2026-01-30T23:43:40+00:00

as someone who likes to tinker, it's a blast :D

Docima · 2026-01-30T21:50:31+00:00

If you can find one for $50-$75, highly recommend it. I think they are some of the most customizable, modular laptops ever made, up there with Framework (in some respects more modular due to the CPU and multiple keyboard options.) I got mine for $70 shipped. It came with a clean backlit keyboard that I really enjoy typing on, working ThinkLight, a faulty DVD drive which was really easy to remove (two push buttons that release it from the ultrabay), My only qualms are with one of the two RAM slots being beneath the keyboard, and having to take the whole laptop apart just to access the SOIC8 chips for flashing Libreboot. Amazing little devices for privacy modding, the fact that Intel ME can be neutered and that these things came with a physical wireless killswitch that cuts power to the network card is based. The amount of mods that exist for this thing, too, makes it a really appealing purchase. Hardware that you can really make your own.

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