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donniedenier OP t1_j9ojw7r wrote

Reply to comment by tinycuffs in Built my dad a keyboard for his birthday. going to have to go back to square one [comments] by donniedenier

it didn’t come with any keycaps at all and the keycaps i ordered didn’t come with some of the keys advertised. the listing said it had a 1U shift key yet i didn’t get one with the set. and they just feel cheap.

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ReaperofFish t1_j9prtzl wrote

For a 60%, I really feel you are better off just doing a standard layout, maybe splitting the right shift.

You can setup tapdance in QMK so the bottom right modifier keys do a arrows on a tap, and modifier on a press and hold. Then no weird cap sizes are needed, and you get the same benefits.

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donniedenier OP t1_j9r8bvs wrote

if it were my own keyboard, sure. but i’m giving this to my very old school dad and i need to keep it as simple as possible. this was the only reasonably priced wood kit i could find.

i ordered another keycap set that’ll work with this. pretty perfect too, i got it super clearanced because it has a russian legend and that’s exactly what my dad needs. i actually accidentally found it today even though i specifically searched for that before. i was already preparing myself for my dad to cover it in stickers.

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