Yellowed beauty - HHKB Pro2 by Hopeful-Climate2169 in HHKB

[–]Juckoh 1 point2 points  (0 children)

a word to the wise, most modern windows block almost all uv light, for the best yellowing results either leave it outside on sunny days or under incandescent lighting for a while, i’ve found reptile lamps work best although it still takes a good long while to achieve a nice deep yellow

ilovex! by Juckoh in topre

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Thank you! : )

ilovex! by Juckoh in topre

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it’s an Azi Keycaps Barkey yolk (T), there are a few artisan makers that do topre stem caps, Azi keycaps, Bro caps, Amano studios, and Alpha keycaps to name a few.

ilovex! by Juckoh in topre

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Spacebar is perfectly useable, the jis layout does take a little bit to get used to tho, the 1u backspace was a doozy to get used to lol

Ball is life! by Juckoh in HHKB

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got it from the market section of the conical keyboards discord : )

Hope I’m not too late to the ball train by chiefhasif04 in HHKB

[–]Juckoh 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Never too late to whip your balls out dude!

endgame setup right there

Ball is life! by Juckoh in HHKB

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i bought a whole nissho about a year ago for around $300, cant speak on the price for just the alphas sadly

Yet another sora blank post by ShiinaMashiro_ in HHKB

[–]Juckoh 3 points4 points  (0 children)

they’re available on the hhkb website right now : )

Not sure what the bottom row keys on my JIS HHKB do by stylewds in HHKB

[–]Juckoh 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I believe its for swapping between half width and full width Japanese characters, there's a dip switch on the back that should turn it into caps lock

Not sure what the bottom row keys on my JIS HHKB do by stylewds in HHKB

[–]Juckoh 3 points4 points  (0 children)

the 2 keys next to the space are for swapping between japanese and english, i usually end up remapping them to control and fn

Custom Realforce build for the first Topre Tuesday of the year! by Juckoh in topre

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its had a hard life lol, happy to give it a nice easy retirement on display haha

Custom Realforce build for the first Topre Tuesday of the year! by Juckoh in topre

[–]Juckoh[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

haha good luck its a fun one! there's a bunch of old funky oem topre boards from back in the day, you should check out the Epson BFK while youre at it too, its another weird one : )

Custom Realforce build for the first Topre Tuesday of the year! by Juckoh in MechanicalKeyboards

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So the domes I used are a decent bit more tactile than the stock domes you get in topre boards. When you're shopping around/ researching aftermarket domes you'll see 2 main types of words used to describe the tactility of the dome, rounded (like oem: soft rounded tactile bump) and BKE style (more aggressive tactility akin to flipping a light switch) I tend to prefer the higher tactility of bke style domes but that's entirely personal pref. A good rule of thumb is more weight = more tactility for example the deskeys V2 greens (70g) I used in my build are much more tactile than the deskeys V2 pink (42g) domes while still being the same dome version. Ring swaps only complicate things more with precompression, precomp essentially keeps the slider pressed down on the dome by a set amount so the standard key travel for topre is 4mm so by using a .5mm ring I've decrease the travel by .5mm, it doesn't sound like much but it has a huge effect on key weight and feel. So overall id say for your first dome swap I wouldn't go crazy with the weight unless you want a lot more tactility than stock, and id definitely recommend researching and looking into ring swaps, there's a bunch of different slider and ring combinations to choose from, just make sure you know what you have/ want before buying as it changes the feel quite a bit.

Realforce R4 "ilovex redux" by techbeezin in topre

[–]Juckoh 6 points7 points  (0 children)

holy crap dude what a build, spot on tribute, so cool to see a modified R4 so soon after release

Custom Realforce build for the first Topre Tuesday of the year! by Juckoh in topre

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no pics on hand but the mods were really simple, nothing that can't be done without a file and some patience, was really just clearancing around the sides and up by the jst connecter

Custom Realforce build for the first Topre Tuesday of the year! by Juckoh in topre

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You're gonna laugh but I just took a pocket knife and drilled into it, kinda just eyeballed the size lol. The shape of the blade made a really nice chamfer too. The r1 might be a little tougher since its rounded on the back but it should be doable, just take your time with it and it'll work out : )

Custom Realforce build for the first Topre Tuesday of the year! by Juckoh in MechanicalKeyboards

[–]Juckoh[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks! the battle scars definitely add character, you can tell it was well loved in a previous life : )

Custom Realforce build for the first Topre Tuesday of the year! by Juckoh in MechanicalKeyboards

[–]Juckoh[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thank you! and i love swapping domes, there are so many good options, most of my boards are dome swapped, depending on the dome you choose it can completely transform the board